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* D0Wi\ TO DEATH
JNII DESTRUCTION
Train Plunges Through Trestle
of Columbia, Newberry &
Laurens Bridge.
FOUR KILLED INSTANTLY
Derailment or Collapse ot Rock
Laden Car the Appearant Causi
?Fall ol Over Forty Feet.
With a tremendous crash am
without a moment's warning, i
portion of a rock train and a lo
comotive plunged through the 4:
feet high trestle leading up t<
the steel work of the Columbia
' Newberry and Laurens railroac
bridge acrosB the Broad rive
yesterday afternoon at 1:3<
o'clock and found a resting plac<
on the island in the river. Sev
eral lives were crushed out an<
the scene was one of horror. Thi
fearful accident was due to m
weakness of the trestle work, bu
to the derailment or collapse o
one of the heavily laden rocl
cars, this simply tearing dowi
the trestle for a distance of poss
ibly 200 feet. The engine wen
* with the falling trestle and land
ed folly 200 feet from the poio
where it left the trestle work
evidently being hurled througl
the air as if from a catapult. Onl;
two days ago the trestle torce
which is kept at. work on the tres
' tie and bridge on an overage o
nine months out of the yeai
turned the tre?tle over to th<
road with the report that it wa
in perfect condition. It had beei
thoroughly overhauled, new hear
timber being put in place of ev
ery piece that showed the slight
est signs of weakness. Enginee
Oharles Ellis, after a thoroug]
examination, gave it as his opin
ion that the accident was due t<
no fault in the trestle, but wa
caused by the collapse or derail
ment of one of the cars, some
thing calculated to tear down an:
trestle ever built.
Four lives were lost so far a
known. The dead are :
r Engineer W. L. "Weathersbee
28 years of age, of this city ; fire
man Silas Bennick, colored, o
Newberry; Stewart Martin, col
ored, 16 years old, of Alston ; J
S. Martin, about 15 years old, o
Alston.
All the victims must have beei
instantly killed. Two of th
bodies were badly mutilated.
k The crash was heard up in th<
city. This was due to the fact tha
the two flat cars that wen
through the bridge were heavib
loaded with granite, which, whei
once the trestle began to giv<
way made its destruction a men
matter of seconds.
Hundreds of people went ove
. -.'i- - -
iruiu me cny ai once, ana amonj
them were the officiala of th
road, but it was well nigh impoaa
lble to reach the acene.?Sunday1
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FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKEI
AT TIMM0N8VILLE.
Was Work of Miscreant, Whi
^ Locked Switch When Train
Was Backing Ont?No
Lives were Lost.
Special to The State.
Timmon8ville, Sept. 9.?Engini
513 is in the ditch on her sid<
. her smoke stack buried in th
a ground, and wheels in the ail
The tender and one box car ar
derailed. Engineer Keys escapei
1 unhurt. Fireman George Narle;
1 has his right arm broken and i
badly bruised on the head. Di
* Cole administered morphine am
? will move him up town.
I The accident is due to th
r work of some fiend. Enginee
0 Keys had backed into the sid
3 track and found everything al
- right. When he started out th
1 engine left the track and turne<
b over into the ditch. The jac.
5 switch was found thrown ope;
and locked, and the wreck coul
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not have been the result of acci
? dent. Another freight train i
tied up here,
j. A wrecking train was wired foi
. The accident occurred at 1
I o'clock. Passenger train No. 5?
, with the official car of the Ses
1 board Air Line, with Superinten
7 dent McBee aboard, had been i
>? and out on the side track at
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' Camden, September 9.?Th
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charged with committing rap
upon Miss .Jessie Arrants, resul
f ted today in a verdict of not guil
ty. This was the fourth tria
i there being three mistrials here
e tofore in the case.
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A LAST APPEAL.
J Otis, tli-ar Otis, com* home to us now.
The clocks you set never strike "won"'
You said yoj were coming right home to it
States
as soon as you felt you were done.
And "dono" you are, Otis?that every one see
As brown as the rebels can do
With a roast from tbe public, that plain!
persoives
Agulnaldo Is too much (or you.
Then, Otis, dear Otis, come home to us now,
B Yes, Otis, Oh, Otis, como hornet
?Ilalttmore American.
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) ROMANCE IN YORK.
How Mr. W. P. Draft! n Entered
o The Blissiul Estate.
Special to The State.
liock Hill, Sept. 10.?A tale of
remantic, or rather unusual, courte
ship and marriage comes to us
0 from the Harmony section, near
e here. Mr. W. P. Draflin is a wellto-do
farmer, about 50 years old,
0 and lives in that neighborhood,
d He is a widower and has grand
y children. For sometime recently
s he has been telling his neighbors
r> and friends that he was going to
d be married, but it was thought
by some that he was joking. Last
e Wednesday, however, he took the
r G. C. and N. train and went to
e Monroe, N. C., and there was met
II by the lady in question, a Mies
e Graham, of Deay's Valley, with
d whom he has been corresponding
k for sometime. Boarding the next
n train coming south the couple
d arrived at Harmony and were
. taken to Mr. Draflin's home,
s There they found in waiting the
Rev. Oliver Johnson of the A. R.
p. Presbyterian church, who soon
0 tied the matrimonial knot. There
are conflicting stories as to how
i. the match was brought about, but
i. perhaps Mr. Draffin's own exn
planation is best. He stated, I
9 understand, that happening to be
i. at the Southern depot in Rock
Hill one day when the train came
in and seeing a forlorn lady with a
valise to carry he gallantly came
to the rescue and carried her bagi.
gage and escorted the lady across
'* to the O. R. and C. station. Love
^ at first sight caused the corresg
pondence which ended in the safe
i. arrival of these twn at. th? mot
? rimony. May they continue to
dwell in Harmony and may their
1 lives be long.
