Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-10
NUTILATED TRAINMEN.
TERRIBLE WRECKS IN DELLA
WARE AND ALABAMA.

snow PIOws Crash into a Back Train
in the Yards At Wilmington Killed
Outright and Fatally Iniured-
Through a Bridge in Morgan County.
WILNuNGTOS, DEL, Jan. g. - Last
nights storm caused the most serious
clocGade on the railroad tracks here that
thai has occurred for years, suspending
travel for hours. About = IS O'Clock this
morning the WiImington and Northern
train. which leaves for Reading. Pa, at :
O'Clock was backing into the station. 1t
consisted Of an engine, baggage ard
mail car and passenger ear. On account
OI the heavy drifts the train was pil0ted
by A shifting engine which was attached
90 the rear passenger ear. Between
SIMPLY and Market streets the trains
progress was blocked by several freight
cars THAT bad been thrown from the trucks
by drifts. The train then ran back TO
near the gas house and there crossed to
tae s0utu bound track, waere 10 again
started for the sta 1i0n. Mean while two
other shifting engines had been seat out
from the station with a snow sweeper to
clear the sOUGh-bOuHd track
A TERRIFIC CRASH.
Both engines were running rapidly and
the Wilmington and Northern train was
Also under a good head OF steam OppO-
site Harlan and H0lhngsw0rth cong pa
ny's tracks the engines and train came
together with a terr dc crash. The sweep
Ing zines drove the pilot engine Of the
train into the baggage car. telescoping
the car tor 0ne-5nIrd OF It's length. The
rear end Ofthe car was torn into frag-
ments. The cab Of the engine broke %
pieces the boiler fractured and the ma
cn1nery twisted into all sorts Of shapes,
ON account Of the binding snow the en-
gIneers Of the approaching trains were
nor aware or the danger until the cOlIs-
sou occurred. SuDC. Al. McCAusland Of
the Wilmington and Northern railroad,
was on the train. but escaped with some
bad bruises. Three men were killed out
right ana another Is expected to die.
Immediately after the collision the pas
senZer car tCOE tire from the engine tur-
mace, ana the escaping steam added 20 the
torture Of the Tictlms imprisoned under
the broken tim 0ers. The IRE department
hurried TO the scene and began playing
on the burning Gimbers. while others
eZerted themselves to get out the dead
and Wounded Lg was nearly O'Clock
when 5he last cody was gotten cut. The
engineer. IRE man and one Of the shifting
crew were horribly crushed, mangled,
scaldsd and burned
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
The dead are 80 mangled as 90 De near
ly uureco ognIZable- Albert Jones. the en-
gineer OF tue shifting crew, and James
Brin5Ou, a telegraph operator. have been
recognized. The third BODY has not been
identified the nutilaGiOn being so com
plets that it can only be known as one Of
the shifting crew. ABE LaWlar. the fire.
man Of engine NO. L. a lad OF IT,. is the
most seriously injured, being frighsfuIV
burned and bruised. His left leg has
been amputated and his recovery Is doubt
ful. J0nn Garry, the assistant yard mas
ter, sustained a wound which pro-
His recovery is regarded as impossible.
Conductor samuel McMullenlen OF the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad and J. J. Film received painful
but not dangerous bruises. George
Black, Wilmington and Northern col
duct0r, is growing worse and fears O( a
fatal result are entertained. James A.
MelVin's injuries include a compound
fracture Of the right leg and are regarded
As serious. Joseph Wixgins, fireman,
George L Stanley, and several others
whose names we're not obtained. received
slightiniu
The Ehird dead man is Harry Ahrens, a
fireman. Three Og the injured will uu-
d9ubtedIV y die within snort time. The
5Ccies Of the dead men were burned
beyond recognition
THROUGH a BRIDGE.
BTRMINGHA1I. Ala. Jan "a fearful
ace dent occurred on tie south and North
Alabama division OF the Louisville ana
Nashville railroad at the bridge over Flint
river near Whites station Morgan
county, to-day. Two sections o. a nOrth
bound freight tram telesc0ped. Part
Of the hrst section broke loose and re-
NAMED on the bridge and was run into
by The second section. The shock
caused the collapse Or the bridge.
100 feet Of which was undergoing
repairs. Five cars OF the drsE section aad
the whole Of the sec0ud section, consist
ing Of an engine and seventeen cars. went
down with Ehe bridge. The wreck caugnt
ire and eighteen ears were burned. J0nn
Johnson. rhe fireman % ths second sec
Ei0n. fell under ais engine and was
drowned.
Henry Boteier. brakeman. was caugh6
under 4 car and burned TO death.
Engineer W. %. johnson. q brother Of
the dead fireman. was fatally burned.
Conductor George Young, and a negro
BRAKEMAN named Thomas McCrsary.
were seriously burned.
The freight consisted mostly OF pig-iron.
winch VIII be- saved.
Conductor L. %. Harris 0G the first Sec
Ii0r. swan across L12 almost fr0Z5n rlvec
% iag The n0rth-1ouud passenger train.
which was 90 come along In a few MN
uLes.
SWITCHED LNro COLLISION.
CLEVELAND, DE- Jan. 9.-rhe IiQhtuing
express on the Baltimore and OliO rall-
road ran into an open switch as Marx
Center. d.. last night. and came into COLI
Isiou with the ca5o0se 0f a frei ght train.
Charles Moses. engineer of the eX1ress
train. was probably ,aralv Injured
fireman, whose name cannot be ascer-
-ained. bad both legs broken. several
ners0us in cine ca10ose were also bad
shaken un. rae freight train was con-
.ideraby wrecked and the road hns been
oI0ckaded all day.
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