Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-12
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-. ,east 100 persons. most OF tn
negroes, were killed and as many
more injured, a score seriously, In
head-on collision last Tuesday be-
tween two passenger trains on the
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
railway at Dutchman's Bend, five
miles from Nashville. Most OF the
killed and injured were on a 'ocal
train from Nashville which ca 'ried
several coaches full OF workmen go
ing to q nearby powder plant. Tht
other train was an express from
Memphis and the west and after the
two engines had reared and fallen
beside the track the heavy coaches OF
the express ploughed through the
baggage car on the accommodation
train and demolished two Other
coaches. Many Of the dead were Kill
cd almost instantly but others were
pinned beneath the wreckagc and
could not be removed before they
succumbed. Doctors and nurses were
rushed to the scene from Nashrili,
and assisted In rescuing the injured
as we'll as caring for them. The in
urcd, some of whom are thought to
he fatally hurt. were brought to Nash
willie In ambulances and automobiles
and are being cared for at hos
pitfalls. The dead were taken TO
morgues in Nashville and relatives
sought to identify the bodies. but in
some cases this was impossible. As
the crews of both locomotives were
killed the cause of the collision may
never be established.
The next German blow, writes q
correspondent from the British front,
believed to be q matter Of days, Is be-
lieved to be the last Hindenburg will
be able to deliver. judging from the in
creasing slowness OF his past efforts
But nobody doubts that II will be the
hardest he Is capable OF. once his men
are set In motion or that 1t will eclipse
all previous battles in point Of violence
and men and material engaged. The
strange lull which has spread for
weeks, up and down the lines. from
one end to the other-save for tiny
battles here and there. like the Fourth
Of July show along the Somme, con.
tinues to hover Primly over the west
front. Even the enemy airmen are
sticking closer to their roosts. Much
has been printed regarding Hinden-
burgs delay. Some say "the Flanders
fever is the cause-other say lack OF
men; others that he Is waiting until
the roads to the forward lines are bet
ter so that big guns may be brought
up; others believe the morale or the
German troops Is low. Prisoners TAX
en- since the Hamel fight declare they
had had no food for two days, owing
to the confusion in the lines. Low fly
ing war planes finally dropped bundles
of bully beef" dog biscuit" and hard
tack along the advanced positions. The
scarcity OF airmen officers Is growing.
according to an enemy order, which
says that fewer officers must do recon
naissance flights. nCn-coms being sub
stituted. Planes are manufactured
with difficulty owing to the lack OF
raw materials. Some Of those deliver
ed are breaking under the strain OF fly
ing, according to captured letters.
Prisoners also say there is much illness
in the army, due to Flanders fever.
grippe, Spanish influenza" or what
ever the strange malady may be called.
AN entirely new system under
which it Is expected that the delivery
Of government checks to dependents Of
sailors and soldiers has been inargu-
rated by the treasury as q result OF
amendments which have been made to
the war risk insurance act just approx
ed by the president For several
months there has been complaint,
which was to an extent justified that
the war risk insurance bureau was not
speeding up its work and was several
thousand checks behind In its work. A
storm Of protest at the delay was
brewing on Capitol Hill and in order to
facilitate the work Of the bureau the
laws creating II have been amended
and new methods adopted. One Of the
provisions Ia that after July I every
enlisted man in the military or naval
service, regardless Of rank or pay.
must make the same compulsory allot-
ment to his wife and children-$12 per
month. To this allotment the govern
ment will add q monthly allowance
ranging from IS a month for the moth
eriess child and SIS for wife without
children up to q maximum OF $50. In
addition to this, the enlisted man, II he
desires government allowances for his
dependent parents grandparents
erandchildren, brothers and sisters he
may make voluntary anotments to|
therr-dxed by the new amendment at
as a month, where allotment II made
for q wife and children and SIS where
no such allotment b made Before