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Head-On Colfeion on
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Passenger Train No. 44 Tha Left
Charlotte Yesterday Afternoon
at 5 O'Clock Collided With Ex
tra Freight Train Running Ae
First Section of No. 39.
Engineer Frank Lewis, Baggage
master Byrd, Twenty Negroes
Were Killed by the Crash.
Blame Rests Either on Operator
at Hamlet or Rockingham.
Special to The News.
Rockingham, July 23. Passenger
train No. 44, from Charlotte to Wil-
minton and an extra freight train col
lided in a cut one mile west of Ham
let last night. The cause cf the wreck
has not been definitely located, but it
is certainly due to the negligence of
the operator at either Rockingham or
Hamlet.
The Rockingham operator claims to
be entirely innocent in the matter and
the blame in all probability occurred
at Hamlet.
Iimmediately after the extra freight
left Hamlet, an engine was dispatched
hurriedly to overtake it but was una
ble to do so before the fatal head-on
collision.
Eighteen bodies were taken from the
wreckage last night and two others
this morning.
Among the dead are:
Engineer Frank B. Lewis.
Fireman Thomas Hill, colored.
Baggage Master H. S. Byrd.
John Bogan, porter, of Wadesboro.
Tom Jones of Rockingham.
Gilbert McFaden, Hamlet.
Hattie Capel, Lauringburg.
Hannibal McNair, Laurinburg.
Mattie McNair, Laurinburg.
Mary Bell, Rockingham.
Esther Dupree, Bennettsville.
Jane Russell, Hoffman.
Mary Land, Bennettsville.
All are colored except Lewis and
Byrd.
Among the injured are: .Captain J.
D. Bowen, in charge of the passenger
train; E. S. Sanford, Rockingham; E.
A Carter, Rockingham; F. L. Lear,
Rockingham; John Birmingham, Rock
ingham, all white. Cicero Thomas,
Meta Thomas, Oscar Leak, Rocking
ham; Octavius Jackson, Hamlet, all
colored.
The dead have been placed in care
cf H. C. Watson, the undertaker.
All physicians were summoned and
rendered the injured the very best as
sistance. Engineer Owen Bundy jumped and
escaped with slight injuries.
DETAILS TERRIBLE WRECK.
An Eye-witness Tells of the Scenes
Last Night and This Morning.
Special The News.
Hamlet, July 23. Two miles west
of this place, in a deep cut, on a
sharp curve, one of the most disas
trous wrecks in the history of rail
roading in North Carolina oecurre.t
yesterday evening between the hours
of seven and eight o'clock.
The wreck was due to a head-on
collision between passenger train No.
44 tastbouud and an extra freignt
running as first section of No. 39,
which is the westbound passenger
train that is due to reach Charlotte
at 10:45 o'clock at night.
So far the death list' numbers 21.
Included in this number are En-
trir.c t Txri o onH Urnrpss'iinii
H. S. Bird. The other 19 were ne-
ernes whn rwvMiniori spnts in what is I
known as the "Jim Crow" car which j
was next to the express and baggage
car and the second car in the train's
makeup.
No. 44 which is the af ternoon train
which left Charlotte at 5 oclocic
yesterday afternoon was running an
hour late when it reached' Wades
boro. This delay was caused by sev
eral minor troubles that the train en
countered in its run of CC miles be
tween Charlotte and Wadesboro.
After leaving Wadesboro Engineer
Frank Lewis turned on full steam i-.nd
bade his steed go her limir.
At Rockingham the puffing engine
stopped for a " moment's " rest and as
Engineer Lewis opened the throttle
the bounded forth like a frightened
deer to the eastward. . ,.
Five minutes after the train '. pulled
out of Rockingham the engine of
No. 44 darted into a T deep curve . and
swiftly passed up to what is known
as one of the sharpest curves on the
Seaboard's system. "'
Before, the brave engineer of No.
44 knew what was" ahead of Min, the
headlight of the extra freight darted
from around . the opposite end of the
curve. There was .a terrible crash
a fearful hissing , of steam and the
two ponderous ; steeds reared straight
rP by the force of the collision. .
During the few minutes that fol
lowed in which the escaping steam
Brings
tiieS
eaboard
to
and the roar caused by the collision
tnere couia be heard the wailss of
the dying and those more fortunate.
