Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
TWOENG|NEERSA AND
FIREMAN KILLED IN
HEAD-O|V COLLISION
Four Other Trainmen Injured
When Southern Freight
and Passenger Flyer Crash
in Cut Near Piedmont

Two Atlanta locomotive engineers
and negro fireman were killed. four
other trainmen were injured and sew
eral passengers were slightly hurt at
1880 Thursday night in a head-on
collision between a southbound pas
senger train and northbound
fruit freight, between Meanwhile and
Piedmont, about midway between At
lanta and Fort Valley, on the South
ern railway.
The casualties were:
Jesse H Kinney, passenger engi-
sneer, of so Bass street; killed in
stantly. His body reached Atlanta
Friday morning. la
John A. Hesterley, freight engi-
neer, of 81 West Georgia avenue,
who died just before reaching Ma
con hospital.
John C. Adkins, railway mail clerk,
of Decatur, nose broken.
D. L. Fuster, negro fireman, Of
Atlanta; severely injured, now at the
Mercy hospital, Atlanta.
George Adams. negro fireman,
killed when he was. buried under a
locomotive.
v. E. Hudgens, hagman. badly
sca1ded.
John Bell, negro brakeman, back
and knee Sprained.
Trains Meet Eead-on
The smash-up happened when the
train crew of the freight overlooked
4f train
according to the report received Fri
day morning at the Office of the
Southern railway. The passenger en-
CINE, pulling a mail car and three
coaches, met the freight engine head
on in a cut a mile and a half from
Piedmont and sixty miles south Of
Atlanta The freight train was made
up of ten cars.
Both engines were hurled from the
track by the crash, the forward end
of the mail car was telescoped but
none of the passenger Z coaches or
freight cars left the rails. Engineer
Kinney and Fireman Adams were
buried beneath the passenger locomo-
tive and were dead when their
bodies were recovered.
Freight Engineer Hesterley was
severely scalded and succumbed to
his injuries shortly before reaching a
Macon hospital on a Central Of Geor-
gia train.
While several passengers were re-
ported badly shaken up none was
injured seriously enough to require
medical attention.
Engineer Kinney was forty-fve
years old. He leaves a widow and
three children, Misses Lois Kinney,
Eula May Kinney. and Clayton Kin
ney. He had been in the Southern
railway service for more than TWEEN
ty years and was member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS. The body is at the chapel OF
II. M. Patterson & Son.
Mr.. Kinney's funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at 1870 o'clock
from his late residence, 60 Bass st.
Services at the grave will be in
charge of B. L E.. No. 36S, and in
terment will be at West View.
Engineer Hesterley was about fif-
ty years old. He was widower and
leaves two daughters, yesta and
IIah, and two sons, John r. and Ir-
vine. He had been in the. employ of
the Southern for more than twenty
He was a member of Fulton Lodge
No. ZIG, F. and A. M, and OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. The body will be brought to
Atlanta for funeral services at the
Cooper street Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 O'clock. The Rev.
G.. d. Feagan will offifficiate.
George Adams, the negro fireman
who was killed, lived at 80 Tyler
street. D. E. Fuster, the negro fire
man who was injured, lived at sc
Tyler street At the Mercy hospital
Friday morning it was stated that he
would recover. His injuries included
a broken arm, a broken leg and a
dislocated shoulder.
It was not the regular run OF
Sngineer Kinney, but of Paul B
Jernigan, of Atlanta, veteran en-
: gineer Of the road, who was indis'
posed Thursday night and who ask
ed for a substitute engineer.