The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-22
WRECK OF TRAIN
Casts Eleven Lives aaa Cass.s Ejuzy to
Many People.
ACCIDENT on SOUTHERN
Broken Fail Throws Frie Coaches
From Bridge Near Greens ~so.
y. C-Two High soaehera Rail
way Oescials Are lacicdea in the
LIS. OF Those Killed.

I List OF Those Killed.
Local passenger train No. II. on
the Southern railway. known as the
Richmond and Atlanta train. due
il Greensboro AZ $40 a. "a. was
wrecked Wednesday a, S:32 at Reedy
Fork ,.es,le, ten niles north o:
Greensboro. anG at S o'clock Wednes-
day evening eleven dead bodies had
been removed from the vreckase.
Fourteen arc reported dead aud
twenty-five .ajured are being cared
for al ST. Leo's hospital.
Owing to .he character Of the
wreck much time vas required to
remove tho dead and injured fror
The debris and. 1t vas $40 before
this work vas veil underway. Tho
injured vese carried TO Greensboro
as rapidly as taey could Be eztri.
eatad from the wreck aa1 plaesd
IN S. Leo's hospital
TIE deEailnent Of tho train vas
caused By q broken ran. about tvo
hundred feet from the eresae that
ssans tho emaii stream Tho train
was composed OF two baggage. ea-
press and mail cara. three day
coaches and two Ppilnans- The en-
ssas and baggage. mail and express
cars psasea ove1 2a satey. while
the deg eoaches and Pullman rere
thrown from the e-estie iato the
creek and aloaS tho oaaSs SOME
twenty TO thirty feet bolov.
At she poine where the era: eosch
LETT tho track. the right hand rail
being broken. about eichteea ZACH
60 from Joint. the rail vas eresso
into fragments for several feet. and
torn entirely from the crossties. The
truck wheels ran On the lies until
bear the ,-cs,.e. rhen the outside
wheels wont over. allowing the
brake beams and axles 70 fal! Oh
The guard raj! Of tie bridge. as
the las, coach was about on the tres
tie. the Eve coaches TOPPED ove'
broke loose from the NEIL and es
press car and tunsled TO the mo.3
SnG Wste. oeiox.
Tho Norfolk pulln2a fel! IN :be
wa,e. while the Richmond sieepe:
jrs, IN front. landed only partially
IN the water. The most OF the n
iured and killed IN the sleepe-s we
IN the Richmond sleeper. which wss
totally demolished. The Norfo:s
sleeper vas not 50 badly torn up.
bu, fell OF It's side IN the swollen
stream. suenersins many OF the ?A--
sense.s in the water. The conduc
tor in this coach. Capt. johnson. Sas
very slightly injured AID none OF tas
passengers In his car were killed
The Richmond Pullman Is mass
OF wcecSase and, scattered ore. The
we, and muddy bank Of tie stream.
part Of II being ouried in the ou..
At IL o.clces parts OF two bod: .
-e.e visible from :ae edge Of this
mass of Nreekase and Il Is no, Gov
known hn~ many moro are under
Il. Railroad ne1, who were work
lns hard 20 rescue the unfortunate
Victims and 20 recover The bodies
Of the dead. are practically eertaIs'
TIA: a remova. OF toe debris would
reveal Iaore dc,a bodies The CO.
day coaches IN front OF the fu"
maps were also complete wrecks. oe-
ing smashed into k:nd!ins wood.
OF .ae dead their appeacaac, =.
the undcrtake-s ehored tha, 5on,>
we're scaided 70 death. o'es.; ~I.,e
badly uutilated. wnile eae ~ae cut
aha!! a. the waist. ais eiswenee:
% parts being found at the cppcs''e
end Of the coach.
A, I O'Clock. when the 6sai H.'r"
carried into the city. tae N,or:Le
vas So crowded .a.- the tra:" pa
ed on further where the amociarres
and backs we're gathered 70 convey
The dead TO 40 inprovised iaor:ue
which had heen ordered.
Il took Gordon Of poiieem-s. &c
keep the eager crowds from ,''tcx-
Ing al approaches For spa q
four hours the streets were - one
time or another the scene ot pro-
cess!oa OF amou!aaees cacry.n: 'ac
wounded 10 re hospital o: me dead
20 the morsue.
The Southern n:d corr~ OF "i-
scia!s. physicians and !sborers on he
seen quickly after the news vas re
eeiv>d. Improv!sed l!ttsrs we're
quickly put in,e service. as the Ia
jured were released from their per
:: :,ors positions IN The mass OF wreck
age.
Pullman mattresses and eiarkct'
were used TO protect the tie injured
and the dead were wrapped anc