The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-02-27
Z KILLED; 81. HURT
in RAILROAD WRfCH
One Resident of D-anreEl
County.
WORST WRECK IN
NUMBER OF YEARS
In Renr.End Collision Near Columbia
Dozen People are Killed and Many
Others are Injured, Including One
Man from Laurens and Relatives Of
Others.

Others.
Columbia. S. c., Feb. 25.-In the
worst wreck on the Southern Railway |
System in II years, II persons were
killed and 81 injured this afternoon
when train No. ~ bound from Spar
tanburg to Columbia, crashed into the
rear of train No. IS, from Greenville
to Columbia, at Frost, six and one-half
miles from Columbia Both trains
eastbound. The wreck happened at
2:l5 :; lock. All the dead were pas
scngcrs. Ten were killed outright
and two died after being removed to
Columbia hospitals.
The first train had been forced to
stop to repair its arbrakcS. The re-
pairs were made and the train had
Just begun to moXc off when the other
train struck it, the impact driving the
rear car of the forward train more
than half way through the next one.
Responsibility for the wreck, officials
said tonight, cannot be placed until
full investigation is made. An inquest
will be held at noon tomorrow. Points
to be established in the investigation
by railway authorities arc to ascertain
if the llagman on train No. Is left
torpedo on the track before train No
~; if the latter train was held for
the required time at the last station
and at what speed the second train
was travelling.
Railway officials said tonight that
the wreck was the most serious on the
Southern Railway System since the
collision Of 1904 at New Market, Tenn,
when sixty people were killed.
Only one physician was on the two
trains and he administered first aid to
fcring from injuries or shock until the
arrival of a special train with sur
gcons on board.
The Dead.
Albert Attics, travelling salesman
Brooklyn, N. Y.
!. B. Marshall. travelling salesman
Anderson, S. C.
p. Frank Baxter contractor, New.
berry. S. c.
NJ. a. Ioaman, travelling salesman
Greenwood S. c.
Garah NJ. Pothcl, Kannoplis, ~ G.
who had enlisted in the Regular Arm!
at Grecnvillc on Sunday
W. w. Richardson, travelling sales
man for Armour Fertilizer Works. At
lanta, Ga.
Otis Baggott Brodic, Wagner s. G
J. f. Matthias, no address.
II. J.. Ivcstcr, Ware Shoals, S. c.
Joe T.. Moats, Ncwbcrry, s. G.
w. G.. Tomlnson, Raleigh, \. G..
Mrs. Sarah Ellcn Johnson Columbia
s..
The Injured.
Injured in Columbia hospitals in
clude:
Mrs NJ. G. Knrngsworth, 81, Poma
ria. s. c.
Mrs. Melvin Robertson. IS, ST Mat
thcws, S. c.
Mrs. j. w. Shubcr, 60. St. Mtthcw:
S. c.
j. O. Meredith, 20, conductor on NJ
Is, Columbia, S. G..
Joe Ropp, 23, Columbia. s. C.
w. X. Ruff, 90. Fairfield county, S.
j. H. Brown 80. Westminster. s.
j. G. Franklin, Anderson, S C.
w. 8. Bonner, 81. Columbia. s. G.
John G.. Kelley. %, Holly Hill, S.
II. NJ. Morrison 81 Greenvillc, 8.
&c. McAllister. 33. Greenwood, s.
lftobert 70. LEVEL, 46, Ncwberry, S. 4
bruised slightly.
r. Anderson, Seneca, s. c., serio,
but not dangerous.
w. G. Davies, 80, Dover, Ohio, ser
ously.
A. NJ. Kirby, IS, Princeton, S. c., !,
fractured
f. Branch Long. engineer, train 4
slightly.
Mrs. julius Smith, "a, Columbia,
c., slightly.
f. c. Black, q, Spartanburg, s. {
slightly
]. A. Shand, As, Troy, 8. c., bad
bruised
7 C. Poole, 1S, Greenyillc, S.