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A FAST TRAIN CRASHES INTO A
SLEEPER STANDING ON a TRES
TLE-ELEVEN KILLED.

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terrible railroad accidents ever known in Georgia
occurred last night at midnight, fifteen miles from
here, on the Georgia Pacific railroad. The east
Tennessee and Georgia Pacific road use the same
track to Austell, and last night the Georgia Pacific
| mixed train with coach and one sleeper stopped
at tank to get water The coach and sleeper were
on a treste thirty feet high. The east Tennessee
fast passenger train, going at a speed of thirty
miles hour, struck the sleeper, and the engine
went nearly half way through it. The wreck was
terrible The fireman sprang overheard and re-
ceived slight injury. The engineer held to the
throttle and was Qnhurt
| The following persons on the georgia racine
| train were killed:
Bernard Peyton, of Charlottesville, Virginia.
| Nathan Hanley, of Admission, Alabama.
Jacob and Mary Banks Of JOneSbOrO, Georgia.
B. Bright and wife and two children, of Jones'
| boro, Georgia.
A wealthy Texan, named Pierce, of Aberdeen, TX.
E. 7. Huyty, of East Point, Georgia.
Two children who are dead, are unknown.
The following were fatally injured:
| Mrs. Eliza Brown home unknown.
| VIM. Cook, of Fairburn, Georgia, and Texan,
not known who was in company with Pierce.
About ten others are more or less seriously hurt
| The dead and wounded have been brought to At
| lanta, Georgia.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
ATLANTA, Ga, December ia frightful and
fatal collision occurred this morning shortly after
midnight on the Georgia Pacific railroad about ff-
teen miles from Atlanta in which eleven lives were
lost and three persons so badly injured that 1t IS
! thought death will result. The circumstances OF
| the wreck are as follows:
| The East Tennessee and Georgia & Pacific roads
use the same track from Atlanta to Austlll, where
they diverge, one going west anc the other north.
! They, however, leave the city from different de-
pots to meet just at the city limits, and from
there they Aus beth just gse t One same mie
east of Austill, towards Atlanta is water tank
used by the Georgia Pacific railroad The night
passenger train of the Georgia racine leaves mere
at 10 o'clock and the East Tennessee train leaves
| at As Last night, however, the Georgia Pacific
was somewhat delayed and when it stopped at the
water tank it was on East Tennessee time. The
HITC
! the curve at the water tank and without mo-
ments warning went crashing into the rear OF the
of the East Tennessee train saw the Georgia Paci-
! fc train, but too late to avoid a collision. The
! fireman jumped from the engine but the engineer
remained at his post reversing the engine and ap-
plying the brakes. He was unable, however to
| avoid a collision. The engine tore its way into
the of the coach and the rear coach telescoped
the one in front of it, which was forced into the
one ahead of that again.
The rear coach filled with passengers,
many of whom were so pinne I'd down by the wreck
that they were Unable to stir, and the escaping
steam soon caused the death of five six. The
cries of the injured rent the air All darkness,
and the statements of those who fastened to the
scene to the effect that words cannot describe
the awfulness of the situation. AS soon as posi-
BILE the East Tennessee train was backed from the
wreck and the work OF removing the dead and
wounded commenced.
| From Austil message was sent to Atlanta.
The dispatch appraised the officials of the road of
| the accident and asked for help. At 225 a. m. a
train left here bearing physicians and several OF
the railroad officials, who Immediately set to work
to have the track cleared and at 30 this morning
this had been accomplished. About 40 a.. q
train left Austeu for Atlanta, with the dead and in
jured. arriving here at sos a.
The killed were placed on biers in an undertak-
er's establishment, and hundreds of people have
| crowded its doors all day.
The following is the list of killed:
Bernard PAXTON, attorney for the Georgia Pacific
| railway, formerly of Charlottesville, Va, but re-
Gently of Birmingham, Alabama.
| Nathan Stanley, OF Admission, Alabama.
L IAicn Of ncf int
j. w. Pierce of Texas and little baby, the in
FAINT of Jake and Mary Banks who died in its
mothers arms.
Two little children, one baby belonging to Mrs
Bright.
Jake Banks of Fairburn, Georgia
Mary Banks, wife of Jake Banks
B. Bright of Farburn.
John Fright of Oxford, Alabama
| A B. Cooke of Fairburn, Georgia.
! w. j. InWood of Jackson Georgia
Carrie Bright, wife of B. Bright of Fairburn,
| Georgia
b. n Ellison of Riverside, Alabama.
b. H. Link of Salem, Alabama.
c. W. Beton bound for FL Paso, Texas.
Mrs. Jane Eliza Brown, going to Cleveland
county, Alabama
Colored man named Jack Rogers.
Mrs Bright died in the afternoon and Bolton is
rapidly sinking, as also is Mrs. Brown.
The blame for accident cannot be yet placed and
an investigation will be necessary to settle it. The
east Tennessee conductor says he was on his
time and following the schedule and his directions
in full. The Georgia passenger conductor says he
had no official knowledge of the night passenger
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.. Roy surgeon of the Geor-
! ga Pacific, said when he arrived on the scene the
engine had telescoped the sleeping coach, passing
through the entire length of the within a few
feet of the end, and water and steam from the
boiler gushed through and flooded the whole train.
| According to his examination not single one of
the dead died from external injuries, but all met
death by being scalded and from inhalation of
| steam