New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-10
Particulars OF the late Georgia Railroad
Accident. 99

Particulars OF the late Georgia Railroad
Accident.
From the Columbus Times of thd Sd inst we ex-
tract the following particulars of the recent terrible
accident on the railroad between that city and Macon
Our reporter, who was dispatched yesterday Morn.
ing to the Of the terrible railroad accident has
returned with additional particulars of the truly de-
plorable accident. He reports that several more
nodies nave been recovered.fve were brought to
the city on yesterday evening train.
Among the number Of bodies which were recovered
yesterday, are those of the children of Mr. Leveret
OF Louisiana, and Mr.. Ely of New York.
. MI. Leverett o. Blenville parish Louisiana, came
dePiorabe casualty been deprived Of wife and three
children and their bodies are now in this city await
ing their removal to their homes.
During the day the body of Mr.. Allen E. Ely OF
the firm OF Durie Ely, was found. His remains
were brought to town, and will be forwarded to the
family in New York, where he leaves wife and two
children.
One Of the saddest facts which we are compelled to
relate is the loss of Mr.. c. ]. N. Dixon of London,
england. His body has not yet been recovered but
from the recovery OF baggage etc. we are convinced
lost.
A number of letters were found in bis h.poare
which showed him to be gentleman of education
and responsibility. He was civil engineer IN the
service OF the English East India Railway Comnanv
and his business in this country was to note and Oh
vaiise was found; and among its contents were lat
tiers OF introduction from prominent engineers Of the
North, to gentlemen in the South A lumber Of lei.
tiers were shown from a father and other relations
and devoted relation. ''D'
The rumor current in the city yesterday that one
OF the ladies' whose body was recovered was robbed.
Is wNnon. loahdstlon-a gentleman arrested and
sisted in rescung the body of the lady repored to he
| robbed. The money supposed to be on her nerson
was found IN carpet bag that was discovered near
The bridge, over which the train passed IN. so,t,
feet from the water and only twenty-five feet IN
| length. The engine, though weighing twenty tons
was not directly under the bridge but fully twenty
| lees oelow. II was turned completely over-wheeis
npmana nom car lying on top Of it. The main
| passenger car was over mile below the wreck.
Many of the passengers had money about their ner
sons, and some bank bills were found Yesterday in
the trees below the bridge.
The efficient Postmaster of this CITY Dr IT M
Jeter found after diligent search all the mail bacs
sent out by Friday mornings mail along the banks
OF the creek The following is list Of passengers
sAvED.-Jno N. CRANBERRY, Harris county Ga
Leroy A. Williams, Merriwether county, Ca: VIM. p
Dupree, Houston county, Ca; W. G. Middleton and
| Or; Charles Phillips Putnam county, Ga. James B
B Buloch, Palmetto, Ca. VIM. Jones, Talbot county
Walker, Columbus, Ca; Benjamin Frazier, sumpte1
| county Ca Mr.. Guy, Buena Vista, Ga. Thomas q
O'Bryna, Charleston, s. c.; Thomas Leyerett Bien
vile parish, La. Capt Eugene Lambert, n O., La
G. A. Tickeberger, Miss. James Smith, Texas Con
duetor Smell, Of this city, and six negroes
| KILLED OR DRowsEp-Two Misses Guy daughters
Of Thomas Guy, Russell county, Ala. Mrs. Tboma.
Mrs. Smith, Texas; A. 2. Ely, New York City
Henry Miller, engineer, NJ. Bouche, fireman. ana
VIM Il. She'll train-hand, Columbus, Ca; G, j. nj
| Dixon, missing.
az tho occ;da,+ ;tsolr A.. T:..... .- AZ, ,.,,
accounts
g., The two trains, one from Columbus and the other
from Macon, had passed at the station and the for.
mer was passing over bridge at Randalls Creek.
fifteen miles from this city, when the cuverts gave
way, precpitating the whole train into the swollen
angry stream below The engine Immediately sank
10 the bottom, and one was thrown upon it in the
| stream. - '-O
The scene is said to have been appalling. The pas.
sengers, half awakened from Sleep found themselves
enclosed Wltnn me narrow limits OF car struggling
for their lives. 1t is not known whether there was
WINDOW up in the car not nor can the passengers
who were saved or rescued give any account of their
manner ofescape. The stream was sufficiently deep
to hide the ear had it sunk, and the hight Of the
bridge from the water $50 feet ordinarily was so
great as to cause the car to turn in the swollen
torrent There were about twentyeight persons. in.
GLIDING engineer, fremen and brakemen upon the
| tram. VI this number fourteen are known to have
| found watery grave. 1t is supposed that some OF
| the ladies have not yet been recovered.
The passenger car foated down the stream and
| coming in collision with the wagon road bridge, some
fifty yards below the latter was forced to give way
and both and bridge oated about one mile below
the scene Of the disaster.
DR.. Philips OF Putnam county, saved his life by
clinging to tree, half mile below the bridge
While thus hanging to the tree, he rescued negro
boy floating near him from an untinely death. A
negro man belonging to Mr. Mustian, of this CITY, also
saved the life Of q Mr.. Gammell, (supposed named)
the railroad agent at Towards station One of Mr.
Gamme's ribs was broken. Mr.. Smell, the conductor
had his nose broken by the fall of the car, though
| saving his life.
Another accident occurred the same evening, and
on the same road. The Times says:
| 1t was our misfortune to witness most heart rend
ing scene OF suffering and death yesterday morn.
ing. As the daylight train from Macon was crossing
small culvert about mile and half from this city
the locomotive and tender were precipitated into the
| water-the bank. which was abont four feet high
having been washed away. The train was moving
slowly at the time, but the momentum was sufficient
to urge the forward part of the engine upon the bank
while the hinder part was in the water In the rear
Of this was the tender in nearly perpendicular po-
siton and SO close to the engine to confne between
the two, the bodies Of two iremen, one white man
! by the name OF Walker, and the other negro, who
We understand, is the property of Mr.. John L. Mus.
tan, President of the road. In this situation they
| were either crushed or scalded to death.
The accident occurred about hafpast FIVE O'Clock
Every effort was made by the hands and passengers
to extrcate the sufferers but without success, Mr.
| Walker was probably killed by the shock, as he never
spoke afterwards The negro, however, was conscious
for half hour as it seemed to us that for SO long
time, his screams thrilled his sympathizing but i'm
| potent hearers. The engineer, Mr.. George Smith
| was thrown from the engine distance Of ten feet
and, either by the fall, the blow which caused it
had the bone OF bis underjaw broken.
WATCHES, JEwELRY AND FANCY GooDs.-Tyler's