The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 10, 1907, Image 3
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yANY KILLED
' palling Railroad Disaster
Biar Washington,JD. C.
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li8i0n h)f trains.
yra'Cotti, and Many,PergooaJWaitat
the Station to Board the
Train Either Killed or
jf (injured While
*wier appainng disaster ccourrea
seven o'oiook Sunday night on
iltlmore and Ohio Railroad at
-Jctta, about three miles from
'Tton, D. C., In which thirtym,
jtons were killed outright and
M'fty Injured, many of them so
v' lhev "l11 dle- Th? *?
train cauaed by the collision of
a 2^ n* aue Washington at
known11'* from Frederick, Md.,
a d >ad Frederick Special, with
Oiafofid passenger equipment spe
wnrft Wears. Ovar200 passengers
soon asar(* lbo *H-'ated train- As
Washli0 ne'f8 of t?be wreck roaohed
with aon &QQbuUnoes available
assanitf*1**17 PbysloianB 118 could be
Of tr wera 8fnt t0 scene.
Fraud n,DJUT0(i seven were taken to
States 18 hospital, 15 t0 t?bo United
were 1 bers' Homo hospital, and 20
special lnt0 Washington on a
nose t;~*ln 10 be carried to various
nintrir A^ong the Injured war
ton wAUorney Baker of Washing
almost dasPltie bis injuries, walked
brough miles so uroomana ana
Ho was11? ?r8fc new8 ?' the wreck,
ter me{MP^ely exhausted and af,1Ly
*[ treatment,was sent to th
3D680)
tor ?*i)lnK kls experiences Mr. 13afrom
t 1,1 ??? ln the seoond
home i? en*in? coming from my
seats 11 Getmantown. I was four
fch In the end of the oar, and Just
the or4?ln left Terra 'Jotta station
the wJ?*ma were carried iu
Q m Stage for some distance. 1 do
^ J how I got out of the wreokaMiBtpJMr'
Darby. of Washington,
P Bodf1? tlie dru* 8tore*" irank
flrinir i2" * newspaper man of Fredin
d iJr ' wh,) was slightly inj .red,
,.j^"clng his experience said:
amnt.r in the Car Dexfc tO the
hiR With a gentleman and
ah afr.nJu'0111 PPtrott, Mich. We were
Hfi a7^W up, the oar being crowd??
?,enly we heard an awfui
_ B^"r.hen a crash. Women ber
A^ng and the next thing 1
embar 1 * mJBe" rolilng do n
ma ?* \~ where some one picked
h ? k Jc ^ found I was not badly
scene I impossible to desoribe the
j? omen and children were run?
elut crying for their parents,
" * ijlera and fathers were rushing
rPh. ? Ving to Und their ohildren.
-i ? ' J!' wad injured were st ewn
mile*' 1 , |5rack lor a distance of a
Thp^fc
h iSo pad bodies were found lying
track for a considerable
nVousflf wr00* occurred at 6:39
. r jlense fog was prevailing and
tX yl?Ote perceptible but a few
+W Y|d. It was Impossible at first
ojfi and Inlne the exact extent of the
jf wine. The moment the first
oil and I vlvors reaohed Brookland a
% ' lah was sent out for dootors
Jffl Ppilanoes. Dr. R. W. Frls
^ ft Stern and Dr. J. H. Brooks
>-v^f yftaud responded and were
K*S iple 80ene ln automobiles.
g|l pnber of the orew of the patfln,
who hobbled into a drug
mj JLlf hour after the accident,
S | cin't tell how many have
X Id. It is awful. I don't even
fj? n It how it happened. The
41 ft#ft]glne went through the eneS|IIleand
it seems to me as if
igtl^ftf/as killed in the last ooaoh
In the first."
a# Ith0 new8 o( the aooldent
aft lough Brookland, may oitlHS<?
Itbeir wives hastened to the
t J Ive their aid and comfort *o
JK Ided. Mrs. H. F. Fisher
eg Bonding to the oall of a suffol
1st stumbled over the body
9 war-old child lying near the
X awe baby was terribly brule\M
I lis still alive. It was said
fl I Imother of the Infantk hud
#Thrhted train runs only on
1' i the benefit of WashingJ
lo either have country plac9
Ine or go to visit relatives.
