The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-17
TRAIN WRECKED At REM|N|,
ENGINE AND ELEVEN CARS OF
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN
DERAILED AT NORTH
SWITCH.
COWS Cause Bad Wreck of Atlantic
Coast Line Through South Bound
Freight Train No. 0Oi, Sometime
Early This MOrning-Enginccr Ca
pell and Fireman Seriously Injured
TRAINS Exchange Passengers at
Scene.

HH6iiicei Cupell OF tlOrence ana
his colored fireman, Henry Serious,
were painfully, although not seriously,
injured, in bad wreck at Remini
sometime between twelve and two
o'clock Thursday morning when the
engine and eleven cars were derailed.
The engine struck two COWS which
were on the track at the north switch
on sharp curve, where the engineer
could not see them in time, the wreck
resulting.
A special train was made up here
about three o'clock this morn ne and
Drs. Archie China and S. c. Baker
were sent to the scene to render what
surgical aid was needed by any men,
bers of the train crew. The injured
men were brought back to Sumter
later in the morning and carried on
TO Florence, which is the home of
both. The injuries OF Engineer Ca
pell were said to consist Of injuries to
one eye ,one leg scalded and bruises
about the head and face. Fireman
Serious was badly bruised on one arm
and complained of a wrenched back.
1T is not thought that either one was
very seriously injured although their
escape from the engine, which with
the cab was overturned, was consider
ed little short Of miraculous.
Following the special train which
was made up here and sent to the
scene, the wrecking train from Flor
ence passed here about four o'clock
this morning on its way to the wreck
and Immediately began repairing
damages and putting the track back
into shape for use. The track was
torn up for a distance of probably
more than two hundred feet and the
eleven cars which followed the engine
when it left the track were piled up
on each other.
The damage to the engine is not
known, although it is understood that
1t is considerable as the engine and
cab were overturned and partly buried
in the dirt. Several of the cars were
almost demolished and all Of them
were pretty badly damaged. The train
was a through freight train from the
north bound for Augusta.
Thursday morning train No. 35,
which came in about an hour late, af-
ter some delay here, went on to Remini
and there transferred it's passengers
and baggage to No. 46 which runs
from Denmark to Florence via Lanes,
and returning to Sumter, dropped off
its Pullman coaches and represented
the "shoofly' train from Sumter TO
Lanes and Florence. Train No. 4G
represented the southbound train into
Augusta. Train No. SO, the Palmetto
Limited arrived here about an hour
and half late and then, after takiNg
on the Pullman coaches belonging to
No. 35, left for Remini, to wait there
until the wreck was cleared up and
the track repaired so that it could
pass. This was expected by 8 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
The wreck was one of the most Sc
rious which has occurred in this vicin-
ity since the one at Lone Star in the
fall Of 1912, although fortunately it
took place on a freight and not on a
passenger train. Train No. 400, which
was wrecked, was an extra in charge
Of Conductor G.. f.. McClenaghan.
What the COWS were doing on the
track at that time of night is not
known, but ii is reported on the
streets that they were sleeping there
Both of them were crushed to pieces,
almost beyond recognition
KILLS BRIDE AND MOTHER.