The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
TWEN1 Y TWC-KILLED
IN a COLLISION ON THE Sc A.
BOARD AIRLINE
smoDg the Number Are TWO Colored
People From the Town Of
Bennettsville.

A dispatch from Raleigh, n. y.
says the head-on collision between
Rockingham and Hamlet on the Sea
board Air Line resulted In the death
Of ~ persons and the injury OF %.
The regular local passenger train
vas an hour late and instructions were
wired from the train dispatchers Of
fee here to hold 1t there for an extra
freight going west, but for some rea-
son the order was not delivered. The
operator at Rockingham is ". E. LII
ther. The distance between Hamlet
and Rockingham is six miles, and En-
greer Bsndy OF the freight, seeing
the approaching passenger train when
three miles from Hamlet, stopped bis
srain and jumped before the collision,
Tue dead:
White. Frank B. Lewis, engineer,
Hamlet; 81. S. B5rd, baggage master,
Rockingham.
Colored: Thomas Hill, frsman;
Watt Began, porter, AtssSor0; ReT.
Thomas Jones, Rockingham; Gilbert
McFadden, Hamlet; Sandy Caples and
wife, aurinburg; G;rs. Harrington's
baby; E;5er DuPree, BeEnettsville, s
c.; Ma,y Land, Bspnettsville, S. c.;
Mary Bell and child, Rockingham;
Hannibal McNair aud child, Laurin-
burg; George McLaurin, Hoffman, N.
c.; Jane Russell, Hoffman, N. c.;
Brinker Russell, Hoffman; two un-
known men.
Two other unknown men died en-
route to Charlotte on special train.
The white injured are: ]. D BoWden
OF Wilmington, N. c conductor pas
senger Train; G.. S. Birmingham,
Rockingham, N. c.; E. A. Carter,
Rockingham; E. S. Sandefore OF
r ;ckiag
The colored injured are: George
Morgan, Rockingham, N. c.; Cicero
Thomas, Laurinburg, N. c.. Oscar
Lee, Hamlet, N. c.; Cart Henton,
Eamlet, n. c.; O-csr Flowers, Lilies.
vile, n. c.: Rich Douglass, Benefits.
vile, S. G.; May Douglass, Benefits
vile, S. c.; ;Ivie Oxindine, Lum beruon,
N. c.; frank Scott, --; jim Odom,
Gibson, N. c.; Lizzie Bowman, Ham
let, N. c.; Perry Clark, Lsurinburg,
N. O., Mamie Lee, Hamlet, N. G;
Octavia Jackson, Hamlet, n. c.; Jane
Stewart, Lsurinburg; James Stewart,
Rockingham; Garry McNair, L.urin-
burg; E. A. Radley; Rockingham;
June Rsdley, Rockingham.
The freight train was an extra and
was southbound from E Leigh to Mon
roe. Conductor Hunter is not report
ed hurt and Engineer Bunoy is very
sljghtly injured.
The mail train was No. "a, running
from Charlotte, n. c., to Whining
ton. This train was in charge OF Con.
ductor John D. Bowen, formerly OF
Raleigh, and a brother Of Capt. J. J.
Bowen Of the Southern Express comp
my here. He was slightly injured.
Engineer Frank Lewis OF HamleS,
Fireman Thomas Hill OF Hamlet, bag
esgemaster b. S. BYRD Of Whining
ton and Porter Began OF Wadesooro
Of the crew Of this Inflated train were
all killed. The baggage csr sid eight
cars OF the freight were deratled and
some OF them piled upon other cars
ard crushed to pieces.
Why the order was not given to the
passenger train at Rockingham is not
known, and will be inVes tigated by the
superintendent Of the road. It is said
that the operator st Rockingham is az
experienced man and has been. a faith.
ful and careful employe OF the company
for several years. When news OF the
disaster reached Raleigh Monday night
Superintendent jerks vent imnecia-
tely to the scene. a train was mace
up and the injured taken TO Charlotte
as soon as they could be gotten from
the wreck. Caskets were sent from
Iaaleigh and other points to Hamlet
and Rockington to receive the bodies
Of the dead.