V hon(Irederick at 4 o'clock In the
9 .And is soheduled to reach
9 m at 6;25 o'olook. 0. W.
jMv M superintendent of transit!
Mt the Baltimore and Ohio,
dfl V It was Impossible yet to
Mhe cause of the wreck.
thafc the dan^er signal
tn L'&rK, a snort distance rrom
wl Hof the accident, was set
rjM wrain of empties passed.
J M-as ROing at the rate of (50
9 J9our and EaRineer Hllde9
TV d that on account of the
9 I la oould not see the siRnal,
JtL J In Into the Frederick train
qAIIwm pulling out of Terra
JH9re It had stopped to take
^at the President missed
at a wild turkey is not
the faot that hie pren
HV J|e Item get into print is
on four or fire passsngers. Two of
tbese were among the killed
Both Engineer Hilbebrand and tbe
fireman on tbe train of tbe empty
oari were pltoed under arrest and
brought to Washington in tbe charge
of offloera. One of tbe worst features
of the oatastropbe was enacted at the
station of Terra Cotta. Here a number
cf a passengers were waiting to
take tbe train Into tbe oity when tbe
collision ocourred. Of tbe large number
only two escaped; tbe remalner
were either killed bv being throwu
under tbe train or Injured by flying
pieces of wreckage.
A 3COLDIHG WIFE
And a Wooden Log Gives K'at Lahej
Trouble.
Patrlok Lahey, of Sands street,
Brooklyn, N. Y., has a wooden leg
and troubles of bis own. It Isn't tbe
leg that worries Labey, it Is tbe use to
which his wife puts it when ho unstraps
it. The man, who is well along
in years, told his woes to the com*
plaint clerk in the Adams Street
Court one day last week.
"I've been sleeping in it for the
past four weeks," said he. "If you
never slept with a wooden leg, never
tried to turn over in b?d or tuok the
covers around your feet, you can't
understand the troubles of a man try
lug to rest with one."
"Why don't you take it off?" asked
the olerk.
"Take It off," replied Lahey, "like
It eff! Man, do you think I'm as shy
in my head as I am in my legs? If 1
take It off she hides it, and then when
1 want to go out 1 got to stay in.
Sometimes I do be hopping around
the floor for three hours hunting under
the bed, behind the stove, in the
washtubs, and iu the top of olosetc
for my leg.
"Tho last time I took it off. Frances
(that's my wife's name), hid it,
and when I found It she tried to take
it- from me, and threatened if she got
it again she'd use it as a olub to beat
me. Now there should be some law
to prevent a woman making a mac
sleep with a false limb or to prevent
bis wife beating him with It if he
leaves it cff."
"Sure," said the clerk. "I'll give
you a summons and you hand it tc
her."
"Hand it to he; V Man. do you think
I'm crazy? Send It to her by a policeman,
and the biggest one you have."
This being promised Lahey stumped
out. expressing the hope that the
Court will arrange matters bo that he
oan Bleep in peace, and not in pieces.
Felled and ltobhod.
While on his way from Augusta tc
Aiken on Tuesday night Mr. Preston
Ergle was knocked from his buggy,
chocked into unconsciousness and robbed
by Qua Glover, a negro of the latter
plaoe Mr. Ergle was driving
through the country alone and on
reaching Robinson's pond, about three
miles from Aiken, some one approached
from the rear and before he discovered
the presence of the highwayman
Mr. Ergle was felled to the
ground. The negro then robbed hlnc
of the money on bis person togethei
with his watch, knife and gloves. Tfci
highwayman was captured and jailed
Suspected or Murder.
