Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-25
PROBE OF WRECK
~QF DIXIE LIMITED
STARTED BY ROAD

j. A. Baldwin, division superin-
teEdent of the n. c. & st. L. rail
way. and other division officials Sat-
urday afternoon announced an inVes-
tigation at KennesaW, Ga, of the
wreck of the Dixie Limited" in
which Engineer j. w. Brown, of
Decatur, met death and three At
lanta trainmen were injured, would
begin early next week.
The wrCckage had not been re
moved Saturday night and reports
were to the effect that it would not
be cleared up until Sunday. Traf-
fic, however, was uninterrupted.
There is a double track at the scene
of the wreck and all trains were be-
ing switched to the cleared rails.
w. H. Young, the fireman, of Al
Cherokee avenue; j. NJ. Baldwin,
the brakeman, who resides here but
whose address was not learned, and
j. II. Williamson, d negro porter, of
SO South Jackson street, the injured,
were reported resting easily at their
respective homes. None was seri-
ously hurt Mr.. Young and the
negro porter were treated at the
hospital in Marietta, While Mr..
BaldWin's hurts were treated at the
wreck scene.
The body of Mr.. Brown, the dead
engineer, was conveyed to Decatur
from Marietta Saturday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements, however.
were not completed Saturday, but
1t was understood that the funeral
would not be held Sunday.
Many of the passengers on the
train, who came to Atlanta by troll
ley or automobile shortly after the
wreck spent Saturday in Atlanta,
while others caught the first avail
able trains and continued their jour
ney to Florida.
Elmer r. Murphey, of Chicago, a
passenger who spent the day here,
said that despite the fact that many
OF the passengers were still in their
hunks there was very little confu-
sion. Some few women passengers
became historical and numbers, who
were asleep or dressing, rushed out
in their night clothes, but as a whole
all passengers were cool and col
lected, he said
Mr.. Murphey was shaving when
the train was wrecked There was
me off my feet" he said. There was
some confusion. Many passengers
rushed for the vestibules and the
exits, but as a whole the passengers
kept their heads Some few were
bruised when flung from berths or
against seats by that sudden Jolt,
and one or two narrowly ESCAPED
being burned in the clouds of steam
that arose from the PROSTATE en-
CINE"
Next to the engine, Mr.. Murphey
said the dining car seemed to have
suffered most, many passengers
were breakfasting, with food and
other accessories of a meal on the
table, all of which was flung into
the alsles or onto the seats by that
terrific jolt. There was salt, sugar,
eggs, steaks, cutlery and broken
cutlery and broken crockery scat
tered from one end of the car to the
other
The dining car was put completely
out of commission except ifs coffee
urns from which the passengers, col
lected outside the train, were served
Local officers of the railroad char
acterized the wreck as a derailment
Ihey were unable to determine its
cause
Engineer Brown was scalded to
death, being pinned inside the cab
OF the locomotive. Fireman Young |
Ieaped as the engine left the rails. |
The accident occurred about a
quarter of a mile south of the Ken |
nesaW station. The train, running
ON time, had slowed down for the |
station switches, and was running
at an 1S-milean-hour clip, it was
said. Fireman Young told surgeons
at the Nolan sanitarium at Ma |
rietta, while being treated for his |
injuries, that the train suddenly |
seemed to come to the end of the |
track
Williamson, the negro porter, was
thrown from the train. He was
standing on the platform step of |
one of the Pullmans and when the |
engine left the rails he was buried |
several feet
The "Dixie Limited" through |
train from Chicago to Jacksonville, |
was put into service a few weeks |
ago to handle the tourist travel to
Florida. Engineer Brown, who has |
been at the throttle since 1902, was
assigned to the train at the time. |
He was held in the highest esteem
by fellow trainmen, and was regard |
ed by railroad officials as a most |
capable engineer.
He is survived by his widow and
several children, all Of whom reside
in Decatur.