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GAFFNEY. S. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 86. 1903.
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LEADERS DENOUNCE
DDTRACE ON NATION
Roosevelt’s Recognition of
^ Republic of Panama
AN IMPERIAL POLICY
Leading Democrats In Wattlilngton Bitter
la Denunciation of Koo»evelt't» Policy
Toward* Panama and the Game lie U
Playing for Benefit of a Certain Gang.
iCorresDondence of The Ledger.i
Washington, D. 0 , Nov. 24 —The
coouneots of leading democrats her#
on the recent high-handed manner of
the republican administration in
dealing with the new delacto republic
of Panama, and its actions prior to
the so-called revolution on the Isth
mus, are iu the nature of bitter de
nunciations of the outrage perpetra
ted on a friendly nation. They claim
that Roosevelt has outraged all pre
cedent and placed a blot on the fair
name of this nation for dealing with
its contemporaries in a fair and just
manner. That is but another step in
the imperial policy. That the game
he is playing is that “might makes
right,” and that he is doing all this
simply to play into the hands of the
gang who will profit by the increase
in the price of the bonds of the
Panama Canal Company when a
treaty with the new opera bouffe re
public is ratified by the Senate and
by the powers govering the secession
republic of Panama.
When contracted with past prece
dents in connection with the recogni
tion of new republics, the actions of
the Roosevelt administration are an
outrageous overturning of them all
and an indorsement of secession and
an.indecent slap in the faoe of a weak
sister nation. In 1830, President
Jackson refused to recognize the new
republic of Texas, and said that it
was important that we observe a
course “wisely consistent with our
, just principles.” President Grant
refused to recognize the republic of
Cuba and so did President McKinley,
and there were many more reasons
why that republic should have been
recognized than the new mushroom
republic of Panama. In speaking of
Cuba and his reasons for not granting
recognition of its independence at
that time, President McKinley said:
“In dealing with cases like these the
further condition imposes itself that
i Recognition of independent state
hood is not due to a revolted depend
ency until the danger of its being
again subjugated by the parent state
has entirely passed away.” Does any
sane man believe that Colombia could
not quickly have subjugated Panama
if there had not been United States
war vessels present to interfere with
the actions of the Colombian forces
and warn them to keep hands off?
What did we think of the attempt ol
England to recognize the Confederacy
in 1861? We warned her to keep
hands off, and she did so. The whole
truth, as believed htre by those best
informed on this subject, is that this
revolt was planned overnight in the
City of New York and carried out by
American guns, and at the instigation
and connivance of this country, every
move of which was known in advance
by this republican administration.
Every move and every step proves
this or proves nothing. The French
stock operator and speculator who
pretends to represent the new repub
lic of Panama at this Capitol, was
received by President Roosevelt with
a great show of spectacular ceremony,
and the new republic duly recognized
by the United States as one of the
nations of the earth. He declares the
Panama raid represented the “unop
posed will of the people of Pan
ama,” but what of Colombia, which
was the parent state? It had pro
posed an expedition to suppress the
revolt such as General Scott started
to Oharleston in 1861, under Major
Anderson, bat our President of the
day took sides with the secessionists
in Manama and ordered our naval
forces to resist the landing of any
force sent out by the republic of Co
lombia in the execution of its consti
tution il duty to maintain the unity
of the South American republic.
Does not this strike tmnking Ameri
cans who boast a well-regulated con
science as an audacious performance,
resting on unbridled powers and at
war with every recognized principle
of rightful American conduct? We
trampled on the weak, declared seces
sion to be rightful and promoted its
success. Is it not a shameful episode
in our national history? To whom
does disgrace and dishonor attach?
Let the people answer the question.
* * *
f' It is generally conceded that the
democrats must carry the states of
New York and New Jersey in the
next presidential election in order to
win. Conceding that those two statts
are absolutely necessary for demo
cratic success next year, it may be
interesting for the democrats of the
country to know the kind of demo
cracy that must control iu the state
of New Jersey next year if we would
win that state.