Fletcher Harris, George Steveni
and Albert Adkins, three young whit<
men nf nmvUlo AT? >?
t>un>iv| ? umv uosu hi*
rested *nd placed in the ctty jail at
suspeotH la the supposed murder of J
M. Thomas, whose dead body wai
found io a ravine near that olty oe
Tuesday morning. The young mer
are said to have been seen with Thorn
as late in the evening preceding th<
finding of the dead body and althougt
all of them deny any knowledge o:
the tragedy, oiroumstanoes poinl
strongly to them as being conneotec
in some way with Thomas' death.
Doteotivo Shot.
R. D. Blackburn, a detective o:
the Louisville and Nashville rallroac
and former marshal of Warrior, Ala.
was shot at that plaoe at mldnlghi
Wednesday night and is dying in i
hospital bere< He was on his waj
home when he was fired on from am
bush and as he was wounded by bott
pistol bullets and buokshot from a
shot gun it is evident that more that
one man prrtlolpated in the assassins
tlon. The guilty parties are supposec
to have been negroes, who had i
grudge against Blackburn, and esoap
ed.
Fired Into Train.
An employee of the Mobile an(
Ohio railroad brought word that i
southbound freight was fired upoi
Thursday morning by six heavy arme(
negroes, at Shuqulak, not far froo
Soooba, Miss. The lantern was shot
out of the conductor's hand. Tt w*
still too dark to distinguish tho faoei
of the shooters. The train pulled out
of the station without any attempt at
retaliation on the part of Us crew.
Hftngi Herself,
At Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Lot
Howard, wife of a real estate agent
who Is said to have left her some tlmi
ago, committed suicide this morninj
by hanging herself to the bed post ii
her room with a leather strap. Sh<
had been to the state asylum years be
fore aud was reputed to be men tall:
unbalanced. Her brothor?ln-law, W
Halleck, with whom shellv cd, foun<
her hanging this morning.
This gentle rein oomes at the rlgh
time. The water wagon for seyera
days will have ether duties to pei
form.
GOV. GLENN BUT
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ABOUT A HLANOKR STARTED
ABOUT HIM BY
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i Congressman Blackburn, John Capers
or 8ome Other Republican in
1 Washington.
A dlspaton from Ualelgh, N. 0-,
savs Gov. Glenn announoed Wednesday
that he would leave for Greensboro
to appear before the grand jury
whioh will be asked to lndlot Congressman
Spencer B. Blackburn of
the eight district on a charge of
criminal libel. "I have not been
able to hear from the solloltor of the
dlstrlot," said the governor,
i This aotton follows charges made
1 In a letter from Blackburn sent out
from Washington on Saturday last.
in which he ecatod to CongressmanK.
N. Hacketfc, the Democrat elected
1 )d the eighth district, his grounds for
contesting the election, alleging
1 among other things that there had
been a conspiracy in whloh Gov.
Glenn used his In licence to secure
1 Haokett's election, and, as a member
1 of the State's text book commission,
voted to put books of the American
Book company on the State list of
' publio sohool books, In return for
which the American Book oompany
1 contributed large sums of money to
corrupt the voters of the eighth congressional
district, while in return
1 Ilackett was to use his lntluenoe to
have Gov, Glenn elcoted United
1 States senator to succeed the present
senator from North Carolina, Lee S.
1 Overman.
1 In a oard published today llackett
denies Blackburn's obargea.
"I shall prosecute Blaokburn to
the full extent of the law," Gov.
> Glenn said to the Assoolated Press
' ' One of two things must be done. I
' must be lmpeaohed or Blaokburn
r must be sent to jail."
1 This afternoon Congressman Black'
burn sent the following statement to
> Solicitor Brooks:
"Che statement la last Sunday
> morning's papers concerning a notice
> of my contest upon Mc. lUckett and
the reflections upon Gov. Glenn is
: without my authori/.itlon. My notice
' to him signed by myself will be butli
oient for public scrutiny. Thus far
- any signature appearing in the papers
1 purporting to be mine is a forgery.
5 In the notice of my contest whtoh 1
1 have issued there will be found no
suggestion of corruption on the part
} of Gov. Glenn. The notioe will
speak for Itself.
1 (Signed) "E. Spencer Blackburn."
