The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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STORM ONE OF 1 E
MOST DESTRUCTIVE
Enormous Property Damages. Cotton Crop Blown Down and
Damaged Beyond Estimate. But Little Property Not Damaged
LOSS OF LIFE ON LAND NOT' GREAT
Many Lives Lost Along Coast. Keeper ot Light House, Wife
an ti Daughter Swept Away.
New Orleans, Sept. 29.—From the
hitherto isolated Gulf coast district
inimediutf ly east of Mobile the first
lie* - arrived litre today. The report
told of lives lost In the Gulf and
Brent damage to shipping, hut indi-
cated that en land few if any persons
were k.^ d by the hurricane. Prop-
erty darr age Jn this district was very
large.
The report was brought by passen-
gers on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad who passed through Mobile
about the beginning of the hurricane
and who for about fifty hours after
the storm had stopped their train at
berlin ton. Mies., were shut off from
coinmur.)<felion with the rest of the
world. Ventilators were blown out of
the coach# when shortly before day-
light Thursday morning the wind be-
came so violent that orders were Is-
sued to l.old the train.
After the norm subsided one of the
saddest ,-torles of the hurricane was
brought into S< rant on. A tug left
Scranton before tho storm reached
Its height and ;«n to Horn Island out
In the Qulf, offering to tako ashore
Captain Johnson, keeper of the Horn
Island light, «.nd his wife and daugh-
ter. Captain Johnson refused to leave
the ligli' and his wife and daughter
Would t m pa rate from him. After
the storm the tug went out again. The
light hoti*e l ad been destroyed and
hours ol vearch failed to reveal any
sign of the fate which overtook Its
keeper.
First reports were received from
Southwest Pass today and said that
eight barges carrying a large amftunt
01 cement for the government con-
tract at the pass were sunk during
the storm. No lives were lost.
Tho light house tender Magnolia,
commanded hy J. H. Sears In charge
of United States lighthouse Inspection
left here today to Investigate the dam-
age to lighthouses.
New Orleans and tho surrounding
country even foday found difficulty In
getting tel^gt^phlc news about events
In other of tho country. Such
wires n? were recovered In Mississippi
repeatedly failed and Texas circuits
over which all dispatches arrived
from the north and east arrived wero
continually reporting delays. News of
the storm at other points and the Cu-
ban situation was carried by tug boats
from New Orleans to Gulf coast towns
and the newspaper distributors on the
first tugs were cheered.
Pencil, ' .a, Fla., Sept. 29.—The
vastness of the destruction wrought
by the hurricane of Thursday morning
Is now being realized. Twenty-live per-
sons are known to have been drowned.
They are:
Q C A RTB R M A SUB R SERGEANT
OVERLANDKR.
MRS EVA F. PRENTICE AND
BAR*'.
PRIVATE JORDAN.
AN UNKNOWN ARTILLERY MAN
EDWARD HUtJHES.
UNKNOWN NEGRO MAN AND
"WIFE
MRS LEltE SAN GONZALES.
GJSORGE GONZALES.
MRS. T. F. MATTHEWS AND TWO
SMALL CHILDREN.
THREE UNKNOWN SEAMEN,
from n P'itlsh steamer at quarantine
hospital.
ATTENDANTS COLLIER AND
ROSS, of the Quarantine hospital.
TWO UNKNOWN GREEKS, at
Bafduda.
GBOltGE MORGAN, WIFE AND
DAUGH1 I'll
AN UNKNOWN FISHERMAN.
Only four bodies have been recov-
ered, those of Mrs. Prentice, George
Morgan and daughter and George
Gonzales.
Searching parties are tearing away
the debris strewn along the beach and
although several bodies have been
seen the workers have as yet been un-
able to reach them.
Looters followed In the wake of tho
hurricane and fifteen extra policemen
are on guard.
Calls for charity have been made
to assist the poor and everything pos-
sible to relieve the 2,000 homeless Is
being done.
Santa Rosa quarantine station
across the bsy from the city has been
demolished. There were eight seamen
In the hoipital from a British steam-
er. The hospital building was carried
away, the eight men clinging to tho
roof. Five were washed up upon this
sld * after a night of terror on the bay
and the other three wore drowned
With two nurses. The United Stales
quarantine station has been destroyed.
Forts Damaged.