An illustration drawn from the last
Congressional election in that state
last year will suffice to give them this
information. In one of the Congres
sional districts that was democratic,
the democrats nominated a man
named De Witt Clinton Fianugao, a
man of wealth, refinement, culture
and social distinction. He represen
ted only tbose things that republicans
like and of which they are not afraid.
He was indorsed by Grover Cleveland,
who lives in his district, and who
made a speech for him, the first he
had made since his retirement from
the presidency. Notwithstanding ail
this and the further fact that Mr.
Flanagan spent large sums of money,
he was defeated.
On the other hand, in another dis
trict that was normally republican
by about 4,000 majority, and in
which tho republicans nominated the
millionaire thread manufacturer,
Barbour, and in which the democra
tic c nomuiation went tugging, the
democrats won a splendid victory.
After the nomination iu this district
had betm declined by a number of
democrats, a young democrat named
William Hughes, a lawyer without
mouey, but with character and brains
and real democracy, accepted the
nomination as a matter of party
honor. He announced from the be
ginning of the campaign that be had
no money with wh'ch to buy votes,
and said he did not want a vote that
had to be purchased. He also said
that if he were elected it would mean
a real democratic triumph and a siap
in the face of monopoly and trust
domination and the rule of the pre
datory rich. He roundly denounced
all those things from start to finish of
the campaign, and the result was that
he was elected by the honest men of
rWOOHOUT THE :NEWSOFTHE WEEK
FALMEnO STATE. IN LOWED CHEOOKEE
believe that Mrs. J. K. Henry is a
better lawyer than many who are
practicing at the bar today.
j. l, s.
THINGS THEATRICAL.
THE
TAR HEEL STATE.
Items of Interest of Passing! From Our Correspondents at Of Interest to All Amusement 'Lovers
Etta Jane. ;
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
the district by 3.900 majority, a
change of 8 000 votes in the district
Charles A. Edwards.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
A Son of William Whelchel Seriously
Wounded by an Klder Brother.
One of the saddest accidents that
has ever happened within the borders
of Cherokee occurred Tuesday after
nocn near the home of Mr. W. W.
Whelchel, about tix miles below this
•
city.
The details of the accident, so far
as we have been able to learn, are
substantially as follows: Some time
during the afternoon of Tuesday one
of Mr. Wbelchel’s sons took his gun
and went out to shoot a hawk which
had been seen near the house, and, it
seems, that unknown to him
younger brother followed him. When
the hawk was spied the boy with the
gun prepared to shoot, and in pulling
back the hammer bis thumb slipped
off it, causing the load to le dis
charged prematurely while the muz
zle of the guo pointed directly in
front of him. In some unaccount
able manner the younger brother was
also in front, though, it seems, out o
sight of the other, behind some
bushes. The entire load of shot en
tered the unfortuoate little fellow’s
abdomen, producing a terrible wound
Physicians were summoned from
Gaffney, and Drs. Jefferies and Griffith
went down yesterday morning to see
the boy. It was found that he was
seriously and probably fatally wound
ed, and all that could be done was to
administer opiates and alleviate, so
far as possible, his intense sufferings
lb is feared that the boy cannot
possibly recover.
We deeply sympathize with Mr.
and Mrs. Whelchel in their great
trouble, and trust that their Inpes
for tbe recovery of their child may be
realized.
PERSONALS AND LOCALS.
Hiveuts that Have Taken Place from One
Knd of the State to the Other Called from
Exchange* for Qnlck Beading by Scores
of Busy People.
Oo the charge of arson two young
white men, Broadus and Lannie Lol-
lis, sons of Jack Loilis, a somewhat
noted borse trader of Laurens county,
have been arrested and committed to
iu on itie charge of burning tbe res
deuce of Mrs. E leu Owens, a neigh
oor to the Loliisee.
The Southern Railway Co. will
soon erect a new passenger depot in
Spartanburg. It is the architect’s in
tention to provide for a modern brick
ouilding witb(granite trimmings,heat
ing apparatus and all other conven
ieuces Tbe building will probaoly
cost $20,000 or more
Mr. R. C. Gordon, of Jonesvilie,
nad a warrant issued against Mr. J
B. Ramsey, manager of tbe Spartan-
ourg cotton and stock exchange,
charging that this business is a kino
of gambling The case came up for
bearing in Magistrate A. H. Kirby’s
court this (Wednesday) afternoon.
