Evening star., 1918-07-09

BELIEVED LOST
Head-0n Collision of Trains
Near Nashville Early
This Morning.
DEAD MOSTLY coLoRED
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. July s.-one
hundred persons are believed to have
lost their lives in a head-on collision
early today between two passenger
trains on the Nashville. Chattanooga
and st Louis railway, seven miles west
Of Nashville. Less than one-fourth OF
the number were white.
Nashville hospitals are crowded with
the injured, who number more than
eighty.
As both train crews were killed, the
cause Of the collision probably never
will be known. One Of the trains is
said to have disregarded the prear-
ranged meeting place.
Only ITO Accounted For.
Two hundred negroes were on the
Memphis train coming here to work
at the powder plant. Only 110 of
these had been accounted for at II
o'clock. The smoker of No. 4 was
telescoped by the baggage car Of No.
/. Four white men were caught be-
crushed. They were visible from the
outside. Whisky was handed through
to them and they were finally got
ten out.
The railroad rushed relief trains to the
scene Of the wreck and in short time
hundreds Of men were working like
trojans to rescue the victims Auto
1Ix,< ho hpn 20 <ha
scene and those who escaped unhurt
In the wreck also assisted in the relief
work.
Mrs. John W. Thomas, widow Of
John W. Thomas, president Of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
as news of the wreck reached her. She
brought bandages and worked heroi-
cally with the injured. Many girls as
sisted her in the work.
The two trains came together with
an impact heard throughout that end
Of the city. Both engines, three bag
gage cars and six passenger coaches
were demolished. Fire starting from
the engine boilers consumed two
coaches.
Engineers and Firemen Killed.
Engineer William F. Lloyd and Fire
man Tom Kelly Of No: 4. both Of Nash
Kennedy and Fireman Luther L. Mea-
dows Of No. i. both also of Nashville.
were killed. Kennedy had been in the
roads service thirty-five years.
Lieut.. J. D. Andrews. jr.. of the
United States Engineering Corps and
son Of q prominent Nashville real estate
dealer. was among the first to escape
from the wreckage and begin the work
Of assisting those pinned In the shat
tered cars.
Lieut.. Don Long of the United
States aviation service, son of Lieut..
B. N. Long of the Nashville poIice
force, was among the seriously in
jured, being caught between two car
seats and his body badly crushed. For
more than two hours he was thus Inn
prisoned with three dead men niied
across his hip.
In the two coaches and two eleeper.
Of train No. / that remained on the
track all the passengers escaped in
jury except that two ladies' in one of
the sleepers were badly shaken up.
Among the white passengers injured
are:
A. c. Musser, octavia, Pa, cut on
face, scalp wound.
R. A. Davis. Hickman. KY. Internal
injuries, head lacerated. :.
Lieut.. Don Long, Nashville. aviation
corps. body crushed.
At the city hospital are So ipjured
negroes, 26 being from Memphis, At
another hospital are four negroes Sc
riously injured and seventeen with
minor injuries. Twenty-Five white and
negro persons are at st. Thomas Hos
pital, mostly seriously injured