Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-11
EIGHT SOLDIERS
KILLED IN WRECK
Twenty-Six Others Were More
Or Less Seriously
Hurt.
WOODEN CAR JUMPS TRESTLE
Men Had Just Entrained at
Camp Jackson for Camp
Sewer.
WOODEN CAR JUMPS TRESTLE
IEy A.snclat.d Pre-,


COLUMBIA ;. -. MAY ln.--E.fgltt
soldiers were Killed and twcnty-Six IN
jurcd when Il wooden passenger coach
carrying members of the Three Hun
dred- and Twcnty-frst Infantry jump
ed trcstic at Camp Jackson ,nis
morning. The soldiers had just IN
trained for Camp Sewer. at Green
VILE. ana the train Was pulling out
Of camp at very low rate OF speed
As II approached Il trcstlc. a big 81 ,ei
coach struck spreading rail This
hurled the wooden coaches imm.di-
ately in front down the embankmcnt
Reports from the cantonmcnt to-
nigh, werc that all Of the injured were
resting we'll. although four were so
seriously hurt that they might die.
a military inquiry into the cause
OF the wreck vas begun tonight by
a board headed by Lieutenant- Col.n,.
Ha!stoadt, Of the Three Hundred an!
! cnty-irst Infantry. Eighty hrst D,-
vision. to which all of Ike dead SOL
dicrS we're attached
The official list of the dead all oi
whom we're priv2tcs. follows: Edga;
Simmons. l'atmos Ark Philc,us &.
swami. ASheriilc. y. G.; Marion ..
Hawkins. Marion. y. T.: William +
Lowery. Alta Pass. y. T.: Jess Reno
Soddy Tenn: Andrew Scog-ins. OoItc.
/ "ah, Tenn; lanes l.. Weatherwuud
Wayncsville. y. g. irenton ,;oolsby,
Psuls Valley, Tenn.
The injured:
Private Dewey Kil2atrick conpar.
l. ihree Hundred and Twenty;irst In
tantry; home address. 10 silver Street.
Aaheville, \. G.. slightly injured
Private Richard Cray Company +.
I G-ei
try. X. +. u. No. :. Shailette. y. g..
! slightly injured.
! Private Chester Sircy. COMPANY
Three Hundred and Twenty-trs, Jntan
! Try. Defeated. Tenn. seriously injured
| Private Robert e. Eogan. COMPANY y
Three Hundred and Twenty-tirst Infua-
try. Otheilo. X. G., seriously injured.
| Private ". {. Rr,son. COMPANY /.
| Three Hundred and Twenty-nrst In
taniry. X. +. H. No. 3. Gambler. y e.,
seriously injured.
! Private Hugh Aldrid;c Company e.
! Three Hundred and Twenty-hrst lnfan.
! ir!' baldwin Miss. slightly injured
! Private Robert =. Moore. Hoaduuar.
! i-'rs Company. Three hundred ana
/ fwenty-hrst Infantry. Trio : L..
slightly injured. Emergency address.
.. NJ. Moore. Clio. :. G.
! Private Roscoe Braswel! Company "
Three iiLndred and Twenty-hrsl lnf.n.
/ try Montc1uma. y. -. slightly injured
| Private Willie South. Company *
! Three hundred amd Twenty first Iufan-
try. Ashland CITY. Tenn. slightly in
iured
Private l.onnie H. High, Company IT,
| Three Hundred and Twenty -arst infan-
! try. Whitcsvitle. y. G.. slightly in.
| gured
Private William Ledford. Company l.
Three Hundred and rwcn;y-nrst Imam
try. Amend. y. t.. slightly injured
| Corporal Thomas |. Fitzgerald. Com
pany T.: Three Hundred and Twenty
hrst Infantry, r. +. l.. No. |. Trenton.
/ Tenn.
Corporal Leftwich p. Ramsey. Com
pany l.. Three Hundred and Twenty
FIRST Infantry. Ashevillc, ~ g.. l4i
Woodhn Street. slightly injured.
! Private Andrew Shoulders. Company
! !. Three Hundred and Twenty-hrst In
fantry, Dierks, Ark. slightly injured.
| Private Elsie Mckinley Henry Com
pany L. Three Hundred and Twenty
| hrSt Infantry, Willctis. y. g., slightly
| injured
| Private John W. Frost. Company A.
| Three HUNDRED and Twenty-second In
tantry, Gillikn. y. g., slightly injured
| Private George w. Stokes. Company
j. Three Hundred and Tweniy-hrst In
tantry. Il. +. u. No. 8, Louisville, Miss.
| si'ghtly injured.
Private George S. Thompson. Com.
| pany |. Three Hundred and Twenty-tirst
! Infantry. X. +. ID. No. !, Swayney. y. c..
seriously injured Emergency address
-. IL.
Ella. Nc.
! Corporal Franklin =. Poindexter
! Company {. Three Hundred and Twen-
ty-tirst Infantry. Moonvillc. y. c.. Sc
riously injured.
!! Corporal Charles NJ. Deal. Company
e. Three Hundred and Twenty-hrst In
fantry, 1910 Ninth Avenue. Hickory
y. c., slightly injured.
Cook Jacob NJ. L. kluttz. Company
c. Three Hundred and Twenty-hrst In
fantry. East Spencer, n. c., slightly in
Jured.
| Private John w. Rook, Company q,
Three Hundred and Twenty-hrs, In
| fantry. Bethel \. c. Mother, Mrs. Stan
ey Brown. RobinsonviIie. y. &. Slightly
injured.
Private William A. Brown. Company
~ HISe iiuHuTcu anu NcHtS-uISt lh-
fLntry. Ramscur. y. C.. slightly injured.
Private Robert e. Harris Company c.
Three Hundred and Twenty-irst In
fantry. $40 Sunset Avenue. Rocky
Mount. ~ g.. slightly injured.
| Private William j. Mckinnon. Com"
pany II. Three Hundred and Twenty
first Infantry. r. r. -. No. |. Hcndcr-
+, son, Tenn. slightly injured.