The Washington correspondent of
The Stats says: E. Spencer Biaok
burn, the lone Republican represents:
tlve from North Carolina, recently
i defeated but contesting, ordered ar>
rested by Gov. Glenn on the charge of
criminal liblal in a statement published
in the papers last Sunday, says he
a didn't say it.
> The statement deolared that Gov.
i Glenn had secured the adoption oi
' the books of the American Book com
i pany in return for campaign contrlb.
utions used for the defeat of Blackburn.
Blackburn declares the statement a
1 forgery and says he will sue all papert
3 which published it for libel.
Oapt. John G. Capers, federal pi<
1 dispenser for South Carolina is Mr
' Blackburn's attorney in Washington,
s Mr. Blackburn'B secretary gave out
1 the statement to the newspaper oor]
respondents Saturday night and said
it bad been prepared in the offloe oi
3 Capt. Capers and that Mr. Blackburn
[ would himself that night mall it tc
[ North Carolina. Capt. Capers will not
J confirm or doay this. "I will say noth
1 ing whatever about that statement,'
he says.
A Poor Excuse,
J Anthony Koooher, of Pittsburg
who Is In a orltlcal condition fron
self inflloted wounds on his throat anc
i abdomen, made with a razor, said: "J
j tried to kill myself because I was tlr
. ed of kill myself because I was tire<
i of living In this kind of weather.'
i Koooher ougbt to have came Soutt
i and his oause for suicide would hav<
. been removed.
' Good Use of Whiskey.
1 The olty dispensary at Oolllo, Ga.
was olosed about the first of last Sep
tember and the city uad about $70(
worth of whiskey left and the oounoi
j ordered it poured out. The chief o
i police hauled it out of the olty an(
i poured it out on the ground. Tha
i was a good way to dispose of thi
i whiskey.
b Ileoorered Uls Sight.
9 The Rev. James Boulton, of Nor
8 wlch, aged 92, lost his sight five yean
u ago. Ha reoently consulted an ami
& nent eye specialist, and, after sub
mittlng to an operation, recovered bli
sight. He is the oldest Prlmltivi
Methodist minister in England, an<
1 is now superannuated. He has baei
> in the ministry for sixty*five years.
?
f Killed by Uas.
i The entire family of George Devin
s at Wiuooski, Vt., consisting of si:
- parsons, the father, mother and fou
v children, were killed during Sunda;
. night by illuminating gas whloh en
i tered the house from a break in th
street main through a sewer pipe.
t Limberger cheese is said to be
i\ cure for tuberouloals. Some person
r. however, may prefer to die with coi
sumption.
A WARM TIME.
Atlanta's Mayor Scored by One
of the Aldermen.
ALL ABOUT WHISKEY.
Tbe Alderman Said the Mayor Wat Do*
log as Dictated to by a Boss, and
the Mayor Replies With Strong
Epithet and the Lie
Was Passed.
The Augusta Chronicle says probably
no moie sensational or raw meeting
of a municipal body in the atate
of Georgia was evor he'd thau that of
:he City Couuoll of Atlanta on Tuesday
evening of last week, cr.lled for
the purposo of Investigating charges
made by Mayor Woodward against an
unnamed member of the body, on the
aiiuganon 01 improperly receiving remuneration
from the l'quor interests
of the olty la connection with the re*
cent weeding oat of whiskey licenses.
Both Councilman Key and the Mayor
beoame so exceedingly in their
scathlnt criticism and so freely bantered
the word He, that it finally beoamo
so common as to pass unnoticed
by fcho other members present.
The result of the Investigation was
a oomplete vindication of Councilman
Key and absolute freedom of Conlcllman
Pomeroy from the rumored oonueotlou
suggested by oortaln newspaper
publications, and a severe scathing
of the mayor.
Counoll met as a committee of the
whole and Immediately took un the
charges made by Mayor Woodward.
