The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-20

ing men and women In the Pulimahs.
and belf~ dressed, they climbed out.
Distorted masses of iron and WOOD
escaninc steam cnVeloping Gil, wet
THAR ewes Then came the little run
or creeping FIRE, and the hoffet -5't zen
on peoplc thinly clad and exposed 10
the early morning chill, watched t"e
flames spread through the ~ooosh
Z coaches and towards the men VINO
/ were dead or dying within them. " hen
some semblance of order vas restore"
/ out Of chaos, the work 81 rescue was
begun. one OF the tratnmen went 10
<orItna and telegraphed the news 10
Richmond. Before he returned the
wooden cars had been destroyed He
/ broken engines, with their dean H..
ers and fremen buried in the runs
were scattered over the track, rlslnG
sheer from an embankment IN ettHef
side The injured and unin]nred ho"-
died themselves in the PnilhlafT, thh
/ there waited for the relief thes hht"
5was coming TO them. People OF GRAN
/ tie and nearby farms came win offers
of assistance. and did what they could
+ for the chilled and frightened rasStn
GERS. Just after dawn Il shrili whistle
from the south told them OF help ,ni-
ing as fast as steam and an%i"As
hearts could bring it. PHYSICIANS
nurses and citizens poured from tae
relief train. ana began their worh'
While some cf the relief party uhs
ont the dead, others took care of mo
injured, All Of the injured were pace q
on the relief train and rushed haeN
to Raleigh where they were iiaee" IA
hospitals. Those who were not m
tured and the passengers who had
escaped waited fer the relief train
from Richmond, II ore down A snort
time afterwards. ana a second wreck
ing crew was added TO the work Oh
clearing away the wreck Iut she
passengers were brought to Richmond
on Train No 80. due here at 1850 a.
NJ. which tetoured via Weldon, n. e.
and came over the Atlantic Coast Line
into Byrd Street station. arriving mere
at . O'Clock in the afternoon. Tue
passengers continued their way North
on other trains.
Roth OF the wrecked trains were
two Of the best operated by the Sea-
board and were known as the Flor
ida Cuba Specials
The track had been cleared at
O'Clock; '' r' ~
Coates and Tilehman. two Of the in
iured. were brought to Richmond on
the same train which brought in the
delayed passengers of No. So ana
were taken 10 tNe fSill!a litoi'iA"''
where both were attended by their
respective family physicians, Coates
suffered with broken arm and many
bruises. while Tilghman was suferlng
from a nervous hreak6awn. brought
on Nv the narrowing scenes of the
-sreck.
Coates was injured in the collision.
the express car in which he was mes
senger being crushed like an egg in
The impact He escaped from the car
before Ii caught fire.
Tiighman, conductor of No. 81. was
in the day coach when the accident
! occurred. He said that the two trains
We're rounding curve. and that neith-
err could see the other until their head
lights were SO close together that the
( terrible collision was unavoidable. At
J ter seeing 10 the safety OF his pas
sengers. he went back to flag train
No. 22 which was following behind,
and when he turned he collapsed.
Both men We're said to be resting
quietly last night, and their families
were much relieved TO find that they
I had not beer iaore seriously injured.