The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-18
TRAINS CRASH
AND 4 PERISH
ON SOUTHERN
Passenger Hits freight
Near Greensboro and
Is Badly Wrecked.
List of Injured Totals
40, and Guilty Brake
man FleeS.

GREENSBORO. y. c., Oct. IS
Probably the worst wreck that has
occurred near Greensboro in a number
Of years was that Of last night, when
the southern Railway northbound pas
senger train No. "a ran into an open
swith at Rudd, 4 small station only
four miles north OF Greensboro. and
rushed at full speed into the engine OF
a freight train standing on the siding.
killing four and injuring between
thirty and forty. some Of them so seri-
o1sly that they will in all probability
Gle
Ine passenger train was running at
the rate OF about sixty miles an hour.
When the collision came the engine
turned over, and the baggage car was
completely demolished. Tie car ne q
to the baggage car was split in two.
and In il .L>large number were Injured
and scne killed. The people in Pull
man cars we're only slightly injured.
Dead and Injured.
Following is list OF killed:
J. A. BROADY. white. fireman. age
twenty-five years. Spencer. y. c. mar
rled. hreman on freight train. Instant
Iy killed
71H1hcs > = IttOMAS, white Passenger,
. VIE OF Southern railway freight con-
cUctor, Danville, Va. Instantly killed.
D. ALLEN BRYANT. white passen-
ger representative OF the Wilson Paper
4. iro6 company Richmond, Va. Instant
Colored fireman on freight train.
List of injured:
Charles Miller. white passenger. Whit
ney, n c., nose bleeding and leg
& r NfcNfinD u,b5to ~ .,,,,,o- IL.
dersonviile, y. c. Jared. moi injured.
Mrs. sally Thomas, white passenger.
Dqngille. Va; teeth knocked out.
j. s Galenskie white passenger. Rich
moHd. Va. slightly injured
A. y. Chance. white passenger. Reids-
vile, y. c., jaw hurt.
Nora Russell, Jonnstown. Pa en-
route Reidsville, y. G., Jared not hurt
g. +. IOmis, white passenger, Reids-
vile. n G. thighly slightly hurt
Ruth Chance, white passenger, Reids-
wills, y. c. nose bruised
Il. y. Williams, white passenger,
Reidsville. N G. right arm sprained-
Mrs. Z; j. Jordan. colored passenger.
ton. d. c., jaw bruised.
". II. Ingling, wnite passenger, Vest
minister, Nd, right arm bruised
ReidsvlIle. \. C. face bruised
Mrs. George +. Ware. right hand hurt
J. d. Kitchings. Reidsville. y. G, neck
and head bruised
late NloseSi NOiD4 S@, A'eli Ai''s ''ii' - -
W. IT. Keen. colored, DanvilIe, Va.
bruised about face and head, chest and
shoulders bruised.
Mary Z. Keen. wife OF W. II. Keen,
leaders in neck strained, mouth injured.
Lille DeSasuTe. Uolored passenger.
Columbia, s. c. face ana mouth
mashed slightly.
]. W. Gibson white passenger. Dan
Vile, Va, face bruised.
o. V .Bepbow, Greensboro, n. c., face
scratched and bruised.
E. N. Clayton. Danville. Va. head.
arm, md hip hurt
c. L. Daniels, white passenger. Bing-
hainton, NJ Y back, head, and arm
bruised
William j. Vaughn, Danville. Va.
hip and back hurt.
Nelson Keck, DaEville. Va. elbow
sprained
c. D. East, DanviIe. Va. face and
head slightly hurt.
{; NJ Sherts. Danville, Va, hip, head.
ard arm hurt. slight
Miss Ruth Crawley. DanviIle. Va
ankle sprained. leg bruised.
a NJ Griggs, Portsmouth. Va, head
cut. claims leg injured
j. w. billiard. Lynchburg. Va. slightly
bruised 90 Siei'iy
J. b. Owens, Lynchburg. Va. mise
mashed. back sprained. not serious
}. f. Siedge. Danville, Va, leg in
Mrs c. W. Anderson. Brevard. n r
en- route to Washington. D. c., left arm
sam Harris. Baltimore. Nd. neck In
= Charlie Fultz colored. waynesvilIe.
y. c. left eye hurt. slight
Mrs. w. Q. Davis, winston Salem N
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