Tbe result is not yet known.
On Saturday night Union county
had another what is thought to be au
incendiary fire, the barn on the Ray
place near Sedalia, owned by C. R
Long of Jonesvilie, being destroyed
with some 1,5000 bundles of fodder
and 90 bushels of corn, the loss
amounting to about $350. Fortunate
ly tbe mules were gitien out io time.
W J. Tuck, one of the oldest resi
dents of Spartanburg county, died at
his home about four miles north of
the county seat Monc ay morning after
an illness of several weeks. Mr. Tuck
was 80 years of age last July, Until
be was taken with his last illness, he
was physically and mentally vigorous,
and performed a good day’s work
every day.
Saturday night about 11 o’clock a
negro was shot and killed and another
was shot through the shoulder, in a
negro gambling den, in Coon’s alley
iu Gianiteville. The negro killed
was Tobe Redd, living at Graniteville,
and the negro wounded is Quitman
Johnson of Aiken. The details of tbe
affair are somewhat mysterious. It
seems that about 25 negroes were at
the bou e of a negro named Neel,
which had long been considered a
gambling dive by tbe people of the
neighborhood A shootingjaffray wat
started and next day the two negroes
were found in the house.
Fowler Miller, colored, charged
with having forged the name of a cot
ton weigher in Union to a cotton
ticket issued by one of the samplers
of the cotton firm of Goss & Arthur
of that place, was arrested on Satur
day night, but was Monday afternoon
released on a $300 bond furnished by
E. V. Going, of Kelton. The forgery
was an almost perfect reproduction
of the weigner’s ^signature, and was
only detected by the man having
used the bale number of another buy
er It is thought that there is a
white man also implicated, who had
gotten the bigger portion of the
$45 83 paid out before the forgery
was discovered.
Disastrous Wrecks.
Carelessness is responsible for
many a railway wreck and the eame
causes are making human wrecks of
sufferers from Throat and Lung trou
bles. But since the advent of Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Consump
tion. Coughs and Colds, even the
worst cases can be cured, and hope
less resignation is no longer necessary.
Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dorchester, Mass.,
is one of many whose life was saved
by Dr. King’s New Discovery. This
great remedy is guaranteed for all
Throat and Lun^ diseases by Chero
kee Drug Co., Druggists Price 50c,
and $1.00. Trial bottles free.
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?
Beauty is only skin deep, but tbe
forces that create beauty are as deep
as tbe fountain from which they flow.
When the Blood is charged with Im
purities Beauty disappears; when the
blood is pure Beauty blossoms io face
and form. Rydales Liver Tablets
keep the Liver healthy and the Bow
els regular, prevent the blood be
coming ladened with bile and waste
matter, make the skin clear, eyes
bright and Beauty more thao skin
keep Gaffney Drug Co.
—We are continually adding to our
already well selected line of station
ery. Call and let us show it to you.
The Gaffney Drug Co.
—Have you seen those remnants of
Dress Goods at Carroll, Carpenter &
Byers.
Io tho case of the State against
Whit Crawford, colored, charged with
murder at Edgefield, it will be re
membered, that at a former trial, the
defendant was convicted of man
slaughter and a naw trial granted
him. At a recent hearing his coun
eel interposed objection to his again
being tried for murder, as by the for
mer verdict of manslaughter he had
been acquitted of|the greater crime.
Judge McCullough ruled cootrary to
the defendant’s contention, holding
that as a new trial bad been granted
this was a trial de novo and that he
could again be arraigned for murder.
A verdict of not guilty was returned,
hence the very interesting point will
not be adjudicated by the supreme
court.
N. L. Lowe, a young man of Spar
tanburg, fell from the north-bound
vestibule No. 38 at the Southern de
pot in Spartanburg Sunday night and
sustained injuries from which he died
at ao early hour Monday morning.
