The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-29
ROADS PRESIDENT
KILLED IN WRECK
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tered about the wrecked trains was
taken. 49,,
Mr- Curtis, who was on his way to
High Point, N. O., on a business mis-.
sion, was the hero Of the hour. 1t was
claimed by some Of his fellow passen-
gers that to his work and generalship
belongs the credit Of the rescue Of a
dozen passengers who would have per-
ished but for his efforts.
Several Are Rescued.
Several persons not seriously wounded
were taken out from the two cars that
were burned, and six negro passengers
were taken from the combination coach
of the forward train. They were lit
orally covered with heavy baggage
which had been thrown thru the light
partition between their portion Of the
car and that set aside for the baggage.
They were badly hurt, most Of them
having broken legs, some of them both
legs, and one or two with fractured
skulls. All Of them have numerous cuts
ing them believe all Of them will re-
cover, with the possible exception Of an
aged woman, who may be fatally hurt.
These were brought to the city hos.
pital.
Operator Is Blamed. :
The cause of the wreck cannot be
learned now, but it is understood that
the operator in charge Of the block
office at Rangoon, four miles north of
the scene, allowed the Atlanta train
to enter the block before he had been
given clear track from the next block
station at Lawyer depot, five miles be-
low.
Why the operator allowed the train
to pass his block is not known and will
hardly be known by the railway COM
pany, before an official investigation
can be had. .
Might Have Been Worse. !
No: 33, the Jacksonville train, came
to a stop at the crest of one Of the
heaviest grades on the road between
Lynchburg and Danville. If the trains
had come together mile further south
it is believed that hardly a person on
either train would have come out of
the wreck alive. !
Both trains were running late, the
Jacksonville train two and half hours
late and the Atlanta train about two
hours. On account Of the heavy equip
ment OF the rear train it was not max
ing great speed, some Of the passengers
who were awake thinking that the
speed could not have been more than
thirty or forty miles an hour.
Ten minutes later the speed would
have been upwards of sixty miles an
hour, and the coming train, instead Of
blowing only thru President Spencer IS
private car, robably would have gone
thru the entire train.
Schuyler Retired Capitalist.
Phillip Schuyler, who was among the
killed a rofipoH Eel
York. His residence was on the Hud-
son river.
He was member of one of the old
est and best-known New York families.
being a grandson Of General Schuyler
Of revolutionary fame and grand.
nephew Of Alexander Hamilton. He
was born in 1886 and was graduated
from the Harvard scientific school and
the University of Berlin, and served
with distinction with the Army Of the
Iotomae during the civil war. He lived
rector Of the New York Life Insurance
g Trust company Of this city.
~ Famous Railroad Chief.
New York, Nov. 29.-samuel Spencer,
president of the Southern Railway com.
pany, who was killed in the wreck of
q train on the Southern railroad near
Lynchburg today, was a resident of
Washington, but his business headuuar-
ters were in this city. @:3sH" :
He was one of the most prominent
railroad men of the United States, and
TO" nearly twenty years had been at the
head Of one or more great railroad en-
terprises. At the time of his death. ia
addition to the Southern, he was presi.
dent and director in the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad company. The
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Pacific Rail
way company, the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway com pany, and the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad COMPANY. He
was also director Of the Central rail-
way of Georgia, the Chicago, Milwaukee
y st. Paul Railway company, the Erie
Railroad company, the Northern Pacific
company and other corporations.
MT. Spencer was president Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railway company in
1887 and 1888, and later was appointed
receiver for the Richmond & Danville
Railroad company and for the East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway
company. He was member of the
rapid transit commission of this city
from 1891 to 1894.
Mr.: Spencer was born in Columbus,
Ga, in l847 and was educated in Che
University Of Georgia and the Univer-
slty of Virginia. In 1872 he married
Louisa Vivian Jenning at Columbus,
Ga. =, > .
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