The mayor gained the tloor at the outset
and, as he had Indicated in the
public print he would do, at once
named Counoilman Key as the member
to whom he had referred. His
talk was rather rambling throughout,
and his entire charge and the Incident
statements were based on a statement
which he said had been made to
him by a man by the name of Mln*
hlnnett, who was formerly a saloon
keeper here, but whose license was
not renewed. He was also a member
of oounoll at one time. The statement.
as alleged, was to the effect
that Counoilman Key had been known
by Minhinnett to have received fees
from applicants for liquor licenses.
When called upon to substantiate
this Minhinnett denied absolutely
that he had ever made suoh a statement
to the mayor, henoe his charges
against the councilman fell Hat, and
the body adopted a resolution vlndli
eating Mr. Key entirely.
Another resolution wan Inf-.rnfliirtArl
severely criticising Mayor Woodward
' and censuring him for making suon
public charges on such flimsy foundation
and for bringing Buoh matter
into counoll, but it was tabled.
Immediately after Mayor Woodi
ward's statement Mr. Key gained the
i floor under a question of personal
privilege, and the words he used in
i characterizing the mayor were about
as rough as ever uttered in such a
, body. He termed the mayor a dirty
i liar, called him a flunky and said ho
was under the direction of a political
1 bosB. Mr. Key said he had received
t absolutely no money from the retail
i liquor dealers of Atlanta during the
> recent investigation and during the
b weeding out of obj eotlonable saloons.
He frankly admitted that some time
' ago he had reoeived a fee of $150
from their association for drawing
their constitution aDd by-laws, but
that was long before there was any
> kind of liquor agitation, and purely in
1 his capacity as a lawyer, that he bad
1 never received another cent from
[ them or other liquor men for any
. work in a legal capacity or for any
] tning else. He said the liquor dealers
> of the city had come to him during
i the investigation and asked that he
3 take their side of the case when the
licenses were being gone over and he
had emphatically refused to do so,
stating that he was a member of ooun
oil. He says they asked him to re"
commend counsel and he flatly refused
1 t./\ r? r? a Wa a ?. ?? ? ?.?a
vu uu du| ca|?iiiiuiuk mi?t All/ BUUU iOb
1 would lead to an Iniluenoe upon his
f vote, and he could not have any oon*
nectlon with the matter except In the
t oapaolty of a councilman He said he
? had tried to be a friend of the mayor,
and when he drat went Into oounoll It
waa with that Intention; that he waa
. the mayor's friend up to a certain pei
rlod, but aoon found that a friendship
. between them waa impossible. He said
. ainoe he had been in ooanoll there
8 waa no aot of hla of which he waa
B ashamed, and none whloh he could be
3 justly criticised; that he would defy
a the mayor or aay other man to successfully
p^Dt to one; and that if the
mayor had wanted facts iu this case
he could eab ly have gotten them by
o going to the lit; \or association. Conx
tinuing he said;
r " iut that isn't it. he hates me bey
cause I nave adv >ated a policy
r I against that dlotateu to h-./i by his
e boss, and he has shown it in council
'and in the mayor's chair." * Me if
a It has come. A scientist says Johi
H| D. Rookefeller is the future America
Q. type. Get ready to shave your hea
and renounoe the oyster.
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one of the moat willing Hankies the
otty of Atlanta had ever had in the
may >r's ohalr ?"
M*yor Woodward here Interrupted
with the remark that the assertion
waa "an infamous He."
Continuing Alderman Key said: "I
do not prcposo to take hla slang any
longer; he has to bo called down."
Turning to the mayor and speaking
directly at him, Mr. Key said: "I'll
teM you this, aud I want you to carry
the message away with you. Your
boss has been trying to assassinate my
character; he has tried It repeatedly,
but he oan't do It. He has been try*
ing lu every way to injure me, but ho
oan't suooeed. The only way he will
ever suooeed Is to assassinate me personally.
Ho might meet me on the
street and strike me down. That will
do It, but it's its the only way."
He then reverted to the charges
made by the mayor, and said: (>1
brand It an Internal lie, and 1 brand
the man who uttered it as a dirty,
vulgar liar. It Is one of the penalties
of a public servant that he oomos Into
contact with and is forced to associate
with some people whom ho would
otherwise not be brought In oontaot
with; that he has to submit to mudslinging
from them.''