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i- The farmers are busy picking
I- cotton, pulling fodder and mak
1, ing molasses. Our colton crop is
>* cut oil' at least one-half, and the
late corn seriously damaged.
Early corn on bottom lands will
be good if the freshets will stay
oil' a while longer.
The health of the community
?- is fairly good.
The school trustees and patrons
a. of School District No. 4 will meet
at Morrow's academy on Saturday,
the lGth instant, for the purpose
of electing a teacher for the session
which will commence about
December 1.
ie Messrs. James and Daniel Wilson
have just had their houses
v painted.
ly There has been several persons
from other sections looking
around in this neighborhood
with the view of buying farms.
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KILLED BY THE 1RAIX.
The Manqled Body of Frank
Ring staff Found on Bear Creek
Trestle Sunday Morning, on the
L. (? C. Railroad.
The in-coming train on the L.
<fe C. road Saturday night ran
over Mr. II. Frank KingstafT on
Bear Creek trestle near town and
Killed mm, mangling his body
into an almost unrecognizable
mass of flesh and bones, a sight ]
from which the most stout heart- <
ed would turn and walk away *
upon the first glance. The top of 1
his head was cut off, his brains
scattered upon the cross ties of <
the trestle for 15 or 20 feet, his i
trunk disemboweled, his legs i
mashed aud bruised into a jelly, e
his teeth knocked out and hang- {
ing loose, his eye balls knocked ,
out of their sockets and hanging ^
out several inches,?a ghastly and i
revolting sight to behold. (
Although the man was killed 4
Saturday night about 9 o'clock, j
it was not known till Sunday i
morning when a negro who was 1
crossing the trestle discovered the (
body and at once reported the j
matter. Three people are known ,
to have crossed the trestle Satur- |
day night after the accident oc- (
curred. One of them says he saw
something lying on the trestle, '
bat did not know what it was.
Coroner Young empaneled a (
jury of inquest and investigated <
the matter, and the verdict was
that the man came to his death 1
by being run over by the train.
Drs. G. W. Poovey and VV. M. j
Crawford examined the body and
gave it as their opinion that death
was caused by being run over by
the train.
Engineer Wall, who* was in
charge of the engine, testified
that as his engine came upon the ^
trestle, he discovered some object
on the trestle, lie thought it was
a dog. It appeared to be 10 or 12 j
inces high. He went on without
any further notice, and remarked
to his lireman, "poor little dog."
The fireman, John Stewman, says (
he looked down the trestle as .
they came upon it, but saw noth- ]
'ing. t
Mr. RingstafT lived near the 1
. overhead bridge on the L. it C.
I road, the other side of Rear Creek, '
! and was doubtless on his way (
1 home when he was killed.
One theory is that he had tried
to climb or swing down between
the timbers of the bridge so as to ,
! be out of the way of the train, but j
that ho was not low enough to i
escape the lire box and break 1
irous, although ho did escape the I
pilot of the engine, and that he
was caught by the break irons 1
and pulled up through th6 timbers.
Another theory, formulated by '
Supt. Skipper of the Cotton Mill, |
is that the unfortunate man in
walking the bridge had missed
his step and gone down between
two ties which he says were fur- ;
ther apart than the others. That 1
although he caught by his arms, <
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ie was so stunned by the fall
hat he was unable to extricate
limself, and that when the train
same along it struck his head and
;aught hold of him and'pulled
lim up.
Mr. Kingstaff is a native of Unon
county, N. C., and lived .for
teveral years in Monroe before
;oming to Lancaster. He leaves a
wife, who was a daughter of Mr.
Wm. Steele of the Camp Creek
lection, and four children, all
imall. He was abou?27 years old.
tie had cultivated a crop on some
>f the factory lands, but had for
tome time been working in the
nill at night. It was his time to
)e at work Saturday night when
ie was killed, but he had employed
a man f.r> t.nlrA hio nlipo
iftemoon and night while he
vent up into town to attend to
tome business and do some shopping.
About 8 o'clock as he went
lome from up town, he stopped
it the mill and went in and was
issiating his substitute in his
work. Mr. H. II. Hayes, the boss
)f that department, told him he
would have to go out?that itwae
igainst Mr. Skippers rules for
aim to be there. He said "all
right." that he "did not know
that," and left, taking with him
tome small bundles that he had
gotten up town. Mr. Hayes says
;hat he "appeared to be somewhat
under the influence of whisley,"
but he thought he was able
to take care of himself.
After the coroner's jury was
through, the body was taken up,
piece at a time, and placed in a
;offin and taken to Hopewell
thurch and buried, that being the
:hoice of Mrs. Ringstaff.
Our sympathies go out to this
poor woman and 4 helpless chilIren
who are left to battle with
? callous world for their existence.
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DEATH OF COLONEL F. W.
MeM ASTER.
Died Near Asheville, N. C., Last
Sunday Al'ternooii.
A telegram was received in the
;ity this morning from Asheville
innouncing the death of Colonel
l?\ W. McMaster at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. lie died at
Marshall, some distance from
Asheville, and this explains the
lelav in the receipt of the unwel;omed,
but expected, news.
( Ininnnl Mi'Mnalur Iioj
v.v..w? AI4UUAUUIVI 11UO UWIi 111
failing health for sometime, sufiering
from an incurable malady,
liright's disease, lie went to the
mountains in the hope of obtaining
at least temporary relief. The
news of his death will be received
with general regret throughout
the city.
Although born in Winnsboro,
most of Col. McMaster's long life
was spent in Columbia, with
which city and its progress and
development he has always been
prominently identified.?Columbia
Record.
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