The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-26

A result of an Alabama Great Southern passenger train striking au automobile. The automobile was completely wrecked and as it flew through space from the terrific impact of the engine, two negro bystanders were hurled to their serious injury, many feet backward.
 The Injured l Those injured, excepting one negro, whose name was not learned, include:
 Beatrice Graham, aged IS, resident of Boyles; one rib broken, internally in- jured, cut about the face and hands. serious bruises about the head and shoul- ders; conveyed to the South Highlands infirmary.
 | Ruth Burris, aged 20, residing at Arlington station; carried to St. Vim cents hospital, where she underwent an operation on her hand, which may be lost She is internally injured, it was stated; has a severe cut over her left eye, and is otherwise injured. F. A. varrin, aged 25. residing at sos Forty.first street, north. scratched up considerably, but able to go to his home. Miss Burris is the daughter of G. H. Burris, 54l2 Tenth avenue, north, a car penter
 Miss Graham is the daughter. of Mrs. Annie Roake, an. operator at the Peoples Telephone exchange. Miss Graham is also an operator there.
 Charles Mcconnell aged 30, an auto- mobile driver of flor hire' cars. resid- ing at the Pedigree hotel. corner First avenue and Eighteenth street, not very seriously hurt; carried to his room.
 A negro named Houston Benjamin, car ried to the private infirmary of Cope land, Solomon & Wilder. It was said his leg was broken and seriously hurt about the head
 Another negro man whose name was not learned was injured but not se- rously.
 Belonged to Fulenwider
 The car was Cadillac touring car of recent model and was the property of A. l.. Fulenwider, a prominent cit izen of Birmingham. He is in York, Ala, hunting with his son and Ross C.. Smith, and the remaining members of his family are out of the city.
 It was stated that the party of young people had been out riding and passed Roebuck Springs. where MT. Fulenwider resides, about noon. They drove to Bes- semer and returning, reached Beverly crossing about dusk. All of the cur tains of the car were tightly drawn and it was said the approach of the south bound train could not be seen. The track has an open space sof 351 yards, it was stated, before the crossing is reached. It was stated by various spectators that the train blew for the crossing and the bell was ringing, but that no heed was paid to the warning by the young man driving the car The car was approach- ing from the west and was on the fire mans side of the locomotive, hence the engineer could not observe the car. The car and locomotive met on the crossing.
 The automobile was hit squarely in the center, directly between the headlights and was completely turned around and was facing west when it reached terra firma. The entire motive power equip ment of the car encased in the front was bent into an unrecognizable mass.
 
 with great velocity against the encase- ments of the automobile and jambed headlong into the open.
 Miss Burris on Front Seat
 Although the driver was caught in the thickest of the collision he was com paratively uninjured. Miss Burris, who was the most seriously injured, was seated in front, 1t was stated last night, and received the greatest force of the collision. As the car sailed away from the passenger train the two negroes standing waiting for the train to pass were hit and knocked a considerable dis tance by the automobile.
 The train rolled down a few car lengths and stopped. The passengers rushed to the injured persons and picked them out of the debris.
 The hysterical cries of the injured girls and men, and the wild bedlam of voices surrounding the injured half dozen cree ated situation that beggars description. The injured were carried to a nearby home. where everything possible was done for them until Johns ambulances speeding from Birmingham reached the scene and carried them to hospitals. It was stated last night at St. Vim cents that Miss Burris was undergoing an operation to her hand, but would be all right it was believed.
 Big Crowd Views Wreck Wild rumors spread through the city last night to the effect that seven per- sons were killed. The rumors carried a large number of automobile men. phv- sicians and others to the scene. The neghborhood turned out in full. the result being that no less than 1000 spec- tators gazed with wonder at the wreck. and pondered over the miraculous es- cape of the young occupants of the machine.
 The remains of the wrecked Cadillac were placed upon a handcar by the Ala bama Great Southern officials and brought to Birmingham. It required one of the wrecking crews of that railroad to get the automobile placed upon the car. It was stated at late hour last night at the hospital that slight hopes were being entertained for the recovery of Miss Burris However, it is said that she rested fairly well last night and unless complications set in there .js no reason why she should not ultimately recover.
 
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