The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
FOURTEEN DIE IN TRAIN WRECK Accident on Southern Rail-
 way. ROLLS DOWN EdBANKMENT Panic Among Passengers n Nsth
 Carolina. Prominent Persons ef This Section Are in tAe List of DeaA- George Could and His
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v and Atlanta train, was wrecked this morning at s:s2 o'clock at Reedy Fork trestle. ten miles north of here and at o'clock this evening eleven dead bodies had been removed from the >lwreckage.
 Fourteen are reported dead and twenty-five injured are being cared for at St. Leo's hospital here.
 The dead bodies so far Identified are:
 A. P. Cone. Richmond. Va. super intendent of the Richmond and Dan vile division of the Southern Hail- way.
 N, 2. white. travelling auditor. c. B. Nolan, fullman conductor. Greensboro.
 Frank w. Kilby. wiikesboro. N. c. Virgil k. Holcomb, Mount Airy, N. c. Ed Sexton, Denton, N. c.
 Richard Flames. prominent mining engineer. of Salisbury. N. c John c. Brodnax, Richmond Va.
 Ed Begby. Richmond. Va.
 Isaac Dammals, negro porter on the Richmond sleeper.
 Charles T. Broadheld. Americus. Ga. Among the persons at the hospitat who are fatally Injured are Henry lI. Stribiing. of Decatur, Ga. and F. Smith. spencer. N. c.
 The injured In the hospital include the following:
 John W. Phillips. Petersburg. Va.
 David F. McBrayer. Anderson, s. c. A. L.. Harris, Reldsvtlle, N. c.
 Wiii Kinnon. Davidson College. N. c. Eutrai Watson. aaskervilie, Va
 Arthur Watson. Baskerville. Va,
 Roberf Russell New York.
 Burton Marye, Richmond. Va.
 Mrs r. T. Cook. Norfolk. Va. s.s ! Thomas " cAalkisy. Greensboro. N. c. Philip Nelson. Greensboro. N. c.
 Richard Robie. Norfolk. Va
 w. T. Carter. DanvilIe, Va.
 W. T. Carroll, Norfolk, Va.
 H. l.. Wood. Norfolk. Va.
 Mrs. Robert Edmonds. New Orleans, F. H. Coble. Richmond. Va.
 The injured were brought to this city as rapidly as they could be extri- cated from the wrecxase and placed in St. Leo's Hospital.
 George GouId Aboard.
 George J. Gould, who, with his son. Jay Gould, was in one of the Puilmans when the train jumped the track, and who was reported dead. escaped unin- Jured. He, with his son, Jay. and friend, R. H. Russell, of New York, former editor of The Metrop Mag azine. had just gotten out of their berths when the wreck occurred. MT. Russell was badly hurt by coming in contact with stove. and is at the hos pital.
 MT Gould and his son came in on the special bearing the dead and injured, They left this afternoon for MT. Gould's hunting lodge, fifteen miles from here.
 The deraiiment of the train was caused by 8 broken rail about 200 feet from the ,trestle that spans the small stream. The train was composed of two baggage, express and mail cars, three day coaches and two Pullmans. The engine. baggage, mail and express cars passed over in safety. while the day coaches and Puilmans were thrown from the treatie Into the creek and along the banks some twenty to thirty feet below.
 At the point where the first coach left the track the right hand rail was broken into fragments for several fcet, and torn entirely from the cross ties. The truck wheels ran on the ties until near the trestle, when they went over. allowing the brake beams and axles to fall on the guard rail of the bridge As the last coach was almost on the trestle, the five coaches toppled over. broke loose from the mail and express car and tumbled to the mud and water below.
 The Norfolk Pullman fell in the wa ter, while the Richmond sleeper, just in front, landed only partially in the water.
 The most of the injured and killed in the sleepers were in the Richmond sleeper. which was almost totally de- molished. The Norfolk sleeper was not so badly torn up. but fell on its side in the swollen stream. submerging many of the passengers.
 The conductor of this coach, Captain Johnson, was only slightly injured, and none of the passengers in his car were killed.
 The trailing coach was a day pas senger coach, and 1t Is not known whether 1t contained passengers. The front end of this coach was split wide open and partially submerged In the creek.
 Pullman Wrecked.
 The Richmond Pullman Is a mass of wreckage scattered over the wet and muddy bank of the stream, part of 1t being buried in the mud.
 At Il o'clock parts of two bodies were visible from the edge of this mass
  night how many more if any. were un- der 1t. Railroad men, who were work ing hard to rescue the unfortunate vic- tims and to recover the bodies of the dead, were practically certain that a removal of the debris would reveal more dead bodies.
 The two day coaches in front of the PulImans were also completely wreck ed. being smashed into kindling wood It Is thought that all the victims had becn removed from these two cars, though a force of men were hard at work. making a thorough search for any that might remain.
 Of those killed. some were scalded to death, others were badly mutiiated. while one was cut In half at the waist. his dismembered parts being found at the opposite ends of the coach. When the dead were brought Into the city 1t required e cordon Of police to keep the eager crowds from blocking all approaches to the m0rgue. For 6 pe- riod of four hours the streets were the