As quickly as possible Conductor
Bowen and those who' had escaped
from the terrible collision, went for
ward to where the engines were
standing in an upright position, and
called for Engineer Lewis, j'b.ere
was no answer to this call for the
band that guided the fast flying pas
senger engine, while still holding to
the throttle of his engine, was stilled
by death. Through the mist of es
caping steam and the pile of iron
and steel, could be seen a portion ot
the brave engineer's body as it was
being roasted alive by the boiling
flood of water that was pouring from
the engine boiler.
Wedged in between the wreckage
of the baggage car and that of the
Jim Crow car could be seen the
mangled remains of Expressman 11.
S. Bird. He must have met an in
stant death as ponderous pieces of
iron and wood held his body in tight
embrace.
The scene where the Jim Crow car
and the baggage and express car
were telescoped, was one of horror
and intense suffering. There, in the
mangled mass of ' flesh and blood,
were 19 torn and dismembered bodies
of negroes who . were ushered into
death without a moments warning.
Their bodies were piled, one upon an
other, in a frightful mass and now
and then one could hear the dying
wails of a lost soul.
As the accident took place at night
fall and as there were few if any
lights available, the scene was one!
of Weirdness as well as horror. The;
-oa ' i 1 lii-i r,1 tilt t t m in whn c:ra riffl 1
injury did all that was possible to re
lieve the dying and wounded, but
their efforts were curtailed by the
many disadvantages incident to the
wreck. .
By 9 o'clock a wrecking crew from
Hamlet reached the scene and as
fast as possible the injured were
taken from their perilous situation.
All through the weary hours of the
iight men and even women worked
to relieve the suffering and care for
the dying. The bodies of the dead
were taken out one by one and the
lifeless forms were laid beside the
track until preparations could be
made to transfer them to Rocking
ham. Editor S. T. Ashe, of the Wilming
ton Messenger, was a passenger on
the ill-fated train. He had been to
Wadesboro to spend the Sabbath
with relatives and friends of his boy
hood. He occupied a seat in the
first class coach which was the last
car in the train's makeup. The force
of the colision threw him forward but
fortunately he escaped with only
slight bruises.
To your correspondent this " morn
ing the Wilmington editor gave a
graphic description of one of the
State's most direful catastrophes.
He says that the scene at the time ot
wrejk and jugt following beggars
aescription. As soon as the trains
came to their awful standstill, he
went forward and what met his gaze
was horrible in the extreme. He
heard the cries of the dying and the
pitiful screams of the unfortunate be
ings who were pinioned beneath
weights of steel and iron. He join-
ed the party of rescuers and did all
in his power to relieve suffering.
Mrl Ashe spent the night at Ham
let and early this morning went back
to the scene of the wreck. When he
ai rived at the spot he found that 19
bodies had been removed from the
debris and that two bodies, both ne
gro men, were still beneath the
wreckage.
" In describing the position of the
two engines, Mr. Ashe says that both
remained in an upright position this
morning. The heavy iron caps of the
toilers were embedded into each
other and the two, once proud steeds,
were a mass of broken and twisted
iron and steel.
The second class coach had left the
rails but was still on the cross ties.'
This was true of the first class coach
which was the rear car. The Jim
Crow car and the baggage and ex-
press cars were maneu x-ogeLur ma
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CHARLOTTE,
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OF GREAT
PEACE CONFERENCE
The 14th Annual Conferenceof the
Inter-Parliamentary Union Op
ens, Great Excitement Over
-Retirement of Members of Rus
sian Parliament,
By Associated Press.
London; July 23.-The - fourteenth
annual conference of the Inter-Parlia
mentary Union was opened in the roy
al gallery of the palce of Westminster.
The adherents of international peace
from all the parliaments of Europe as
well as several. of those of the western
hemisphere were present, but hardly
had the- conference opened when,
amidst a scene of considerable excite
ment Professor Maxim Kovaleysky,
member of the lower house of the Rus
sian Parliament, . announced that he
and his colleagues, representing until
yesterday the youngest " parliament in
the world were obliged to withdraw in
consequence of the dissolution of the
body they were officially appointed to
represent.
,! There were abuct 500 delegates pres
ent the American representation being
represented by Congressman . Richard
Bartholde, while William J. Bryan occu
pied a seat on the platform.
Load Wearsdale (Sir . Philip Stan
hope) , opened the Congress, his pre
liminary sentences of welcome being
specially addressed to the Russian del
egates who rose in a body, and, turn
ing toward the delegation of the late
Parliament, cheered them to the echo.
