The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
EIGHT DIE IN WRECK HORROR Trains Crash In Ten neSSee. FIRE ADDS TO TERROR ] Bodies Of Imprisoned Men Burned Before Rescuefs.s Mas Isaae., the News Asesf. Proves
 Himself . Hero--Passengers Are Thrown Inte Hyster- ! 4, ieal Panic.
 

 ia head-on collision between passenger ltrain No 4 and fast freight No. b1. on the Nashville. Chattanooga ani St. Louis Railway one mile west of Peg lSam Station. Tenn. this morning. < one person was seriously injured and q number of others reported more or less hurt.
 The cars caught fire and several of the victims were crernated.
 The wreck was caused by the over looking of orders. Will Morgan, travelling engineer. who was killed and his body burned, was for years the private engineer of the late President T. w. Thomas, of the Nashville Chat tanooga G St. Louis Railway. and had just returned from meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Denver.
 No passengers are reported killed The dead:
 Win Morgan. Nashville, travelling engineer. body burned.
 Joe Cover. Nashville, engineer on passenger train, body burned.
 Jesse Tarlxington, engineer on freight, body burned.
 :. Walter Roach, messenger. body Sam whitsd. fireman on freight, body burned.
 S. B. walt head brakeman on freight.
 W. S stalcup. mail clerk. Martin. Tenn
 L. E. Bailey. mail clerk. Martin. Tenn. body burned.
 The injured.
 Ellis Martin. conductor on freight. badly injured.
 Slightly injured fifteen.
 Both engines were completely wrecked.
 EAst Of Yntured. T
 The injured are, E.t
 Bob Haley. fireman. NO. ' Nasnvine' two ribs broken and left side injured. Ellis Martin, conductor No. 5l. Nashville. injured in head and inter- nally (may die).
 Captain T. lobe. Burton. N. C.. right side and back injured. William Lunsford, Peachtrea, N. C.. right arm and shoulder bruised.
 W. L. Thoznasson, Peachtrees ". e.. left shoulder and arm hurt.
 R. ". Boyd. Almons. N. C., right shoulder and head hurt
 Mrs. L. M Lee. TulIahoma. Tenn. right shoulder hurt
 Mrs. Temple Lunsford. Murphy. N, C., shoulder and neck hurt
 Mrs. A. c. Thomasson. Murphy. N. c. left ankle and shoulder and neck May fThonasson. Murphy. N. C.. right arm hurt
 Mrs. Mary J. Jackson. Mclean Branch. Tenn. right arm ana back Mrs. Joseph g. Lively. McAainnv,ile. Tenn. sprained knee.
 Mrs. John Dunn. Cumberland Fur mace. Tenn.. nose hurt.
 Mrs. Sam Warren. Nashville. Tenn.. slight.
 Mrs. N. J. oiliem. Nashville. Tenn. slight.
 The bodies o9 Morgan and Parking ton. are believed to have been com suned by the flames. The remains of Cover. Bailey and Stalcap. were brought here this afternoon and pre- pared for burial. The injured need ing attention were also brought here While the railroad authorities are endeavoring to place the blame, it is the general impression among pas sengers and trainmen thar the fault was with the passenger crew. as or ders to meet at Pegram had been is- sued and the wreck occurred West of that station. Mogan was on the en- zine with Cover.
 Wreck Scene.
 The scene of the wreck was a mosl sickening one, the crews of both the passenger and freight trains being caught under the burning cars and cremated. In extricating one of the mail clerks one of his aSms was pull ed off, while another man lost a leg in the same way.
 The hero of the wreck was Maz Isaacs, the news butcher of the pas- senger train, who lives in Nashville It was through his efforts that pan. 10 was prevented among the passen- gers of the passenger train, D few oi whom were slightly injured.
 The coaches on the passenger trair were burned-the mail. express and smoker.
 As the bodies of several employel are beneath the tangled mass and burned. the rescuers are unable to get those of Will Mogan, Jesse Parking. ton, Sam Whited and Ben Warp.
 All that was secured of Mogan waG an arm, while the left leg of one oi the mail clerks was pulled or in try ing to extricate his body. The bodies rescued are horribly burned and man. gled, and the scene in the cars beg. gars description. Mingled with the hystericaI talk of the passengers wat the groans of the injured trainmer and for an hour or more after the relief train arrived the scene was bed lam.
 . OMcanIs Notified,
 Information advising the railroad of ficials of the wreck was received sy telephone, 6 farmer near the scene bringing the news to Pegram. and Conductor Charley Moore, who wal deadheading to Hickman. telephoned it in. The telephone at Pegram was out of order and he run to Fullers Crossing, one and half miles distant to advise the officers and ask for a relief train.
 Whatever else may be said of the bravery and courage of the passen- gers and crew of the wrecked pas senger, the name of Max 1saacs, news butcher. of Nashville. will live long in the minds of the passengers.
 'Tn writing your story you want to give that butcher due credit-he's a hero." came from dozens of passengers as the Associated Press reported pass ed through the coaches in an effort to learn the names of the injured
 Boy . Hero.
 Max was the boy who kept his head; he was calm and collected in the hour of trial and when seen the butchers trousers were blood-stained and his hands dirty and grimy--the grime of honor--where he had helped the dead and dying from the wreck and carried