St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-27
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
DIR. g. w. Jones, Repre-
sentative from Liv-
ingstOn, Killed.
Representative Lewis L..
Morgan, CovIngton,
Receives Injury.
The Wreck.
fFrom The Times-Demoerat.)


| fFrom The Times-Demoerat)
Baton Rouge, La, June %. A
heavy freight and log train on the L.
R. and N. Co. crashed into the rear
end of mixed passenger and freight
train on the Baton Rouge, Hammond
and Eastern Railroad at 1920 o'clock
this morning, as the latter train was
crossing the intersection of the two
roads just above the city, instantly
crushing the life out of DR.. G. w.
Jones, of Denham Springs, Repre-
sentative in the State Legislature
from Livingston parish, and 1njuring
a large number of passengers.
Following are the injured:
Joseph Rogers, conductor on B R H
and E R R, of New Orleans, leg
broken, will have to be amputated.
A T Muntz, engineer of L R and
N Co, side crushed and bruised all
over.
Hon L L Morgan, Representative
from St. Tammany, head cut.
w. H. Bridges, Corbin, La, head
cut.
John and Mortimer Lobelis, Living
ston parish, scalp wounds.
2 T Freeman and wife, Baton
Rouge; former bruised, latter collar
bone broken.
Mrs Freedman, bruised.
STHewes, Livingston, foot crushed.
JIM Holden, Livingston, head cut.
Fl R McCulloch, arm broken.
E C Lockhart, Livingston, back
hurt.
w Simmons, Baggage Master of
B R H and E r r, back hurt and in
ternal injuries.
E M Bills, Denham Springs, head
cut.
Mr. and Mrs Nap Brown, of Baton
Rouge, former cut in head and face,
latter bruised and shaken.
Gustave Kuhnert, of Baton Rouge,
bruised, cut and shaken.
The schedule of the Baton Rouge,
Hammond and Eastern Railway was
changed to-day, and the mixed pas
senger and freight train from Coving
ton to Baton Rouge arrived at the
crossing ahead of the usual time.
Passengers corroborate the statement
| of the train crew Of this train that
upon the arrival at the crossing the
train slackened, blew the crossing
whistle and proceeded to cross the
track of the other road.
Engineer E H Steeger of the Ham
mond train states that after his en-
gine had passed the crossing he saw
the Louisiana Railway and Navigation
train bearing down on him at high
rate Of speed, and the only thing he
could do was to open wide his throttle
and to try to clear his train from the
crossing. He succeeded in getting all
of his train by except the rear end of
the last coach, which was strutk by
the engine Of the louisiana Railway
and Navigation train. The rear plat
form was torn off and was overturned.
Passengers report that there were
about forty people in the coach at the
rear of the train and about ten peo-
| pie in smoker,
| DR. Jones was accompanied by his
little son, the latter escaping unin-
| jured. The legislator was killed by
| jumping off the back platform when
the crash came His body was mu-
tilated horribly in the mass of iror
and wood fcom the wrecked engine
and car. IL
| Conductor Rogers of the Hammond
train was in the baggage car and was
thrown out, falling on his left leg anc
| beaking it between the ankle anc
the knee so that the bone protruded
From fifteen to twenty-five Other
passengers received various injuries
in the the overturning of the coach
some of which may prove very serious
Baggageman Simmons sustained in
ternalinJuries which are being watches
by his physicians with anxiety.
Wreckers from both roads wer
wired for and the work Of removin,
the debris began early in the after
noon. The Louisiana Railway an
Navigation Company scheduled it
train south at O'Clock tonight, on
hour and thirty minutes late. TIL
northbound train this morning wa
detained here by the wreck and wen
no further.
; The scene of the wreck was tn
crossing of the two roads, about
mile north of the city limits. Th
tracks cross at right angles, the Bato
Rouge, Hammond and Eastern Raj
way running east and west and tn
Louisiana Railway and Navigate
north and south. In the northeaster
angle there is thick elump of tree
! and wild cane, making the view of tn
| other track from either of the trair
impossible.
The Louisiana Railway and Nayig;
: ton trains engine struck the res
t coach of the Baton Rouge, Hammor