The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-28

A. r. RouDtree. OIL Jacksonville, Fla,
the express messenger injured yester-
day I'm the frighJtul wreck which oc-
CURED on the Seaboard Air Line near
Granite. y. c., died last night at 3
O'Clock in hospital at Raleigh.
His death made him the eighth vic
tim OF the disaster.
The revised list of the fatalities is
rs follows:
". A. raison. OF Raleigh. engineer
on train No. 81.
r. J. Gray. colored. OF Raleigh. fire.
man on No. 81.
&. ii. Beckham, OF Raleigh. en-
Stneer on train No. "a.
Jim kufIin. coloreo, of Raleigh,
fireman on No. ga.
Tom Boggan, Of 1906 West Leigh
Street. Richmond. porter on No. 81.
o. b. Priddy. OF Boykin, Va, ex-
press messenger.
A. r.. hountree, OF Jacksonville,
Fla, express messenger on No. 81.
- King, an unidentified ex-
press messenger, who boarded train
No. 81 at Norma, and was dead-head-
ing North in company with o. 3.
Priddy.
GRANITE, n. c. Special Terri
BILE were the consequences OIL the
accident. those who visited the scene
% the disaster Tuesday marvelled
that scores had not perisheu IN tho
collision, Tor the two nying locomo-
lives came togeth II with a terrific inn
. pact and were IS completely demol-
ished as though tons of dynamite had
been exploded beneath them. And TO
add to the dangers of the situation,
the wreck occurred on a curved en-
bsnkment about fifteen feet high.
BoIlen Flies Through the Air.
While the trucks of the two loco
motives seemed inextricably blended
together in mass of twisted metal
their boilers went in different direc-
lions One fell on the east and the
other on the west side OF the embank-
ment- The boiler Of one engine ex-
ploded and was hurled a distance of at
least fifty yards.
1t must have sailed twenty-five or
thirty feet high in the air and the in
dtcauons are that IL passed partly
through the branches Of a big pine
standing near the track This huge
protectile. before it struck the ground,
nit a telegraph pole. which was snap
ped in twain as though ii had been
a mere twig.
The fact that none of the passengers
on either of the two trains was in
jufed demonstrated the progress that
proves that after all. 1t is the rail-
road crews themselves who run the
greatest chances on the road.
each train had four Pullmans at
I0~hCA ~ IL anu none OF these were
deraiied. In addition to the sleepers.
each carried two combination express
cars ana passenger coaches. One of
these was practically demolished
was great.
hunoreds of Chickens Perish.
Among the victims of the collision
were hundreds of live chickens and
other poultry, as well as a dog, while
several conslgnments OF fine nsh were
broadcast q
this, the carr asses OF several slaugh-
tered hogs " ere hurled out into the
blackness of the night while appar-
entiy ION Of tray sausage and cut
meat went to destruction. One could
hardly tread the road for a hundred
yards on either side of the wreck
without stepping on flesh Of some sort.
ana WhiAe this really came from do
mestc animals, II gave the inquisitive
some very creepy sensations
An almost humorous side of the sit
uatlon was the display of scattered
airy goous. DliiIinery. Clothing and the
ike 10 be seen among the debris.
Enough false hair was IN evidence an
parenuy TO cover the scaIps of ali wo-
mainland inns capillary equipment
was not abanooned by the passengers
x seems TO have been among the ex-
press PACKAGES.
Fire soon began to make head vvav
among me oeOIIs, though II ooes not
appear 10 ave threatened the wrecked
cars Much OF the shrubberv alon0
me roadside became ignited and sew
% "a Immense trees were burned as
though sruck by lightning.
PORTIONS Of the Two englnea wera
Scatlei CO TAI ano wide. Following the
coiilsAon they must have been sent
iOrtn with me force OF cannon balas.
Fleces OF metal weighing as much
as tnONs.tnu pounuS were tossed
INTO gown OF pines at least 400
feet distant.
Came Together Like ThunderboIts
Inc cGlI.sIon occurred in Mecklen-
OurB countS. aDOuI 4vv yarus n,r.n
OF inc CarU4la4a line. on me Virginia
stue-a GAsla"Se OF about half a nile
from GrahlIS SLauon. The Villagers
AOr the most pare, aWoke In an in
saant- 1hey heard oetonatIon that
was IKE unLo q mlgnty Inunuerc.ap
anu instant. they reanzeo wnaL mad
happened.
a. Gistance of about 500 yards
from the scene of the disaster stanos
the magnlnceAt graAite resluence or
= 1. 4uShSr, wealthy 1arner and ,
Quarry1nan. Those IN mis- househofo !
we're up Ia lew minutes alISr the
numerous SOUND reached their ears |
explanations were not necessary tor
them, especially as one of the hanus |
on the pace actually saw the two To- !
comousSs come together WnIfe going
at fuH tilt. lie recalls that one OF |
tnem gave two short, hysterIca. blasts !
viii us WnlSlle Just a lew seconds !
before the engines crashed into each /
other.
Fortunately, two physicians. DR.. I
Sanos, OF hunter, W. Va, and DR.. /
Hurt. of Chester. were guests of the |
Tucker home al the time of the ac- !
cident. They were in MecklenburR
on a hunting expedition, and with !
the Messrs. Tucker dashed across the
nelds TO the wreck. Probably they |
were at work among the ueDris IA !
ten minutes.
And meanv lille scores came rush |
Ing up from the village OF Granite.
Although the wreckage then was in
most dangerous condition, several |
bodies We're quickly rescued and the |
injured were looked after as well as
possible.
All day long the work of remov-
ing the debris. clearing the tracks
and hunting for the dead went brave
ly on. The Seaboard authorities act
ed with astonishing celebrity. Or. Jo-
seph M. Burke, of Petersburg, the |
chief surgeon OF the system. was on
the scene by daybreak, and before !
noon nearly all OF the dead and
wounded had been taken TO Raleigh.
wa ~ ny, rIxy eli