The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-11
iHead.On Collision Of passeugeg
Irains on Rock IsIaud
I'm WHICR MANY Da
Manysn Of the Nistiass Were Plalcsss
tue Wreckage aud Tiisir Bodies
Were Cremafed Id DE
Pre- Which Follow
edthe DlsasleE,

Thlrty:four persons, all Mexsoans
but two we've killed and this bodieg
0fs30 MexiGsna were inoinefated early
"wednesday In q head.on Soiitsion 8
0wo passenger trains OF the OhiSaeo.
Rook Island and Pacific YailfoRd moan,
yollsnd, Kansas. The wreck oceuss9
red while both trains were running OH
9 curve In o cut where che grade was
steep.
AL the killed wore Sd the aoubh-
bound train except g tramp who Waa
on the baggage car onitha northb1dnd'
train. This tramp, d negro porter
and . workman; accompanying aganQ
OF Mexican labofsSs were the only
Americans killed 30 far s known. al
though o passenger says that agwonaanl
ana q child were burned ina tourist
car.
There were 80 Mexieana and avs
Americans, composing a gang OF rail-
road workers, In tine smoking car of.
the southbound brain. Ofthese, 80
Mexloans were burned inSbhe wreck.
age and Two died later.
Most Of~sthedpjuttes were SduesGo the
setting OF the emergsnop brakes. Mos6
every passenger In tho southbpund
train was thrown to The cafSioor by
che quick aetting of the brakes, The
northbound train Wag running so
miles an hour up grade.
The Mexicans were pinlonSd under
the seats and the doors Wes0 TANNED
so they could not get oub. In the
chair car, also, many passengers were
held down by the seats.
The train caught fire from bhe gag
Ganks. Then. came the crleHs for help
among tho Mexlcang ia the smokine
car and She peoplej pinioned fast lid the
chair car. Nyery naa OF woman On
tho train tried 80 rescue the sunforkn.
Mates. but the tiahae8iR0Om becam0s
too hotto permit OF approaching tho
car.
The injured were removed from BIC
|chait cars With less dlficulbys aud
parenbly all were rescued alive rom
THESE GNYs,
WliiaHa aanB, G0aductoS 6l enU
southbound train, hasa broken Coliafs
bone andSts much brui sd about 6ht
face, He said;
Tbs tyain wasjusb pulling oleaSo OF
the Vollsnd yards and was trayelIing
about 80 miles an hour, / droppsaS
into the fronb seat OF the Bmokerand
dozed.
There were Sc Moxicsns ait6ins tyyo.
in o seat back OF me. also Link, an Id
torpreter, q foreman and 1--we paid
fares.
Twas awakened by{tn0 setting OF
the brakes. 1 jumped head frat ont
OF the window and struck on my
shoulder.
when / turned and lookaa aA lie
train 1 saw flames loaping so feet higsa,
from the smoker.
The foremost tourist sleeping oar OF
the southbound train alno burned, hub
ell the occupants escaped serious linz
jury.
John Lyneg. 10 years. old. telegraph
operator at Volland, who lebthe s0n6hs.
bound train get by his station, where.
ID was to pas, the %northbound train
gave the following ststement before
being taken to jail.
Il had been awake ali might and
Was sober. At about q or S O'Clock
this morning the train dispatcher gave
me four orders; n was for the southAt
bound train to. meet two trains aG
Vollsnd instead OF OF Alta Vista ag
previously arranged, The aouthbonnd5
train headed into d switch and let one
train pass, backed out OF 6ha switch
and headed down the main line with
out waiting for the othee train. I
thoughb IL was going to atop to cake
water, as trains have been doing. but
instead 1t went by at about 10 miles
an hour. The soubhbound board was
ut danger according to the lever Tia
the cfice, but the train did not stop,
and / out with my lantern. but
with two swings across the 6paok ib
went out. 1 then ran TO bh6 pump
house, grabbing the pumper's lantern,
waved few times and IL also went
out. J. went back and told the dis.
patcher that the southbound brain
went by and we waited to zee iftt was
going TO come back or hi6 the norbh-
bound train. I told the dispatcher
that / was corning to Topeka and was
trying to get there when arrested
So