Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-12

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city was entering the city through the
4 south yards Of the Gulf and Ship Is
'sland Railroad it collided head on with
a Gulf and Ship Island switch engine
and as a result one man is dead and
several persons slightly hurt.
At the hour named the Mobile, Jack.
son and Kansas City train from Mo
bile, running slightly behind time,
blew for the crossing and getting clear
signals proceeded, but the switch en-
gine on the Gulf and Ship Island fail
ing to notice the signals set for it at
tempted t. cross the man line of the
Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City and
the two engines met head on with a
terrific crash
The engineer of the passenger train
was caught between the engine and
The tender and so badly crushed that
he died in the ambulance while on the
wa. to the Gulf and Ship Island hos
pital.
The engineer, or rather the shos-
tier" in charge of the switch engine
was slightly wounded about the head,
but escaped any serious injury His
name is Watts and he lives in Hatties-
burg.
The fireman on the Mobile, jackson
and Kansas City was hurt by having
his left foot and leg sprained by jump
ing.
The total casualties are as follows:
The dead: Oscar A BARNES, 7o7
East Pine street, engineer on the Mo
bile, Jackson and Kansas City.
The injured: G. M. Bellnian, OF
Mobile, passenger, slightly hurt in left
shoulder.
Conductor Bellman. Of the Mobile,
jackson and Kansas City, left shoul-
der and head hurt.
L. W. Youmans, Early Branch, s. c.,
injured in legs and body.
7. E. Batson, Hattiesburg, slightly
injured on arm.
Negro fireman, name unknown, leg
sprained.
w. G. Bennett of Hattiesburg, in
jured badly, nose broken and contus-
sion on head and body.
A number of other passengers we're
slightly injured, but refused to give
their names. claiming it was nothing
serious.
From all accounts the wreck was
the result of misunderstood or reck-
lessly disobeyed signals on the part
of the engineer in charge of the
switch engine.
The Gulf and Ship Island section
men had been making repairs through
the yard and 1t is claimed that only
one side was in working order at the
the crossing and on getting the proper
signals were made for the switch en-
gine to stop.
1t seems the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City engineer had blown for
the crossing and on getting the proper
)eignals came on at moderate speed,
list as the Gulf and Ship Island switch
hgine made dash to cross. The en-
pes crashed heavily into each other.
passenger engine being shattered
knocked oft the track by the
vier switch engine.
he cab IS a wreck splintered and
en- almost into kindIing wood and
Pngireer's seat got the most OF it.
as between his seat and the tender
Engineer Barnes was caught and
yned. His legs were crushed from
knees up and the pelvis was brok
Zen and smashed and he never thor
aughly recovered cons niousness uatil
a little while before the ambulance
|came to take him away. lie died on
the way to the hospital
Dr. G. M I4ackey, OF McLain, hap
pered to be a pal senger on board thes
train and did what he could for the iri-
jured pending the arrival Of Tic asnbu-
lance surgeons.
AS usual the railroad people were
not talking much and the passengers
were SO anxious to get away that some
OF them loft the scene imrnedtNtely
and walked into the city, The n y
gers only knew that they were
shaken up bnt did aot know how It
hakpened. 4