The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-25
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.
R"n-ting Passengers ON tho Southern Pa
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ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.
Rnn.iing Passengers on tho Southern Pa
ciir X. X.
san FRAHCISco, January 20. \ great
| railroad accident has occurred near
Tcchapi station on the Southern Pacific
Railroad There being only one tce.
graph operator at Teachapi station no
press dispatches regarding the accident
have yet been received, but the follow.
ing has been obtained at the Office of the
railroad company here. Shortly after
midnight the overland express on the
Southern Pacific, which left here 1T 9.20
a. m. Yesterday, stopped near Tcachapi
station tr cut ont III extra engine taken
on nt Sumner To assist To pull up the
Tcachupi grade. While making the
train got away and started back north.
ward down Il grade Of 10 feet TO the
mile. The train consisted of two en-
gnca, the express, mail and baggage
cars, twn s!ecrers, enc coach and n
smoking car. II went down the grade
at a frightful speed for about four miles,
when the hindermost sleeper jumped the
track ats! went over ari eti'hnn!mcnt
about 100 feet high, carrying with it the
other sleeper and mail, baggage and ex-
press cars, which were piled in shatter-
| ed heap. They !hen took fire and were
consumed The coach and smoker kept
on the down grade and we're stopped
| without leaving the track about two
miles further on. All on board the lat.
ter were uninjurcd. The scene following
| the wreck was terrible 4 number Of
persons were ammcd amid the ruins Of
the train and roasted to death before the
eyes Of tio,e hei ipcss to save them. At
present il is impossible to give the loss
of life accurately, but it is believed from
| twelve IT, fifteen persons were killed or
| burned 10 death. II is feared that The
| = lie Of vx Governor )0wnay, ~ho 'r,h
her husband was on the train, is among
! the dead. AT 1850 a. m. seven bodies
had been taken out, some burned beyond
recognition. 1t is Il remarkable fact that
the wounded arc almost, without cxccp.
ton, but slightly injured
| The following passengers are unhnrt ::
| Porter Asi,e and wife, ii. a. Oliver, Miss
+. Squircs and +. J. Oliver. Many are
missing and are supposed to have been
buried in the wreck and consumed. Mr..
.ishe and his wife, who is q daughter Of
the late Judge +. Il. Cracker, were on
their wedding tour and were in the sleep.
er which first left the track, and their
escape uninjured is almost miraculous.
A special train has been sent to the
scene with physicians, and an under
takcr. The dead and injured will he
tnken to Los Angeles. Meantime every
possible attention is paid them on the
ground A wrecking train has arrived
from Sumner.
Further Details of the TerribIe Accident.
SAN Francisco, January 2l.- A dis
patch from Tchechipa concerning the
accident to the Southern Express train
near there yesterday confirms the death
Of Mrs. Downey and says that ex Cover
nor Downey is badly hurt but will re-
cover. A dispatch from Los Angeles
says it ID now ascertaued that at the
time the train broke loose and ran down
grade the air brakes had been taken off
and tho men who attended the hand
brakes were away from their posts, one
attending to switching the engine and
lamp. The train gathered heudway
quickly and wus soon lashing down
grade Mt the rate Of mile minute. At
sharp curve Of the road the passenger
coach and smoking car, which were
ahead, broke the coupling and were sep.
eratcd from the rest of the train, making
tho turn safely. The slecpers and the
mail, express and baggage cars were
dashed against high bank and then
thrown back, rolling down an cnbauk
ment. The lamps and stoves 1T once set
fire to the wreck. which WAS instantly in
II blaze. Harry Conners, the news agent,
who was sleeping in the baggage car, WAS
awakened by the movement Of the cur,
and aroused james Woodruff, the bag
gage master, just rs the cars made the
jump. The roof Of the Car was split
open and both men were thrown out and
severely bruised. Conners, while lying
on the ground unable to render any rs.
sistancc, saw the train envelopcd in
flames and heard the shreks of the dying
victims aud saw them vainly endeavor-
ing to struggle from the burning ruins.
Porter Ashe and wife, who occupied the
drawing room of one Of the sleepcrs, were
awakened by the crash. They succeeded
in getting out without injury, but of six.
teen other occupants of the car not one
is believed to have escaped. The occu.
pants Of the coach @hc!i kop: Oil down
the s!ss!.: succeeded in stopping it, there.
by saving the lives Of some forty occu.
pants Of that and the smoking car. They
| iiiliticuittciy muiheu UaCh 10 the scene
of the accident. but found only the
smouldering remains of the train and the
few who had escaped with their lives ly-
ing beside it bleeding in the darkness
shivering in the piercing cold night air
or rendering assistance to each other
Relief soon arrived from Tehechipa, four
miles distant, and ~ soon as possible
medical attendance was sent from Sum
ner and Bakerfeld and ndsubsequently from
Los Angeles. Search for the dead soon
showed that twenty one persons had per.
ished. Eleven were beyond recognition
only headless and eharred limbs being
found. The names of the dead thus far
identified are Charles Pierson Wright
colored, Miss Mamie f. Quirres, Mrs Ii
o. Oliver, Mrs. Downey, NJ Wetherel
and Mrs. James Cassel, and body sup,
posed to be that of Col. Larrabee, ex,
Congressman from Wisconsin
A Duel With Shot Guns.