The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-06
TWO MEN KILLED AND TWO BAD
LY INJURED BY STEAM
SHOVEL TURNING OVER.
Mr.. WALL MAY SURVIVE
Wounded Men Are at Wilmer, Ala.
Earth Being Soft From Excessive
Rains Supposed 70 Have Caused the
Accident.

Mr.. E. H. Wall, of this city, was
seriously injured by the steam shovel
that he was firing turning over at the
11-mile post out of Mobile on the New
Orleans, Mobile & Chicago railroad
Wednesday afternoon about $50 o.
clock.
Messrs. ]. A. and F. V. Wall, of
Hattiesburg, brothers of the unfortu-
nate man, and Mrs. Wall, who was
visiting at Monte Rose, went to the
bedside of Mr. Wall at Wilmer, Ala,
this morning, and a telegram received
from them at noon stated that while
Mr.. Wallis condition is serious there
is chance for his recovery.
At the time Mr.. Wall received his
injuries two men were killed and one
badly injured.
An account of the accident is given
in the following special:
TWO MEN KILLED AND
ONE VERY BADLY HURT.I
Mobile, Ala, July 1.-TWO men
killed and two badly injured, proba-
bly, fatally so, is the result of steam
ditcher turning over at the 11-mile
post on the New Orleans, Mobile &
| Chicago railroad Wednesday after
noon about $50 o'clock
The dead are: w. B. Doolittle,
white, engineer of the steam shovel
and Lee Donna, colored, helper. The
wounded are: Ike Cottrell, white con-
ductor, crushed about the head and
face; E. H. Wall, white, fireman,
severely scalded about the body.
The dead were brought to the city
last night and turned over to Roche
Undertaking Company, and the
wounded removed to Wilmer where
they received medical attention.
Engineer Doolittle's family resides
in Newton, Miss, but it is understood
that his wife is at present in Strait
ton, Miss. The negro Donna is said
to have come from Waynesboro, Miss.
Conductor Cottrell, who is severely
bruised and mashed about the. head
and face, resides in Meridian, Miss,
while fireman Wall lives in Hatties-
burg.
The steam shovel had been working
in that vicinity all day loading cars
with earth to be used in the construc-
tion of the water works switch. At
the time the accident occurred the
shovel was being used to load cars
and the scoop had Just finished get
ting a load of earth on one side and
the crane was being swung to the
other when, without a moments
warning, the whole thing toppied over
on its side burying the four men un-
DER II. Where the shovel turned over
the ground was soft and TO this is
probably due the fact that the two
wounded escaped Wi'A their lives.
Just prior to the accident tie sour6
bound local train passed the shovel
which had taken the water works
spur to allow the train to pass and
after the local passed went out on
the main line to continue the days
work
Wounded at Wilmer.
When the wrecking crew left Mo
bile it was not known that the wound
ed had been released and taken tt
Wilmer, so DR.. w G. Ward, the com
pany's surgeon, was called and wen
TO the point where the wreck occurr
q ed. The condition of the wounded
was such that their removal to Mo
: bile last night was impossible an,
! they remained at Wilmer. where the,
will stay until their condition will
permit of removal.
One Of the colored laborers on TIL
{ steam shovel who came In on tn
wrecking train stated that the stear
II shovel, at the time the accident oe
, Cured, was anchored to the tract
n and he did not see how is turned ovel
e but 1t is supposed by some that tn
i rains softened the earth and that til
u crossties did not hold as securely .
n they would have under other circup
stances. +.