The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-08-03
TWENTY TWC-KILLED
IN A COLLISION ON THE sE A.
BOARD AIRLINE.
Among the Number Are Two Colored
People From the Town Of
Bennettsville.

n olBpACon from Raleigh, N. y.
says the head-on collision between
Rockingham and Hamlet on the Sea
board Air Line resulted In the deatt
Of 20 persons and the injury of %.
The regular local passenger traiI
was on hour late and Instructions were
wired from the train dispatchers Of.
fee he re to hold 1t there for an extra
freight going west, but for s0me rea.
son the order was not delivered. The
operator at Rockingham Is w. e. Lu.
Their. The distance between Hamlet
and Rockingham is six miles, and En-
giDeer Bandy Of the freight, seeing
the approaching passenger train when
three miles from Hamlet, stopped his
train and jumped before The collision,
The dead:
White. Frank B. Lewis, engineer,
Hamlet; III. s. Byrd, baggage master,
Rockingham.
Oolored: Thomas Hill, fireman;
Watt Began, porter, A~desboru; Rev.
Thomas Jones, RookiEgham; Gllber
McFadden, Hamlet; Sandy Caples and
wife, Lsurinburg; Cert. Harrington's
baby; EJter DuPree, Bennettsville, 8
O.; Mary Land, Bepnettsville, 8. O..
Mary Bell and child, Rockingham;
Hannibal McNair and child, Laurin-
burg; George MoLaurin, Hoffman, N.
O.; Jane Russell, Hoffman, N. O.;
Brinker Russell, Hoffman,; two un.
known men.
Two other unknown men died en-
route to Charlotte on special train.
The white injured are j d Bowden
Of Wilmington, N. O conductor pas
senger train; G.. S. Birmingham,
Rockingham, N, O; e. A. Carter,
Rookingham; &c. S. Sandefore OF
Rockingham.
The colored Injured are: George
Morgan, Rockingham, N. o; Cicero
Thomas, %Laurinburg, N. O.. Oscar
Lee, Hamlet, N. O; Cert Henton,
Hamlet, N. O.; O.car Flowers, Lilies.
Vile, N. O.; Rich Douglass, Benefits.
vile, s. O.; May Douglass, Benefits
vile, S. c.; Ivie Oxindine, Lumberton,
N. O.; frank Soobt, -; Jim Odom,
Gibson, N. O.; Lizzie Bowman, Ham.
let, N. c.; Perry Clark, Laurinburg
N. O., Mamie Lee, Hamlet, N. o.,
Ootavia Jackson, Hamlet, N. @ Jane
Stewart, Laurinburg; James Stewart,
Rockingham; Garry McNair, Laurin-
burg; E. A. Radley; Rockingham;
June Rsdley, Rockingham.
The freight train vas an extra and
was southbound from Raleigh to Mon.
roe. Conductor Hunter Is not report
ed hurt and Engineer Bundy Is very
sljghtly injured.
The mail train was No. Al, running
from Charlotte. N. g., to Whining.
ton. This train vas Ia charge of Con
duotor John d. Bowen, formerly OF
Raleigh, and a brother Of Capt. j. j.
Bowen Of the Southern Express comp
any here. He was slightly Injured.
Engineer Frank Lewis Of Hamlet,
Fireman Thomas Hill of Hamlet, bag.
gsgemaster II. S. Byrd Of Whining,
ton and Porter Began Of Wadesboru
Of the Grew Of this Inflated train were
all killed. The baggage q and eight
cars of the freight were derailed and
some Of them piled upon other cars
and crushed to pieces.
Why the order vas not given to the
passenger train at Rockingham is not
known, and will be in vestigated by the
superintendent Of the road. 1t IL said
that the operator at Rockingham ID ar
experienced man and has been a faith
full and careful employee Of the company
for several years. When news of the
disaster reached Raleigh Monday nigh,
superintendent jerks went immedia
tely to the scene A train was made
up and the injured takon to Charlotte
as soon as they could be gotten IRON
tho wreck. Baskets were sent from
Raleigh and other points to Hamlet
and Rockington to receive the bodies
Of the dead.