The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-18
Passenger and Fright Trains
Coli ed Iassday Night
At A0guiIIa
SEVERAL CARS We're OANAGtL
Watch Of Engineer on the Ere e'a1t
Stopped, Which Caused Him to
Run on the Time of the
Passenger Train.

AS the result of a head-end col
lision Tuesday night between freight
train No. "a and passenger train No.
10 a short distance from Anguilla,
Engineer J. h. Green was killed. one
orowo others on the two trains were
we're badly shaken up and several
cars were almost wrecked.
The accident occurred about $50
yards below the water tank at AL
guilia, and seemed to be due enire-
~ to the watch OF Engineer Tay-
Ior OF the frelgnt tram. which had
stopped, causing ann 10 think that ne
nad over MALT Aour to each BTob-
ston. small station below Anguii-
Is
The passenger train, with EngI-
neer Green at the tnroLue and Con-
ouctor Walker in charge. left BruA
NICK a. . 0 clocA Tuesday night. with
orders 70 meet the freight al An
guilIa. The freight had orders to
pass the passenger either 1t Anguii-
la or BTobston. Engineer Taylor,
when he rea-h he'd Anguilla looked at
his way-h and saw that he nsd "
minutes 70 seach Brobston before
the arrival OF the passenger and he
started out 70 meet tne train at that
point.
Engineer Green before he dled.
sta,es that he saw The headlight on
tAe lgeis4t engine. out thought It
las q lshl on t.aIn or he Coast
line. the TWO roads running parai-
at An.dilla. however. he allowed
down eut saw nothing more Of the
il, l1r minute, He vas moving
elong slowly when the headlight
again Appeared. bat it was 100 Iare
as lRe leigh. aud passenger were
o >icto together to prevent 8 enash
-
engineer Green quickly applied
tae freaks and yelled to Uln fireman
20 jump, wAjcn ne did uninjured
Easineer Green then. after apI lying
the brakes. blew h!s whistle and at
tempted to jump from the enigma
but before he nad time to hardly
leave MS post the lwo engines came
together vita terrible crash and the
unfortunate engineer was caught 10
tween the tender aud ms engine.
The engineer and the fireman on he
freight had jumped to save their
lives as 'did the fireman oDthe pas
acnger.
Tne freight engine did not leave
the track, but it went into the pas
senger knocking it back number
Ok yards. Several frelght cars jump
ID ,h4 treek, one or Two 'oeing bad
J.. damaged.
Enginee4 1reen was caught almost
81 his DOS. With MS legs both cut
of owe the knees, his right ann
badly crushed and a number Of 9TH
g injuries tae engineer was pinned
new cen the ensine and tender and
il was utterly impossible to remove
hln. although every possible effort
was made. In this coa1ir.)r the ei'
gineer talked to those about him SAID
be thought The light on tne freight
train was light on tEe Coast Line
tracks. For two hours or llpre be
remained in thA position until ne
died -
ual Green. as he was popuiaFiy
.led. ~as oae OF the best Known
Ja sac \ B. and A. and
4e Of tho Oldest men in tAe
Is untimely death caused
aIlge.. al sorrow IN the CT y yesIei'
80 Ae has been the victim OF
many unfortunate affairs and ao-l-
dents IN recent years.
The A., b. ana A. officials ar"
.tw investigating the accident Oul
a stated above. It was due solely
70 the watca Of the engineer on the
freight. A. Nichols. Hortense sno
other stations on the road Fhe engi'
neer compared his watch With that
os Conductor Mum and they ootn
ss-on Thia Waa done