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-I ' TT ' Vol. XY.-No. PASSE CONOOlttt. N. C. MONDAY APRIL 12, 1897. TRAINS COLLIDE. Whole NO. 1,690 : ; L THREE LIVES LOST AND SEVERAL PROBABLY 1 AlALUV INJURED IN THE HORRIFYING RAILROAD DISASTER. . n Rren Donaldson, Postal derk Benton and Titus Eudy Killed -Others Wourided -No Passengers' .Hurt, But Violently Shaken Up Tle Crash Heard for Miles Around Hundreds of Peo ple Viewed the Scene-Track Cleared at 11 O'clock Sunday Night Remains! ofEudy Brought Here for Burial -A Second Escape-Engineer " Kinney and Will eiemmons Wilp Probably Recover. I While the glorious rays of an April Sunday's sun shed its brilliant beams over this qaiet portion of toe universe and the Christian workers throughout the land were gathered together to praise His holy name, little thought was given those who, from necessity and station in life, were toiling and laboring fur sus tenance and continuance of same. No one ever dreamed cf the horrors of the scene that took place at the little Tillage of Harrisbarg. It is a horrifying scene, mingling death and disa&ter in a moat vivid form. When the news of the disaster reached this city all kinds of rnmors could be heai d and the entire popu lace was thrown into a state of ex citement somewhat unusual, and it wai only a few minutes until eyery a van. Die conveyance nad been taken aod huodreds ot people on their way to the scene of the wreck. The dead and wounded had been rescued and taken to Charlottle for treatment before maay of our peo pie got there. The great heaps of wreckage stocd piled up high in the air, engine upon engine and car upon car. f - No. 11, southbound passenger train, due here at 10.30 a. m., was belated 33 minutes. Captain Loy ell was the conductor in charge, with Engineer J O Kinney, of Thomas ville, at the throttle. No. 36, the yestibuled, is due to arrive here at 10.07, a. m., from the 8outh,.but it was aho belated, and- on its late schedule, was due to arrive at .Har risburg at 11:15. : Capt. Lovell and Engineer Kinney, both of -whom have had years of experience in rail roading and making excellent time and superior runs, undertook to make an eight mile "run and gel on the Biding at Harrisburg in twelve minutes time, but the undertaking resulted in a most disastrous ex perience. No. 11 had made the run and; had slowed up at the upper cuu, 01 the switch at Harnsburg, when No. 36 came steaming at full up the main iine-a collision was inevitable, and a terrible one it wasalthough it might have been worse. ' No. 36 was manned by Engineer B Tunstall, Fireman Will Don jon, of Danville, Va. and the Veteran Conductor, Captain Gentry t tot Charlotte late, but had orders 9 wait at Harrisburg until 11.15 on 11, the southbound. Fireman aldcon watched for the signal at lbe station, bjit seeing it was clear, informed his engineer of the fact, and accordingly the throttle was thrown open. he d was mashed and his body bruised and internally mi a red. He was placed in the hospital coach. - I - I ; , J WUUil When the ene'infipra Anr? GYran 1 but difd hefnra Tnu;L ru-i' ii saw their perilous situation, leaps i He wa8 an PrPan, and lived with for life were made-some escaped nis siste" at Forest Hill. some were killed. The two engines Fireman Will Donadlson, of Dan tainly have crematei the dead.' d v- ing and wounded that were baried beneath the debris. 4 1 It wa3 only forty minutes fromi the time the two -engines collided till Superintendent W B Kyder, with physicians and a relief car ar rived from Charlotte and were ac tively engaged in rescuing, and at tending the injured. Wrecking crews from Charlotte and Salisbury were on the scene and jit work clear ing the track at 12:15 o'clock. But not until 11 o'clock Sunday night was the track clear, and trains passed along slowly but surely. Telegraph Operator Ei. Ervin at Harrisburg, was almost overcome by the terrible accident, but withal stood at his po3t and was courteous and kind to all and related as best he could how it all happened. He and Mr. M Oglesby were standing on tne platform when the two trains pulled in, but did not see No. 11 until 36 had passed the station at full speed. They realized tbe hor rors of the disaster at once, but too late to prevent it. There is a difference of opinion as to where the blame ehouid rest. Oae incident of the wreck that wa of peculiar interest to the hundreds of Concordiaos who visited and viewed the scene was the miracn. ious escape of liitl 9 "Coot" -.Martin. ine lour-vear-old boa of Manffum Martin, t-rho li ve? at, thn Ctbarrus Mills... Mr. and Mrs., Martin and their little cnild were on No. 11, going