Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-25

Telescopes a CabOOse-Two Men Fa-
tally Injured.
a probably fatal collision occurred
on the East Tennessee, ViESpia and
Georgia Railroad a shor k1istance
from Jesup early YESTERDAY hornIng.
The down passenger train due in Jesup
from Macon about O'Clock ran into
freight train standing on the track
about One-half mile from the station,
telescOping the cabOOse and probably
fatally injuring Conductor jim Rice and a
cOlored train hand who were in the car.
and totally wTecking the locomotive. The
accident occurred on what is AOwn as
the Y. The freight train wa anding
on straight tracG a short dist from
the junction. The express, ruf G at
speed of 80 miles an hour, dasE past
the switch upon which it would b up
TO the station. Without warnin9W the
collision the engineer saw looming % be-
fore him in the shadow of his headkfaEfH
the cabOOse of the freight train. Ron
yersed his engine and set the brakesss.sse - ~
was too close upon the train to aVertl o.
disaster. His first thought was to n M
from the cab, but the track was on a h,S
embankment, and u jump would hak
been certain death. With the fireman ht1
clung to the lever until the cras III
came, and escaped uninJured. ThEa
cabOOse was completely telescOped III
The smOkestake and dome of the lOcOmOf II
tives were swept from the boiler, and
nothing was left in sight except the cabk
and tender. The rest was buried under3
the cabOOSe.
The express train was made up of six
coaches, and had on board about 30 pas
sengers, mostly Florida bound. There
was a general shaking up when
the shock came. The passengers
Z Of
their seats and thumped against the sides.
Those in the smoker felt the shock most.
Mr.. Jas. Landesberg. with y. Einstein's
Sons, of this city, was passenger on the
train and was thrown from the seat in
which he was sitting against the back of
the next seat forward. ''It was for
tunate escape" he said, in describing the
accident TO a News reporter upon his
arrival in Savannah. In the coaches, Mr..
Landesberg said. there was almost a
panic among the lady passengers. Hur-
Tyiug out, he CROPPED his way along. the
enbapkmentt by the side aG the train p3iTtt' -
| i'm the ruins OF the c2OOOse.
The engineer and fireman were unhurt.
/ The conductor Of the freight train, who
was in the cabOOse with one of the-traln
/ hands. was thrown down the bank. The
/ flesh on his hands and arms was torn and
cooked by the escaping steam from the
/ llLNmOLlNG anu Ills uuug was NONSAtu
/ with bruises. The train hand, a negro
/ called Mitch was also badly
/ burned. The men were picked up
/ and taken to JesuP. where they were cared
/ for at the hotel, but from ;he nature of
/ their injuries it was thought that both
would die. The accident was seemingly
! unavoidable on the part OF the engineer
/ He saw no signal lights, and his trai1
was not tagged. The first warning be
/ had of the catastrophe was the freight
/ train standing in the shadow of the head
/ light of his engine. The conductor Ofthe
\ freight train. said that he had sent
fIagman back as soon as his train stopped.
| But the fiagman could not be found any
where after the accident occurred The
wreck being beyond the did no; block
| travel, and the passenger train was pulled
/ into Jesup and the passengers transferred.
| Mr. Landesberg and one lady we're the
| only Savannahians on board. The! reached
the city on the Jesup express yesterday
| forenoon. Rice, the injured CONDUCTOR,
was married man, about 30 years of age
and lived in Macon.