The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WRECK.
TWO PASSENGER TRAINS CRASH
REAR-END-TOTAL DEAD
TWELVE.
Train IS, From Grccnvillc, Hit by
Train AZ, From spartanburg-Both
Running To Columbia.


jured. some of them seriously, as the
result OF n rear-end collision at 2.43
this afternoon between two Southern
Railway passenger trains one mile
south Of Frost. small station six and
one-half miles from Columbia, on the
Columbia -Greenville line. OF the dead.
ten were killed instantly and two
died in the hospital here about z
o'clock tonight.
The cause or the wreck Is debatable
claim railroad officials. All of the
dead are white men. with the excep-
ton OF one white woman. OF the
white passengers wounded ten were
women and "a men. Three negro men
were hurt. Those instantly killed:
Albert Attias. travelling man,
Brooklyn. N. Y.
j. b. Marshall. travelling man, An
derson.
M. A. Leaman, travelling man,
Greenwood.
p. Frank Baxter. contractor and
undertaken. Newberry.
Garah M. Pethel. Kanapolis. N. c.
w. w. Richardson, travelling man.
Armour Fertilizer Works, Atlanta.
Otis Baggott Brodie. Wagener, s. C.
j. F. Matthias, no address: identified
BY name of bill container.
III. L. Ivester. Ware Shoals. s. c.
Joe f. Meats, Mollohon Mill, New
berry.
Those who have died in the hos
pitals since:
w. G. Tomlinson, travelling man.
4s3 Fayetteville Avenue. Raleigh. N
C.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Johnson, Column
bia. s. c..
The injured are as follows:
Mrs. M. c. Killingsworth, Pomaria
Mrs. Melvin Robertson, st. Mat
thews.
Mrs. J. w. shuier. st. Matthews
Joe Ropp. student, 2OOs Hampton
street. Columbia.
j. A. Meredith, conductor.
w. X. RUN, planter. Fairfield coun-
~.
j. III. Brown, planter. Westminster.
j. c. Franklin. travelling salesman.
Remington Arms Company. Anderson.
w. s. Bonner, cotton mill inspector.
State Department OF Agriculture. Co
lumbia.
- John q. Kelley. farmer. Holly Hill.
III. M. Morrison. Union News Com
pany. Greenville.
y. c. McAllister. carpenter. Green
wood
Robert f Leavell. travelling sales
man. Newberry.
II. Anderson. broker.
w. c. Davies. Walnut street, Dover.
Ohio.
A. M. Kirby. planter. Princeton.
+. B. Long. engineer OF train AZ.
Mrs. julius Smith. 1902 Elmwood.
Columbia.
f. C. Black. Glendale. spartanburg
county.
j. A. Stands. Troy. farmer.
T.. c. Poole. Greenville. farmer.
a. 3. Tompkins. Edgeheld.
G. Gaillard. Orangeburg.
Mrs. III. i. Inablnet.
Mrs. Frank G. Gregory, Indcpcnd-
ence. Kans.
J. L. Parker. postal clerk. off duty,
Columbia.
Among others injured. extent of in
jurles unknown. are Jim Martin, Co
lumbia; Newt. Suber Blair and w. F.
White. Jacksonville. who. according to
the official list given out. are colored.
The slightly injured are Miss f.. M.
Moore. Florence; Fred Cornau, 185
East Nlnety-third street. New York
G. Ia watkins, Belton; Henry p.
Shealy. Batesburg; j. C. Watson.
Ridge Springs; Mrs. A. s. Thompson.
Edgeield; X. r. Turner, Peak; Mrs.
Il. II. Jones. Mrs. +. A. Eisiemann.
Mccormick; Horace Early. Statesville
~. c.
The wreck today was the most dis
astrous the Southern Railway has had
since 1904. when sixty or more per
sons were killed at Newmarket Tenn,
local officials claimed tonight. 1t is
by far the most serious from the point
OF fatalities that has ever occurred i'm
South Carolina. they assert
All the killed and vast majority
OF the injured were riding in train
No. is running from Greenvlle TO
Columbia. Several OF the injured oc-