The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
RAILROAD WRECK.
Three Men kiIIed-Mueh Property
DESTROYED.
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Destroyed.
The State of 8 outh Carolina,
Aboevllle County.
J. E. Bailey, sworn. says:
The death OF Luther H. Nickles, Clyde
Moore and David Beard vas caused by o
head-on collision.
@. Where was that at? A. 1t was nearer
to Long Cane than Cana. Number OF trains
Second No. 20 and 81 Q md NJ. 10. The co! H.
ion Was beyond the side-lrack gong 10 q
Abbevil'e to Green wood. I was on train go
Ing by side trs ck. My orders waa TO meet 8. O.
ond 10 at Long Cane. Second 10 was TO take
side track at Long Cane. Second 10 hadn't
arrived at meeting when We passed. Second
No. 90 run by place where they should have
stopped. There is a little short side track at
Cana, not sufficient to pass Second No. 10.
engines was torn up; several cars; three men
killed names, Luther H. Nickles, Clyde
Moore and Dave Beard. Both trains, Second
No. 10 and Second No. 20, was late on sched-
ule: Second No. % had the right Of way;
| should have taken side track, and Second No.
70 should have waited till they were side
track ed. W.. NJ Jones was engineer on Sec.
ond No. 20. This was done February End
O.. What time wal Second No. 10 dead ?
A.. Second No. 10 was dead at 1927 p. m.
Q. Who was engineer on train Second No.
1877 A. Clyde Moore.
| @. Who was fireman on train Second No.
ll9S A. Luther q. Nickles.
@ Which train was David Beard on A.
David Beard was on Second No. 20.
@. When did you realize there was prob
ability Of being q wreck, and what did you do
toward preventing it9 A. AS soon as !
could see that they was notin the siding, I
@. I understood Jou to say that you had
orders 10 meet at that siding. Why was II
that you didn't wait there for Second No. 49,
A. The engineer run by; be has the control
OF the pulling power OF train. W ~. Jones
@. Did Mr.. Jones blow for any signals? A.
be olew a meeting signal.
@. Did you answer? A.. Yes.
@. By what right we're you expecting TO
meet Second No. 10? A. By train orders:
Q. Did sou have any non-Air cars next to
q. About what rate OF speed we're you run
two to six miles an hour.
@. What was the other train doing? A. l
couldn't see them, but they evidently were
@. Bid you all stop at the siding at ell ?
A Did not.
@. why not9 As stated before, tho en-.
gineer run by and be had control Of II.
rain 81 a Pie ' The s M Rss b sss'' sp 'P issdSRspiss ' IL
did.
E. NJ. Bailey, sworn, says:
train9 A. Twas fiagman on Second Nc, %.
9, Where was yoq ,b at ,s Then this collision
@. Who was the conductor? A. j. E.
@. Which had the right Of way. Second
No: 10 or Second No. N9 A. We had a meet
q. Was that at Cana9 A. No, at Long
@ What was the result OF that meeting ?
q. Where did you meet Second No. ls9 A.
A quarter of q mile north OF Long Cane.
What was the result OF the meeting? A.
Three men killed, named Luther II. Nickles,
Clyde Moore aad Dave Beard.
MIR. Bailey, is it rules OF the Railroad
for the nagmau to see the orders7 A.. They
should read them to me. -,
@. Did you see orders9 A. No, he did
@, Was this in AbbeVille County. 1 sup
pose SOL 1 don't know anything about this
County.
w. NJ. Jones, sworn, says:
@, You was engineer on what train? A. /
order Oh leaving Shops with Second No. 10 at
Long Cane In this County. On leaving the
shops, l thought It must be about time that
Second No. 10 was dead on schedule. Con.
that they were dead on the schedule at Long
Cane at 1927 r, m. I passed Long Cane 1898
p, M. according to my watch. Didn't IND
Second No. 10 at Long Cane, and az they was
cording 10 my watch. / had no right to stop
ut Long Cane. so didn't stop, just kept going,
and the result was ! met them north OF Long
Cane. After the accident / met Conductor
10 him that Second No. 10 was dead on sched-
ule, He said not. ! told him that they
we're, because they we're dead at Long Cane
1927 p. m. Then we compared time, and
bis Thu result ofthe collision was that three
men killed and damage OF property. The
men were Clyde Moore, L. q. Nickles and
Dave Beard
j. A. Niokics, sworn, says:
@ Mr.. Nickles, state what capacity you
hold on Seaboard Air Line K. RI A. Con-
@ When was acrlden,. A. Feb. End, in
A6Oeville county, at s.SS p. No., at the 1871
was to meet Second No. 20 at Long Cane.
@. Was Second No. 10 on time? A. No;
about II hours 20 minutes late.
@. Did you get orders at Green woodf A.
No 20 at Long Cane. My fret order was to
meet Second 20 at Shops. When I was ready
to leave Greenwood, my meet at shops was
ond No. QU at Long Cane. I left Greenwood at
9.l5 O'Clock expecting TO meet Second No. %
at Long Cane ! met Second No. 20 head-on
collision at 127 l,2 mile posi, the results Of
man L.. II. Nlckles, Brakeman Dave Beard
was killed. do not know why Second No.
20 passed Long Cane holding q meet order
with me at that place.
PHYSICIANS CERTIFICATES.
DR.. C.. G. Gambrell. sworn, says:
Iam q practiclng physician and was called
TO wreck at Cana siding. Abbeville county,
Tuesday night, Feb. I'd, '09, about IL O'Clock.
I examined the dead bodies OF Clyde Moore
and Luther Nickles. Mr.. Moore came to his
death from a broken neck with other slight
death was the result OF fractured and lace
rated left ARM, and both legs, ss we'll as other
bruises over the body.
David Beard-The lower part Of body from
thora1 was burned into Q crisp; one arm
burned up and wound in right side OF FORE
head.
L. II. Nickles-Body badly mutilated; left
foot cut off, also left arm: chest crushed; left
arm mashed into pulp.
Clyde Moore-Neck broken and chest orush-
ed. G. A. Neuter, M. d.
ERDGC OF THE JURY.
We the undersigned jurors find that l.. II.
Nickles' and Clyde Mooreis death was caused
by a head-on collision on s. A. L. February 2,
1909, near Long Cane, Abbeville county.
h. G. Philson, Foreman.
NJ. b. Reese,
C.N. Hamlin,
James Taggart,
JIM. Seal,
j. l.. Clark,
D. M. Keller,
Charles Cobb,
J. W. Mckee. Jr..
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