Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
MAY BE MORE DEAD
Twelve Bodies Recovered
From Southern Wreck.
ONE Is WASHINGTON MAN
H. C. White, Travelling Auditor,
Victim of Accident.
TWO INJURED LIKELY TO DIE
George j. Gould Breaks Window of
Car and Leads Son to Safety.
Secretary Russell Burned.
TWO INJURED LIKELY TO DIE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GREENSBORO, N. c., December 16-
One Washington man is among the
known dead victims of the Reedy Fork
creek wreck yesterday. III. c. White
is travelling auditor for the Southern rail-
way, and has his home in the National
Capital.
Twelve bodies so far have been re-
covered. Twenty-Five injured two of
them expected to die. are in st. Leos
Hospital here.
Several Cars Demolished
+. The Richmond Pullman is mass of
wreckage and scattered over the wet
and muddy bank of the stream, part
of it being buried in the mud. Parts
of two bodies were visible after the
accident from the edge of this mass of
wreckage.
1t is not known how many more dead
may be under it, Railroad men, who
were working hard TO rescue the I'M
fortunate victims and to recover the
bodies of the dead are practically GER
tain that removal of the debris will
reveal more dead bodies
The two day coaches in front of the
Puilmans are also complete wrecks.
smashed into kindling wood 1t is
thought that all the victims have been
removed from these two cars, though
q force of men is hard at work, making
q thorough search for any that may re
main.
The Norfolk Pullman fell into the
water. while the Richmond sleeper, Just
In front, landed only partially in the
water. The most of the injured and kill
ed in the sleepers We're in the Richmond
sleeper, which was totally demolished.
The Norfolk sleeper was not so badly
torn up. but fell on its side in the swol-
len stream, submersing many of the pas
sengers in the water. The conductor in
this coach, Capt. johnson, was only
slightly injured. None of the passengers
In his car was killed
The trailing coach was day passenger
coach. 1t is not known whether it con-
tanned passengers or not. The front end
of this coach was split wide open and
partially submerged in the creek.
- Dead and Injured.
The revised list of the known dead
and injured follows:
l.. The dead are
Brodnax. John G., Richmond, Va.
Bagby, Edward. Richmond.
Bradfield. Charles T., American Ex-
press Company.
Cone, A. p. superintendent of the
Richmond and Danville division of the
southern railway, Richmond Va
Dammais, Isaac, porter on the Rich
mond sleeper; address not known.
Games, Richard, a prominent mining
engineer of Salisbury. N. c.
Holcomb, Virgil E., Mount Airy, N. c.
Kilby, Frank W., Birmingham, Ala,
or Wilkesboro, N. c. reported from
both places).
Nolan, c. B., Pullman conductor.
Greensboro.
Sexton, Edward, Denton N. c.
White, II. c., travelling auditor, Wash
ington, D. c.
The body of an unknown white man.
apparently about twenty-five years old,
was recovered late last night.
Among the patients at ST. Leo's Hos
pital who are fatally injured are Henry
L. Stribling, Decatur, Ca, and F. G.
Smltn. Spencer, n. c.
The list of injured includes Thomas W.
Eldidge, Richmond Va, John w Phil
lips, Petersburg, Va; David P Nc
Brayer. Anderson, S. c.; d. B. Hill,
Reidsville. N. c.; Jonas Anderson, Rich
mond; A. l.. Harris, Reidsville; Will Kin
non, Davidson College, n. c.; Sutral Wat
son, Baskerville. Va: Arthur Watson,
baskerville. Va; Robert H. Russell, New
York; Burton Marye, Richmond; Mrs. H.
I. Cook, Norfolk, Va: Thomas v. Chalk
ley, Greensboro; Philip Nelson, Green's
boro; Richard Dobie Norfolk: W. I. Car
ter. Danville. Va; w. T. Carroll, Nor
folk; w. T. Deberry, Portsmouth, Va;
IL. l. Wood, Norfolk; Mrs. Robert Ed
monds, New Orleans, AMI G. IL. Coble,
Richmond