Greenville, SC Train Wreck, Apr 1905

NEW YORKERS IN A WRECK

Special Train Ditched Near Greenville, S. C., and Many of Those Aboard Suffer Painful Injuries.

GREENVILLE, S. C., May 1. -- A special train bearing ROBERT C. OGDEN and a party of prominent New Yorkers, returning from Columbia, S. C., was wrecked near here Saturday. W. W. CANNON, a cook, was caught in the wreckage and burned to death. Several of the guests were more of less slightly injured.

The injured are: ROBERT M. OGDEN, secretary to ROBERT C. OGDEN, fracture of the right leg, contusions and scalp wounds; PROF. HENRY W. FARNUM of Yale university, right arm broken and severe contusions; MRS. FARNUM, scalp wound and internal injuries; MRS. JUDGE THROOP, of Cambridge, Mass., daughter of Henry W. Longfellow, scalp wounds and shock; DR. ST. CLAIR McKELWAY, editor Brooklyn Eagle, cuts and bruises about the head and face; BISHOP W. N. McVICKAR, of Rhode Island, shock; CAPT. JOHN F. McCOY, tourist agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, scalp wounds; W. C. KERSHAW, electrician, No. 15 Bond street, Jersey City, scalp wounds; C. B. WILCOX, dining car conductor, scalp wounds; D. ROHNS, dining car conductor, scalp wounds; J. R. HUNTER, engineer of wrecked special, left leg broken and scalp wounds.

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