It is said that Lowe had expressed a
purpose of going to Union and as
that train and No. 38 arrive about the
same time the man evidently boarded
the wrong train. He discovered his
mistake a few minutes after the train
had started and attempted to jump
from the platform. His bead struck
the spout of the water tank and the
force of the contact knocked him to
the ground. Immediate medical at
tention was given the injured man
but to no avail. Lowe was a young
man 35 years of age and bad been em
ployed ns a guard of the Spartan
burg county chain gang. He is sur
vived by a wife and one child.
Intrrestlng Pantgraph* and Kecout Hap
penings In Lower Section of the County
Gathered Up by Our Regular Correspon
dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers,
♦CorresDordence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane Nov. 24—Mr. Robert
A. Foster has a contract for building
a fiat for Skull Shoals. He is building
it at Howell’s Ferry and intends to
take it down Broad river and up Paco-
let to Skull Shoals. It will be a
phasant excursion to the Pacolet
shoals.
The weather is fine for sowing
wheat and fanners have concluded to
sow a good deal of it, it seems. They
should put it iu the ground in good
order, with plenty of fertilizer.
We understand that Mr. R. M.
Bowen, of Gowdeysville, will move to
the south side of Pacoiet next year.
He will live near Jonesvilie.
Mr. Noah Buice, of Jonesvilie, came
over and did some photographic work
Saturday. He took a picture of the
Salem graveyard.
Several of our neighbors killed bogs
lust week. Some of them, we under
stand, were very fine.
Mr. H. B. McDaniel had a big
’possum dinner at his- home last Fri
day.
Messrs. J. H and W. G. Fowler
are building new houses.
Messrs. Sam Strain and Asa Black-
well went to Bullocks’ Creek church
last Sabbath and returned Monday
morning.
A few bales of cotton pass here
every few days on i heir way to the
Gaffney market, while some goes to
Hickory Grove. It. seems that the
Gaffoey market hasn’t come np to its
former standard. If we remember
rigbely, Gaffney has led all the neigh
boring markets in prices for the last
two or three years. But for some
: ause or by some means it hasn’t
done so this year, A good portion of
tbe time Hickory Grove has been
paying more for cotton than either
Gaffney or Union, and the latter
place has no cotton mill, either.
The same has been the case with cot
ton seed mills which were paying as
much or more for seed ten or fifteen
mites away than they were paying at
the mill, and then they would pay
something to have them hauled after
wards.
Some North Carolina wagons passed
here last week with apples, chestnuts,
etc They can beat our people on
raising and taking care of their ap
pies. Seldom are they without a fine
crop of well developed and folly ma
tured fruit. The secret must be io
taking care of their fruit trees during
winter.
For tbe first time in about fifteen
years no appointment has been given
out for a Thanksgiving service at
Salem. More people keep an account
of their desires than they do of their
mercies. No one is truly thankful for
the providence of the Father who
doesn't provide for the fatherless.
Some people complain at the suo for
not shining on both sides of the
house at tbe same time.
If there is a State in the Union that
is making it hotter for the saloon than
Texas we have yet to hear it. The
Christian temperance people of that
State have all come together io one
they are making
One of the superior presentations
of this season is Simvelie’a gorgeous
scenic iud electric production of that
immortal classic of love and passion,
Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,”
at the Star Theatre December 10th.
All famous artists have in their
time, for generations past, played
the principal purls in this really
grea u and moving piay and the lapse
of time has ooly put a keener edge
on public curiosity for tde play is
more popular and acceptable today
than ever. A most fitting, apt and
readable stcryis history’s record of
the intense rivalry at one of the
play’s first great production. It was
staged at two great rival theatres in
old London, and Doran, in his Annals
of the Stage, has given us an inter
esting narrative of the two cejebreted
performances: “The 28th of Sep
tember. 1750, was a memorable daj
in London. The Covent Garden auo ;
Drury Lane theatres both announced |
‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Miss Bellamy s
and Mrs. Cibber’s At Covent Gar
den, tbe public bad Romeo Barry;!
Juliet, Mrs. Cibber. At Drury Lain ,;
Romeo,Garrick ; Juliet,Miss Bellamy, j
On the first night Barry spok a poor j
prologue, in which it was insinuated i
that the arrogance and setfirbeess of i
Garrick Lad driven him and Mrs
(Jibber from Covent Garden. Garrick,
ready to repel assault, answered in u
lively, good-natured epilogue, deliv
ered saucily by Mrs. Clive.
