The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-12-13

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TAKES ONE LIFE
ISAAC A. EDWARDS OF SUMTER
DIES WHEN FAST TRAIN TELE.
SCOPES LOCAL. TWENTY- FIVE
OTHERS HURT NEAR CHARLES.
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Charleston, dec: 9.--Isaac A. Ed
wards of Sumter, aged "a years, is
dead; f. Seth w. Scruggs OF Green
vile and f. B. Putnam, also OF Green
vile, are very seriously injured and
about rs others, mostly passengers.
were injured in rear-end collision
between passenger trains on tho At
lantic Coast Line railroad at yHanahan,
flag station, II miles from Charles
ton, this morning about z O'Clock. i
While attention was being given to
hot box, train No. SO, Charleston to
Greenville, at the station, train No.
80. second section, Charleston to
washington, running, it is said, iat 40
miles an hour, crashed into the. steal
Pullman at tho tail Of train Mo; So.
causing the Pullman to teIescone the
wooden day coaches ahead of it, the
smoking compartment being a. fearful
wreck Foggy conditions ara said to
have caused Engineer w. A4.Williams
Of Florence to overrun signals, He
escaped With Injuries by leading
from the running board forward of
his cab
Edwards was in tho smoker OF the
day coach, being injured internally.
he died IN local hospital at about
1880 o'clock. His body has been TAX
en- to Sumter for interment Scruggs.
mail clerk, was seriously injured in.
ternally. Putnam, express messenger.
received a fracture Of the skull and
his condition is grave.
Besides Messrs. Scruggs and Put
nam, the list Of injured includes: w.
M. Smith, Florence, engineer train.
o"Ao eSSeioh, mo. SO, injuries TO
back and lower abdomen; r, J. Tai
ION, Charleston, mail clerk, confusion
on left hip; Samuel B. Whaley, Port
Terminals, left arm crushed at shoul-
der; j. e. Gamble, sheriff of Clarcn-
don county, bruises; w. A. Williams,
Charleston, engineer, train No. So, in
juries to back and body.
The. less seriously injured are re-
ported to be: j. w Gerard, Charles
ton, baggagemaster; j. c. Ficken,
Charleston, Pullman conductor: j. M.
Legare, Charleston. fireman; Mrs. r.
C. Causey, Pinopol; Mrs. C. G. Ter
rel and Miss Catherine Terrell Char
lesion; Norman E. Cato, Ridge Spring;
Archdeason lE d.. Backerville Char
lesion; Mrs. J. M. Kelly, Charleston;
i. Horovitz, Bonneau; Hayes Miller,
Charleston; Richard Small, Moncks
Corner; Caesar Palmer, Bonneau;
Dora p. Aston, Charleston, and w. r.
Willard, Charleston.
But for the steel Pullman Mt the
tail Of train No. SO it is conceded by
railroad men that the results Of the
collision would have been much worse.
This coach caught the brunt OF the
impact. It's forward impulse tore in
to the day coach ahead, wiping out the
smoking compartment. Trucks on all
the cars on train No. SO were
wrenched off or badly damaged.
Second section of No. so was made
up of express cars and Pullman sleep
ing cars which were being deadheaded
to Washington. It is said that the
flagman for train No. SO went back,
but that the engneman on train No.
80 did not see his lantern. 1t Is alsb
said that the cngineman did not see
the automatic signals because Of the
fog
The collision being on double
track, service was not interrupted.
Cars on the rear Of train No. 80 es-
capped damage altogether and have
gone forward in service.