The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
FIFTY-SEVEN HURT IN WRECK Southern Train P1unges
 Down Bank. MANY NASHVILLE PERSONS Cause of Accident Near Lebanon
 Not Known. FIagman Dalton Stuck to His Duty Despite His Painful Injuries.
 Engineer and Fireman
 Unhurt.
MANY NASHVILLE PERSONS

| miles an hour. Southern Railway pas senger train No. 2. leaving Nashville at lO3O a. m., plunged or a 15-foot embankment at Black Branch, near Lebanon. Tenn, and thirty three miles east of Nashville, shortly after II o'clock this morning. injuring some ffty-seven people out of a train load Of sixty passengers.
 The injured:
 Mrs. J. l.. Jennings, Lebanon, Tenn, both arms broken skull fractured and cut above both eyes; may recover.
 Mrs. Sarah Lawrence. Nashville se- riously cut about the face and head, fractured skull; dangerous.
 r. s. Lawrence, Nashville. back hurt.
 Mary Lawrence. Nashville, head bruised.
 J. W. Thompson, lives near Livings- ton, Tenn, back and hips hurt.
 A. T. Hart. Johnson City Tenn. side and head bruised and cut.
 D. c. Dalton flagman of wrecked train Nashville right hand cut head bruised and cut.
 L. D. Patterson. Nashville. scratched.
 J. k. Smith. attorney of Watertown. Tenn, cut on the face.
 W. NJ Jemison, Auburn, Ky. inter- nally injured.
 Miss Matte Beasley, Red Boiling Springs. Tenn, bruised on limbs.
 F. A Dean. conductor Hartman, Tenn. cut about, the head s-,.s. sa.ae.. ;.
 S. F. Brown, Nashville, shoulder and head bruiseaNnnd. slaEhtiyacsIts ~ Mattie Beasley. Red Boiling Springs Tenn, leg sprained.
 J. F. Beaty. Nashville. severely cut on head. arm badly mashed.
 George Phillips. Hopkinsville, Ky, back sprained.
 E. N. Combs. Auburn, Tenn, bruised about head and body; not serious.
 Henderson Denton, Hopkinsville, Ky. wrist sprained and slightly cut on head.
 K. T McConnico. Nashville. ankle hurt.
 Miss Sarah Vaughn. Nashville. slight injuries on neck.
 J. W. Dodd. Nashville, Tenn, scalp wound.
 Mrs R. P. Maddox. Nashville, broken hip; serious.
 Miss Amanda Cartwright. VaIauston Tex. nervous shock, slight injury to left hip.
 John Lawrence (child). Nashville, broken arm.
 Joseph Jones. Montery, Tenn. inter- nal injuries.
 A F. Braswell. Nashville. hip bruised.
 Miss Rattle Russell. Difficult, Tenn, lnJuFeQ III DaCk, seTlOuS.
 A. l.. Algood, Nashville; Mrs. B. P. Williams. Louisville. Ky; John D. Fletcher. Nashville. and many others were slightly wounded. Two passen- ger coaches the mail and baggage cars left the track.
 Responsibility Not FiDed.
 No one seems to know just what caused the wreck. It was stated that a spreading rail was the cause. An oil nrt haf NIn .Ixn of the tender of the engine jumped the track and threw the baggage coach and two passenger coaches off The first intimation the passengers had was of a pumping. Jolting sensation, and the next instant the coaches shot from the rails and turned offer on their sides down the embankment. Immediately upon the report of the wreck being received at Lebanon. a re- lief train was dispatched from that town to the scene. all the physicians in Lebanon. and a number of citizens going to render such assistance as was possible The train made a quick run to the scene and the work of relief and attending to the needs of the wounded was commenced. every assistanc pos sible being rendered. The wounded who live in Nashville were then placed upon the regular train for this city
 
 man D. c. Dalton was sent some dis tance down the track to flag any trains that might be approaching Dalton was suffering from a badly cut hand and q cut face and head but did not finch in the discharge of his duty. News of the wreck was quickly flashed to Nashville and intense excite ment resulted In a few moments. The Southern Railway officials grasped the situation at once. however, and imme- diately got up special train and rushed 1t to Black Branch. Tn the meanwhile. during the terrible sus- cred at the Southern depot and anx- ious faces were against the bars of the enclosure that separate the railroad yard as the arrival of loved ones was momentarily expected. A detail of po- lice In charge of Sergcants Dick Reid and George Moore soon arrived to force back the rapidly growing and hard pressing crowd and Special Agent James Cantrell helped to keep the crowd in check
 The relief train rolled into the sta ton here at 5:20 p. m. and when II had stopped every ambulance in the city stood in waiting backed up against the platform ready to receive the vlc. tims and rush them to hospitals foi prompt medical attention. Dr. R. F. Fort, physician for the Illinois Centra and Southern Railways. arrived som, time before the train was due pr Grizzard of the city hospital, Dr. Mo Pheoters Glasgow and other loca physicians were on hand to render any assistance possible. Conductor Frank A. Dean of Harri man. Tenn. who was in charge Of tho