New Orleans. Sept. 29—Damages
of $10,600 at Fort St. Philip, located
about sixty miles below here on the
Mississippi river, were reported today
by Incoming steamers. A portion of
the levee erected to protect the fort
against just such tides Is reported to
have broken and allowed the maga
sines to flood. New quarters under
process of erection were also reported
•swept away.
Repairing Damages.
New Orleans, Sept. 29.- Announce-
ment that telephone and telegraph
wires may be through from here to
Mobile some time tonight has been
made by the Cumberland Telephone
Company and officials of the Louis-
ville and Nashville railroad. Several
hundred extra workmen were able to
proceed t othe scene of repair work
Within fifty miles of Mobil® today
by the opening of local train service
on the Louisville and Nashville to
Ocean Springs. Utaa The men work-
ing from New Orleans wera confident
that they would meet gangs working
cit from Mobile and counted strongly
upon this assistance to enable them to
rush wires through a section In which
it was reported last night that mile,-
of i ole« had fallen
Meanwhile launches have been sent
by newspapers and business men from
here to Mobile aud Pensacola, and in
event of other communication failing
these launches will be used as dispatch
boats.
The New Orleans progressive union
hai sent one of Its officers to Moblh-
to effer whatever assistance New Or-
leans can give.
Post Until) Damaged.
Washington, Sept 2H The military
secretary has received the following
telegram from Captain Dwyer, com-
FIFTEEN DOL SI'iT Stt .
mending at Fort Morgan, at the en-
trance of Mobile harbor, dated yester-
day .
The post has been swept by a ter-
rific storm, the entire post having
beei under water. Every building In
the post Is seriously damaged and
some have been destroyed completely,
including the pumping station, which
furnished the water supply, ordinance
store house, quartermaster store
house, two primary stations with in
struments, the quartermaster's dock
and the main water tank. It Is thought
possible to have water transported
from Mobile temporarily ufter storm
subsides. Request authority for nec-
essary emergency repairs. Request in-
spectors be sent to ascertain and re-
port upon damage. No casualties so
far as known."
Death Of Light House keeper.
New Orleans, Sept. 29.—Reports of
tho death of Captr.ln John Johnson,
keeper of Horn - Island lighthouse in
Mississippi sound and the death of his
wife and daughter were brought here
today by the first train Into New Or-
leans from the east over the Louis-
ville and Nashville railroad. This train
brought passengers from New York
and other eastern cities who had been
held at Soranton, Miss , by the hur-
ricane.
They said the Horn Island light
house was swept into the sea by the
wind and waves and that the keeper
and his family went with the struc.
ture.
News of another Horn Island disas-
ter was brought to Scranton by Cap-
tain Darker of the schooner Daisy
which was wrecked on that island,
with the loss of one of her crew.
Captain Barker said that after he
and the four men constituting his
crew had swam ashore from the
schooner, tho rising water drove
them into the trees. Sam Ward, a ne-
gro who climbed a small and weak
tree was apparently shaken by wind
and waves from his hold and was
drowned.
The Scranton passengers were
taken by the tug around the break in
the tracks nt that place and boarded
the train at Ocean Springs, ('apt. Bar-
ker and family were rescued by tug.
Only Three Deaths.
New Orleans. Sept. 29.—Passen-
gers from Meridian, Miss., who left
Mobile after the storm via the Mobile
and Ohio and who arrived here today
said thR they had heard of but two
or three deaths at Mobile, jill ne-
T went y - ti ve 1 )ro« ned.
Pensacola. Fla.. Sept. 29.—The
vastness of the destruction wrought
by the hurricane here Thursday Is now
being realized. Twenty-five persons
are known to have been drowned.
BusIiick* Resuming.
Mobile, Ala . via Meridian. Miss.,
Sept J9 Business* was partially re-
sumed in Mobile today. The city au-
thorities are clearing the streets of
the debris as rapidly as possible. The
street cars are expected to resume
service by Sunday night.
The Postal and Western Union Tel-
egraph Companies are still out of bus-
iness, their wires in every direction
being blown down. At Coden, Alaba-
ma, only one house Is left of the lit-
tle town. The Mobile and Ohio Is
maintaining a purtial service but it
has no telegraph wires nearer Mobile
than Whistler, Alabama, which is
seven miles out.
First Train From Mobile.
