The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-18
FIFTEEN KILLED AND OVER
A HUNDRED INJURED
Packed With Passengers Three Rear
Cars of Excursion Train
Swing From Rails.

Eufaula, Ala, Nov. 13.-Fifteen per-
sons were killed and more than 100
injured, some of them fatally, early to-
day, when three coaches of Central
of Georgia passenger train left the
rails at a point II miles South of here
and plunged down a steep embank-
ment The train which consisted Of
five cars, crowded with excursionists,
was en- route from Ozark, Ala, to
Eufaula, where a fair is being hely.
The Unidentified dead are Pomp
Outsey, aged so, superintendent of the
Barbou county poor house at Clayton;
Monroe Floyd, aged so, Clayton; Miss
Bonnie Brock, aged 18, Clio; child of
B. F. Brock, Clio; Wash McRae, aged
70, Clio; Mrs. Alto Adams Elamville;
Lennie Fryer, negro, Clio; Maude Nc
Rae, negro, Clio; zack Peak, Clayton;
three negroes (unindentifed).
Among those who escaped with
minor injuries was Jefferson D. Clay
ton, a wealthy Albanian and brother
of United States Representative
Henry D. Clayton of this State.
Prominent People Hurt.
Other prominent persons among the
injured were: Sheriff Teal and Will
Teal, Clayton; Mrs. M. McGilVary,
Clayton; c. C. Teal and wife, Clayton,
Andrew Teal, Clio; Wash McRae, Clio;
Mrs. Fannie McRae, Clio; Simon Nc
Rae, Louisville, Ala; ]. M. Wilson,
Eufaula; Henry Johnson, Clayton.
! A broken rail is said to have been
the cause of the accident AS the
crowded excursion train rounded a
curve the three cars at the rear liter
ally packed with passengers, suddenly
left the track and breaking away from
the others dashed down the steep en-
bankment. The wrecked coaches were
practically demolished. Shrieks and
groans rose above the crash Of the
splintering timbers. Occupants Of the
two coaches which remained on the
rails made efforts to rescue hundreds
who were caught under the mass of
wreckage. Word of the disaster quick
Fly reached Clayton, Ala., three miles
away, and relief trains, bearing sur
geons and nurses, were dispatched
from Ozark and Eufaula where most
of the dead and injured later were
taken.
Take in Victims.
Many of the victims were cared for
at Clayton, where citizens turned their
residences into emergency hospitals.
Every physician within a radius of
many miles hurried to the scene Of the
wreck and assisted in caring for the
injured. So large was the number Of
victims, however, that available space
lat Clayton soon was exhausted and
many had to be placed on cots on
porches and in front yards.
Because of the isolation Of the place
where the wreck occurred, and the
confusion which prevailed, Identified
ton of the dead and injured was slow.
Not until tonight were names Of a
majority of those killed known with
certainty.
Tonight many of the injured were
brought here from Clayton, those suf-
fering most being rushed to local hos
pitals by special train. Others were
transported by automobiles, carriages
and other vehicles. A majority of the
injured sustained bruises and cuts
from splintered wood work and glass.
There were many, however, who suf-
fered broken bones and other hurts
of serious nature.
Railroad officials tonight issued a
statement here in which they ascribed
the wreck to broken rail. 1t was an
nounced that an investigation will be
instituted at once by officers Of the
Central of Georgia with view of def
initely fixing the blame for the acci-
dent
w. T. (BOse) Crews.