The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
SERIOUS WRECK.
The Engineer and Fireman of One
Train Killed.
The Flagman is Held Responsible for
the Collision and Has Been Ar
rested and Put in Jail 80

rested and Put in Jail -
. The State says Engineer No
ton, recently of Colum bia. formerl
Of Pawnell, n. Y, and his fireman
Sewer Dean, colored, of Ninety-Sb
were killed in rear-end collision a
D Johnston on Tuesday, Feb. 12th,. Es
, ira freight train No. 263 was run int
by extra through freight train No
S44 n the Southern Railway yard
!, at Johston early that morning.
Engineer J. E. Stewart and Condu,
tor Black and a negro brakeman
| by the name of West Goodwin were
injured while a callaboose, supply ca,
and two box cars were DESTROYED b,
IRE, a new locomotive badly damaged
and the main line t rack considerably
torn up as a result of the accident
(. The entire cause of the wreck was
due to the wilful neglect of Flagmar
! ?. ". Mooring, according to the yer.
dict Of the coroner's jury rendered at
Johnston the same afternoon, and he
is in the county Jail to await
J developmetts 1t was also brought
! out at the inquest that the crew had
been on duty over 30 hours when the
collision occurred
When the news Of the wreck
reached Columbia a wrecking train
carrying wrecking crew of work
| men left tie union station about 4
| O'Clock with Chairman B. L. Caugh-
man OF the State Railroad Commits
sion and several of the division Off
Gals aboard
On Investigating the cause of the
wreck 1t was learned that the train
No. 263, original No. As, going south,
in the charge of Conductor D. C.
Wright and Engineer Latimer, was
on the main line preparing to take
up loaded cars from the cotton seed
oil mill,w hen it was run into by
train No. 344, also going south, and
in charge of Conductor J. E. Stewart.
The two trains were running on
schedule time and when Conductor
Wright Of train No. 263 stopped hiss
train on the main line to take on
the box cars he sent Flagman Moor
ing out to flag the extra through
freight No. 344, which was due
shortly and it is alleged and an
nounced in the coroner's verdicl
that it was through the failure OF
F,asman Aooriag to give train No.
344 prone:: warning that the ca
tastrophe occurred The coils
sio took place on sharp curve
and Engineer. Stewart did not see
the danger Until it was too late |
Engineer Norton, who was kill
ed in the accident, was in
the conductors cab of the train
standing On the main line when
the collision took place. He had
been on the engine of train No.
263 making his initial run in COM
pany with Engineer Latimer and !
had Ie:t the engine to take rest
when the through freight dashed |
into the cab in which he was Sleep |
ing, killing him instantly, and |
burning his body beyond recogni-
ton
When Engineer Stewart of trai1
No. 344 saw the danger he jumped
from his cab and escaped. being |
only slightly injured. The fireman,
Sewer Dean, however. did not see |
the danger in time and his body |
was found in car box under a
pile of guano sacks with his head
badly mashed. He is supposed to
have been killed outright. West
Goodwin. the ntgro brakeman, who |
ras injured. sustained a fracture
c;la leg. while Engineer Stewart |
and Conductor Black are only slight |
ly injured.
Tuesday afternoon while sup
perintending the work of removing
the wreck, Foreman Winters of the !
wrecking train and a resident o.
Columbia. was struck on the fore
head by a link which flew out OF q
hosting chain and received inJu-
ries which will probably prove IA !
tai. The engine of the wrecklns
train was moving the wrecked en-.
CINE of train No. 344 by means o!
a large chain when one of the links |
parted, with the result that a link |
struck MI. Winters in the head. |
The injured man was brought tc
the city late Wednesday afternoon
and was placed in the hands Of
At a late hour laS'
nieni ii WAS learned that he wa:
still in an unconscious conc1-
ticn and little hopes are entertain
ed for his recovery.
The work of removing the deor1S |
was concluded Wednesday alter.
noon and al trains last night passec
through. The body Of Engineer
Norton has been sent to ?awneli.
\. Y. to re!atievs, while the re-
mains of the negro fireman Will Oe ,
shipped to Ninety-Six this morning,