The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-11-14
TERRIBLE R. R. WRECK
EIGHT KILLED AND OVER TWENTY
PERSONS INJURED.
A Great Northern Train Telescopes 4
Northeastern at LittIewOOd, La.

4 OIlSdLlS, Was CSlGSCOpGu ny ITdlL
of the New Orleans and Great
Northern at Littlewood, smal
station on the Northeastern Il
miles this side of New Orleans ano
not far from the lake.
The two rear coaches Of No.
were run into and completely
wrecked and it was a miracle that
everybody in these two coaches did
not meet a horrible death. AS il
was, the casualties were numerous
and terrible. A list of the killed
and injured is given below:
INSTANTLY KILLED.
William Attaway, aged 3 years,
Slidell, La.
G. B. Lowrey, aged As years,
General Manager American Creo-
sote Co., SIidell, La.
w. A, Martin, aged As years,
Slidell, La.
c. A. Crawford, aged 45 years,
Seminary, Miss.
j. K. P. Shows, aged ga years,
Morriston, Miss.
O. W. Travis, aged 38 years,
Hattiesburg, Miss.
A. Heitkamp, aged go years,
Pearl River, La.
Prof. C. E. Roos, ages Al years,
Alton, La.
THE INJURED:
Jacob Salmen, aged 45 years,
New Orleans.
j. A. Quick, aged So years, Hat
tiesburg. Miss, hip dislocated and
right leg fractured.
D. B. Calhoun, aged 55 years,
Olive, Miss, fracture of right hip,
serious.
Milton Spitzafden, aged II
years, news agent on Northeastern
train, Algiers, La. general contu-
sions and feet burned.
Peter Mccarthy, aged 25 years,
fireman of Great Northern train,
leg and both arms broken.
Mrs. F. M. Attaway, aged 27
years, Slidell, La, slight bruises.
Mrs. Robert W. Hinton, aged
As years, Lumberton, Miss, right
leg broken.
Miss Florence Lyde, aged 25
years, Lumberton, Miss, right an
kle sprained.
E. Heintz, aged "a years, Gov
ington, La, cut on forehead.
Rev. G. P. Harris, Magee, Miss.
collar bone and right leg broken,
left leg bruised and left hand cut.
Holmes Harrison, aged AZ years,
New Orleans, ribs broken and
hands cut.
The following sustained slight
injuries:
B. S. Wood, Nicholson, Miss.
F. A. Nixon, Seminary, Miss.
S. G. Seal, Passan, La.
j. ]. Mason, Slidell, La.
J. Kicks, Vaudeville, La.
H. Albert, Vaudeville, La.
A. Provost, Slidell, La.
W. H. Readman, Covington, La.
E. Grant, colored, Covington, La.
| P. Arceneaux, Vaudeville, La.
T. Roehl, New Orleans.
j. Peoples, Alton, La.
1t appears that No 9. was just
pulling out Of Littlewood. There
was heavy and dense fog and it
was about 8 o'clock. The New Or
leans and Great Northern starts
from Covington and uses the tracks
of the Northeastern from Slidell to
New Orleans. The Great Northern
passenger train No. 81 was follow
ing closely behind No. 9. and in
the dense fog that prevailed it was
impossible to see very far ahead
without headlight. The North
eastern was crowded with passen-
gers, many of whom were going Go
the farmers union convention in
New Orleans. The Northeastern
train was moving slowly out of the
village when the Great Northern
crushed into the rear and complete
ly demolished two coaches and
knocked everything off the track
except the engine. The engineer
and fireman of the Great Northern
escaped death by jumping, and
none of the passengers on that
train were injured. None of the
trainmen on No. g were injured.
The news Of the wreck was
quickly wired into New Orleans
and the railroad surgeons came out
at once on a hospital car and all
the injured were carried to New
Orleans and placed in a hospital.
The cause of the wreck, it is
said, was the inability of the engi-
neer and fireman on the Great
Northern to see any distance ahead
on account Of the fog, which was
unusually heavy. The Great
Northern was running at the rate
of rs miles an hour and it is con-
sidered remarkable that no more
were killed. 1t is certain, how
ever, that number of the injured
will die.
It was one Of the worst accidents
that ever happened on the North
eastern, and it is said that the
scenes among the dying and injur
led, as they were hauled out from
under the timbers Of the wrecked
coaches. was something to melt the