The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
One Train Dashes Into Another
in Georgia.
The Pope of Rome Ill Bismarck
Severely Injured-Death of
B. J. Shay.

ATLANTA. Georgia. December l5.-One OF
the most terrible railroad accidents ever
known in Georgia occurred ut midnight. fiji.
teen miles from this city. on the Georgia
Pacific Road. The East Tennessee and
Georgia Pacific Roads use the same track
to Austell. and last night the Georgia Pa
chic mixed train with II coach and one
sleeper stopped at IL tank for water. The
coach and sleeper were on Il trestle thirty
feet in height. The East Tennessee passcn-
ger, going ut Il sped OF
THIRTY MILES PER HOUR.
struck the sleeper and vent nearly half
way through it. The wreck was terrible.
The fireman sprang overheard and received
slight injuries. The engineer held to the
trest]e and was unh,
Later "Details.
ATLANTA, Ca, December ia fright.
tul and fatal collision occurred this morn
ing shortly after midnight on the Georpia
d Pacific Railroad. in which eleven lives
were lost and three persons SO badly in
]ured it is thought death will result. The
circumstances OF the wreck are as follows:
The East Tennessee and Georgia Pacific
Railroads use the same track from Atlanta
to Austell, where they d~iverge, one going
West and the other North. They, how
ever, leave the city from different depots,
and m:et Just at the city limits, and
rom there both use the same track.
Just one mile east OF Austell, towards At
1anta' is q water,tank used by the Georgia
Pacific. The night passenger train of thc
Georgi ia Pacific leaves here at 10 O'Clock
ana the East Tennessee train leaves at
do:4o 'cloc Last night, however, the
georgia Pacific was somewhat DELAYED.
ana when it stopped at the tank was on
East tennessee time. The East Tennessee
passenger train came flying around the
curve, and without a moments warninu
went crashing into the e OF the Georgi;s
Pacific train, but too late to avoid a col
llsslon. The fireman jumped from the
engine, but the engineer remained at his
post reversing his engin and applying the
brakes, but was unable to avert the col.
llslon. The engine tore it's way into the
real coach, and the rear coach telescoped
the one in front Of it, which was forced into
the one ahead. The rear coach was
FILLED WITH pAssENG Frs,
many OF whom were so pinned down by the
wreck they were unable to stir and the es-
Gaping steam caused the death of five OF.
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. IA soon as possible the
Tennessee train was backed from the
wreck and the work Of removing the dead
wounded commenced. A message was
to Atlanta, apprising the officials OF
the accident, and asking for help. At 2:25
a. M. a train left here, bearing physicians
and several railroad officials. The officers
OF the road Immediately set to work to
nave the track cleared, and at $50 this
morning this has been completed, About
1870 IL. III. the train left Austell for Atlanta
with the dead and injured, arriving here at
5. The killed were placed on biers in an
Undertaking establishment and hundreds
of people have crowded the doors all day.
Following is
A CORRECT LIST OF THE KILLED:
BERNARD PEYToN, attorney for the Geor-
,ia Pacific, formerly of Charlottesville. but
OF Birmingham, Alabama.
NATHAN STANLEY, Anneston, Alabama.
+. \. HUE. East Point, Georgia.
j. W. PIERCE, Texas.
A little baby infant OF JAKE and MARY
BANKS. who died in it's mothers ar.ns.
Two little children, one a baby, belonging
Mr.. BRIGHT.
JAKE BANKS, Fairburn, Georgia.
MARY BANKS, wife OF Jake Banks.
b. BRIGHT, Fairburn.
THE INIuRED.
JOHN BRYANT, Oxford, Alabama.
a. Is. COOKE, Fairburn, Georgia.
w. j. lRWOOD, Jackson, Georgia.
CARRIE BRIGHT, wife OF 3. Bright, Fair
lurn.
+. n. EMlsoN, Riverside, Alabama.
j. IL. SINK, Salem, Alabama.
Z. w. Bolton. bound for lei Paso, Texas.
Mrs. JANE ELIZA BRowN. going to Cleve-
and County, Alabama.
A colored man.
JACK ROGERS.
Mrs. Bright died this afternoon and Bel
On is rapidly sinking, as also is Mrs.
Blame for the accident cannot he yet
'laced, and an investigation will be neces-
airy to- settle it. The East Tennessee con-
luctor says he was on his time and follow
ng the schedule and his directions in full.
The Georgia Pacific conductor says he had
% official knowledge vi IL night passenger
rain ON the Eatt Tennessee line, and ran
tut as he had alwaysdone. The Coroner's
inquest has been going ON all day. In the
examination DR.. Roye. surgeon OF the Geor-
ia Pacific said, when he arrived on the
Gene the engines had telescoped the sleeping
zach, passing through the entire length of
he car and within a few feet of it's end, and
he water and steam from the boiler gushed
through and flooded the whole car.
according to his examination not a single
ma dead died from external injuries, but
II met death by being scalded and from
he inhalation OF steam.