The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-30
CONDUCTOR KILLED
IN FREIGHT CRASH
Engine Hits CabOose and Rolls
Down Embankment
ON COLUMBUS DIVISION
]. NJ. CASTOR of Columbus, Ga, Dead.
Three Others Painfully Injured.
CASTOR Was Making His
First Run.
ON COLUMBUS DIVISION

One freight train overtaking another
and smashing into it resulted in the death
of one man and the serious injury of
three others at the Cunningham fill, about
IS miles from Birmingham on the South
ern railway, Columbus, Miss, DIVISION
at 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
The dead man is j. n. Castor, aged
"a years. of Columbus Miss, conductor,
learning the road on front train
The injured are. H. T. shoup, engineer
of rear freight, scalded and bruised resi-
dence, Birmingham.
John T. Lodge fireman of rear freight,
left hip and side bruised; residence. Biz
mingham.
Jess Lloyd, brakeman on front frelgh''
left hip dislocated; residence, Birmins-
ham.
The dead man and all the injured were
brought to Birmingham, the injured men
arriving here shortly before noon yester-
day and being taken to the Copeland in
Urinary while the remains OF CASTOR
reached here about o'clock yesterday
afternoon and were removed to the Lige
Loy undertaking establishment. They
o'clock this afternoon for intermnet.
After having his injuries dressed at
the infrmary Engineer Shoup was re-
moved to his residence at 80 South Twen-
ty-sixth street His injuries while ex-
ceedingly painful are not regarded as
serious
At the infirmary it was stated at
late hour last night that Lodge and Lloyd
were doing we'll and that no fatal con-
sequences are expected from their in
juries.
The collision is unique in that both
trains were travelling in the same direc-
ton, and despite the fact that both trains
were moving forward the rear engine
smashed the caboose of the front tram
into a mass of kindling, running COM
pletely over the caboose and then rolling
down the embankment with the mass or
wood.
Castor was in the caboose Of the front
train and when the engine plowed into 1t
was buried under the drivers and his life
crushed out. 1t was ten hours later when
the wreclSing crew finally reached his
corpse having to lift the heavy engine
and then dig through the wreckage to
where the body was.
Engineer Shoup and Fireman Lodge
were thrown from the engine, as 1t
plunged into the other, Engineer Shoup
being enveloped with a cloud of steam
which scalded him badly Brakeman
I,oyd was on the front train and re-
ceived the most serious injuries being
thrown with great force from the top of
a car.
lust who is to blame for the wreck
has not been determined. The place
where it happened was formerly trestle,
which has recently been filled in, and
1t is said instructions had been issued
for all trains to slacllen to speed OF
six miles an hour while crossing 1t.
CASTOR had been running on the Co
lumbus- Greenville division of the South
ern railway, but was recently trans
ferred to the Birmingham Columbus run
and this trip was his first one over it for
the purpose of learning the road.
He had a brother-in-law, Marcus Full
CHAM of Corona, who came to Birning-
ham Yesterday and made the funeral ar
rangements. He also leaves large num-
Der of relatives in Columbus. The re-
mains are being held at the Lige 10y
establishment.