The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-03-30
MANY. HURT
IN WRECK
A JOHNSON CITY YOUNG
LADY AMONG THE
INJURED
ENGINEER'S WATCH FAST
SAID TO HAVE CAUSED
THE WRECK

In head-on collision between
Southern Railway passenger train
No. 6, middlesboro to Knoxville, and
a West-bound freight train, one-half
mile east of Powder Springs, Grain
ger county, on the old K, c. G. & l..
line of the Coster division of the
Southern Railway Saturday morning
at 1851 O'Clock, several persons sus-
tanned injuries, and scores of pas
sengers were slightly shaken up, but
none were fatally hurt. The injured,
who were brought to the Lincoln
Memorial hospital here, are:
The Injured.
w. r. Strange, baggagemaster, Of
Knoxville.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Breeding, a widow
Maynardville, Tenn, slight bruises
on the breast.
Clarence Breeding, age about ten
years, son of Mrs. Mary NJ. Breeding;
face slightly scratched.
Mrs. George Colson, of Chattanoo-
ga; nose bruised.
Miss Ollie Link, of Pineville, Ky;
chest bruised.
Captain Jack Schriver, conductor
in charge of the passenger train; bro
ken collar bone and was able to go
to his home on the Kingston pike.
Mrs. Lem Gilbreath, Gainesville,
Ca; bruise on breast and nervous
shock.
e. w. Mitchell, left leg and head
bruised.
Miss Mary A. Barton, Johnson City;
bruised arm.
G. B. Haynes, vinemont, Ga; neck
strained.
Miss Rose Johnson, Middlesboro;
leg bruised.
Jacob Hale, co!ored, Middlesboro;
minor bruises.
Sam Dawes, of SOB Oxford place,
Knoxville; shoulder sprained.
Harry Turner, Knoxville; right arm
sprained
Lawrence Colson, age is, Chat
tanooga; breast bruised.
George H. colson, Chattanooga; /;
side bruised.
]. III. Upton, mail clerk, Knoxville; ;
right hip and shoulder bruised,
Watch Was Fast.
The cause of the collision is as
signed to the inaccurate time regis
tered by the watch carried by En-
gineer C. o. Fraley, in charge of the
passenger train. 1t is said that the
watch was eight minutes faster than
the accurate time used for the opera
ton of the local divisions of the
Southern Railway. The freight train
and passenger trains were scheduled
to meet and pass at Powder Springs
twenty-seven miles from Knoxville
Instead of waiting at that point for
the arrival of the freight, the pas
senger train was running on toward
Knoxville, making it's ordinary sche-
dule and the freight was running, as
the crew thought, to take siding al
Powder Springs, when the collision
was unavoidable, and every effort was
made to check the speed of the trains
and the trainmen slowed down con
siderably. The impact of the coils
ion was not very great. Neither 10
connective and none of the cars lef
the track. Two coal cars were dam
aged, and one was broken in the mid
die. The track was not damaged, ant
the only delay to the traffic resulted
from the coal car breaking down OF
the main line. 1t was impossible TO
the passenger train to come on to th'
city. but another train brought thu
injureds and the other passengers OF
to Knoxville, arriving about noon
The train that met with the acciden
was returned to Middlesboro from tn
scene of the collision.
Immediately after the report of tn
collision was received in the loca
office of the Southern, the official
ordered relief train made up for
fast run to the scene of the trouble
This train carried number of SUI
geons, officials and others to tn
scene. The tool cars also were hun
ried to the wreck, and no time wa
lost in clearing the track for the re
sumption of through service.