The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-08-06
TRES7LE GIVES WAY
Two LOADED PASSENGER CARS
FALL FIFTY FEET
Three DEAD; MANY HURT

Train Going to Chester With Crowd
of Fans to See Ball Game Meets
With Terrible Fate When Trestle
Falls Through, Carrying Two Cars
Into Stream.
One of the most fearful wrecks in
the history of Chester County oc-
CURED Wednesday afternoon at five
O'Clock, when the westbound Lancas-
ter and Chester mixed freight and
passenger train, loaded with passen-
gers for the Chester-Dillon baseball
game, was wrecked at Hooper's
Creek, between Knox's and Orr's,
seven miles from Chester. One men,
Der Of the crew, Elijah Heath, ne
gro, was instantly killed, and v. H.
Craft, of Anderson, died later from
injuries. Nearly fifty of the crew
and passengers were injured, several
of whom will probably die. v. H.
Craft, of Anderson, died while being
carried to Chester.
The engine, tender, and six freight
cars passed over the bridge in safe
ty. 4 coal car was next, and this
seems to have jumped the track and
cut the ties of the bridge badly, with
the result that when the passenger
coaches and two box cars reached the
trestle the structure was badly torn
up, and the passenger coaches drop
ped from sheer height Of fifty feet
into the bed of the stream. '
Engineer John Stewman, warned
by his air brakes that something was
wrong, looked back and saw the cars
piled in the stream. He made his
way to a nearby house, where there
was phone. He was instructed by
Superintendent A. P. Mcclure at Ian
caster to bring the remaining part Of
his train on to Chester and return
with all the physicians that he could
secure. This order was carried out
and practically every physician and
nurse in Chester was hurried to the
scene.
News of the disaster reached the
baseball grounds while the champion
ship contests was at its height, and
hundreds hurried to the scene Of the
disaster in automobiles and other We
hicles. The sight that net the eyes
Of those who reached the spot first
was appalling. Scores were fastened
underneath the battered cars and
screaming in agony and fear.
The first step necessary to effect
the rescue of the wounded was to
build bridge out of the wreckage
and climb from car to car and take
out the wounded as rapidly as they
could be reached. Many acts Of hero
ism in the work Of rescue were per-
formed, and there were many In
stances Of self-sacrifce as the physi-
clans proceeded to treat the injured,
some declaring that others were more
seriously hurt, and urging the physi-
clans and nurses to leave them until
others were treated.
The list of the dead and injured
is as follows:
Dead: V. H. Craft, of Anderson,
travelling salesman; Elijah Heath.
Bascomville, colored brakeman, was
in baggage car.
Injured: G.. L. Dunlap, Fort
Lawn, right eye bruised and left
hand cut, injuries not serious; L. W.
Mcdaniel, Orr's. head badly cut and
serious internal injuries; Louis Sam
uels, Chester, travelling salesman,
face badly gashed: John Taylor,
Richburg. internal injuries; c. NJ.
Sibley. Richburg, internal injuries,
hurt seriously: F. NJ. Simpson, Rich
burg, ear and chest badly cut; ]. W.
Dye, Bascomville, badly cut on hip:
S. J. Knox, Knox's, bad cut on head:
W. A. Cureton. Ft. Lawn, both legs
broken, arms badly cut, condition
critical: Misses Maggie and Carrie
Sadler, Rock Hill, badly bruised; the
Rev. S. R. HOPE, Mullins, body con-
tusions; David Ray, Shelby. n. c.,
back wrenched; J. P. Yandle, Ches-
ter. back bruised and head severely
nut: o. W. Brady. Exur. \. c., arm.
knee, leg and head cut; Anna Young.
colored. Orr's. body contusiors: A.
B. Oxford, mail clerk, Edgemont, \.
c.. leg badly mashed: Phillips. has-
gagemaster. ankle badly hurt: J. NJ.
Jones. Chester, eye probably knock
ed out and bad cuts and bruises. Sc
riously injured: Miss Martha Marion
Richburg. serious injury TO ankle;
Mrs. J. o. Barber, Richburg. severe
bodily contusions and cuts: J. H.
Hale, Atlanta. Ca, skull badly frac-
tured: B. D. Phillips, Ninety-Six. jaw
broken and internal injuries: T. J.
Kelly, North Carolina. slight in1u-
ries: D. A. Cauthen, Richburg, skull
fractured and bad bruises; James
Goodwin, Richburg. skull crushed,
condition serious: E. ". Gibson,
Rossville, knee injured: c. H. Dun
lap, Fort Lawn. back wrenched; W.
T. GLADDEN.. Fort Lawn, severe cuts:
Oscar Cook. Lancaster. travelling
salesman, hip and arm badly hurt;
G. H. Turner. Fort Lawn, head and
back cut: Carl Turner. internal lnJu-
ries: Clifton Ferguson, Fort Lawn.
bad cuts on face and arms; Roy Cliff
ton. Fort Lawn. bsd cut in head;
Bose Moblef. colored. Richburg, Sc
we're internal injuries.
Mrs. c. o. Williams and children.
Beatrice. Betty, Oscar. Mildred ana
baby, of Corpus-Christi. Texas, who
have been visiting relatives near Lam
caster. were all badly injured, espe-