Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-22
TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK.
ii. J.. Sribling, Formerly OF OcOncc
One of the Victims.

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ing at 6.32 at Reedy Fork trestle, 10
miles north of here. and at 6 O'Clock
this evening 2 dead bodies had been
removed from the wreckage. Four
teen are reported dead and 25 injur
I'd are being cared for at St. LcO's
hospital.
The Dead.
The dead so far identified are:
a. p. Cone. superintendent of the
r. and ID. division of the Southern
Richmond. Va.
II. c. White, travelling auditor,
Washington, ID. G.
Isaac Dammals, porter.
c. b. Nolan, Pullman conductor,
Greensboro.
Frank w. Kilby, expert accountant,
Admission, Ala.
Virgil E. IIolcombe, Mount Airy,
n. c.
Ed. Sexton. Denton. n. G.
Richard Eames, a prominent min
ing engineer. of Salisbury, n. c.
John G.. BrodnaX, Richmond, Va.
ED. Bagley, Richmond, Va.
Chas. 7. BroadfeId. Americus, Ga.
Mortally Injured.
Among the patients ut the hospital
who are fatally injured are Henry l..
Stribling, OF Decatur, Ga. and +.
Smith, Spencer, n. G..
The list OF the injured so far asccr-
tanned, at least all OF those seriously
enough hurt to be taken to the hos
pital, is as follows:
+. w. Eldridge. Richmond: J. w.
Phillips. Petersburg. Va; ID. p. Nc
Braycr. Anderson, S. c.: ID. b. Hill,
colorcd, RcidsNille, \. c.; Jonas An
derson, colored, Richmond; A. l..
Harris, Rcidsyillc, viii Kinnon, Da-
wilson College. n. c.: Sutral Watson.
baskerville. Va; Robt. Russell. New
York; Burton Marye, Richmond: r.
Y. Chalkney, Greensboro. n. G.; Mrs
ii. I. Cook. Norfolk, Va; Philip Mel
son, Greensboro; Richard Dobie, Nor
folk; w. II. Carter, Danville; w. II.
Carroll, Norfolk; w. II. Deberry, col
Norfolk Mrs. Robert Edmonds, New
Orleans; G. II. Coble Richmond.
George J. Gould, who with his son.
Jay Gould, was in one Of the Pull
mans when the train jumped the
track, and who was reported dead,
escaped uninjured. He, with his son
Jay, and his friend, II. II. Russell, of
New York, former editor Of the Met
ropolitan Magazine. had just gotten
ont nf thoir h,rth,, ,,,hn,, ~ .
orcurrod Nr p,,,,, ' I"mP
hurt hv comino ~ nnn,, wa? o"u1S
stovn and To- ot NO hn.',;t,, ,"' W'
Gould and his son came in ON the
special bearing the dead and injured.
Caused by Broken Rail.
Thc derailmnnt q, ,ho ,.,;, .
caused nv q brolknn rail ohn,t S"n
feet from the trcstIn th,t .nnn.. tho
small stream. rho train w,s con,
posed OF two bapronn nvnr.sS amd
mail cars, three day coaches and two
PulI:Nans. The engine and h,paoco
mai! and express cars nossed oTnr n
safety. whila the doy co,choe ond
Pullmans were thrown from thn tra.'
tie into the creek and oIono ,ho
banks some 30 to 40 foot hnIow.
At the ;, int whore fin, fret cooob
left the track. the right-hon rail no.
ing broken about IS inches from ,
joint, the rail WAS broken into fr,c-
mcnts for several feet and torn en-
tircly from the crosy-tips rho trucl,
wheels ran on the tics untiI naor thn
trrStlr, when the outside wbocls
went over. allowing ihr brake bnoms
and aNlcS to fall on the guard rail of
the bridge. As the last coach was
about on the trcstIn. the five coaches
topplcd over. broke loose from thn
mai and express cars and tumblcd
~ '"' '''"" an" water o"IoW.
'hrS ran ia water.
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