The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-02
CAROLINA TEAM
HAS CLOSE CALL
Chanel Hill Warriors Bound for
Georgetown Battle in Richmond
Ese-o. BY Miracle and
Leno a Eand in Help
ing Manned and
Wounded.

Seaboard Air Line passenger train
no. Sc. northpund for Washington.
Jumped the trsks At 4:o5 o'clock yes
1arday afterpon near rawlings
brunswick Conty. dera:ling the en-
CINE and two Express cars. and caus-
ing the death ! L. L. Pegram. an ex-
press messen9r. Another messehee.
suffered q br6en hip, and two mail
clerks .ustaind minor injuries. wal
hce Stevens. "a negro fireman. was
hurt internally
TIVE I-n,yer}ty of North Carolina
>oo,tau team! en- route TO Richmond
ror game p-day with Georgetown
Tn,xersi,y. ocsc.ed a special car at
t.chsd 10 the rear OF the train. ond in
common with the other passengers
.r.y.,,ue IN acombinaaion car and two
go, puI,man. escaped unhurt The
r,omen. the lninjured section OF the
,rai, came II q atandst!ll the college
49,. ,iIed on to the forward end and
-r,tea handip hand with the crew
a. ,.si., the.n5ured and remedy the
damage.
The aoc,det occurred on an embank-
nent between Rawlings and kress
wh,le tn. trfn was running at hisn
sneed. Their, !s a decided down grade
ana considerable curve. In the ao-
.enc. of as assigned cause, ~ IS
thought tina the engine. running Al
fuIl speed sound the curve. encoun
tered Some tstacle which caused II 10
t,rn the tr-k and drag the two ex-
press cara png.
Esxl,er Pitched In Air.
rnn .zcaus,f Engineer 81. W. TiGhe
.,o wallace ,eyens, his coiored fireman.
.as ,nirasulcs IL. IIe,tn. OF Raleigh.
travelling puenger agent OF Seaboard
Air Line Hlway. who was accom-
napyinx the ootbaIl team. was one OF
the h.st to each the forward end o.
the train. Ven he got there, he SAID
the negro fsman was tumblins down
through theranches Of a tree. eaten
ing at the ibis Is he came down
The sutdEess with which the acci-
dent occurrt left no time for the en-
gineer andnreman TO jump The
plight Of u negro when Mr.. Levin
reached thi scene supports the ex-
PLANTATION oEneineer Tighe that they
were both pitched high in the air
rs the tomotive turned turtle
After encouering various trees and
uuderbrusha their descent. the men
landed in soft mudhole b. the side
Of the roaed-
An EXPIRE messenger. Thomas \.
Williams. ol.aurinburg, n. c., was the
snly man tsufYer serious injury. He
sustained sroken hip. and was take.
10 Petersbe for treatment Henry
Abbot, ANGER messenger from Wash
tngton, 4. Z, was slightly cut L. 4:
Norris an E. o. McCright. railway
mail clerk both Of Washington, re-
cetved mir bruises.
Eress Car DeDelisbe1.
The ente. as well as the two ex
press cal turned completely over.
One of Use was wooden and was
mashed t. pulp The steel car stood
I'D well uer the impact Pesram. the
man thagas killed was In this car.
together It'll the other express mes
senzers. Iccording q the two who
survived, death was caused by a big
steel saf,which crushed his life out
when thsar turned turtle
Pesrau who was q married man
and Ieav I'VE children. was making
hi. first n He was about thirty five
years oil His body was put OK at
Peterybu and turned over to an un-
dertske.o be prepared for burial II
win be ,pped to-day to his aome in
Hamlet. c.
wallas stevens, the colored fireman.
upon eznination 1t Petersburg was
found The hurt internally and was
sent to local hospital for treatment
In addfn to his internal injuries he
suffered broken Les.
PaaseaSen EscaDe.
As thxpress car left the track the
couplinpar:ed. a Circumstance which
prevens the dragging down Of the
passens coaches. with a consequent
IsrKe OF life Thee oupiins gave
way byeen the second express car
and thmail car. The latter veered
on theasls and turned partly over.
Passyers. many OF them Richmond
Deople: owded out Of the halted train
in frac fear Of . catastrophe but
were ;eved to md that all Of the
travel, had e<capued with nothing
Worsea an q severe shaking W. Cap
tain 1et. Of the University Of North
Carroll football team. brought his
psxsk army to the scene. and the
Nsys In the work Of helping the
wouul and in collecting the mail
sackwhich were scattered on all
sides
A ief train from re,ersburs ar
rsve6hortiy before o'clock briug.
Srx rsicians and nurses. The wreck
ing ~ attacked The debris and haA
the sck clear for the passage Of
srsssby midnight. The relief srsin
eoo1po the football team and all
paSwers bound for R:ohmona and
Sross them. together with al the
poae the Naia street 0sssioa as
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