The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-13
Sent Car Dumping Over Hundred
Yards of Ties Before Tres
tie Was Reached.
PASSENGER TELLS OF
NERVE OF SUFFERERS
Many of Them Refused to Be
Assisted Asking That 9th
ers BE Taken Care of.
fey nae Aasoclated Pressl

(5y The Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Ga. March 12--Seven per-
sons were killed and sixteen injured this
morning when a passenger coach of an
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic train,
en- route to Fitzgerald, was deralled fif-
teen miles from Atlanta and sent crash
ing into Camp creek. fifty feet below
Approximately thirty persons were in
the coach. the last OF the train, when
= wheel on the first truck burst, send
ing the car humping over a hundred
yards OF ties before the trestle was
reached and almost crossed, when il sud-
denly turned over. The coach tore away
from the preceding car as 1t fell and
was almost completely demolished when
1t dropped into the shallow creek
The seven persons killed, six men, and
one woman, met instant death, their
bodies being badly mutiiated. Several OF
the injured are not expected to live.
From eight o'clock until noon. scores of
other passengers and persons from near
by towns, spurred by the cries of the
injured, worked in the wreckage. relcas-
ing those imprisoned and removing the
dead.
Ambulances and physicians were
rushed from Atlanta, and the injured and
dead removed to hospitals and morgues
here. The following list OF dead and in-
jtired was issued by A. b.. and Al. Of
>nciais early tonight after checking with
hospital authorities:
THE DEAD
" c. T. ELMoRE. cashier, local freight
station A.. d. g. A. Fl. r. Company.
w. j.. MCINTOSH. imperial hotel, New
York City,
y. c. DRIVER, Roanoke, Ala.
w. Il. JOHNSON. section foreman.
Birmingham division. A., B. & A., Birm-
lnEham. Ala.
r. w. LANIER. operator. senoia. Ga.
MRS. I. Y. ETHERIDGE, Atlanta, Ga.
w. M BROOKS. Western Union Tele-
graph Company. Manchester. Ga.
THE INJURED
G. ID. MOORE, Atlanta, Ga.
THOMAS w. ETIIERIDGE. Atlanta,
MRS. THOMAS w. ETHERIDGE. At,
ianta. Ga.
THOMAS ETHRDGE, Jr., baby, At
lanta, Ga.
MISS MITTIE WALL, Fitzgerald, Ga.
MISS ESTELLE McNEIcE, Talbotton,
Ga.
MISS cARoLYNE DUNBAR, Lang
dale, Ala.
MRS. A. B. McNEICE, Talbotton, ca.
IT. r. HENTZ. Atlanta.
MISS OLIVE SIGERT, Atlanta.
q. A. DAVIS. Aviation. Ga.
MISS MANY wHITLOcTS. Atlanta
MRS. u. G.. McNE1T.LY, Atlanta, Ga.
MRS. J. II. MURRAY. Atlanta. Ga.
J. II. MURRAY. Atlanta, Ga.
WILLARD COPE, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. MoNeice, is the widow OF A. r..
McNelce, superintendent OF Talbotton
county. Georgia. schools, who was killed
last year by Major Lee II. coart, retired
army officer and with Miss Estelle
McNeice. her sister, and ii. r. Hentz.
q relative. was on route to Talbotton to
attend the trial Monday OF Coart, who
Is charged with murder. Owing to
prominence OF the principals and the
great interest I'm the case, a number OF
those on the train were en- route &c
attend the trial.
Willard Cope. who is injured seriously
was one OF the newspaper correspondents
on the train. Miss Mittie Wall, is
sister of Solicitor General j. b. Wall, of
Fitzgerald
Thomas w. Ethridge. his wife and
small son, composed funeral party en-
route 10 Fairburn, the remains OF Mrs
Ethridges mother, Mrs. Mollie Newman,
being In the baggage car. When the
car began to lurch from the track and
finally turned over Mrs. Etheridge who
was in the front part OF the coach threw
the child from window. The boy fell
In a heavy growth OF bushes and was
only slightly injured.
Five OF tho men killed, were in the
small smoker. Their bodies we're all
found together. G. p. Moore, who was
in the same compartment, ran TO the
rear platform aud jumped. He feil in
the creek, breaking a leg.
'wrhe first indication OF anything wrong
was noticed just before the train reached
the trestle." said III. r. Hentz. ~
runbllng noise. sounding as II one OF the
wheels had broken, followed by irregular
motion OF the car. was the first inception
we had that something was wrong.
About i've seconds after the first
warning we were Suddenly plunged back
wards. A crash. sounding as II the end
OF the world had arrived, followed. There
were screams OF horror from all diree-
Mons. The entire rear end OF the car
was demolished. Those OF US who oc-
eupied the front section, when we re-
gained our senses looked for an avenue
10 escape An opening was found
through the front door.
II managed to assist the three women
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