“There is no doubt that Mrs. Cib
ber had the handsomer, more silver-
tongued and tender lover. She seemed
to listen to him in a sorb of modes..
ecstacy, while Miss Bellamy, eager
love io her eyes, rapture in her hear.
and amorous impatience in every ex
pression, was ready to fling herself iu
Romeo’s arms.
“In Barry’s Romeo the critics laud
his harmony of feature, h'«
eyes, and his unequabo
of vuice. In the guru..u w. ...u
second and fourth acts and in tho
first part of the scene in the tomb,
were Barry’s most effective points.
Garrick’s great scenes were with the
Friar and the Apothecary. Miss
Bellamy declared that in the scenes
with the Friar alone, was Garrick
superior to Barry; Macklin swore
that Barry excelled his rival in every
scene.
The Juliets, too, divided the public
judgment. Some were taken by the
amorous rapture, the loveliness, and
natural style of Miss Bellamy : others
were moved by tbe grander beauty,
the force, and tho tragic expression
of distress and despair which distin
guished Mrs. Cibber.”
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Local Cotton Mamet.
The following prices prevail on the
Gaffney market today:
Good middling 11.25
Middling if. 16
A child of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson,
when getting bis usual Saturday eight
bath, stepped back against a hot
stove which burned him severely.
The child was in great agony and his
mother could do nothing to pacify
him. Remembering that she had t
bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Calm in
the house, she thought she would try
it. In less than half an hour after
applying it the child was quiet and
asleep, and in less than two weeks
was well. Mrs. Benson is a well
known resident of Kellar, Va. Pain
Balm is an antiseptic liniment and
especially valuable for burns, cuts,
bruises and sprains. For tale by
united front and
things hum. A good example for the
rest of the country, says the Ram’s
Horn.
We had some good musio in oar
home last night. Messrs. H. B. Mc
Daniel,m>.V. C. Comer, Noble Black
well, A«a Blackwehl and Sam Strain
were the performers.
Some people are disposed to resort
to,the criminal bar to collect private
olaime that the civil law fails to
reach. In a neighboring county sev
eral months ago Solicitor Henry
acted very wisely when he “nol
pressed” a case that would perhaps
have been convicted on the ground of
a corrupt motive on the part of the
prosecutor. It is almost univer
sally admitted that Mr. Henry is one
of the best, if not the best, prosecut
ing officers io the State. Yet a com
paratively few know what acc oum s in
large measure for his success When
he is sway from home, attending to
his official duties, Mrs. Henry looks
after his correspondence by promptly
forwarding to him any and all mat
ters demanding attention that she
can’t give herself. Such letters as
she cap answer she does so, and those
that are worthless she disposes of as
they deserve, and she seldom if ever
makes a mistake. She is an helpmeet
in the true sense of that word. She
attends to all her domestic affairs
herself but never loses ao opportunity
to help her husband in his work when
she can. While her modesty may
shrink from tbe sstertion, we verily
Cherokee
Cowpeus.
Drug Co; L. D. Allison—■ much regretted.
Interesting Items Concerning Oar Neigh
bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove
Entertaining Reading for (Hundreds of
Ledger Readers
The State Tuesday chartered the
Asheboro Chair Company with $15,-
(XX) capital.
The board of aldermen met in Ral
eigh in special session Monday after
noon and elected Wesley N. Jones,
W. N. Hnelliog and John A. Mills,
dispensary commissioners to serve
eighteen mouths.
Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, went
to Raleigh Tuesday to ask the Gover
nor to pardon Sylvanus Kendrick,
white, sentenced to nine months on
rhe Mecklenburg county roads for re
ceiving stolen goods. - ,
Governor Aycock commutes to life
i m prison oh. ut the death sentence of
John Flowers, of Wilson county, con
victed of outraging his own daughter.
Experts report to the Governor that
Flowers is but slightly removed from
idiocy.
Judge Allen, of the Superior Court,
at Salisbury, Tuesday afternoon de
nied the motion >>f the defence for the
removal of the White murder case to
an adjoining county. He, however,
stated that he would reserve the
right to reconsider his decision if
such action appeared justifiable.