Mavor Woodward again gained the
tleor and is a strong rejoinder denied
that he had auy doss or that he was
tolluenced as had boon Indicated by j
Mr. Key. lie uaid he had never, with
one exception, thrown mud at any-1
oi)ay wno u&a tivst thrown mud at1
him.
Tad rosolution absolutely exhoaorating
bath Mr. Key and Mr. Pomeroy
and declaring %\\t outlre contldenco of
oounoil io their Integrity was passed
after the statements had been made
and several witnesses heard from.
The resolution oondemnidg Mayor
Woodward was tabled by a vote of 9
to 8.
DIKD AT HIS POST,
The Horrlhlo Death or llravo Hnglneor
Mawvoll iti Wreck,
Toere seems to be no end to! the
railroad wreoks. The Seaboard| Air
Line's fast mall No. 32, northbound
from Atlanta to Rlohmond, crashed
Into a string of loaded freight oars at
Peaohland, a flag station 19 miles
east of Monroe, N. C., late Sunday
night partially wrecking the passenger
train and killing Engln3er S. 10
Maxwell of Raleigh, N. 0.
Running 50 miles an hour Engineer
Maxwell sighted the freight train as
i a - J - ?
uu ruuuuen iiue curve near reachland
and with concern only for the passengers,
whose lives were in his care, he
applied the emergenoy brakes in an
effort to moderate the Impending
crash. The speed was reduoed to 10
miles an hour when the train struok
and the flreman jumped without belng
hurt. Maxwell stuok to his post,
was caught between the engine and
tender and slowly roasted to death in
view of the rescuers, who strained
every nerve to reach him.
Helplessly pinned in an upright position
with both feet in the iirebox,
the brave man livei four hours, fully
oonsolo jB, talking oheerfully to the
resouers, his last words being a message
to his wife and child at Raleigh.
No one else was hurt. The heroic
engineer was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
K. Maxwell, of Walhalla, S. 0. He
was a young man.
Thoy Are Known.
It is stated on good authority that
the investigation oonduoted by Assistant
Attorney General Purdy at
Brownsville, has revealed a clew that
will lead to the Treat *nrl
WW MMM l^&VUCtUin
conviction of every negro soldier wbo
participated in the taid on Brownsville.
Lem Reeves, a negro soldier,
revealed the names of the two men
missing from his company at the
time the sounl for arms was given at
Fort Brown Immediately after the
outbreak.
Died In Fire.
At Delhi, N. Y,, three lives were
lost in a fire that destroyed the
Amerioan hotel at that place Sunday
morning. The fire was discovered in
partments of Mr. Winter and his
wife on the third fioor and by the
time the firemen arrived the structure
was a mass of flames. O'Connor
also oooupied partments on the third
fioor. The other guests escaped by
leaping from the windows in their
night olothing.
Shot at Judge.
At St, Louis, lnoensed at the recent
decision in the partition suit under
her father's will, Miss Rosa Well
af.fnmrvKo^ J
...vmjnvu ?toaaoaiU(bkD J UUgB fflCDonald,
of the olroult court, Wednesday.
Her aim was unsteady and the
bullet went wild, passing dangerously
near the Judge's head. After the woman
had been overpowered and removed
to the private office of the
sheriff, Judge McDonald oalmly re*
sumed holding court.
Watching Whinlcoy Fight.
A letter to the Atlanta Journal
says the people of Columbus are tak'ng
a great Interest In the whiskey
fight in Atlanta. They watch the reports
of the progress of the contest
very oloeely. Columbus people, at least
many of them, feel that It will not be
a great while before there will be a
I tight on the whlssey quasi/Ion in this
i oltv.
l ( Carrie Nation nays that hugging li
i j ^sponsible tot all the Immorality li
d | Washington D C. A kind of clrcli
j as It we*, that has no end.
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ANOTHER WRECK.
Head'On Collisif n of Passenger
Trains on Rock Island _
IN WHICH MANY DIE.
