The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-25
4 Train Of Cars Wrecked.


OGpENSHrKG. y. T., Aug Is.
\ terrible accident occurred OH the |
Grand Trunk Railroad. AZ $50 o'clock
this morning. which resulted III the in |
slant death of the engineer, the serious |
woundini: Of the fireman, baggage master |
and two express messengers, and various
injuries to a number Of the passengers.
At TOP. III. the Express from Montreal
To Toronto consisted of six Pullman
slccpcrs, four first and sccond-cass cars.
n postal, express and baggage car. The
cars were well filled with returning cx-
cursiOnists from Montreal, who were
| nearly all asleep. The train arrived at
Prcscotts Junction on time and tho OF
tawa sleeper was there attached To il.
Afler leaving Prescott there is Il down
| grade, and soon the train WAS going fast.
An obstruction was encountered, and the
locomotive jumped tho track, carrying
| the tender. baggage. mail. express,
! smoking and two passenger ears with il.
They ran on the ties fully n thousand
yards, when the engine went down the
| cmbankmcnt. tho tender passing by to-
ge,hcr with the express ear and landing
OH the other side of the track. The bag
gag ear went still further on aud the
body was thrown oil alongside tho fence.
In fact, every car except the sleepers was
| thrown upside down. Tho express car
was smashed into kindliug wood, while
nothing remains of the tondc- but few
| pieces Of iron. 1t is truly WI ierful how
| the passengers escaped instant death.
When the passengers recovered from
their fright search WAS made for those
who occupied the forward ears. The en-
Gnccr, John \. lIowarth, of Montreal,
was found with his arm around tho whis-
tie OF tho LOCOMOTIVES, having blown it
| twice before he was killed. The fireman,
Win. Taylor, of Montreal, was discovered
in the field alive, but insensiblc. Robt.
| Scarlctt. Of Montreal, baggage
was also inscnsiblc, but soon recovered.
llis shoulder was diSlocatcd and his arm
spraincd. How the two express messcn-
gers, Arthur King, OF Toronto, and Will
liam Mackinsic, of Hamilton, escaped
with their lives Is amystory. Their car
was crushed TO splinters, and Mackinsie,
though injured himself bravcly rescued
his partner. Both were injured informal
ly. The sccond-class passengers wero
badly shaken up, but escaped through
tho windows ofthc upset cars a French
woman threw her two children through
tho window, first breaking it with her
hands and cutting herself severely. $.
T.. Hair. of Cotton, Michigan, was injured
i'll the back and internally. Others aus-
tanned sprains and BRUISES How thero
occurred 80 fow casualties is ines plicat. e.,
seeing tho condition of the wreck. Tie
accident was caused by Il COW.
WHERE THE CONFEDERATE GOLD
WENT T.-General George G.. Dibrcll, OF
Tennessee, who commanded Mr.. JefTer-
son Dayis's military escort on his flight
Southwark after General Lees surren-
der, has published letter, in which he
} ridicules the recently published state.
ment of an officer of Michigan reg
mcnt that Mr. Davis haG 100000 OF
} gold in his saddlcbag when captured
General Dibrell says that the specie
, which was carried by train OF
four wagons and amounted to Sl0S,00O
WAS paid to the troops at Washington
Ga, by order of General breckenridge
The money was paid over by Major +. G.
. White, the senior quartermaster present
and each officer and soldier received the
same amount-$2625 General Dibrell
adds "Major White, after the payments
were all made handed me report
in writing OF the amount received by
him and the payments made to each
command, showing how he had disbursed
the Sl0S,0O0. This report brought home
, home with me, have lost or misplaced it.
Major white was n citizen Of Anne Arun.
del county, Maryland, but Of late have
been unable to learn his address"
=" "What would our wives say, if they
knew where we are ." said the captain o
"down east" schooner, when they were
beating about in thick fog, fearful OF
going ashore. "Humph ! shouldn't
mind that" replied the mate, "if we only
knew where we were ourselves"
= Gilhooly hired pony the other
day to take little exercise on. He got
all the exercise he wanted, and, as he
limped to the edge Of the sidewalk to
rest himself after taking so much exer-
else, a kind friend asked him: "What
did you come down so quick for ?''
"What did come down go quick for ?
Did you see anything up in the mir for
me to hold on to-"
= The novelty Of woman eoping
with her husband has occurred at Green
bush, \. Y. The heroine is the wife OF
Gilbert Seymour, who is her third hus-
band. Her second husband, Edward
Dunnagan, left her about fourteen years
ago and was supposed to have been lost
at sea. Nine years ago she became the
wife of Seymour, and happiness marked
the domestic circle, when Dunnagan re-
appeared npon the scene. On Sunday
night the woman renounced her home
and fled with the returned husband.