The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-12-14
One PERSON KILLED
MANY INJURED.
REAR END COLLISION DURING
FOG NEAR HAWAIIAN
STATION.

persons were more or less seriously
hurt when the second section of fast
assenger train No. 80 on the At
lantic Coast Line railroad crashed
into the rear end of local train No
so, at Hannahan station, II miles
from here. shortly after Z o'clock
this morning. |. r. Edwards OF
Sumter, died in a local hospital sew
eral hours after the accident.
The injured were all rushed to
Charleston and sent to local hospi-
tails. 1t is said that the collision
took place during fog, apparently
signals of train No. So, which had
stopped on account of hot box, not
being made out in time by the crew
of No. 80.
A relief train was dispatched al
once to the scene of the accident
and doctors proceeded to Hanahan
by automobile and prompt attention
was given the injured. Only few
passengers are reported to be more
seriously injured, and they were
brought to this city on train No. So
southbound. The others were brought
to Charleston by the relief train and
at the union station were conveyed
on stretchers and trucks to waiting
ambalances which rushed them to the
hospitals.
Train No. So it is said, left Charles
ton ct 6:35 o'clock on its regular
run to Columbia and Greenville and
is a local train. At Hanahan the
train stopped, so that work might be
done on a hot box. The train was
then on the main line, at the station,
and displayed a signal. The second
section of No. 80 scheduled to leave
Ashley Junction at 5:25 did not leave
until $50, it is reported. 1t consist
ed only Of baggage and express cars,
the passenger section having left
shortly after 5 o'clock. It is report
ed that section two was going about
40 miles an hour when coming into
Hanahan, and that a heavy fog rem
dered the signal of the local train
invisible until it was too late. The
engineer of the fast train is report
ed to have jumped from the engine
and was slightly injured.
The engine crashed into a steel
pullman car on the rear of the local
and this car in turn tore into the
day coach next to it. The engine
Of the fast train was somewhat dam
aged, and the pullman car also and
other cars, it is reported, were knock
ed off the tracks. The sectond sec
ton of train No. 80 does not come
into this city, but continues its trip
via Ashley Junction. No official
statement has been issued as yet by
the railroad authorities.
List of Injured
1. R. Edwards, Sumter, S. c., died
of internal injuries about 1890 o'clock.
F. D. Putnam, Greenville, S. c.,
fractured skull.
R. ]. Fallon, Hampstead Square,
Charleston, confusion left hip.
w. A. Williams, Florence, injuries
to back and elbows.
w. S. Sruggs, Travellers Rest, S.
c., confusion of chest and back.
Samuel 'Whaley, Moncks Corner,
S. c., left arm at shoulder, crushed.
~. E. Gambell, Manning, S. c.,
bruises.
]. W. Gerard, Charleston, S. c.,
discharged.
Miss Catherine Terrell, 4S Rutledge
avenue, Charleston, slight injuries,
discharged.
W. R. Willard, Charleston, painful
ly injured.
Mays Miller, Charleston, painful
injuries.
Sam Pinckney, Charleston, painful
injuries.
Richard Smalls, Moncks Corner, S.
c., painful injuries.
Caesar Palmer, Banneaus, S. c.,
discharged.
Geo. Bethea, Charleston, discharged.
Rev. F. K. Bakerville, Charleston,
discharged.
Robert Williams, Florence, S. c.,
discharged.
: The following were brought in for
examination, but it is not believed
they are seriously hurt:
F. G. Dillon, SO DeKalb avenue,
New York City. T. C. Chinn, 81 Herb
bard avenue, North Cambridge, Mass.
M. B. Washington, 2012-A Fulton
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