Lord Weardale incidentally mention- ;
ed President Roosevelt as having been j
associated with the work of peace. Pre- I
mier Campbell-Bannerman in reply, re
minded his hearers that King Edward
had always been a great advocate ot
peace. The British government, he
said, was in entire sympathy with the
object of the conference.
The Premier especially greeted the
members of the Russian Parliament
present and also paid a tribute to Em
peror Nicholas who had done so much
toward the enhancement of the ideas
of peace. It could, he thought, be. safe
ly aserted that the Russian Parliament,
although dissolved was sure to again
come into existence. . Then the Pre
mier in a sudden access of enthusiasm,
shouted "La Douma Est Morte, Vive'
La Douma." (The Russian Parliament
is dead, long live the Russian Parlia
ment.) The delegates rose to their
feet and the storms of applause con
tinued for a couple of minutes.
COL.SAMUEL DONALDSON. DEAD.
Was Door Keeper of the House Dur
ing Carlyle's Term as Speaker.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 23. Col. Samuel
Donaldson, door keeper of the House
cf Representatives during Carlisle's
term as speaker, died suddenly of
heart failure in this city'. He was
S3 veaxs of age. Donaldson ;Was well
;nown among politicians throughput
the country and at the time of "his
death was assistant sergeant at arms
of the Democratic committee. He
was '. born in Nashville.
EFFECT OF SAGE'S DEATH.
Will Probably Have Little Effect on
Stock Market.
By Associated Press.
New York, July 23. The death of
Russell Sage was probably less a
factor in , the stock market which
opened heavy than the dissolution of
the Russian Douma.
Persons conversant with the affairs
of Sage said he had comparatively
littlo money out on loans and that
his death, would hardly disturb the
local financial conditions.
Mr. H. Miller and daughter, Miss
Leah, will leave tonight for Norfoll ,
Va., where they will visit friends and
relatives.
Airline
OPENING
N. C MONDAY EVENING, JULY 23. 1906
LI10TPRIVATESIAND
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SCOUT KILLED
In Encounter With 600 Pulajanes
Near Buraen by Detachment of
Constabulary, Lieut. Worswick,
Ten Privates and One Civilian
Scout Were Killed
Constabulary Was Commanded by
Lieut. Williams. Company ot
Regular Infantry Hurried to
Scene. Between 400 .and 1000
Pulajanes in field.
By Associated Press.
Manila, . July 23.- A' detachment of
constabulary, Lieut. Williams com
manding, encountered a band of 600
Pulajanes near Buraen, on the island
of Leyte, yesterday morning. Lieut.
Worswick, 12 privates and a civilian,
Scout McBride, were killed.
The constabulary were driven back.
The Pulajanes secured -14 rifles and
two revolvers. Tne bodies of Wors
wick, McBride and ten privates were
recovered. Reinforcements of the con
stabulary have ueen sent from the
nearest station. :
Major Neville, commanding the mil
itary, has ordered a company of the
24th regular infantry to be hurried to
the scene. (
Major Nevii.e reports' that there are
from 400 to 1000 Pulajanes in the
field. ' - 1
Lieut. Worswick was, a graduate of
the University of Kansis and was ap
pointed to ,the constabulary last Feb
ruary. He graduated fEom - the con
stabulary school June 30, and this was
his first battle. Buraen' is situated in
an isolated portion of t-eyte.'
COMPANIES. CHAPTER ED.
Five New Corporations (chartered
Secretary of State.
by
Special to The News." . .; ; , :
Raleigh, July 23. Charters -were is
sued to five new corporations, the
Huss Austin Co., of Salisbury,, for the
sale of spirituous liquois, at a eapital
of $10,000 authorized ahd $4,700 sub
scribed, by J. H.. Wooley, J. W. Huss
and other: to the Marsh Furniture
Company, of High Point, to manufac
ture and sell furniture at a capital of
$10,000 by J. E. Marshal, J. W. Harris
and J. J. WTelch; to the W. A. Leg
gett Drug Co.,' of Edenton, at a $25,000
authorized and $4,900 subscribed by
W. A. Leggett, C S. Vann and others;
to the Se"abo,ard Feed and Produce Co.,
of Henderson' at .a capital of $50,000
authorized, $4,000 subscribed, by J. H.
