Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-11-30
BURNED To CRISP
President Spencer Of Southern Railway Killed in Accident
on that Road--.Six Others Killed. Most Of
the Victims Quests Of Maqnate

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Lynchburg, Va, Nov. S0.-President
Samuel Spencer of the Southern Rail:
way system, who was en- route to the
South, was killed in rearend collision
lat Lawyer, ten miles south of Lynch
burg. The private car in which he
was riding was struck and split open
by the colliding locomotive. 1t imme.
idiately caught fire and the body OF
Mr.. Spencer was burned almost be-
|yond recognition. In the car with him
were Phillip Schuyler of New York
city; Mr.. Spencer's private secretary.
Merrill, and his private dispatcher, D.
w. Davis of Alexandria, Va. Operator
Davis was crushed and died in fifteen
minutes. Mr.. Schuyler was instantly
killed. but his body was not badly
burned before it was rescued by pas
lsengers. Engineer Perry, who was on
the rear train, was killed. Private
fSecretary Merrill was injured: Twelve
1or thirteen passengers, most Of them
negroes, were injured, only one OF
whom is thought to be fatally hurt.
4 Two men are missing, Charles D.
Fisher Of Gilt & Fisher, commission
merchants, Baltimore, and Frank T.
Redwood, also Of Baltimore. Thei1
bodies were recovered later. \
Phillip Schuyler, among the killed,
was retired capitalist Of New York.
His residence was on Hudson river.
| The car next ahead sof Mr.. Spen-
GERS private car, a Pullman sleeper,
was destroyed by FIRE, but all the pas.
sengers escaped. .3s 81
Collision Foilows Breakdown.
The collision was between train No.
SO, the Jacksonville express. and train
4 No. 81, the Washington and Southern
1 yestibule limited. The Jacksonville
train stopped on the top OF very
heavy grade mile north OF Lawyer
depot to- repair q ssfsshs bfssa xsscss "
and before, it is said ,sa fagnan could
Iget back to protect the train the At
llanta train dashed into it. 4S. g..
ilss ss The heavy engine Of m the train
I plowed into the private car Of Pres.
|ident Spencer, In which he and his
A guests are supposed to have been
sleeping. Immediately the private car
tcaught fire. The wreckage was piled
3[around the engine as though placed
there BY human hands to be consumed
Every piece OF woodwork on the en-
CINE was burned and the monster ma
chine stands there torn and twisted
d and will have to be turned down the
y embankment, as 1t is useless. 1t was
under the locomotive that the burned
body Of President Spencer was found
u LIT is evident that Mr.. Spencer was
killed instantly and that he did not
suffer the fortunes Of being burned.
1# Dispatcher Davis was alive when he
Twas taken from under the wreckage
HE was crushed about the lower por
sItion OF the body and was conscious
until the end. He asked that word be
#5asent to his wife and child. a b !
One Of the worst phases OF the acct
dent was the heartless manner II
(which q few passengers and some O
1.-THE attaches, especially some OF tins
porters OF the Atlanta train, ran
/ sacked the wrecked cars for plumber
In. Nc. Curtis Of jamestown, n. y, who
was passenger on the Jacksonville
train. saw one negro porter go through
q lady's grip. He saw him throw away
4 isucl, things as were OF no value tc
him and appropriate those things he
wanted. Mr.. Curtis declared that he
would have certainly killed the porter
Ii he had had something 70 DO Y with u
Rescuers Save Number Of Lives. 81
Mr.. Curtis, who was on his way Y
High Point, N. O. on q business mis-
e. zion. was the hero OF the hour y Y
was claimed by some OF his fellow t'fs
messengers that to his work and gen
eralship belongs the credit Of the res
cue Of a dozen persons who NIGH
have perished but for his efforts. Sew
ss araI persons not seriously Woundef
were taken out from the two cars that
were burned and six negro passengers
we're taken from the mbinatioI
roach az the forward train. hey Were
literally covered with heavy baggage
witch had been thrown through the
light parfifion between their portion
4 ~ the car and that set apart fer tht
& haggage, They were badly hurt, mosl
Iof them having broken legs, some q
chem both legs, and one or TWO witt
fractured skulls. All Of them have
numerous cuts and bruises, but ths
8gl,ysicsans attending them believe al
viii receiver with the possible excep
zion of an aged woman, who may u
fatally hurt These were brought IS
Tie city hospital.
The cause of the wreck cannot ~
y Sesrned now, bit 1t Is understood tina
1 Eha generator Ii, charge Of the blocl
s E,tliee al Rangoon, four miles north q
Glhe scane 1. allowed the slaata train z
Ienssr tho nIec ketora 90 had beel