St. Louis, Sept. 29.—The first train
over the Mobile A Ohio road from
Mobile arrived this morning, having
left Mobile at 9:SO yesterday morn-
ing. after having been delayed thore
for 36 hours.
George K. Warner, of St. Louis,
treasurer of the St. Louis Southwest-
ern Railway Company, and his family
were passengers from Mobile.
"The storm is not as bad as In 1893
according to my opinion. I went
through both storms," said Mr. War-
ner. "The storm Thursday was a
freak storm, the wind coming from
the southeast and sweeping over the
city doing great damage to the
wharves, harbor and naval stores on
the water front. The damage 1 think
will reach probably $2,500,000. Sixty
pet cent or more of the wharves and
docking facilities were damaged and
put out of use for some time. Roofs
were torn from houses and windows
blown out but th etotal will b esmall.
I know of only three deaths and they
were negroes.
"The storm Thursday blew at a rate
f about 63 miles an hour and was
not as great In fierceness as the storm
in 1893, whep the velocity was about
7 2 mjlea an hour. There was no ti-
dal wave; the wind simply forced the
water from the gulf Into the oily. I
heard of three negroes having been
drowned. Thore was very little loss
or life.
"Tho accounts of the loss of life
and property have been exaggerated
"The damage could be seen all
along the line from Mobile north t <
point* In MlsMlNHlppi, corn and col ti
being materially damaged "
C. S. Clayton, thr I*«111 n• , •. .
due tor of the train who also p*MM*d
through the Mobile storm made lh<
following statement
"The damage to Mobile cannot yet
he told When the train pulled out
of Mobile yesterday morning the wa-
ter was sweeping into the city from
the gulf and the wind was still blow
ing hard. For four blocks north from
the water front the water stood from
four to six feet deep in the building*
and the damag** to the contents will
be great. I am sure the loss of life
has been exaggerated I understand
that one white man wan drowned on
the first floor of the Southern hotel
while trying to escape from the flood-
ed building Three negroes were
drowned In the outskirts while trying
to save live stock
"A negro baby was killed by fall-
ing debris. It whs reported that ten
or fifteen people lost their lives when
five boats on the buy were wrecked
and sunk. The pier of the Mobile ate
Ohio road was blown to pieces.
Christ* Episcopal church was badly
damaged . The Cawthorrt & Bienville
hotels were damaged to a great ex-
tent. Bienville park is u mass of fallen
trees The flrceness of the hurricane
unroofed houses generally over the
city and uprooted trees and all the
while rain poured In a torrent.
"F« r one hundred miles north of
Mobile the storm did much damage,
tearing off roofs and destroying cotton
and corn* along the route. At Citron-
vllle. Ala . two houses were blown
down and It is said that one or two
persons were killed.
"We had several passengers out of
Mobile that had been in the hurricane
at Montgomery, Ala., and they say
that the damage there Is very large
The Pullman car that they were on
was attached to a train on the L. &
N. railroad that was held near Mont-
gomery for eighteen hours Everything
was as dry as could be at 6:30 a. m.,
Thursday at Montgomery and at 8:30
a. m., the passengers on the train ln-
culdlng the Pullman passengers that
were on my train had to wade from
the train In water up to their arms,
and some of them narrowly escaped
drowning. The damage to the south
by the hurricane and tidal Wave can-
not be tolc yet at all, so great Is It as
I learned f.om all parts of the south.
The damrge alone to the cotton crop
will be several millions of dollars
aside from the damage to the sugar
cane and corn crop. All along the line
to Corinth, Miss., effects of the storm
could be seen In the destruction of the
cotton and corn."
CELEBRATION
CLOSES
Pike Celebration at Colorado
Springs Closes
Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 29.—
The Pike centennial celebration clos-
ed tonight after a week replete with
Interest and enjoyment to thousands
of visitors from Colorado and neigh-
boring states.
The drizzling rain of Wednesday
and Thursday drove many visitors out
of the city but the weather was beau-
tiful and today and yesterday brought
In large crowds, eager to take part in
bringing the celebration to a success-
ful close.
A garrison review by Governor Mc-
Dlnald and distinguished guests nt
('amp Pike was hold at 10 o'clock this
morning, a large crowd befhg In at-
tendance.
In the afternoon the Colorado li-
brary association held its annual
meeting at which officers for the en-
suing year were elected.
