The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-20
X Statement OF Trainmen-'rra..
orn Up and All Cars Except Pull
mans Mass of WreCkage.

Barnwell, April 1S. Special
Special Train No. 81. the Southern
Railways palatial vestibule train
from Washington, ID. c., 20 Jack
sOnville, Fla, which is scheduled 10
pass Barnwell at 9:57 a. M, wa#
derailed this morning about five
miles ilom town and now lies -
wreck amid tangle of twisted rails.
splintered cross ties, broken trucks
and sirders. The wreck was cauS-
ed by the spreading OF the rails.
iiy what seems a miracle, none CT
the passengers was seriously hurt,
nervousness from the shock appar-
emily being the only untoward result
experience by them in what could
have been the most serious wrec!,
III point of casualties in the history
Of this division of the road.
As soon as an engine could IT,
rhn to the wreck, the passengers
we're carried to Blackville. in one OF
the two Pullman cars remaining on
the track. II was impossible to
learn any OF their names when Tn.
News and Courier correspondent
reached the wreck about two hour"
alter il occurred.
Two Badly Hurt. Says Porter.
IN quirleS as TO the condition .,
ply from the trainmen, that no opC
was seriously hurt" y porter, how.
ever, who had hi knee injured,
stated that two iodies were righ.
badly hurt and a little child had
cash cut in its forehead. They were
passengers III the day coach, whC
had for the most par; 10 be taken
out OF the window.
a scene of indescribab BILE confuSiCn
met the eyes OF those who went TO
the wreck. The train was travelling
at the rate of 40 or 50 miles an
! hour when the tender struck n,
spreading rails and left the track.
! the cars piling up behind it. and af-
I ter running "A few yartS the engine
and the Two Pullman cars, wa"
ditched
I'm Every Direction.
| The engine broke loose and ran
about 100 yards down the track
with its two rear wheels on th'
ties The mail car jumped entirely
over the tender and landed on it's
side, about 40 feet from the track
! in an open field The express ca
was next AZ .!&22%a upright, aho(
50 lSot The baggage car lay
of the white day coach was buried
.
the glass in the vestibule, tearing
up the seats and otherwise damag-
ing ii. How the passengers escap
ed serious injury was mystry.
The dining car was next and il a
SO Jared badly, being almost turned
over. The Pullman cars attached
TO the rear remained on the traclc
with the exception of the from;
trucks of the forward car. The
trucks of all the cars, except tho
dining car and the two PullmaS
were stripped off and some of them
buried four feet in the ground
age In one place the road bed waa
swept clean, twisted rails and brok~
en- cross-ties being OH every side.
Clearing Track-Train Detoured.
A wrecking train was hurried TO
the scene as quickly as possible and
soon the work of clearing the track
was in progress. Ii is thought that
the wreck will be cleared away
enough by midnight to enable trains
to pass. Train 30. 80, the fast
train 10 the North. went OYER the
Seahoard Air Line tracks this af-
'rnoOn via Denmark. The wreck
ed train was not crowded and this
ma" i'm part accCun. for the fact
no one was kiiied At this sea
son OF the year the travel is most
J mOrthwards
The wreck OF to-day brings TO
mind ono that occurred within 200
ards "i the same place in 1891,
wnCn Il passenger train was derail.
Cd and went down a high embank-
mCnl, killing one passenger and
badly injuring several others. This
happened on the Carolina Midland
Railroad, since bought and operated
by the Southern. The scene Of to
day s wreck was a comparatively
icVel place.