The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-05
BRAKEMAN KILLED
IN SEABOARD WRECK
Charles Mccullough Dead and
Two Men Injured
SWITCH ENGINE DERAILED
Cars Smashed Up and Locomotive Is
Turned Completely Around at the
Tenth Avenue Crossing of 8ir-
nineham Belt Railroad.

Charles Mccullough, white brakeman
on the 5eaboard Air Line, was Killed, and
two men seriously injured yesterday aft
ernoon at o'clock when switch en-
CINE jumped the track at Tenth avenue
and Twenty-fourth street, north
The injured men are ]. A. Collins, fore
man, both legs broken and badly scalded
by escaping steam and water, and Cecil
Montgomery, engineer, back and head in
jured They were taken to the Hlllman
hospital in the ambulances of Lige 10y
and Shaw & Son.
The wreck occurred on the Birmingham
Belt railroad, over which the Seaboard
has trackage rights s. p. Tanner, who
was an eye witness of the disaster, de-
scribes the circumstances as he saw them
thus:
: Il was on a Norwood car with con-
duetor $50, when it came to stop be-
fore the tracks of the Belt railroad. Com
ing in an easterly direction, .the motor
man noticed the approaching engine and
waited until it had passed. Instead of
slowing up or hating al the crossing the
engineer continued to move at rapid
rate. Had he followed the law in this
respect no doubt the seriousness of the
accident would have been averted."
Engine Turned Over.
After the locomotive had passed about
twenty feet arcoss the car track it was
derailed and in almost an instant the
passengers on the car were startled by
the sight of a big smash-up. In some
peculiar manner the engine had turned
,ta1.r lxFfn m q
side, while one box car was knocked al
most into splinters. Five or six others
were standing on end badly wrecked.
The crowd FASTENED to assist and found
the engineer pinned in his cab while Fore
man Collins was under the wreck Me-
Collough the brakeman, was caught be-
tween two cars, his leg and back broken.
There were several others on the
wrecked engine, but they escaped with
little injuries. Fireman X. c. Myers was
scalded slightly on the arm and leg, but
not enough to cause him to go to the
hospital. He aided In extricating several
of the men from the wreck. e. IL. Phil
lips was also on board but by some mira
Gle escaped uninjured.
Dies at Hospital.
The violence of the crash was caused
by the fact that there were thirteen cars
behind the engine all of them loaded.
II is DeltNcu llldl OpSn llb6 NahoN0
the wreck, although it could not be de-
termined since all of the rails in the
neighborhood were torn up. The engine
was a light switch locomotive which has
been in the use of the company for
number of years.
When taken to the hospital Mccullough
was found to be the worse injured of the
three. He died at 10 p. m. and was taken
in charge by the Lge 10y Undertaking
company. He lived at 1921 Fourth avenue
but had no relatives in this city, as he
had only been here for short time
1t is said that one of his brothers lives
in Atlanta, while two others are located
in Texas. Funeral arrangements will not
be made until some of the relatives are
heard from.
AT late hour the injured men were
resting well, and although Foreman Col
Inns is in a serious condition it is believed
that both will recover