Troops, Indians, cowboys broke
camp this afternoon and by thlr pres-
ence add plcturestfueness to the street
carnival of fun and frolic which took
place on the downtown streets tonight
and is the grand tinale of the week's
festivities.
Vice President Charles W. Fair-
banks and Mrs. Fairbanks left for
Denver this morning where they will
be the guests of Thomas F. Walsh.
Republic City, Kas , Sept. 29.—On
the spot here where Lieutenant Zebu-
Ion M. Pike planted an American flag
one hundred years ago, the stars and
stripes were raised today npd saluted
by three companies of artillery. It
marked the closing of the Pike oenten-
nary celebration* Governor E. W.
Hoch was the orator of the day.
REPFRLICANS MKT.
l>iM*iLS«eid Initiative and Referendum
I a -I \ i^lit
The Initiative and referendum, pro-
hibition, the eight hour law, the race
question and several other matters
were discussed with great Interest,
from different points of view at the
gathering of republicans last night
at the N. S. Sherman machine works.
In which candidaates for the republi-
can nomination for delegate to tho
Oklahoma constitutional convention
ofTered to express their views on the
issues before the people, and to ans-
wer questions In regard to the same.
Chairman George Eacock, of the
28th district campaign committee, was
not present when the meeting was
called to order with an attendance of
sixty Earnest men. all of whom staid
to the end. notwithstanding the chilly
weather. They Included citizens of
divergent views on the liquor question,
representatives of organised labor and
a bunch of colored republicans, who
asked intelligent questions. Altogeth-
er, It was Just such an open and gen-
erous expression of opinions on sub-
jects of deepest Interest as patriotic
and public spirited citizens should de-
light In. and with more comfortable
surroundings, an immense crowd
could have been greatly entertained,
not to say highly edified, and much
Instructed, by what transpired last
night In the open abed at the corner
of Main street and the Santa Fe tight
of way.
There was a full, free and candid
dlsousalon of all the questions raised.
Juat such dlacusslons as the committee
must have desired to see.
J. S. Jenkins opened the meeting
with the statement that slpoe there
was no platform, U was the desire of
the committee to have each of the
candidates make hla own platform
In conformity with republican princi-
ples, and this thres of them proceeded
to do in the comprehensive manner
described. They were Messrs F. S.
Goodrich, D. Iiewls and J. L.
Brown.
HVELMC
MAN IN
9f.
If h
!J. C. T's. Want Representation
in Consiitotional Convention
Th. raited Commiirf«l fi-iiveler.
of the two territories are gr >ail> en-
thused over tli<- idea of having a com-
mercial traveler for a delegate to the
«oustiiuiioiu.i convention, and are Ml
for George Frasier. of Hobart, ttklu .
who is out for the candidacy in that
district.
Tho traveling men claim that they
have interests to protect just the sime
as any other class of people. One of
them. In speaking of the situation to
a Times-Journal reporter last night,
said:
"As a cla«h we need representation.
We need protection along various lines
The hotel man 1h protected by the
laws against th deed beat, tin- man
id refus'
his
bill. That is right and proper, and is
also for the protection of the bonnet
traveling man. Hut what arc the man
to do,who is compelled to pay JJ for
his lodging, and who fails to get any-
thing in return? We want something
for our money. We have a dozen
reasons why we should have repre-
sentationo ill that constitutional con-
vention. We are not running u demo-
crat, we are not running a republican
nor prohibitionist, but a good, clean-
cut traveling man, and we want the
support of the people of the terri-
tories."
The following is the petition gotten
out. endorsing Mr. Fraaler. by the lo-
cal IT. C. T.:
We, the undersigned, Traveling Men
of Oklahoma Territory, appreciating
the importance of the coming consti-
tutional election, and realizing that
the traveling men. as such, should
have representation In the constitu-
tional convention, learn with pleasure
that our brother, George Frasier. of
Hobart, Oklahoma, is a candidate for
the nomination In Constitutional Dis-
trict No. Reposing the utmost
conlldence in his ability and Integrity,
and knowing* tHat he will faithfully
represent the 'Interests of all the peo-
ple, and especially the great body of
traveling men Mlin make their homes
In the new stJftt, hereby endorse hIS
candidacy, and call upon the people
to give recognition to the large body
of commercial "travelers residing in
the new state, aud render to Brother
Frasier every assistance in securing
his nomination and election.
