The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-10
THROUGH TRESTLE. SELECTING july
Escape OF Passenger From Death
Considered Remarkable Two
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Atlanta. Ga. January THE Sec
ond section Of what is known as tn
Collyer special runnIs from Cleye-
land. Ohio, 10 ST. Augustine, Florida.
was wrecked this afternoon between
Dallas and Hiram. Georgia. on tn
Southern railway in trestle owe.
what is known as Copper Mine creek
Five Of the seven cars went into the
mud and as a result 4 score OF more
! passengers most Of them residents OF
Ohio We're injured. None will die.
! The only seriously hurt are Engineer
! Edwards, who was caught beneath the
! cab OF his engine when it overturned
after clearing the trestie and Road
! Foreman Of Engines Snapp. and the
Legro fireman. Edwards and his fire
man probably will die Snapp will re-
cover.
The injuries to the passengers con
sist chiefly of broken limbs and
| bruises.
The Collver special is an annual
! excursion run from Cleveland. Ohio.
! to Florida points and Cuba under the
! direction of General Passenger Agent
| Collver of the Big Four system. II
started from Cleveland yesterday a.
/ 1925 p. m, iii two sections. The frs
! consisting of four Pullmans and a din
! ing car, and tn second of five Pull
mans a diner and baggage car. The
! train was run on the schedule o. what
! is known as train Ne. 6. and the sec
! tons were Is minutes apart when they
! Icft Chattanooga this morning.
The train was late at Dallas and
was we'll along towards o'clock this
afternoon when the second section
slowed down for the trestle crossing
at Copper Mine creek. On the south
side of this trestle is a curve. The
engine passed the bridge in safety.
then left the train and turned on its
side. The baggage car turned owe"
on the bank, the five heavy Pullmans
following, crashed through the trestle
and falling to the bed of the creek.
The last car an observation coach.
rested with one end in the mud and
| the other on the bank above. One car
III the Sniddle Of the train cracked in
the middle through the strain and
pinned down Jacob Roth, of Erie, Pa.
and his wife They were not seriously
hurt. however, and were able TO go
to a hotel here tonight.
On board the train were some 200
eXcurSiOnlsts. That they escaped
without injury is remarkable. E. E.
Norris, of Atlanta. superintendent Of
the Atlanta division of the Southern
railway was on the second section
and was caught in the wreckage and
suffered a fractured collar bone In
an interview with the Associated Press
tonight he said that it would be i'm
possible at present to give any idea
as to what caused the accident. A
thorough investigation will be conduct
ed
The accident occurred about 600
yards south Of where the SeabOard
Air Line crosses on a bridge above the
Southern's track. A freight train was
passing on the SeabOard when the
crash came and the conductor of the
freight witnessed the deraument Run
ming his train into Hiram be side
tracked everything but a cabOOse and
one car and ran these back to where
the passengers were slowly extricat-
ing themselves.
Forty of the passengers, most Of
them women, were brought into At
lanta over the Seaboard tracks.
The second relief rain arrived later
in the night. Most of those on the
train went to Atlanta hotels tonight
and had their injuries cared for by
physicians.
One of the passengers. in describing
the wreck, said that he judged that
the train was running about % miles
IN hour when ne heard a grinding
noise and the next moment the car
vas falling. That all Of the passengers |
were not killed he declared, was due |
10 the fact that the entire train was |
composed CT Prllmans instead of or
dinary coashes.
A report that the train caught fire |
was denied by every one on board
One OF the Cleveland passengers |
bound for Cuba on an excursion trip |
said after lie crawled from window |
of the second Pullman and looked at .
ba
back to Cleveland, will give thous- |
and dollars TO charity"
The trestle on which the accident |
occurred was about 200 yards long. |
The engine struck the telegraph pole |
beside the track, and for several hours !
NO details Of the wreck wero availa- |
BILE
No COMBINE FORMED