The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-23
EIGHT INJURED IN WRECK.
Southern Passenger Train Collides
With Freight Engine on Main Line.

main line, just below the Aiken
freight depot about II o'clock last
Thursday night, arrived in Augusta
at l a. M, with three seriously IN
iured trainmen and several bruised
passengers aboard.
The train was met by doctors and
ambulances from the city hospitals,
and the injured were given attention
at once.
Following are those most serious
ly hurt:
Engineer James Rasmussen, OF
Charleston, S. c., of the freight en-
eine; right leg badly bruised, left leg
badly burned and body bruised. He
will recover.
Fireman John Roe, colored, OF
freight train No. 69, of Charleston,
head badly mangled, skull probably
crushed; condition serious.
Fireman Robert Adams, of Angus
ia, colored, of passenger No. H.,
shoulder injured.
F1agman Bruton, of Augusta, of
train No. II, nose broken and leg
broken.
Pullman Conductor J. D. Watson,
of Atlanta, face cut by his being pre-
cipitated through mirror.
Ticket Collector C. H. Greenleaf,
of Augusta, bruised eye.
Mrs. E. w. Miller, of Florence, S.
c., passenger in Pullman, bruised
about the body.
Conductor E. L. Reeve, of train
No. II, bruised about the chest.
Several other passengers and train
men received minor cuts, and bruises.
The only injured requiring attention
at the hospitals were Engineer Ras-
mussen and the two negro fremen.
Mr.. Rasmussen was taken to the city
hospital, where it was reported early
this morning that he was resting
fairly we'll, though suffering much
pain.
The two negro firemen were sent
to the Lamar hospital. At last re-
ports the result of Fireman Jones's
injuries could not be definitely de-
termined.
How Wreck Occurred.
Engineer Dunlap, of Augusta, and
/. Conductor E. L. Reeves, were in
charge of passenger train No. IT.,
bound from Charleston to Augusta,
the train running nearly two hours
late.
From stories told by trainmen and
passengers on No. II, all blame for
the accident is laid to the engineer
and fireman of local freight train No.
s63, whose engine was standing on the
main line, without any 1agman In ad-
vance, and with no headlight burn
{ ing. It appears that the freight en-
Z gine had been shifting about the sta
ton at Aiken, and the engineer must
I have forgotten that the passenger
train was expected to arrive, as his
engine was standing still on the main
Z line when the passenger train dashed
up. The passengers AID trainmen
speak in high praise of the GOODNESS
OF Engineer Dunlap, who, although
he did not see the engine ahead of
him until his own headlight revealed
it, stuck to his post, threw on the
emergency brake and slowed down
: the train considerably before the col
lision occurred.
Engineer Dunlap escaped without
!. injury. Fireman Adams, although
painfully hurt, assisted in dragging
Fireman Jones from beneath the coal
of his tender, which buried his body
completely when the crash came.
. In the "Jim-crow car" next to the
baggage car, was negro man with
basket containing 80 dozen eggs.
E The negro man was plunged, head
first, into his basket or eggs, and
when he was pulled out, dazed and
bewildered, he swore he was bleed
ing to death.
The passenger train was damaged,
every car having broken windows;
many of the seats being torn from
their places by the force of the i'm
past. The doors of the baggage car
]. were so badly wrenched that it was
necessary to prize them apart to get
into the car when the train reached
) the union station in Augusta.
Both engines were badly damaged,
the passenger engine being lifted
from the track, and the freight en-
gine being smashed considerably. The
track was not damaged, and it is
presumed that the line will be clear
ed shortly and traffic uninterrupted.
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