Signed: C. J. Nesbitt, H. S. Hall,
Chas. F. Adams, Net Caperton. Ted
Brash, G. W. Chapman, Chas E.
Thomas, Leonidas C. Kone, F. W.
Wardwell, J. D. Graham, E. H. Hayes,
J. E. McOlung, E S. Marx. A. J. Rigs-
by, E. J. Leach. E. R. Saunders, Geo.
H. Townsend. T. E. Curtis. Thos. S.
Hutton. Herbert Jones, It. E. Jordan.
Ben Ragsdale, A. A. Chapell, Dick
Hudson, W. M. Steele, S. G. Stein, E.
H. Graham, G. H. Harrelson, Phil
Daly. J. K. I^Rue, Henry Link, Ike
Goodman, Chas. S. Brown, M. H. Er-
lich, Jess K. Aldrlch, Geo. H. Mitchell.
SWINGHAMMER
WANTS TO KNOW
Asks a Few Questions About
Larry Reedy
Charley Swinghammer, the horse
shoer and blacksmith, whose shop Is
at 226 California avenue. Is very much
exercised over the fact that Larry
Reedy is not serving time in the pen-
itentiary.
"I would like to know why It is,"
said Mr. Swinghammer to a Times-
Journal man yesterday afternoon. "If
you can tell me you would relieve my
mind of a great deal of worrying. I
don't understand how It Is that a man
who has been sentenced to a year
and a day in the penitentiary can be
running about on the streets carrying
a gun during the day, and a trusty
and turnkey at the county Jail at
night. Why is It that he, like other
men who are convicted of crimes
against the laws of the land, is not
sent to the pen?
"I spent my money on these trials,
and showed to the court that I*arry
Reedy was guilty, when he took an-
other trial and was proven guilty;
when he took his case to the supreme
court, and alleged that the trial was
held on Illegal ground owing to the
location of the court house; when
thrice beaten and the sentence re-
mains to be carried out. why Is he
allowed the liberties of a good citi-
zen? Judge Burwell of this city was
convinced of his quilt, and so were
the twelve men who sat on the Jury.
I would like to see Justice If It had
been you or I (speaking to the re-
porter) we would have been sent over
the road."
TOWN WIPED
OFF MAP
nany from Mobile are reported as
tug hnavily armed thotnaelves and
"oiling us much of the devastated
it oy ...« possible in order to pro-
ihe victims and their property
• < >m|xH the uninjured and ter-
I negroes to assist In the work
limlngli Ua Barf E*. -Ad-
*- from Mobile today indicate that
•■•1,1 «r accounts of the great storm
aud the havm vrought were not ex-
aggerated. The complete death list
lias not been made up because many
sm iII towns along ihe coast have not
been heard from but from what Is
known it is believed it will range close
to one hundred.
only four houses are left standing
at Alabama Port, while Coden, an-
other coaat resort, has been almost
wiped ' ut. Trainmaster Bowen of the
ltav Shore railroad, who has reached
Mobile from a trip along that line, said
that if the missing persons did not
turn up, the number of deaths along
the Hay Shore road alone would reach
fifty. He said that fifteen bodies had
been recovered
Thomas McDonald who came in
from foUen said that that place was
in the direct path of the storm and
\\n almost completely destroyed. He
said that help was needed by the peo-
ple along the shore aud a special
train with provisions was started from
Mobile yesterday afternoon.
The worst suffering and desolation
is said to be at Alabama Port, where
many persons have lost all their pos-
sessions.
Pilot Frank Midget, who has come
from Navy cove, says that every house
In Navy Cove was wrecked. Seven
persons are known to be dead there.
Advices from along the eastern shore
of Mobile bay are that the entire
shore has been wrecked. The wharves
at Fair Hope Battle Point, Clear,
Marlow and other plaices were de-
str
•d
Conductor David Rice of the Mo-
bile & Bay Shore railroad, reports
that a large number of dead bodies
had floated ashore from the direc-
tion of Dauphin Island, which leads
to the belief that the settlement on
that Island has been swept away.
One boat from Dauphin Island con-
taining thirteen members of a family
reported lost.
Reports from along the line of the
Louisville & Nashville rallroah show
great destruction. At Bayou Sasa-
bridge, the driftwood was idled so
high that It formed a walk way 1.000
feet long. At Magazine Point a house
boat, two fishing boats and two other
craft were piled up In one wreck and
a three masted schooner was resting
across the railroad tracks.
