Mr. J. W. Whiteside Killed in Railway Accident
Brother of Mrs. Martin Wells Meets Tragic Death on Georgia Road
Engineer Also Killed
Friends in Greenwood were greatly shocked to learn of the death of Mr. John W. Whiteside in a wreck on the Georgia Road near Union Station, Georgia yesterday morning, He, with the engineer, Mr. David B. Printup and John Curry, colored, were pinned under the engine and killed.
Mr. Whiteside remains will arrive tonight on the 7:30 C. & W. C., train from Augusta and will be taken to the home of his Sister-in-law, Mrs. Martin Wells, on Park Street. Interment will be made in Edgewood Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Engineer Printup was a brother of Mr. Dan Printup, a C. & W. C. engineer who is well known in Greenwood.
The Augusta Chronicle today published the following account of the disaster:
"Passenger train No. I on the Georgia Railroad crashed into an open switch about 200 yards this side of Union Point Station Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, derailing the engine, tender, mail car and baggage coach, and Instantly killing engineer David Printup. Machinist John W. Whiteside. and Fireman John Curry, colored, all of Augusta.
The three victims were pinned beneath the engine when it turned over, and crushed to death. The baggage car and mail car also turned ever. and Express Messenger B. T.
Hubert received a slight cut on the shoulder, but is not seriously injured. The postal clerk T. N. Colley, escaped uninjured as did the conductor, W. C. Clary. The passenger cars did not leave the track and there were no Injuries among the passengers.
Took the Siding.
"The train had left Augusta at 7:30 A.M. bound for Atlanta. The east switch, a short distance this side of Union Point Station, was supposed to have been closed so that the train would keep to the main line. The fact that the train dashed into the siding instead of keeping to the main line would indicate that the switch was either defective or had been tampered with.
"Anticipating that the switch was closed, the engineer did not slow up when approaching it, thinking his train would keep to the main line; consequently when the engine turned into the siding, without lowering the speed, it was thrown from the track.
"The wrecking crew, which left immediately for the scene of the disaster, accompanied by Superintendent W.- S. Brand learned after reaching Union Point that only an hour before the wreck an engine had passed over the mainline, without running into the siding, which lead them to the belief that the switch had been tampered with by a careless, irresponsible party.
"Mr. John W. Whiteside the machinist who was killed in the wreck had been with the Georgia for a number of years, and was highly regarded by his employer as well as by numerous friends. He was 38 years of age. He resided at 1838 Fenwick Street with his wife who before her marriage was Miss Sarah Hamilton of Greenwood, SC. There are no children.
Brother of Mrs. Martin Wells Meets Tragic Death on Georgia Road
Engineer Also Killed
Friends in Greenwood were greatly shocked to learn of the death of Mr. John W. Whiteside in a wreck on the Georgia Road near Union Station, Georgia yesterday morning, He, with the engineer, Mr. David B. Printup and John Curry, colored, were pinned under the engine and killed.
Mr. Whiteside remains will arrive tonight on the 7:30 C. & W. C., train from Augusta and will be taken to the home of his Sister-in-law, Mrs. Martin Wells, on Park Street. Interment will be made in Edgewood Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Engineer Printup was a brother of Mr. Dan Printup, a C. & W. C. engineer who is well known in Greenwood.
The Augusta Chronicle today published the following account of the disaster:
"Passenger train No. I on the Georgia Railroad crashed into an open switch about 200 yards this side of Union Point Station Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, derailing the engine, tender, mail car and baggage coach, and Instantly killing engineer David Printup. Machinist John W. Whiteside. and Fireman John Curry, colored, all of Augusta.
The three victims were pinned beneath the engine when it turned over, and crushed to death. The baggage car and mail car also turned ever. and Express Messenger B. T.
Hubert received a slight cut on the shoulder, but is not seriously injured. The postal clerk T. N. Colley, escaped uninjured as did the conductor, W. C. Clary. The passenger cars did not leave the track and there were no Injuries among the passengers.
Took the Siding.
"The train had left Augusta at 7:30 A.M. bound for Atlanta. The east switch, a short distance this side of Union Point Station, was supposed to have been closed so that the train would keep to the main line. The fact that the train dashed into the siding instead of keeping to the main line would indicate that the switch was either defective or had been tampered with.
"Anticipating that the switch was closed, the engineer did not slow up when approaching it, thinking his train would keep to the main line; consequently when the engine turned into the siding, without lowering the speed, it was thrown from the track.
"The wrecking crew, which left immediately for the scene of the disaster, accompanied by Superintendent W.- S. Brand learned after reaching Union Point that only an hour before the wreck an engine had passed over the mainline, without running into the siding, which lead them to the belief that the switch had been tampered with by a careless, irresponsible party.
"Mr. John W. Whiteside the machinist who was killed in the wreck had been with the Georgia for a number of years, and was highly regarded by his employer as well as by numerous friends. He was 38 years of age. He resided at 1838 Fenwick Street with his wife who before her marriage was Miss Sarah Hamilton of Greenwood, SC. There are no children.
