Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-16
RICHMOND AND NORFOLK
iPEOPLE DEAD OR INJURED
Twenty. five Sufferers Are Removed to
Hospital and Several Of Them Prob
ably Are Fatally Hurt-6roken Rail
Responsible for Catastrophe-Oi-
vision super,ndent Among Victims.
(By Associated Press.)


GREENSBORO. y. c.. Dec. ID
Local passenger train No IL on rne
Southern Railway known as the Rich
mond and Atlanta train. due In
Greens boTo at 6 40 a. m. was wreck
Cd this morning at 6:32 at Feedy Fork
trestle, ten miles north CT here and
at 6 o'clock this evening eleven dead
bodies had been recovered from the
wrs ckage. Fourteen are reported dead,
and % injured are being cared for
at st. Less Hospital.
List of the Dead.
The dead bodies so far identified
are:
A. p. CONE. superintendent of the
Richmond and Danville division OF
the Southern Railway. with head
quarters at Richmond, Va.
H. c. WHITE. travelling auditor,
Washington, d. c.
FRANK W. KILBY. expert account
ant. Admission. Ala.
ISAAC DAMMALS, porter On the
Richmond slespe-.
c. p. NOLAN. Pullman conductor.
VIRGIL E. OLCOMB, Mt. Airy, N.
ED. SEXTON. Denton. y. c.
RICHARD EAMES, a mining ensi-
nter OF Salisbury. y. c.
JOHN d. BROADNAX, Richmond,
Va.
I'm D;chropJ
C. T. BROADFIELD. Americas. ia.
The body of an unknown white man,
apparS ntiy about % years old, was
recovered late this evening
Two Fatally Hurt.
Among the patients at the hospital
who are fatally injured are Mrs. Hen
ry L. Stirling. of Decatur. Ga. and
F. G. Smith. of Spencer, y. c.
The list OF the injured SO far ascer-
tained-at least all of thoss' seriously
enough hurt to be taken TO the hos
pital--is as follows:
Thomas W. Eidridge, Richmond.
Va; John W. Phillips. Petersburg.
Va: David II. McBrayer. Anderson.
S. c.: d. B. Hill (colored) Reidsville,
" c.: jonas Anderson (colored)
Richmond. Va; A. L. Harris. NEEDS
vile. y. c.; Viii Kinnon, Davidson
College. y. e.; Suthral watson. Bas-
kerville. Va: Arthur Watson, Basker-
vile, Va: Robert Russell. New York;
Burton Marye. Richmond. Va: Mrs.
II. T. Cook. Norfolk. Va; Thomas V.
Chalkley, Greensboro. y. c.; Philip
Nelson. Greensboro. y. c.: Richard
Eobie. Norfolk. Va; w T. Carter.
Danville. Va: W. T. Carroll, Norfolk.
Va: W T. d Berry. Portsmouth. Va;
H. l.. Wood. Norfolk. Va Mrs. Robert
Edmonds. New Orleans; G: II. CobIe.
Richmond. Va
Owing to the character of the wreck
much time was required to remove
the dead and injured from the debris.
and 1t was s.: 30 before this work was
well under way. The injured were
hrought &c this city as rapidly as
they could he extricated from the
wreck and placed in St Lees Hospi-
tai
coYIds UrinjUred.
Georee ]. Gould who. with his son,
jay frtltl. was - VII " AAAN III
mans. when the train jumped the
track and who vas reported dead. es-
caped unirjuTsd. He. with his son
Jay and friend. A. II. Resell. OF Ne~
York. former eoitcr Of the Metropoli-
tan Magazine. had Just cotton on; 81
their bcsths when the wreck occurred
Mr. Russell was badly hurt by com
ing in contact with a car stove and :
at the hospital
Mr.. Go-ld and his son came in on
tn special bearing the dead and m
jur D. lie left ;his afte-no-n for hts
hunting lodge. - miles from here. for
a weeks ouiing.
Broken Rat the Cause.
The der5'iment was caused by
broken rail about 2oo feet from ihc
trestie that spans the small stream.
The train vas compos d Of two tax
gage. exDsess and mail cars thrte DAY
coaches and Two Pullmans