The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-10
ALLIED FORCES KEEP GERMANS ON The MOVE

spite of the most strenuous work,
| however, the labor of recovering the
bodies, many of which are mangled
beyond the possibility of recognition,
has not yet been completed. All
morning attention centered about the
telescoped smoking car Of the out
bound train, crews working hard To
raise with jacks the heavy body OF
the express coach, beneath which were
plnioned or crushed, most of the
Whlte victims. In one of the seats,
his body held as in vice, sat one
or the passengers, still conscious,
but with three of the dead crushed
against him. The side of the car was
chopped away and the man released
apparently In dying condition. From
beneath the express car, about thirty
men later were removed, only the last
of their number being alive. His name
could not be ascertained, but in the
band Of his hat were stamped tho
initials "E. Il. b."
Wearing apparel of every descrip-
| tion strewed the ground, including
several women's slippers. It is be-
lieved they belonged to the few negro
women passengers who fled or are
among theundiscovered dead.
OF the train crews five are dead.
including the engineers and firemen
of both trains and the baggagemaster
Of train number one.
OF the known dead at least so per
cent are negroes. Only when the
work of the wreckers is completed and
the mass OF ruins removed, can tho
full toll of death be taken
Corpses are everywhere beneath the
piles Of iron and shattered wood and
tin work of the cars.
Fortunately fire played no part in
piling up the horrors of the day, a
slight blaze at the end of one of the
coaches being almost instantly extin--
guished.
Huge crowds, some seeking friends
and loved ones, thought to have been
on the wrecked trains, lined the via
duct and crowded the adjoining fields.
Chief Rosetta and Engine Company
| No also assisted throughout the day
Splints and bandages were in
| abundance, large quantities of ice
were sent from the city and calls of
every kind were promptly answered.
Deputy sheriffs and special agents
from the department of Justice, and
members of the home guard, assisted
the police in handling the immense
crowd. No thefts of valuable were
reported, although suit cases and
other baggage were strewn broadcast.
This, 1t is asserted, is the first pas
senger train wreck on the N. G. & St.
L. in many years, although a disas-
trous rear-end freight collision oc-
Cured several months ago within q
few hundred yards of the site of the
present wreck when three OF the
trainmen were killed and many heay-
lily loaded cars were smashed.
Orders given Engineer Dave Ken
Dedy, Of the outgoing train, are said
to have stated that train No. l would
meet train No. 4 at Harding station
and are also reported to nave given
the engine number of the train num-
her one. The conductor of number
four also is reported to have said he
was busy taking up tickets after leav-
ing Nashville and did not notice that
the train had run past Harding sta
tion.
Eight more bodies have been found
in part of one of the coaches on
which the boiler of the engine of train
No / had fellen. Six of them were
men, the other two being woman
with baby still clasped in her arms