The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-25
Fifteen HURT N WRECK,
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT HAVE,
HEAU ON COLLISION AT
GASTON.
Engineer on Freight Train Made Err
ror In Time, Caused Wreck OH Sea.
board Air Line-Seven Passengers
Receive Slight Injuries and Eight
Members Of Train Crew Hurt.

Columbia, Oct. 23.--Fifteen per-
sons. all trainmen but seven, were in.
jured. some of them seriously, in a
head-on collision on the Seaboard Air
Line. yesterday morning at 1O.41
o'clock. near CASTOR in Lexington
county, about IL miles below Colum
bia, between train 20. local Savannah
to Columbia, and the second section
of train 81, southbound through
freight. Due indirectly to the COL
lision was the injuring of q 10th per-
son, Littleton c. Selden, engineer Of
the relief train. En- route to the
scene Of the wreck. an eccentric strap
on his engine broke, causing the re-
verse lever in the cab to fly back and
strike him in the face. His left jaw
was broken and his right leg badly
bruised. Two physicians who were
aboard train 20, gave first-aid treat
ment Immediately. All of the injured
were removed to hospitals in Column
bia.
I'VE figured our watches one hour
wrong" said L. A. Powell. engineer of
the freight train. Seaboard Air Line
officials are disposed to accept this as
the probable cause OF the wreck.
There Is q difference of one hour be-
tween the times used north and south
OF Columbia.
Passenger injured were in number
seven, as follows:
Mrs. J. e. Goodwin, Styx. injured in
back.
j. c. Coats. Swansea, leg hurt.
j. 8. FallOw. postmaster at CASTOR,
left arm and right leg bruised.
+. M. Robertson, North, right shoul-
der sprained.
A. z. stroman. Swansea, thumb dis
located.
Insane woman, in care Of physician,
leg badly bruised.
Eight trainmen were hurt, as sol-
lows:
w. A. Knishtly. Raleigh. N. c., ex-
press messenger. leg cut.
j. w. Cottingham. Columbia, mail
clerk, hips and legs bruised.
A. s. Radford. Savannah, enginse,
passenger train. internal injuries.
John Bivens. Savannah. negro fire.
man, knee sprained.
]. E. Anderson. Savannah, baggage-
master. head cut and body bruised.
A. Hall, Savannah. negro porter, in .
ternal injuries.
VIII Harris. Savannah, brakeman
on freight train. injured on head and
hands.
Z. Robinson. Savannah. fireman on
freight train, leg sprained.
These are official lists. compiled by
agents OF the Seaboard Air Line.
Members Of the train crews yester-
day went to a telegraph Office at Gas
ton as soon after the wreck as posi-
bic and notified the Columbia office
OF the wreck. A rescue train was
hurriedly made up and left Column
bia at noon carrying members Of the
railroad commission and officials of
the road with physicians and medi-
cal supplies. The train returned to
Columbia yesterday afternoon at 4
O'Clock. There were four ambulances
at the station to meet the train and
all OF the injured were rushed to hos
pitais for treatment. Several hun
dred spectators had gathered Mt the
station to meet the rescue train. The
crowd greatly hampered the work of
removing the injured from the bag
gage car. The train was made up Of
baggage car and two passenger
coaches.
The wreck occurred at a point, be-
tween CASTOR and Dixiana, about 12
miles from Columbia. The train pro-
ceeding north. local passenger train
No. 20. running between Columbia
$500 anu ouc III
shortly after IL o'clock, carried a
combiation mail and express car,
combination baggage and passenger
car and a passenger coach. Officials
said that there were about so pas
sengers aboard. The train was pulled
by engine No. S11 and was in charge
OF the following crew: A. s. Radford.
engineer; J. r. Anderson. baggage
master, \. A. Borders. conductor: j
w. Cottingham. mail clerk; w. A..
knightly. express messenger. and A..
Hall. porter. The freight train. the
second section OF No. 81, operating
between Hamlet. n. c., and Jackson
vile. Fla, was drawn by engine No
772.
Both engines were badly damaged