GOOD REPORT
Clearing House Banks Make
Good Showing
New York, Sept. 29.—The state-
ment of the clearing house banks
shows that the banks hold $12,540,-
350 more than the legal reserve re-
quirements. This is an increase uf $1,-
224,426 as compared with last week.
The statement follows:
Loans, $1,051,172,800; increase, $7,-
290,200.
Deposits, $1,034,059,Q00; increase,
$10,807,500. ~
Circulation, $43,595,800; increase,
$48(1,300.
Legal tenders. $77,727,800; in-
crease. $1,135,500.
Specie, $193,327,300; Increase,
$279,800.
Reserve, $271,055,100; increase, $3,-
926.300.
Reserve required. $258,514,750; In-
crease, $2,701,875.
Surplus, $12.540,350; Increase, $1,-
224.425
Ex.-U. S. deposits, $19,315,300; In-
crease, $1,612,525
Game PostjHuicd.
Washington-" iiicago gano- post-
poned; wef grounds
Detroit-Philadelphia double header
declared off; rain
STATE FUR
ASSOCIATION
Oklahoma City to Have a Day
at Muskogee
Meridian. Miss, Sept. 29.—Informa-
tion from Mobile by train tht morn-
ing confirms the report that Coden,
Alabama Port, Alabama and Bayoti
Ia Bats have been wiped off the map
and that but one house, the Julius
home, Is left standing at Oden.
Among the dead are some of the
most prominent people of the country
Including ths wife and youngest I
daughter of States Senator S A. Mo-
Res of Washington eounty; Major D. |
J. Stevens, Oliver Werncth, wife and
youngest daughter snd H. G, Turner,
a loading lumberman.
Ths entire wast s^rs below Mo^lp
la reported completely devMta'oA.
Twenty-flve bodies hare been recover-
ed aid thirty mors were reported
at known to have pertahed.
bodies of negroes are tnrtflded In tViA
report and the survivors of the raae
are terror stricken nd he|ple*<
The whites of the vloinlty as well
The State Fair Association, which
will hold Its fair at Muskogee, I. T.,
during the coming week has, to show
its feeling for oklahoma City, set one
day apart as Oklahoma City day, and
on that day the exercises will be
turned onto the theme of Oklahoma
City.
Now. Oklahoma City wants to wake
up and show her appreciation and go
in a body to the metropolis of the
Indian Territory The fare for the
round trip will be $5.40, and there
will be a special train given the peo-
ple of this city, that is, if there can
be 65 peoplfe secured before Monday
night to make the trip. The day set
apart is Wednesday. Ootober 3.
Now, Oklahoma City ought to go.
It Is true that the people of a larger
town seldom Journey to a smaller one,
but Muskogee has shown the right
spirit in this matter, and the spirit
should be reciprocated to the fullest
extent. Many Oklahoma Cityans
have never seen the big child of the
prairies, Muskogee, and their fall fair
will make the visit doubly profitable.
It Is a town worth seeing. It will
show the resources of the big territory
which was so recently added to Okla-
homas to make one of the grandest
states in the union, and this Is an op-
portunity to get together.
Let everybody who can possibly go
call or phone the Chamber of Com-
merce. or send a check covering the
special. This is a proposition that
should not be overlooked.
Nam •lones.
Sam is In the dt^\ stopping at the
Thresdglll, and will preach This after-
noon at 3:30, and tonight at eight In
the nioyd-Ha Ic -Gross building Main
street. He will priadi every day for
two weeks, twice a day. Mr. Holcomb,
one of his helpers, will also preach
every dsy. Services every day at 10
a. m., $ p. m.,• and $ y m.
INTO ANOTHER
New York Express Runnif.g 60 Miles an Hour Crashes into Rear
of Another Near Eddington, Pa.
ONE PULLMAN CAR CUT IN TWO
And Two Others Wrecked by Impact. Two Persons Killed.
Twenty-five or More Injured Some of Whom May Die.
Rescue Train Sent at Once.
Philadelphia. Sept. 29.—General
Manager Atterburv of the Pennsylva-
nia railroad stated this afternoon that
only two persons were killed aud 29
injured, some slightly, in the rear end
collision near Eddington, Pa., today.