Brodie, H.T. Morris and others; to the
Carolina Buggy. Manufacturing Co., of
Henderson at a capital of $25,000 au
thorized and $6,000 subscribed by W.
B. Waddill, Robert Lassiter, J. H. Bro
die. and others.'- .
JEWISH MASSACRE PREDICTED
It is Reported That the Day Fixed
for the Massacre is July 28th.
By Associated Press.
London, July 23. Israel Sange
well, . president of the Jewish Terri
torial Organization,: received a tele
gram from Russia that the country
is on the verge of a new massacre of
Jews, which has been fixed for July
i'S, the anniversary of Russia's con
version to Christianity. Tne mes
s-ige implores, the assistance of Eu
rope to prevent bloodshed.
MEMBERS MUST DISPERSE.
Order Given to Force Members of
Parlament to Disperse.
By Associated Press.
Viborg, July .23 The governor of
Viborg announces that he has been
ordered by the governor-general of
Finland to immediately close the
meetings of the members of Parlia
ment and to use military force if
necessary to disperse them.
Wants Extra Session.
By Associated Press.
Richmond, July 23. Governor
Swanson has requested the president
oi the Supreme Court of Appeals to
convene an extra session that the tri
bunal may dispose of the insurance
commission case, the corporation
commission having declined to per
mit. Commissioner Dutton to qualify
after he had been elected by the
general assembly, the commission
holding that the right of appoint
ment was voted in the commission.
Fever at Annapolis.
By Associated Press.
Annapolis, July 23. Typhoid fever
developed among members of the new
fourth class at the naval academy
fnd' three members of that class are
confined ; to the academy hospital.
All three were taken sick aboard the
iractice ship Severn on which they
with abdut 100 other plebes recently
caned for a practice cruise, dui were
returnedj here for treatment.
jTmr: The Hart je Case.
By Associate! Press,
Pittsburg, July 23. The defense in
the Hartie divorce case concluded its
side arid the testimony in rebuttal i
started.
Tiventy-Eight injured Negroes
The ffrt j jnjaQial
TIC STATE OF
III RUSSIA
Desperate Measures Expected Be
cause of Dissplutipaof Parjai
ment. Onejhousanc! Persons
Arrested Last Night. Dire Re
ports Come From the Interior.
By Associated. Press.
St.' Petersburg, July 23. Saturday
midnight's coup d'etat has already prov
ed the effect of uniting the discordant
elements of the opposition and it re
quires little perspicacity to cee that an
era of repression and all -which it en-
tails, will drive the Liberals and Rev
olutionists alike to support the most
desperate measures.
i It is already clear that resistance
will be made. According to the latest
advices from Viborg the members of
Parliament which fled to Finland, in
tend to defy their sovereign. :
They are virtually refusing to rec
ognize the decree ' of disolution. A
three hours session in the dining room
of Hotel Belvedere, was had last night
under the Presidency of M, Mourom
tseff at which all formalities of a reg
ular session were observed- Although
the rioting continued outside last night
the city is superficially puiet this morn
ing but ominous forebodings of a com
ing storm are apparent on either hand.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press made a tour of the city early
this morning:. He encountered . the re.
inforcement for -the patrols in groups
on the corners and met a half dozen
squads of Gendarmes with drawn
swords, escorting little bands of arrest
ed persons to prison..
During the night over 1,000 arrests
of workmen, agitators and revolution
ary suspects, were made and. the rail
roads leading out of the city have been
placed under martial law.
News from the interior shows that
fermentation in the cities has already
begun. There ; is a ; renewal ,, of the
strikes in 'Poland and : ih. the ; South
but no rioting on a big seale, with the
exception of at Kharkpff , is reported
From, every direction comes xrepor.ts
that an era of repression has been in
augurated, including the confiscation
of radical newspapers and the whole
sale arrests of political and revolution
ary suspects and there is every indica
tion that the jnost serious outbreaks
will take place in the cities of Southern
Russia and that a rising of the peas
ants will begin in the Volga region
and in the famine stricken central pro
vinces. , . . '.,
Signals for a general strike, however.
have not been given as yet. '
A disolution of the Russian Douma
by the Imperial Ukase brings Russia
face to face with what may prove to
be the most stupendous revolution in
its history. . -
The Emperor's autocratic act also
rings down the curtain temporarily at
least, on the latest and one of the most,
interesting attempts . in history, , to
give a nation the forearm of a repre
sentative government. - - - -,
The Two Causes.
