Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-16
SCALDHD TO DEATH.
Two Night Passenger Trains on the
Georgia Pacific Go Clashing
into One Another.
Eleven People Killed Outright Three
Fatally, Several Others Scri.
onsly Injured.
The Victims Pinned Down by tho ucbri,
Die /" lingering DcNth, Caused by
the Escaping steam,

Die a lingering Dcath, Caused by
the Escaping steam.
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. lS..-uno of the
most torrlhlo railroad accidents ryer
tpoWn Ia Georgia occurred last nlrht nj
lmdlngvillc, fifteen miles from hcrn an
the Georgia Pacific road. The East
Tennessee and Georgia Pacific use the
Nsnw track Co Ansiell, and last night the
Georgia Pacific mixed train With n coach
aud one sleeper stopped at the tank to
take water. The coach ard sleeper were
ON o trcstic thirty feet high rhe East
tennessee igst passenger tTln uoing al
% speed OF lity miles ap hour struck the
sleeper and tho engine went nearly bnli
way through &c. The wreck was terrible.
Inc ilrcman spraug overheard and no.
cclNcd slight injury Tho engineer held
To the throttle and was unhurt The foi.
lowing persons on the Georgia Pacific
were killed
BrNNARp rtrroN Of charlottesville
virginia
NATHAN STANLEY, OF Admission, La.
MARY BANks Of Eairhum, Ga.
u. B. BmGur and wife and two childicn
of Fairburn
wealthy Texan named pnmcr ol 40.
crdecn, Tex, and
Il. y. llEIsEr of East Point, Ga
Two children who are dead are nm.
known
The following were fatally injured,
Mrs. EiilA Blows, homou Unknown.
\, Il, CookE Of Falrburn, Ga, and
a Texan not known who was In com.
pany with Pierce. About ten Others
were more or less seriously hurt The
dead and wounded have been brought to
atlanta.
rus PARTICULARS.
ATLANTA, GA, Dec. l5.--A irlghttnl and
fatal collision occurred this morning
shortly after midnight on the Georgia ia.
citlc railway about fifteen miles from AT.
lanta, In which eleven lives were
lost and three persons so badly
injured that II IL thought death will re-
suit The circumstances OF the wreck
are as follows The East Tennessee and
/ Georgia Pacific roads use the same
track from Atlanta to Austcll, where thew
dicerge, one going west and the other
north. They, however, leave the city from
I difCrenI depots and meet lust at the city
1 limits and nom tlitptlit% both use the
same track 10 Austell. Just one mile
east of Austell, towards Atlanta, TX wnter
I 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 leaves at l0i46.
| Last night however the Georgia Pacific
was somewhat delayed and when II
stopped at the water tank It
/ was on East Tennessee time.
| The East Tennessee passenger train came
/ flying around the curve near the wator-
tauk and, without Il moments warning,
went crashing through the rear OF tho
Georgia Paclnc train. Engineer owen
and the fireman OF the East Tennessee
/ tram saw the Georgia Pacific train, but
( too late to avoid collision. The fire.
man jumped from the engine, but the en-.
ginecr remained at his post reversing
the engine and applying the brakes. ilc
was unable, however, to avoid the coils
ion. The engine tore It's way iuto the
rear Of the coach and The rear coach was
telcscoped, the one In front OF IL being
forced into the one ahead Of that
again. The rear coach was filled
with passengers, many OF whom
were so pinned down by the wreck
that they were unable 10 stir and the
escaping steam soon caused the death OF
five or six, The cries Of the injured rent
the air. All was darkness aud the state
ineDts OF those who hnstened 10 the scene
are TO the effect that words cannot de.
scribe the awiuncss Of the situation Ar
soon as possible the East Tennessee train
was backed from the wreck aud the work
OF removing the dead aud wounded com.
menced. From Austcl message was
sent 20 Atlanta apprlsing the officials OF
the road OF the accident aud asking for
help. At 2;2j n. m. Il train left here
bearing physicians and several 81 tho rail-
road officials Immediately set 10
work 20 have the wreck cleared,
and at $3.50 this morning this had
been completed. About 80 Il. m. a train
left Austell for Atlanta with the dead and
injured, arriving here at 100 u. M. The
killed were placed on bicrs In an under.
takers establishment, and hundreds OF
people have crowded It's doors all day
The following Is list Of the Killed
BERNARD PEYrON, attorney for the
Georgia-Pacidc railway, formerly Of
Charlottesville, Va, but recently OF Biz
mlngham, Ala,
Matthias STANLEY Of Admission, Ala.
r. Y. IlEIsEE Of East Point, Ga.
j. W PIERCE ot Texas
little baby, the infant Of Jake and
Mary Banks, who died In It's mothers
arms.
Two little children, one baBy belong
ing 90 Mr. Bright
JAKE BANRs Of Fairburn, CO.
MANY BANHs, wife OF Jake Banks.
b. j. BmGuT of Fnirburn.
The Injured are:
ions BRYANT of oxford, Ala
a. y. COOkE Of Ifiirburn, Ga.
W. j. INwupD Of jackson, Ga.
CARnE' BRiGHI, wife Of b. Is Bright
Of FnlrburD, Ga.
4. N. ELLISON Of Riverside, Ala.
Is. n. SfNI Of salem, Ala
G. w BELroN, hound for 81 Paso, Tex.
Mrs. JANE ELIZA Blows, going To-
Cleveland county, Ala.
a cniored man named JACg Rooms.
Mrs. Bright died this afternoon, and
Mr.. Bolton Is rapidly sinking, as also Is
Mrs. Brown.
The blame for the accident cannot be
vet ulaeed aud an liberalization will he