The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-12-19
FATAL MEMPHIS
SPECIAL WRECK
Five Passengers Dead, Ten
Injured in Collision Near
Walton, Va.
WOODEN CARS CRUSHED

Roanoke, Va. Dec. lY.--Five pas
sengers are dead today ana ten others
are injured as the result OF IA rear end
collision. when the Memphis special"
over the Norfolk a. Western railway
ran into the rear OF Norfolk a. Western
| passenger train No. 4, at "a water tank
half mile from Walton. Va. last night.
| The victims were In three wooden
coaches attached to the latter train,
| two OF the coaches being demolished.
| The deal; DIR. Charles Austin Ham
din. High Point. N. c.; Rev. Bernard II.
Green, Louisville. Ky; A. Il. Delong.
Roanoke. Va; and IA white woman and
girl about 10 years OF age, unidentified.
The injurcd Miss Dinkins. New
Castle. Ind. both legs fractured and
internal injuries; Mrs w. j. Phipps,
and infant. Crandall Tenn; A. ].
Thompson. Honaker, Va; j. M. Mill
Ter. Roanoke, Va; J.. 4. Merryman'
and j. A. Talbert. Leader. Va. painful
contusions and bruises but not SER
iously injured.
The local train had stopped for water
at the tank. which is on curve.
Responsibility Not Fixed.
Responsibility for the wreck on the
ton, Va. last night when train No. 26
1 the "Memphis Special" plougheo
, through three wooden coaches on the
rear Of the second section OF passen-
: ger train No 4 killing five persons anc
! injtiring eleven others, had not beer
determined by officials OF the road thi'
morning.
n None Lost on No. 26.
r Train No. 4 was running from Co
n lumbus, o., to Norfolk, Va. whil'
: the Memphis Special is n Southern
K Railway fast train running betweei
e Memphis, Tenn, and New York. BE
$ tween Bristol, Va, and Lynchburg !
y is operated by Norfolk d Western
9 crew.
No lives were lost on train No. 26
. and it is understood equipment be
I hind the locomotive was not seri
ously damaged.
Signal System o. X.
g Officials expressed the opinion
however, that the signal system wa
working perfectly at the time Of tn
q wreck.
The dead are:
q up. Delong, travelling salesman
n from Roanoke house.
Dr. Charles Austin Hamlin,
young physician. of High Point
t n. c.
: Rev. Bernard Green. Baptist min
lister, OF Nottoway, Va, en- cute hom
a from Louisville Ky.
b Miss pinkins, about 10 years old
u Newcastle, Ind.
= Woman. unidentified, thought to b
; wife of Rev. Bernard Green.
a The injured, none of whom, 1t !
4 thought, will die, are:
nj Mrs. William Dinkins. Newc ,.stlt
el Ind.
d J. w. Miller. Roanoke. Va.
d l.. Thompson, Roanoke.
e j. f. Fink Lithia. Va.
J. II. Tolbert. Leader, Va.
? w. n. Leigh, Leader, Va.
= J. William Andrew and Andre
. Davis. Duhring, w. Va.
4. J. a.. Merryman. Lynchbrrg, Va. y
t. Mrs, M. ]. Phipps, Gandall. Teni
In Paul Brown, negfos dining ca
d waiter on train No. 20. &
Personal Investigation.
lie General Manager W. J. jerks an
l. Daniel w. Richards, chief signal en-
g gineer, OF the Norfolk IL Western
"a went to Walton this morning to max
~ personal Investigations into the caus
," of the wreck
lie No statement has been "eceive
r. from Robert l.. Hooper, of Bristo
d. Va, who was engineer on train N
to 26. Officials do not confirm the rs
port that flagman was sent bac
by train No. when 1t stopped.