The circumscribed nature of the
Douma's .proceedings, and the dearth
of legislation that might be of bene
fit to Russia, may be attributed to
two causes: ' the lack of harmony
among the strangely diverse ; ele
ments that went to make up the body
and the fundamenta law by which
the .v. Emperor limited the matters
that might be considered by Parlia
ment. The Douuja's only piece ' of
legislation ithat has become a law 'is
a bill appropriating $7,500,000 for: the
relief of the famine stricken peasants.
Twenty Persons Killed.
Kharkoff, July 23. The dissolution
of Parliament was followed by much
rioting. Excitement increased by the
escape of 40 prominent politicians,
who had been thrown , into prison,
Saturday, night. Twenty persons were
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killed and wounded in the effort for
their recapture. '
Proclamation of Protest.
The Radicals hurriedly adopted the
proclamation 1 containing a protest
against the illegal dissolution of
Parliament and an appeal to the peo
ple to refuse to pay the taxes of the
recruit army or to recognize an issue
of the government loan. The ad
dress amounts to an appeal to the
nation to, seize that, liberty which the
government has denied.
MR. FITZWATER DROWNED.
Special Agent cf the S. A. L. Drowned
In Savannah River Yesterday -Mr.
i Bivens Shot. .
Special to The News.
Monroe," July 23. Mr. George Fitz--ivater,
of Monroe; special agent for the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, was
drowned in the Savannah river at Sa-
vannah, yesterday morning. Details
of the accident are not obtainable, but
it is learned that Mr, Fitzwater, in
stepping from one barge to another,
lost his footing ard fell between the
barges and could not be reached by
assistance.
i His wife, who was in Rutherford
county, was notified and arrived home
last night.
Mr. Fitzwater's body reached here
this morning and the interment took
place this afternoon.
Besides his ;wife, Mr. Fitzwater is
survived by one little child.
coincident with the death of Mr.
Fitzwater, was the serious shooting of
Air. H. J. Bivens, of this place, in Ral
eigh, yesterday. Mr. Bivens was also
in the special service of the Seaboard,
workingnder Mr; Fitzwater.
Your representative has been unable
tp learn the circumstances of the
shooting of Mr. Bivens, the only infor
mation received -here being a tele
gram to his family, saying that he
was shot and that his condition is se
lious. :
Death of Mrs. Monahan.
Mrs. Daniel Monahan died at The
Mercy General Hospital ot one o'clock
Sunday morning, after an Illness of
about three weeks. Funeral1 services
were held this morning at 10 o'clock at
St.' Peters Catholic church and the
interment followed in Elmwood. The
pallbearers were the following named ;
Messrs. P. H. Phelah, H. A. Webber,
c w. Gallagher,' M. Roach, ' Dave
Claire. . if:1" fJ.S '.......,.,
Mrs Monahan lived on North Church
street and was highly esteemed by her
neighbors.- She is survived by a hus
band and four children. ; She was 32
years old. .
i Delegates Depart for Home.
The delegates of the International
Sunday School convention, colored,
who ' were here for the - meet
ings last week left today for their
homes in this and other States. The
meetings which have been going oh
for the past week in the Seventh street
church came" to a close yesterday after
the most successful convention in the
history of the association.
.' Order to Report.
An order has been issued by Capt.
Mark W. Williams for the members
of First Field : Artillery to report at
the armory tomorrow night at 8
o'clock. At this time all final pre
parations for the ' encampment at
Morehead City will be made. The
battery boys will leave Charlotte
Wednesday morning at 4 o'clock via
the Southern Railway.
Ice Cream Supper.
The ladies of Epworth M. E. Sun
day school will serve ice. cream and
eake on the vacant lot corner. North
Graham and .West Eleventh streets
Tuesday evening , from 8:30 to 10:30.
Everybody will be cordially wel
comed.' : , t
- Off to The National Convention.
Messrs. S. Wittkowsky and D. A.
Tompkins left thim morning for Cincin
nati to attend a meeting of the Nation
al Building . and Loan Association
which is in session there this week.
Both will make addresses before the
convention.
Duty, but Without Your Aid the City
Thoroughly Sanitary Condition.
PRICE: 5 CENTS
at
in this City
The Scenes at the Colored Hos
! pital Today Were Pitiful in the
Extreme. .: Charlotte Physicians
Have Labored Heroically to
Save Life and Limbs.
