The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20
KILLED.
SIX INJURED IN
SEABOARO WRECK
CONTINUED From FIRST Paxe.)

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scious. When he recovered himself, he
immedia&eay groped his way through
the darkness to the forward end Of
the train and dragged the body OF his
dead fireman, Jim Ruflin. from the
tangled mass Of machinery that
strewed the tracks where the engines
had gone together.
Then. realizing the danger that might
threaten other trains, he seised . Ian
tern and made his way back to the
end Of the curve to the southwark and
stood there a. . ffagman until relieved
and taken in hand by a surgeon.
Relief Trains.
Within q short time after the coll
lision occurred. relief trains were on
their way to the spot from Rich
mond and Raleigh. n. c. DR.. A. N.
Burke. Of Petersburg. chief surgeon
Of the Seaboard Air Line. boarded the
train which set out from this city. and
was the hrst surgeon to arrive on the
scene. Division Superintendent Witt
also left on that train DR.. Burke
was soon Joined by assistants from
warrenton. Norlina ana Raleigh, and
immediate care was given to the IN
jured.
A search for the bodies Of the dead
employees was At once instituted All
Of them were recovered except that OF
Engineer Beckham, OF Raleigh II
was said last night that only one Of
his feet was discovered. such was the
destruction which the collidins engines
caused.
4 passenger train which runs regu-
- Hn no1A iDh
vas diverted from its course. and sent
70 besr the injured men to the North
Carolina capital The train arrived In
Raleigh yesterday morning At 1880
o'clock. bringing all the injured except
those who psrsisted In their desire 20
come TO their homes II RichmoDd.
The dead were taken to Raleigh on
q second train yesterday afternoon
T1oogAs Trasa Bsa PnsseA
No ofl1cial explanati n has yet been
given out concerning the cause Of the
disaster. Chief Clerk Johneon. a the
local oflices Of the railway. said yester-
day aftsrn0oa that, judging from mes
sages he had received, Engineer Beck
ham had mistaken q freight train on
the siding at Granite for the south
bound passenger train he had orders to
pass there. Il II plausible. said Mr.
Johnson. to say that Engineer Beck
ham thought he had already passed
No. 81 and was putting on Increased
speed when the tive trains struck
In the swift rush Of dfty miles an
hour it % almSSt impossible to dis
cst0snoeo bsswssa freight ana pas
ssnese coaches when aafknesa covers
them. n W1o sosd sn sub0esutission
% 00s6 Q theory that the engineer
save bis regular pOAng signal ~ he
shot ~ the waiting freight
Another explanation sent out from
the scene OF the wreck ascrfbes Il TO n
mistaken reading Of Granite FOR
Crsndy. which lies tveaty.sAree mites
north % the FORMER Rafiroad cSlciais
pointed out the improbasilsty Of such
IN explanstioa ~ saying Tat con-
fusion could hardy occur BETWEEN
stations % widely separated.
pUve0o 9Vepo1l
Trains Eo. 81 ana no. ~ are known
a. the Flcrtas-Cubs Special They are
two o. the swsfSexs sna finest trains
which me &eabcard runs. ana ply daily
heaween New York and JsckscnviiIe.
Pa. ~ o.. soush0esnA. - cue scI
leave Rsch1oad ae lie o'clock IN the
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