The dead:
MRS W H t'ONXELL, wife of an
employe of the railroad.
MRS MARY O'MALLET. of Phil-
adelphia.
Names of 22 injured given out by
officials all live in the cast. All will
probably recover.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Sept. 29.—Two
persons were killed, several more may
die, and 25 sr more were injured in
a rear end collision of passenger
trains on the New York division of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Edding-
ton, Pa.. 19 miles north of this city,
shortly after 9 o'clock today. Follow-
ing Its customary policy of silence,
the Pennsylvania railroad declines ab-
solutely to furnish information regard-
ing the cause of the wreck or the
number of killed or injured. It Is said
by passengers however, that the Long
Branch express, bound for Philadel-
phia had stopped to cool a hot journal.
While the train crew were at work on
the Journal the express train which
left New York at 7:30 a. m., thun-
dered around a curve and crashed Into
the Long Branch train. It is de-
clared that the express from New York
disregarded signals apd thus caused
the accident. Most of those killed and
injured were In a Pullman car on the
rear of the Ix>ng Branch train. It was
cut in two as with a knife and the
impact smashed the two coaches
ahead of it.
Because of lack of facilities it was
some time before the work of rescue
began. A train was quickly made up
and most of the injured were brought
to this city, though some were ?ent
to Bristol and Trenton, others were
cared for In neighboring^farm hous-
es. The dead were extracted from
the mass, of wreckage and stretched
out alongside the track. Two hours
later a north bound passenger train
was stopped at the scene of the wreck
and the bodies of seven dead were
sent to a morgue at Bristol, Pennsyl-
vania. seven miles from Eddington.
Philadelphia, Pa , Sept. 29.—The ex-
press train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road which left New Pork at 7:30 a.
m.. today ran into the rear of Trenton
express for Philadelphia at Edding-
ton. Pa., nineteen miles north of this
city. The Pennsylvania railroad has
called upon the city authorities for
all the ambulances available and it is
therefore believed that many passen-
gers were injured.
General Manager Schaffer of the
Pennsylvania railroad, at 10:30 a. m.,
ALABAMA DAY
The following has been Issued by
William 1). Jell; governor of Ala-
bama. It Is proposed to make this
celebration similar to the Home Com-
ing Week celebration held at Louis-
ville a short time ago. The Following
is Governor Jcnk's proclamation:
"Whereas, in the years gone by
many Alahatnians have found homes
in other states, and some beyond the
confin > and boundaries i f the United
States, and
"Whereas, they must ever have a
longing to look again upon old gecnes
and old faces and renew in actual
association, the sweet memories of
other days, I am moved to extend
these wanderers an invitation to come
home.
"Therefore, they are invited and
urgently requested to return to Ala-
bama for tiie w eek beginning October
the 15th, 1906. the days of which will
be kpown as Home Coming Week.
"These self exiles will find the fields
they knew more fruitful now; the
once pine groves given over to cotton,
corn and other cereals; and vast tracts
of the then uncultivated soil respond-
ing handsomely to the touch of the
tiller. They will find that we are
making the price of pig Iron for tho
world, and that steel produced in
large ijuanttties, both industries com-
paratively new They will find hives
of Industry, In the great minerul belt,
undreamed of a few years ago, while
a marvelous prosperity from border
to border lights up every commutdty
and utmost every home.
"Come home. You will find nome
old faces that will brighten at your
presence. You will miss some other
faces that have gone to a home be-
yond the power of this proclamation
lo reach. Tears for them!
"You have changed your alb'glunce
but not your affections. The sentl-
mehts of your younger years cannot
be outgrown. Give them play and
come back to the friends you left by
the laving sea; along that middle
stretch known as the black belt; come
back to your friends of the hills. From
side to side and olid to end of the
great state you will receive a welcome
which shall be as full as are our
abundant harvests, as gracious as Is
our sweet cllmat- and as rich as are
the warm Impulses of our hearts.
try to n.x upon
al p.
brat
the
Btr
_ham
shall be such P9lnt. It is suggested,
however, that the local authorities
prepare a Home Coming festival in
their respective counties
"In reatlmony Whereof. I have
hereunto set my nume and caused the
great seal of the Htate of Alabama
to be affixed, at the capital at Mont-
gomery this the 20th day of August,
A. IJ, 1906."
salcT the only Information obtained
at this hour was that some of tho
passengers had been injured. There
is no telegraph office at Eddington.
