The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-09
TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK.
VETERANS on WAY TO MACON
REUNION.
Three Of Unidentified Dead are
Babies-Engine and Five Cars
Roll Down Embankment.

persons, including three women and
two children, were killed and So per-
sons injured when the first section
of the Confederate Veterans Special
Of II cars, en- route from Texas to
the annual reunion at Macon, Ga,
was wrecked this morning on tres
tie a mile south of Eastebutchie,
Miss, on the New Orleans & North
eastern Railroad. The locomotive,
baggage car, one day coach and three
tourist sleepers were derailed and
tumbled down high embankment,
making a conglomerate mass of wood
and iron debris.
Though several hundred Confed-
crate veterans were aboard the train,
not one was numbered among the
dead. Several of the veterans were
injured, though none fatally.
The dead: Mrs. ]. L. Cameron,
Henderson, Texas; Mrs. Charles
Holmes, Big Springs, Texas; ]. S.
Downing, Atlanta, Ca, president of
the Downing Locomotive Draft Ap-
pliance company; w. A. Wood, Me-
ridian, Miss, engineer; two children,
aged three and five, unidentified; one
woman, aged about 35, weight $50,
unidentified; one man, aged 80,
smooth face, brown hair, unidenti-
fed; C. J. Jones, negro fireman.
Engineer w. A. Wood, of Merid-
ian, Miss, and two unknown machin-
lists were killed. The derailment was
on a straight line and the train was
running about 80 miles an hour. The
dead were brought to Hattiesburg.
The identified dead are: Mrs. j.
L. Cameron, Henderson, Texas; ]. S.
Downing, Atlanta, Ga; w. A. Wood,
Meridian, Miss, engineer; Mrs. Chas.
Holmes, Big Springs, Texas.
C. C. Jones, negro fireman, will
die.
The scene Immediately after the
crash was made particularly Distress
ing by cries of the injured.
Veterans Aid Comrades.
Those who were uninjured imme-
diately went to work assisting in ex-
Treating less fortunate comrades,
carrying them to improvised hospit-
ais in the few coaches not overturn-
ed. Many of the injured veterans
did what they could towards reliev-
ing the more seriously hurt.
When the engine and tender left
the track at the short trestle they
were followed by the baggage car,
day coach and three tourist sleepers.
These cars were/badly splintered and
it is regarded as most miraculous
that any of the occupants escaped.
Hattiesburg citizens from every
walk of life met the train which
brought the dead and injured here.
The Kings Daughters, U. D. c., the
Masons, Elks and other benevolent
orders and societies had active repre-
sentatives on the scene anxious to
care for the injured and the veterans
and their wives were made to feel
that they were in the hands of
friends.
Musicians Help.
A band of 40 musicians from
Grand Saline, Texas, none of whom
was hurt, rendered good service in
the work of rescue. Capt. John M.
Dean, president of the First State
bank, Grand Saline, Texas, Mrs. Dean
and seven sons were in one of the
wrecked cars. He received severe
injuries while Mrs. Dean and several
sons were more or less injured.
The cause of the wreck has not
been ascertained positively tonight.
The train was running at about 80
miles an hour and was crossing an
embankment with a trestle in the
centre. Just as the engine reached
the trestle it was seen by Mr.. Gun
mis-, of Gunnis Mill, to rear up and
leave the track. The five cars fol-
lowed the engine, some tumbllng
down the embankment and forming
a tangled mass of splinters and twist
ed iron. Two cars dashed against
poles of the Cumberland Telephone
company, 80 feet from the track, de-
molishing the poles and severing
communication with Hattiesburg.
Traffic will be delayed on the New
Orleans & Northeastern until late to-
night or early tomorrow.
Mule Objected to Ammonia.