St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Eleven Persons Killed Outright and Others
Seriously Injured in a Georgia Rail
way Accident.
Investigation Shows That the Victims, Al
most Without Exception, are Burned
to Death by Steam.
A Mother and Her Babes Burned to a
Crisp by Kerosene at Mum
Gle, Ind.
ADetroit Woman Takes Her Own Life
and That of Her Child With
CreoSote.
Scafded by Steam.

ATLANTA. Ga, Dee. ia frightful
and fatal collision occurred this morning,
shortly after midnight, on the Georgia Pa
citic railroad about fifteen miles from At
lanta, in which eleven lives were lost and
three persons were so badly injured it is
thought death will result. The East Ten
nessee and Georgia Pacific roads use the
same track from Atlanta to Austell, where
they dIverge, one going west and the other
going north. They, however, leave the
city from different depots and meet just at
the city limits, and from there they both
use the same track to AuStell. Just one
mile east of Austell towards At
lanta is water tank used
by the Georgia Pacific. The night
passenger train of the Georgia Pacific leaves
here at 10 o'clock and =he East Tennessee
train leaves at 1890. Last night. however:
the Georgia Pacific was somewhat detained
and when it stopped at the water tank it
was on the East Tennessee's time. The
East Tennessee passenger train came flying
around the curve near the water tank, and,
without moments warning, went crashing
into the rear end of the Georgia Pacific
train. Engineer Owen and fireman of the
East Tennessee train saw the Georgia Pa
citic train, but too late to avoid collision.
The fireman jumped from the engine, but
the engineer remained at his post, revers-
ing the engine and applying the brakes.
He was unable however, 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 in front of it. The rear coach
was filled with passengers, many of whom
were so pinned down by the wreck that
they were unable to stir, and the escaping
steam soon caused the death of five or six.
The cries of the injured rent the air. All
was darkness, and the statements of those
who fastened to the scene are to the effect
that words cannot describe the awfulneSs of
the situation. AS soon as possible the East
Tennessee was backed from the wreck
and the work of removing the dead and
wounded commenced From Austell was
sent message to Atlanta appriSing the Off
calS Of the road of the accident and asking
for help. AT 2:25 a. m. a train left here
bearing physicians and several of the rail-
road officials. The officers of the road i'm
mediately set to work to have the track
cleared, ard at $50 this morning this had
been completed. At 7:30 train left Aus
tell for Atlanta with the dead and injured
arriving at $50. The killed were placed
Oh 5iers in an undertaking establishment,
and hundreds of people have crowded its
doors all day. The following is
A LIST OF THE KILLED.
BERNARD PEYTON, attorney for the
Georgia Pacific, formerly of Charlottesville,
Va, but recently of Birmingham, Ala.
NATHAN STANLEY of Admission, Ala.
r. Y. HUE of East Point, Ga.
J. w. PIERCE of Texas, and little baby.
The infant of Jake and Mary Banks who
died in its mothers arms.
Two little children, one baby, belon ging
to Mr.. Bright
JAKE BANKS of Fairburne, Ga.
MARY BANKS, wife of Jake Banks.
B. BRIGHT of Fairburne, Ga.
The injured are:
JOHN BRYANT of Oxford, Ala.
A B. COOKE of Fairburne, Ga.
W. J. IRWOOD Of Jackson, Ga.
CARRIE BRIGHT, wife of B. Bright of
Fairburne, Ga.
J. f. NEILLISON of Riverside, Ala.
J. b. SINK of Salem. Ga
c. w. BELTON. bound for Ell Paso, Tex.
Mrs. JANE ELIZA BROWN, going to Cleve-
land county, Ala.
A colored man named Jack Rogers.
Mrs. Bright died this afternoon, and
Belton is rapidly sinking, as also is Mrs.
Brown.
THE BLAME FOR THE ACCIDENT
cannot yet be placed. The East Tennessee
conductor says he was on time, and follow
ing the schedule and his directions in full.
The Georgia Pacific conductor says that he
had no official knowledge of the night pas
senger train of the East Tennessee, and ran
out as he had always done. The coroner's
inquest has been going on all day. In the
examination, DR.. Ray, surgeon of the
Georgia Pacific. SAID that when he arrived
on the scene. the engine had telescoped the
sleeping coach, passing through the entire
length of the car, within few feet of the
engine. and water and steam from the
boiler gushed through and flooded the whole
train. According to his examination not a
single one of the dead died from external
injuries, but all met their death by being
scalded and from inhalation Of steam.