Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-18
THROUGH THE TRESTLE
Serious Railroad Accident
in Georgia.
NINETEEN PERSONS KILLED.
Several Prominent individuals
Aboard the Wrecked
Train.


Train.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HxnA1D.l
SAVANNAH, Ga, March 1.-THE
first section of the fast mail train from
New York for Jacksonville went
through trestle at point seventy
five miles south Of Savannah, this
morning. The entire train, except
the engine, is demolished. Nineteen
people are reported to have been kill
ed and between 80 and 40 injured, ten
of whom are expected to die. The
private car of President Wilbur
of the Lehigh Valley road, with
Mr.. Wilbur and George Gould and
wife and others in it was one Of the
train. President Wilbur is reported
to be seriously injured. George
Gould is unhurt and Mrs. Gould
slightly injured. Relief trains have
gone out with physicians.
| The following is list of the killed
and wounded:
| KILLED:
Charles Pearce, train hand; Will
lam M. Martin, news agent; A. Full
ton, Master of Transportation
Brunswick and Western Rail-
road; w. B. Geiger, Savannah !;
Fred Maynard. New York; F. NJ.
Smith, Pullman conductor; Merritt
A. Wilbur. son of the president of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad; John F.
Rays Dales Mill, Ga. Cuffy Williams,
colored, of Naldos, Ga. Maj. II. H.
Pate, Hawkinsville, Ga. Lloyd Car
son, colored; Colson Foster, colored,
of Waycross; Moses Gale, colored
E. P. Thomson, North Carolina; five
negro men, names unknown. Total.
10 killed.
| Milton Lawrence, colored; W..
L. Griffin, conductor; J.. w.
Thompson, Jacksonville, Fla; Chas.
Brown, Savannah, Ca; O. w. Hum
bolt, Savannah; Laura Jones,
Townsville, Ga; Mrs. McClinch,
OF Philadelphia; Alice Simpson,
of New York; Samuel Ober
and wife, Providence, r. l.;
DIR. Booth and wife, New York; E. L.
Wilbur, President Lehigh Valley Rail-
way; w. A. Wilbur, son of the Presi-
dent; Miss Cox, A. Boyle, A. J. Fair
cloth, Westboro, Ga; Miss Matte
Ray, Dale's Mills, Ga. J. T. Thomp-
son and wife, New Orleans; @. w.
Wallace, Travelling Passenger Agent
Louisville and Nashville Rail
way; B. Mallard, Baggage Mas
| ter; Austin, colored, Waycross !;
Henry Shook, colored, Savannah; !;
IC. Z. Van Voorst, Savannah; A. G.
Hudson, Macon, Ga. J. Rapie, Flag
man; G. M. Feredo and wife, New
York; j. L. Spice, New York Mrs.
Humbert, New York; Sam Allen,
train hand, Savannah; Walter Good
rich, train hand, Savannah; E. But
terfeld, New York. Total, twenty
five injured.
| A LATER LIST
Of the killed and wounded agrees with
the one already sent, except that it
omits the names of Major Pate and
Moses Gale, and gives instead those
of Mrs. Marion G. Shaw and her
daughter Mamie, of Jacksonville. It
also says that George Gould escaped
uninjured, but that Mrs. Gould was
badly shaken up.
CAUSE OF THE CALAMITY.
The accident was caused by q
broken rail under the baggage car.
The baggage-car got off the track
about a quarter of a mile before it
reached the bridge Of the Hurricane
river. The baggage-car mounted the
track, but the train passed safely
over the bridge. Immediately on the
other side of the bridge there is
trestle several hundred feet in
length. When the baggage-car
struck the trestle- work it
gave way and the entire
train, with the exception of the en-
gine, dropped through, and with the
exception of one car was completely
wrecked. The train consisted Of
combination car, three baggage cars,
a smoking car, one coach, two Pull
man sleepers, and the private car of
the Lehigh Valley road. The second
engine ran to Black Shear, mile dis
tant, for assistance, and soon all the
the physicians in the place were pres-
ent, besides many who were ready to
render assistance in getting out the
dead and rescuing the wounded.
Superintendent Fleming of the rail-
road, as soon as he heard of the acci-
dent left Savannah for the scene of
the accident with physicians and
nurses. All the afternoon and even
ing he had full force Of hands clear.
ing away the wreck. About 400 feet
of trestle was carried away. Up to
midnight the only communication
with the scene of the wreck has been
through the railroad officials.