Engineer Killed; Five
Others Hurt
Wadesboro, May 2—Engineer R.B. Hill of Hamlet was killed and
five others injured, one seriously, at 9:30 o’clock tonight when Seaboard Air
Line passenger train No. 13 from Wilmington to Charlotte was wrecked at
Lilesville, five miles east of this place. The injured are Ernest Hammond,
colored porter; L.C. Mimms, express messenger, and two others whose injuries
are slight. A spreading rail is believed to have been the cause of the
derailment.
The injured were rushed to hospitals as soon as a relief
train was made up at the ballast pit near here. Hammond, Mimms and Bailey were
taken to Hamlet, while the other two injured were brought to this city.
The engine turned over and all the remainder of the train
left the track, except the Pullman. None of the passengers were injured. All of
them, however, assisted the injured until the arrival of physicians.
The train was running at the usual speed when, according to
the fireman, Engineer Hill observed an obstacle on the track. He applied the
emergency brakes at once and the sudden pressure of the brakes, it is believed,
produced a spreading of the rails.
Physicians from this place and Hamlet were called to the
scene of the wreck and rendered first aid treatment before sending the injured
to hospitals. Drs. Terry, James and Kinsman accompanied three of the injured
men back to Hamlet.
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