One report which reached this city
was to the effect that 167 persons are
being brought to thla city on a train.
A later report is to the effect that
four or five persons were killed aud
only fifteen to twenty Injured.
The wrecked train was the Long
Branch express for Philadelphia. It
had stopped u few handrcd yards
north of the Eddington station to re-
pair damugc to the brakes and'w hile
it was standing still the New York
express came along and ran fnto It.
New York express came thunder-
ing along at a mile a minute speed
and crashed into the rear with ter-
rific efTect. The engine of the New
York express ploughed half way
through the rear coach of the Long
Branch train. The car ahead of the
rear coach was <h*ushed to kindling
wood and the other coaches were
crippled.
A dispatch from Bristol, Pa., says
seven are reported killed and seventy
injured but gives no details.
H. Heppe of Gloucester, N. J., was
a passenger on the first train with
hla wife and two sons.
"It was simply murder—that's what
it was," exclaimed Ile'ppe. "I saw
the whole thing. We were all o|j the
first train, the one'that was strhek
and It had been standing on the track
for about thirty-five minutes There
was a siding near but they did not
Pl^t us on that.
"About a square behind us was the
signal located near a curve. I got out
of the car to light a cigar and stretch
myself and I noticed that the dan-
ger signal was up tout the tower Is at
a curve. Even If the engineer of the
train did not see it, as he doubtless
did. he did not have time to stop.
"If the flagman had only walked a
couple of hundred yards up the track
beyond the curve, everything would
have been all right. The express train
then would have had time to stop be-
fore doing any damage.
"When the second train came spin-
ning around the curve I saw it coming
but did not think It was on the same
track as ours. Then I saw that tho
engineer had put his brakes on hard,
but it was no use. In a few seconds,
the train crashed into the rear end
of the one standing, telescoping the
cars.
"The confusion was something ter-
rible. Everybody was screaming and
trying to get out of the cars on both
trains I rushed to the assistance of
my family and got them safely out.
"Two dead and seven Injured were
taken from the car we were In while
we were there."
IRON AND FLOUR.
First Produced III Tills Country Nour
Richmond. Virginia.
The great digging arter historic facta
In connection with the Jamestown Ex-
position has brought to light a re-
markable coincidence in regard to the
manufacture of iron and flour In
America.
The Iron and steel trade will be
Interested to know that the first iron
manufactured in America was in the
year 1619. It was made from bogore
of which a large deposit had been dis-
covered by Cajuain John Smith in the
Falling creek, a tributary of the James
river, only a short distance from
Richmond. In 1619 ths London com-
pany, pioneers of the Virginia colony,
sent to Jamestown a party of Jno
hundred and fifty skilled workers In
iron under a Mr. King. Thoy erected
works ajid opened the mines expend-
ing $200,000 In the work. A good
quality of ivont was produced, tho
settlement proposed and the village
that grew up uround the works was
named Warwick It bid fair to be-
come the most prosperous settlement.
In the colony. For three years all
went well, but on March 21862. the
Indians under Opitchapau, brother of
Powhatan, attacked the village and
murdered every soul in It except a boy
aud a girl who hid in the bushes. In
that massacre more than one hundred
and fifty men and women perished
and the iron industry perished with
them for the furnaces were never
lighted again.
In 1700 flouring mills were built
upon the ruins of the iron furnaces
and Warwick again came Into being
and flourished until It wat burned by
Col. Tarlefon, the British raider dur-
ing the revolutionary war.
The mills at Warwick ground tho
first American flour and exported
great quantities to South America.
TRUl waa VPhHut . fir>i ill Ifotl and
flour probably the two most indispen-y
•able articles of commerce, aud It Is
remarkable thut both these Industries
should have had their birth place on
the same spot.
NOMINATION .
WAS RATIFIED
The democrats held a ratification
meeting yesterday afternoon at tho
court house, ut which they ratified tho
nomination of ohn 1* Mitch as dele-
It utional convention
th.
W
ik presided, Mik«
ry and Hat ha in ay
hln
Resolutions were adopted ratifying
fie election. L. C. lluey aud A. T.
:«*rI> ti • defeats I candidate* madn
[.ouches indorsing the delegate and
fferlng their support.
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