Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-14
Seven KILLED
SIXTEEN HURT
IN GA. WRECK
Coach Drops so Feet Into
Creek When Wheel
Bursts
MANY FATALLY HURT
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Train Nearly Across Trestle When
Last Car Suddenly Topples Over.


Atlanta, March 14.-Seven per-
sons were killed and 16 injured yes.
terday when a passenger coach on
the Atlanta Birmingham and Allan
tic Railroad was derailed near Union
City. The car went off a trestle and
fell so feet.
Thirty persons were in the coach.
the last of the train, when one OF
the wheels burst. The trestle was
reached and almost crossed, when the
car suddenly turned over, tearing
away from the one ahead as 1t fell
into the shallow creek.
Six men and one woman were kill
ed, and several of the injured are
not expected to live.
For hours rescue parties worked
in the wreckage, releasing those inn
prisoned and removing the dead, the
injured being removed 10 hospitals
here.
The following list Of dead was
issued by officials OF the railroad
last night:
c. T. Elsmore, cashier local sta
tion Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic Railroad Company.
w. E. Mcintosh, Imperial Hotel,
New York City.
B. c Driver, Roanoke, Alabama.
w. f. Johnson, Birmingham, Ala
bama.
K. w. Lanier, operator, Senoia.
Georgia.
Mrs. |. II. Etheridge, Atlanta, Ga.
w NJ. Brooks, Western Union.
Telegraph Company, Manchester, Ga.
A graphic description of the wreck
was givn by II. F. Hentz, one of the
survivors, who was seated in the
front of the car and escaped without
injury.
An irregular motion of the car
just befeee the trestle was reached
was the first indication that some
thing was wrong, he said.
about five seconds later" con-
tinued Mr.. HEM, Eve suddenly
plunged backward into space A
crash followed and there were
screams from all portions Of the car.
''Those Of us who occupied the from:
section, when we regained our
senses, looked for an avenue to es-
cape. An opening was found through
the front door Il managed to assist
the three women who were with me
through the opening and then re-
turned to help the others. One young
man, apparently crushed, was the
first person | found. He refused to
let me help him, but urged me to as
sist the women and children. He
sat there calmly smoking cigarette,
as if nothing out of the ordinary had
happened. | learned later on that
newspaper man.
81 have never seen such a wonder
full courage as that of the women
passengers. Several were seriously
injured, but without exception they
implored members of the rescue
party to pass them by and help
others who were in worse condition.
"Another example of courage dis
played by one of the women con-
vlnces me that in a crisis of that
kind women are possessed with
greater nerve than are men. This
little woman looked as if she were
dying. Her face was as white as a
sheet. | bent over and asked how
she was feeling.
-" I'm all right; don't bother me.
help the Others" she cried. Before
left the wreck she was being taken
TO an ambulance. again asked her
II there was anything | could do for
her. She shook her head"
+. l.. bugg, receiver of the rail-
road, issued a formal statement last
night, stating that the accident was
caused by the brakinS of a new wheel
on the front truck of the coach.