The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-02
Awful Result Of Saturdays Wreck
Full List of Those Killed and In.
jured by the Southern Wreck.
The l-Fated Passengers and Train
men Identified and Sent Home.
Mistake in Reading Orders the
Cause of the Accident.
A Conductor Reads the Word Summit
for "Somerset".-.A Interview with
aPassenger and Eye Witness
to the Disaster.

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 1.-The wreck
which took place ono mile south of Green
wood, KY, on the Cincinnati Southern
railroad, last night, was one Of the worst
disasters that ever happened ON the road.
The terrific speed at which the trains were
running when they came together made IL
doubly horrible.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE KILLED.
Ice withrow, baggage master Ludlow, KY,
head crushed and throat cut with iron bar:
James SeNercns, postal clerk. Stanford, Ky, con
cussion Of bn,ln; died tonight
T. candec nrcman, Chattanooga, Tenn, thrown
on top of hfc-box OF train MOL, and contents OF
the hre-box OF tuin No. 2emltcd ON him, burn,ng
Lawrence tallan. baggage mastcr Ludlow, KY,
body crushed under smoker.
o., crushed under wreck.
:, Miss Jessie Green, Chattanooga, skull crushed;
died az Greenwood.
AMONG THE INJURED ARE:
Mr.. ma Mrs. Aycy. Coyineton, Ky, scalded and
inhaled steam, will both probably die. Taken 10
fam shTum, conductor internally injured.
J. H. Gibson, Cincinnati, en- route home from
Florida, badly scalded face and hands. probably
JOG, holland, colorci porter, NJ. ., iaceratIon Of
the hip aud hand.
WIN. u. Machacls. of No. . who jumped from
the engine, spraincd ankle, hand scaldcd and check
gnshcd.
Pat Taylor. Somerset, Ry engineer Of No. I,
5suiscf, and suffering irom conclusion. badly
TAT Murphy, Junction City. Ky, fireman Of No
l. leg broken belpw knee
VT. Rcbsris. Riccyilc. Tenn, mail service, leg
W. b Jackson. Ludlow, KY. sxprcss me- engcr,
hand, head aud hack spmlned nnd bruised.
l.; sacketi, Cincinnati. ncss agent, head, face,
J. G. Burch, sidney O., trayellng passenger agent
of the Chicago a Alton milrual, badly scaldcd,
and head, face and hands cut.
joe Icpp, Coyington, Ky, scAlded and bruised.
J., E Campbell, lIanoycrion o., scaldcd lace,
neck aud hands.
in addition 20 the above, train No. 9,
which came north this evening, carried 10
Cincinnati five or six badly injured passen-
gers. These passengers wcp in the boudoir
car, and the railroad officials refused TO al
low the Associated Prcssreporter access 10
them or to give their names or injuries.
Dr. Reddish, OF Frankfort, in charge Of
the Greenwood coal miner, left Greenwood
with the wounded and the body OF Miss
Green for Cincinnati. "A later train fol-
lowed, carrying all the dad except Miss
Green, who was left at SDmersct. Very
shortly after the collision wrccking trnin
left Somerset in charge ofhsuperintcndcnt
w. w. Wells, carrying III. J. l.. Owens
and all the Somerset physicians for the
scene Of the disaster. Two ears, the mail
and baggage Of No. |, took fire and burned.
At the time of the crash, Withrow and
Jackson were talking In the baggage
car when the ear split open from end TO
end, the mail ear aud smoker shooting
over them, the other cans cutting loose and
dropping back. IL IL reported that an UNI
known passenger was crushed and burned
in the water closet Of the train Of No. 2.
Mr.. Avey, OF Coylngton, threw his
wifc through the window and
jumped out after her, both rolling
down the cmbankmcnt. The collision was
caused by Conductor shrumm misrcading
orders delivered 10 him ut Winfield.
lie mistook Summit for Somerset
and hurried his train down tho
grade at fifty miles an hour 10 make that
point, probably running AZ that speed
when the collision occurred. After the
collision, Conductor Bennett ran up Ia
Shrumm, aud said: 'I'm not 10 blame for
this; read your orders aud see" Shrumm
took out his orders, and, looking carefully,
threw up his hands, and exclaimed: "Oh,
my God have made mistake"
kharkcy Withcrs, formerly of this city,
but now Of Edwards, Miss, WIS on the
train going south, aud made this state.
mcnE Eve left Somerset half an hour
late, and were running about thirty miles
an hour up grade. was in the coach
next IN front 0f the sleeper. close 10 the
front door, when a shHll whislling alarmed
me. ! ran out ON the platform, aud was
| pitched down an ombankmcnt OF fifty feet.
j jumped up and went 90 work. We
helped 10 cxtricato the victims. ! helped
take out three alive, two dead; one
Of them, Pat Murphy, I helped "a
dig out Of the mud, into which he
wis iammcd nearly TO his armpiis The
next man got out was nm express mes
songcr, who was crushed under the trucks;
next u baggagcman, who was under the
tender Of No. /. We oo,ld hear hsgroans
and dug him out. lie died in an hour
Then VIC got the injured man out Of the
mail car Of No. /. