Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
ReaRiBLE SCENES
At a Railroad Disaster In
% Georgia.
ELEVEN PsoPuE KiLkED, MANY hvRT
A Lsia. ysIiss Around q esrss AND
&. Crashss ! Into Passenger
Z Coaches.

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ArLAsrA, Ga, December ia fright
ful-snd fatal collision occurred this morn,
ing shortly after midnight on the Georgia
Pacific Railway about fifteen miles from
Atlanta, in phish slsysplinss were l0staRd
three persons were 70 badly injured that n
is thought that death win result.
The circumstances Of the wreck are a.
follows: The East Tennssss and the
Georgia Pacific roads use the same
track from Atlanta to Austell,
where they divsrse. one going west and
the other north. They, however, leave the
city limits and from there they both use
the same track to Austsll. One mile east
Of Austell toward Atlanta is q water tank
used by the Georgia Pacific. The night
passenger train on the Georgia Pacific
leaves here at 10 o'clock and the East
Tennessee train leGvsS Ut lo:45. Last
night The Georgia Pacific was somewhat
delay ed and when it stopped at the water
tank it was on East Tennessee time. The
East Tennessee passenger train came dy-
ing around a curve near the water tank
and
WITHOUT MOMENTS WARNING
went crashing into the rear Of the Georgia
Pacific train. Engineer Owen and fire
man of the. EAst Tennessee train saw the
Georgia Pacific train, but TOO ls,e to avoid
q collision. The fireman jumpsd from the
engine, but the engineer remained at his
post, reversiDg the engine and applying
the brakes. He was unable toWever, to
avert the collision. The engine tore its
waY into the rear OF the coach, and the
rear coach telescoped the one in front OF
it, which was forced into the one ahead OF
that again.
HORRIBLE SCENES.
TIE rear coach was filled With passen.
gers, many of whom we're SO pinned down
by the wreck that they were unable to stir,
and che escaping steam soon caused the
death Of five or six. The cries of the in.
iured rent tie air. All was darkness and
the statements OF those who FASTENED to
the scene, are to the efiect that words can
pos d scribe the saflIaess OF the situatieB,
As soon as possible the East Tennessee
train was backed fcou the wreck
and the work Of removing The
dead aud woundea soon commenced.
From Austell message was sent to At.
lsuta apprising the officials OF the road OF
the accident and asking for help At 2:25
o. m, a train left here and several
officials with oGieers Of the road imme-
iiAisly set 70 N0Ek TO- A4sss4434 4 No. sBesk
completed. About 1880 a. a train LETT
AustelI for Atlanta with the dead
and ipiared The dead we're taken
10 an undert4kers. Tne following is a
IISc OF THE KILLED.
BERNARD PEYroN, attorney for the
Georgia Pacific, formerly Of Chsrlottes'
vile, Va. but recently Of Birmingham,
Alabama
NATHAN STANLEY, OF Auuistos. Ala.
Z Y. HULEY, of East Point, Ga. -.
J. W. PIERCE, OF Texas, aud little
baby, the infant Of Jake and Mary Banks,
who died on its mothers arm.
Two little children, one baby b:loDg'
ing to Mrs. Bright
JAKE BANKS, of FsirburD, Ga.
MARY BANKS, wife Of Jake Banks.
B. BRIGHT, Of Fairburn.
TIE INJURED:
JOIN BRYANT, of Oxford, Ala.
A. B COOKE, OF FaiIburn, Ga.
J. W. WooD, Of Jackson, Gs.
CARRIE BRIGHT, wife OF B. Bright, Of Fair.
burn.
]. S. SNK, of Salem, Ala.
C. W. BELToN, bound for FL Pase, Tex.
Mrs. JANE ELIzE BKowN, Cleveland county,
Ala.
JACK ROGERS, a colorsd man.
Mrs. Bright died this afternoon, and
Belton is rapidly sinking, also is Mrs.
Brown.
THE BLAME
for the accident has not been yet placed
and the inquest investigation will be nee.
essary to settle it. The Georgia Pacific
conductor says that he had no official
knowledge Of the night passenger train Of
the East Tennessee, aud ran out, as he had
always done. The coroner's jury has been
going on al day. In the examination DR..
Roy said that when be reached the scene
the engine had telescoped the sleeping car
With steam escaping the entire length Of
the car. According to his examination
not single one Of the dead died from e1.
terral injuries, but ell met death BY being
scalded and from inhalation Of steam.