Mr. J. W. Whiteside Killed in Railway Accident
Brother of Mrs. Martin Wells Meets Tragic Death on Georgia Road
Engineer Also Killed
Friends in Greenwood were greatly shocked to learn of the death of Mr. John W. Whiteside in a wreck on the Georgia Road near Union Station, Georgia yesterday morning, He, with the engineer, Mr. David B. Printup and John Curry, colored, were pinned under the engine and killed.
Mr. Whiteside remains will arrive tonight on the 7:30 C. & W. C., train from Augusta and will be taken to the home of his Sister-in-law, Mrs. Martin Wells, on Park Street. Interment will be made in Edgewood Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Engineer Printup was a brother of Mr. Dan Printup, a C. & W. C. engineer who is well known in Greenwood.
The Augusta Chronicle today published the following account of the disaster:
"Passenger train No. I on the Georgia Railroad crashed into an open switch about 200 yards this side of Union Point Station Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, derailing the engine, tender, mail car and baggage coach, and Instantly killing engineer David Printup. Machinist John W. Whiteside. and Fireman John Curry, colored, all of Augusta.
The three victims were pinned beneath the engine when it turned over, and crushed to death. The baggage car and mail car also turned ever. and Express Messenger B. T.
Hubert received a slight cut on the shoulder, but is not seriously injured. The postal clerk T. N. Colley, escaped uninjured as did the conductor, W. C. Clary. The passenger cars did not leave the track and there were no Injuries among the passengers.
Took the Siding.
"The train had left Augusta at 7:30 A.M. bound for Atlanta. The east switch, a short distance this side of Union Point Station, was supposed to have been closed so that the train would keep to the main line. The fact that the train dashed into the siding instead of keeping to the main line would indicate that the switch was either defective or had been tampered with.
"Anticipating that the switch was closed, the engineer did not slow up when approaching it, thinking his train would keep to the main line; consequently when the engine turned into the siding, without lowering the speed, it was thrown from the track.
"The wrecking crew, which left immediately for the scene of the disaster, accompanied by Superintendent W.- S. Brand learned after reaching Union Point that only an hour before the wreck an engine had passed over the mainline, without running into the siding, which lead them to the belief that the switch had been tampered with by a careless, irresponsible party.
"Mr. John W. Whiteside the machinist who was killed in the wreck had been with the Georgia for a number of years, and was highly regarded by his employer as well as by numerous friends. He was 38 years of age. He resided at 1838 Fenwick Street with his wife who before her marriage was Miss Sarah Hamilton of Greenwood, SC. There are no children.
Brother of Mrs. Martin Wells Meets Tragic Death on Georgia Road
Engineer Also Killed
Friends in Greenwood were greatly shocked to learn of the death of Mr. John W. Whiteside in a wreck on the Georgia Road near Union Station, Georgia yesterday morning, He, with the engineer, Mr. David B. Printup and John Curry, colored, were pinned under the engine and killed.
Mr. Whiteside remains will arrive tonight on the 7:30 C. & W. C., train from Augusta and will be taken to the home of his Sister-in-law, Mrs. Martin Wells, on Park Street. Interment will be made in Edgewood Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Engineer Printup was a brother of Mr. Dan Printup, a C. & W. C. engineer who is well known in Greenwood.
The Augusta Chronicle today published the following account of the disaster:
"Passenger train No. I on the Georgia Railroad crashed into an open switch about 200 yards this side of Union Point Station Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, derailing the engine, tender, mail car and baggage coach, and Instantly killing engineer David Printup. Machinist John W. Whiteside. and Fireman John Curry, colored, all of Augusta.
The three victims were pinned beneath the engine when it turned over, and crushed to death. The baggage car and mail car also turned ever. and Express Messenger B. T.
Hubert received a slight cut on the shoulder, but is not seriously injured. The postal clerk T. N. Colley, escaped uninjured as did the conductor, W. C. Clary. The passenger cars did not leave the track and there were no Injuries among the passengers.
Took the Siding.
"The train had left Augusta at 7:30 A.M. bound for Atlanta. The east switch, a short distance this side of Union Point Station, was supposed to have been closed so that the train would keep to the main line. The fact that the train dashed into the siding instead of keeping to the main line would indicate that the switch was either defective or had been tampered with.
"Anticipating that the switch was closed, the engineer did not slow up when approaching it, thinking his train would keep to the main line; consequently when the engine turned into the siding, without lowering the speed, it was thrown from the track.
"The wrecking crew, which left immediately for the scene of the disaster, accompanied by Superintendent W.- S. Brand learned after reaching Union Point that only an hour before the wreck an engine had passed over the mainline, without running into the siding, which lead them to the belief that the switch had been tampered with by a careless, irresponsible party.
"Mr. John W. Whiteside the machinist who was killed in the wreck had been with the Georgia for a number of years, and was highly regarded by his employer as well as by numerous friends. He was 38 years of age. He resided at 1838 Fenwick Street with his wife who before her marriage was Miss Sarah Hamilton of Greenwood, SC. There are no children.
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