One Poor Woman Died as She
Was Being Brought Up Town
This Morning. The Names of
Those Brought to Charlotte and
the Extent of "I heir Injuries.
The scene at the, Good Samaritan
Hospital this morning was pitiful be
yond all description.
The terrible wreck between Hamlet
and Rockingham in its results as seen
here, must have been past all descrip
tion. :
Twenty-nine prostrate and bleeding
forms were scattered about the rooms
of the hospital up stairs and down
stairs, and many were moaning and
crying while others seemed to regard
their fate with stoical indifference; '
and with eyes from which all expres
sion had gone, they waited for their
turn on the operating table, where
half a dozen white physicians labor
ed almost beyond endurance, to be
as quick as possible in rendering
aid.
Every man of them had his nerve
however, was thus enabled to look
all the more carefully after the wants
of the injured.
There are 28 in the Good Samaritan
Hospital, and several of these will
probably die. Their inj juries arehard
to describe. One heavy built woman
suffered terribly with her body split
well nigh half in two. The other
women were so badly bruised and
broken that they seemed like dead
bodies except for ah occasional moan,
and their cries a3 they were moved
to the operating table. The physicians
kept two tables busy for three hours
and worked with heroic endurance to
bring relief to the injured.
Some of the injured were too bad
ly hurt to speak or tell their names
and the doctors nor anyone else were
unable to identify these.
There are two women who are
frightfully -injured, bruised and having
legs and arms broken, that will have
a hard fight for life.
At Hovis' undertaking establish
ment there is the dead body of a col
ored woman 30 years of age, whose
end came after the train had left Mon
roe. The body was still warm when
it reached Charlotte. Scores of peo
ple have looked at the body but have
been unable to identify her.
Being in the coach for colored peo
ple, nearest the engine, the negroes
caught the brunt of the awful catas
trophe, and scarce a passenger in this
ill-fated car escaped injury.
Those who were brought here to
day and carried to the hospital, and
who were able to give their names are
as follows :
Injured Here in the Hospital.
H. A. Clement, , going from home
at Cleveland, N. C, to Wilmington to
work. Mouth badly cut; leg cut. Age
28.
, James Odom of Branchville, return
ing home from Pee Dee. Both legs
broken.
Rich Morgan, aged 22, returning to
home at Rockingham; eye badly hurt,
left leg broken.
Henry Ratliffe, age 20, going from
Rockingham to Hamlet, hurt about
the-mouth and legs.
Junius Ratliffe, aged 22, legs badly
sprained, also going from Rockingham
to Hamlet.
Cicero Thomas, aged 25, left arm
hurt, head cut, foot sprained. Going
from Rockingham to Hamlet.
Oscar Lee, home at Hamlet, 32 years
old, internal injuries.
Sandy Capell, aged 40, gong to Lau
rinburg from Rockingham. Too . dazed
to talk, ; evidently suffering from in
ternal Injuries.
Mary Babb, aged 30, going from
Rockingham to Hamlet. Cut on face,
back injured, seriously injured.
Cleve Mayor, aged 17, from Polkton
to Hamlet. Head, shoulders and legs
bruised and injured.
Frank Scott from Rockingham to
Hamlet, aged 38. Legs broken, seri
ously injured.
EUuer Jackson, returning from
Rockingham to Hamlet, aged about
28.- Left leg hurt, and badly mashed.
George; Harris, from Marsh ville to
Hamlet, aged 21. Legs badly hurt, face
and left eye badly cut.
Jack Ratliffe. from Rockingham to
Hamlet, aged 23. Back and feet badly
sprained and hurt.
-Laddie Powell, 21, home Lumberton.
Shoulder and leg hurt.
James Dolphus, home at Monroe, go
ing to Hamlet, aged 37. Knees mash
ed and bruised. .
.Gallant McFadden. going from Rock
ingham to Hamlet, aged about 30. Eye
badly lacerated, collarbone1' broke, '
knees hurt.
George Morgan, from Rockingham to
Laurinburg, aged 23. Contusion of
right hand.
Jim Roper, from Rockingham to
Lumberton, aged 24. Body badly
bruised.
Victor Freeman, from Rockingham
to Laurinburg, aged 42. Leg sprained.
Crushed between seats of coach.
Winnie Jones, from Rockingham to
Laurinburg, aged 40. Head badly cut.
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