The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-28
Train Sent to Bring
Passengers From Wreck at
Fayetteville to Raleigh,
Turned Loose by Dispatch
er's Office and Finally Un-
annuIIed = Ma. Information
for Passengers or Public.

Bringing passengecs who had spent |
practically twenty hours aboard be- |
tween here and Fayetteville, the first |
train from that town since about 10 |
o'clock Friday morning, the Raleigh,
Charlotte & Southern No. "a, pulled
into the union station last night at
$50 o'clock, two and a half hours
late. The train due to arrive here
at ass Friday afternoon and the one
due here at 1905 yesterday morning
had been annulled. There were two
causes for the delay, first, a wreck
near Fayetteville and, second, lack of
a dispatcher to issue orders for the
operation of a train north of Lilling-
ton. Practically twelve hours out of
the twenty had been spent on the
side track at Ellington, where for
something like six hours yesterday
morning about a dozen passengers i'm
patiently waited, afraid to leave the
ears lest the train leave them, while
no INFORMATION could be had from the
crew as to whether the delay was for
half an hour or all day.
Dcrailed by Sand.
The wreck was caused by a bank
of sane which had been swept on tc
The track just north Of Fayetteville
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engine went into the ditch, while all
the cars were derailed. No person
was injured. The train had started
from Fayetteville practically on time,
mt 2:10 p. m. The passengers either
walked or rode in hacks ack to town
and waited developments. Up until
g o'clock that night they could get no
Information as to when a train was
expected to proceed to Raleigh. At
about s o'clock an extra train and
crew had been sent from Raleigh to
the scene of the wreck to bring the
passengers here that night. 1t was ex-
pected that this train would reach
here at 2 "a m. Saturday, and it was
81 stated on the bulletin board at the
union depot. Finding it impossible tC
get any information at Fayetteville, q
Raleigh lady, who was one Of the pas
sengers or the wrecked train, called
her husband here by telephone anC
inquired if any train was expected tC
come through that night. The state
ments of the train dispatcher and tn
bulletin board were repeated to her
Upon this information, she, along Will
the other passengers, came out to tn
scene of the wreck through a heav.
rain. starting about II o'clock.
The Start From Fayetteville.
About midnight the train from Raj
egh arrived. After considerable un
explained delay the train started
backing slowly to Ellington, whic
point was reached between 3 and
o'clock yesterday morning. There tn
train was sidetrack. And there it re
manned. All inquiries by passenger
We're met by members of the Gre
with a stereotyped Il don't know.
After having stood there for hour
the passengers were Informed ths
the delay was caused by inability
get orders from Raleigh.
Iieup Was in Raleigh.
In the meantime efforts were mac
by interested parties in Raleigh to g
telephone connection with the on
patcher's office, but to no avail. \
one answered the phone. Inquirl
were made of the ticket agent at II
union depot far after midnight as
when the train was expected, ana l
did not know it was late, although II
bulletin board had been proclalmlI
Tor seven hours that No. "a was e.
pected at 2 a. m. He called the NO
folk Southern Office for informati'
and received the reply that hey kne
nothing about it," :,
Two o'clock came, three, four al
i've, and still the buuetin board pr
claimed mo. "a expected z a. M. RI
ally, sometime in the morning the
a. M was rubbed from the bullet
board and the regular morning ira
was bulletined due 1905 a. m; e
peCted 1905 D.. m" Soon after I
latter hour the station master a
nOunced that the morning tram n
been %annulled and there would De
train from Fayetteville until ADD
m. After that hour had arrived. I
time was moved up to 6:25 and "a
10 7:15. The train arrived at 1:sV'
Sixteen Hour Limit
AT Ellington, near the middle