The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23
Through a Trest1e.

Through a Trest1e.
SAVANNAH, GA, March 17.-The first Sec
ton of the fast mail train from New York for
Jacksonville went through trestle at point
Is miles south of here this morning and the
entire train except the engine was demolished.
At least fifteen people were killed and be-
tween thirty and forty injured, ten OF whom
are expected to die.
The private car of President Wilbur of the
Iehigh Valley railroad, with Mr.. Wilbur and
George Gould and wife and others in It was
attached to the train and President Wilbur
was seriously injured. George Gould was tin-
hurt and Mrs. Gould was only slightly in
iured. Relief trains have gone out with ply
sicians.
FURTHER DETAILS.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March 1S.-Circum-
stances go TO show that the disaster near
Blackshear. Yesterday, was the result of the
breaking down of the forward truck OF the
baggage car, which after dragging on the
cross ties some hundred yards, struck the
trestle with irresistible force, Knocking down
nearly 200 feet of the structure and precipltat-
ing the whole train, except the engine ana
tender, which are among the heaviest on the
road, twenty or thirty feet into Hurricane
creek valley, which, fortunately, was dry at
the time. Several cars caught dre but were
extnguished
out overturning, some being telescoped into
others. The presence of mind of the train Of
fcials who were unhurt prevented cOntla-
grafton and stopped the second section Of the
train, which was ten minutes behind. Relief
parties at once went TO work and soon citizens
of Blackshear came to their assistance In the
work of rescung the wounded and recovering
the bodies of the dead.
The dead bodies were taken to Blackshear
| and WaycrOss where the injured men were
| also conveyed, after some hours delay, ana
| physicians from Savannah and Jacksonville
| were brought on extra trains TO assist local
physicianR Several of the injured and the
| bodies of Mrs. Shaw and daughters were
brought here last night.
| George Gould and wife came here this even
| ing and will leave tomorrow for Fernandina
| to meet Jay Gould, who is expected hourly
| from st. Thomas in his yacht
In an interview this afternoon, Gould said:
| ''Neither myself nor my wife is much injured.
| but our escape was miracle. My wife, al
though not seriously injured, is very stiff
from the shaking up caused by the s, sudden
| stop and turning over of the coach. The on
| ly injury | received was a slight cut on one
| ear, and one on the forehead which did not
| amount to anything"
The trestlc of Hurricane river was about
800 feet in length and the break includes 400
| feet at the west end, the tender and the en-
| gine lodging against the abutment The bag
| gage Car left the track on the trestle, which
| accounts for the accident The ties show
| where the trucks cut deep into them. 1t was
this car that careened the rear cars and by
its strain dragged the tender down, the en-
gine having safely crossed over.
The following is a revised list of the killed
| in the Blackshear railroad accident: William
A. Martin, Union news company, Bridgeport.
o.; w. B. Geiger, Savannah; c. A. Fulton,
master of transportation of the Brunswick
| and Western railway; F. II. Smith, Pullman
| po 0lycba
Pate, Hawkinsville, Ga; E. F. Thompson,
New York; Mrs. G. w. Kelly, Palatka, Fla.
w. A. McGriff, Columbia; Mrs. W. A Shaw
and daughter of Jacksonville, Fla. M. A.
| Wilbur son of E. P. Wilbur of Bethlehem,
Pa. j. H. Hurlbut, Philadelphia, Pa; Charles
Pear and Coffee Williams, Valdosta; Lloyd
Dawson and Caesar Foster, Waycross; Moses
Gate, Waycross and five unknown colored
| men.
The following is a revised list of the injured
| Milton Lawrence, Savannah, slightly; Will
liam I. Griffin, Savannah, conductor danger
ouslY; j. A. Thompson, editor Peoples Jour
nal, Jacksonville; Charles Brown, Savannah
badly; c. D. Helmbold, travelling agent OF
Armour & Co.; Miss Laura Jones, Thomas
vile, slightly; George j. Gould and wife, New
York, slightly; Mrs. McClnch, Philadel
phia, internally; Miss Alice Simpson New
York, internally, badly; Samuel Ames ant
wife, Providence, r. l., badly; DR.. Booth
New York; E. P. Wilbur, president of the
| Lehigh Valley railroad, Bthlehem, Pa, In
ternally; A G. Buoie, Bethlehem, Pa; A. j
Faircloth, Waresboro, Ga; f. Butterfeld
New York; S. b. Mallard, Savannah, arm
broken and cuts on the head; T. B. Thomp
son and wife, New Orleans; Captain o. w
Wallace, travelling agent for the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, dangerously inter
nally; w. d. McClinch; - Austin
Savannah; Henry Sneed, Savannah; c. E
Van Worst, Savannah; A. G. Hudson, Macon
badly; John Papy, Fernandina, Fla; Gen
eral Ferrero and wife, New York, badly; j. s
Pierro, n. j.; Walter Goodyear, Savannah
Samuel Allen, Savannah, badly; Fred May
nard of New York, reported killed, not dead
but slightly injured.
Some of the dead have been sent to thei
former homes and others will be embalmeC
and sent. The severly wounded are still q
Waycross.
Had it not been for the presence of mind o
engineer Richard Welch, a much more hor
| ribe fate would have been In store for tn
wounded. Hurridlv dspatchng the engin
with a fireman to Blackshear, be run down /
the wreck and with the assistance of tn
porter Of the Pullman car extinguished tn
fire which had broken out in the baggage car
The part Of the trestle which was destroyed i
being rebuilt and direct connection will b.
reopened with Florida Tuesday morning.
The accident is the first OF the kind that ha
|. occurred on this road since 1t was built
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