D. C. Clark, of Lenoir, who went to
Pomona. Mo., a week ago to look af
ter G. F Hartley, the Caldwell coun
ty man who fell from a running train
near that point, a few days ago, re
turned Monday night, in company
with Hartley. Hartley, who was out
of his head for several Have, has
about recovered. T ... ->t in-
.'i-rmation, there ; sy as
at first reported. What men y Hart
ley had was found in his valise.
Upon the re-convening of Superior
Court in Salisbury Monday the grand
jury filed into court and presented a
true bill for murder in the first de
gree against Thomas J. and Chal-
raer White, of Concord, for killing
Russell Sherrill at the latter's home
in Rowan county on September 17th
last. The Whites killed young Sher-
rill because of his refusal to marry
their niece, whom it is claimed he
ruined, and they have been out on
$25,000 bond.
At Sykes’ old mill, n ar Manches
ter. in Cumberland county, a negro
woman, Lizzie Monroe, was shot by
John Harris Deputy Sheriff Mona
han was telephoned for to bring a
doctor. He did so, but could not find
either the woman or tbe mao that
shot her. They were told that tbe
woman was shot just below the
heart It is supposed that the body
was carried away by the slayer and
hidden in tbe swamp near by. So far
the negro has not been apprehended.
At noon Monday the Key Furni-
tore Company of Statesville closed
t h e doors of its factory and filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Tbe assets
of the company are given at $94,000
and liabilities $62,000 It is estima
ted that all the debts can be paid.
The Key estate, A. K. Klingender
and G. E. French compose the corpo
ration, owning tbe business. About
b5 hands are employed by the com
pany. The failure is probably a sur
prise to the general public and is
Safeguard Against Accident.
The best safeguard against accident i
is to use good judgment in directing
every act. But, accidents will often
occur in spite of every effort to pre- j
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against injury resulting from acci-!
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ment. It is the most serviceable!
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bottle 25cts Gaffoey Drug Co.
—Our prescription for Nature’s
Cough Remedy is the only prescrip-]
tion filled in Gaffney that !s sold on a
positive guarantee. The Gaffney Drug
Co.
—Fourteen (14) pairs Ladies’ $3 00
shoes, small sizes, Is to 4s, to go at
$148. Carroll, Carpenter & Byers.
—Do you need a good razor? We
keep the Joseph Roger sbrand. The
Gaffney Drug Co.
Foley’s Honey and Tar always
stops the cough and heals the lungs
Refuse substitutes. Cherokee Drug
Co.
—The best line of soft soles and
children’s shoes in town at Carroll,
Carpenter <fc Dyers.
—New shipment Hanans & Rey
nolds’ shoes at Carroll. Carpenter &
The trial of Dr. J. V. Jay for mur
der in tbe first degree was begun in
Asheville Tuesday morning. The en
tire forenoon session of Superior
Court was consumed with the selec
tion of a jury. The plea of the de
fense is insanity. Jay’s crime was
the killing of his three children at
their home at Barnardsville in the
nortbero part of Buncombe county,
on the 17th of October last. He was
arraigned before Judge Siyiw at a
special term of court in Asneville a
few weeks ago and the trial postponed
on motion of the defence, who con
tended that sufficient time had not
been allowed for the summoning of
exoert witnesses.
Two men were killed and three in
jured in a freight wreck on tbe Mur
phy branch of the Southeirn Railway
Sunday night. The dead are: En
gineer Guv Moore,of Asheville,Brake-
man Charlie Porter, of Andrews. The
injured: Conductor Bone, Fireman
Fortune, Flagman Killian. The train
was going down a steep grade on Bal
sam Mountain, when the crew lost
control of it and it rushed down the
grade with terrifiejspeed until a sharp
curve was reached. The engine
mounted the rails for a short distance
and then plunged headlong from the
track into a gully, carrying with it
eight cars loaded with lumber. The
engine and eight cars were a com
plete wreck. Just as the engine
struck the curve Engineer Moore
jumped and was hurled under the
wreckage.