to-' Harrisburg to visit Mr. Martin's father, 'The child was lining with his head arid body partially out of a car window and when the terrific crash cw the child was thrown violently from the window against the bank of the (Coflcluded 00 Fourth Page). came together with, a terrible clash - at exactly 11 15. No. 11 train cousiated of the en gine, one mail, one baggage, first and second class coaches, while No, 36 carried twa vegetable cociChes, two mail coaches, one baggage, first and second class coaches and two sleepers nine in all. When . the engines struck, the foutnnouna was knocked to the ville, was fopnd buried underneath hts engine and. the great pile of wreckage, fiis head was ; mashed and bjf tody mangled. It was some tiine before an arm and other member his ;body was found. His deat instantaneous. Engineer Kinney was picked up to tne right jpf his engine. He was badly scalded and was internally in jured r , ' ; ' . Will piemnlons, of Est Durham THIS IS GIVE US YOUR ATTENTION right of the track, while the nrth' bound engine leaped up and over wkm ;at"'BCabaws 'iCoin the southbound engine and plunged into the postal cr of the southbound. which was completely pplintered, as were the two vegetable coaches on the northbound. Not a piece of these three coaches as large as a man's arm could be picked out . of the massive heap of , debris. One mail coach of No. 36 was thrown triangularly upon a ten footenbank ment, a distance of probably 50 feet from the main line. It was demol ished at both ends and the running works torn from it, bent and mashed into every conceivable shape, while the coach next following it was equally as badly splintered. Vegetables and small parts of the two engines, were fonnd scattered in all directions, pieces being picked up seven tyfiye yards from the wreck. Immediately after the terrible crash, there was a deathlike silence---the sight that confronted the startled passengers and trainmen was indeed appalling.- J Work 6t rescuing the dead and wounded was begun. A most gha3tly sight presented itself when Postal Clerk Clingman Benton, of the southbound - train, was found suspended. by his legs be tween his car and the engine of train No. 36. He was hanging head downward and- his appeal for the rescuers to cut his legs off was indeed hear Uren ding. After an hour aod a half of hard work he was taken out alive, but died in fifteen minutes after being placed in the hospital a coach provided for the dead and injured on Supt. W B Rydere train. Benton's home was in Charlotte, where his wife and Children were awaiting his home coming. Titus Eudy was the next tale 1 out. Eudy was beating his way from Charlotte to this city on the "secoid blind" of the vestibule. His Mills, was found on the embank ment to the right of the northbound trains His injuries were slisrht and he will doubtless rtcbver. I He was in company with Eudy, beating his way here., - -. . Engineer Tunstall leaped rom his engine to the right and was BtrncK by flying timber and badly scalded by steam; Not seriously hurt : , , Lee, the negro fligman oa lo. 11. 1 who was oh his way to open the switch for his, train to enter, was caught in the crash. His legs were caught by theateam pipes of the mail coach of his train and was rescued with difficulty. R E .Gallagher, express measen. ger on No. 36, .was hurt about the face and arm not seriously. . Capt L6vell,T of the sou thbou n ' , received a painful gash on his face by ramming his head through the glass door cf the second, class coach. ; Howard Fi-iHamilton, baggage master tSNoi?lIjecei?ed slight bruises on his face: and "head. Hia ahinbonea were-skinhed by a fall. Baggage Master J erome, of No. 36, was foaidVaniojed between h 1 car and .the mail Kach;to the front. Ie.was extricated with great dif ticulty, buijKftanot fhurt. Mr. Je rome told a 6takdaJbd leporter that tbis was hit eecond narrow escape within the past few jweeks. He was in the wreck 'ira the Southern at Lulu Junction, near' Atlanta, sev eral weeks ago. None of the passengers were hurt, though they were violently shaken up. . , ' v- j; - , : " The resoundingj of the great crash had hardly ceased vibrating when fire was diecovered in the splintered postal car of No. 11, and it was principally due to the heroic work and daring efforts of Postal Clerk John Carter, of No. 36, that a fire was averted, which would cer- in fa Fine n j at one-half their actual cost and . valtie. !Our Immense'Lihe ois- SPRING - CLOTHING. is-arriving daily and the bargains we offer in v TYEE, QUALITY, AND will simply "dtun" you. FIT, IMEN'S WEAR. 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