Many of the Victims Were Pinioned in
the Wreckage and Their Bodies j
Were Cremated in the
Fire Which PoIlow?
ed the Disaster.
Thirty-four persons, all Mexicans
but two, were killed and the bodies
of 30 Mexicans wore incinerated early
Wodacsday In a head-on collision of
cwo paasonger trains of the Ghlotgo,
Rook Island and l'a rttlo rt.'.1.road near
Vollaud, Kansas. The wreak occur*
red whll \ both tralos were running on
a curxe In a out where the grade was
steeD.
A.l the killed ware la the southbound
train exeepta tramp who wai
on tbo baggage car o?i the northbound
train. Tali tramp, a negro porter
and a workman acaompauylng a gaug
of Mexican laborers were tbo only
Americans killed so far as known, although
a passoager says that a woman
and a child wore burned In a tourist
oar.
There were 112 Mexicans and live
Americans, composing a gang of railroad
workors, In the smoking oar of
tho southbound train. Of tbeso, 30
Mexicans were burned iu the wreokage
and two died later.
Most of the injuries were due to the
setting of the emergency brakes. Most
every passenger In the southbound
train was thrown to the oar tloor by
the qulok setting of tho brakes. The
northbound train was running 10
miles an hour up grade.
The Mexicans were pinioned under
the seats and the doors were lammed
?o they could not get out. In the
chair car, also, many passengers were
bold down by the uoats.
Tbo train caught tire from the gas
tanks. Then came the cries for help
among the Mexicans In tho smoking
car and the people pinioned fait In the
chair oar. Every man or woman r?n
the train tried to rescue the unfortunates,
but the llames soon became
coo hob to permit of approaohing the
oar.
The Injured were removed from the
ohair care with less dltllculty and apparently
ah were resoued alive from
these cars.
William Gane, oonduotor of the
southbound train, has a broken collar
bone and Is much brul ;ed about thb
faoe. He said;
The train was just pulling clear of
the Volland yards and wa9 travelling
about 30 miles an hour, I dropped
Into the front seat of the smoker and
dozed.
There were 34 Mezioans sitting two
In a seat back of me. also Link, an interpreter,
a foreman and dve paid
fares.
"I was awakened by tne setting of
the brakes. I Jumped head first out
of tae window and struok on my
shoulder.
"When I turned and looked at the
train I saw dames leaping 50 feet high
from the smoker.
The foremost tourist sleeplag oar of
the southbound train also burned, but
all the occupants eeciped serious Injury.
John Lynes, 19 years old, telegraph
operator at Volland, who let the southbound
train get by his station, where
It was to pas. the northbound train
gave the following statement before
being taken to jail:
"1 had been awake all night and
was sober. At about 4 or 5 o'olock
this morning the train dispatcher gave
me four orders; one was for the southbound
train to meet two trains at
Volland instead of at Alta Vista as
previously arranged, The southbound
train headed Into a switch and let one
train pass, backed out of the switch
and headed down the main line with*
out waiting for the other train. I
thought it was going to atop to take
water, as trains have been doing, but
instead It went by at about 10 miles
an hour. The southbound board was
at 'danger,' according to the lever In
the ottioe, but tha train did not stop,
and I ran out wltti my lantern, but
with two swings aoross the traok it
went out. 1 then ran to the pump
house, grabbing the pumper's lantern,
waved a few times and It also went
out. I went back and told the dispatcher
that the southbound train
went by and we waited to see if It was
going to oome back or hit the north
bound train. I toid tbe dispatcher
that I ougqIck to Topeka and was
trying to net there when arrested."
Kilty JtlomoM Koantod.
A dozin parson* were Injured, 4C
families were m;de homeless. 2,00v
persons were driven temporarily from
their homes, 50 horse* were roasted
to death and property valued at *200,000
was destroyed Tuesday lu the
wont early mornm# lire New Yor*
ha* soeu in many months.
i' The fact that Mr* Rockefeller is too
} 1 poor to eat oysters reminds us that
{ both of these objeots of publlo Inter*
jest are notoriously bald.
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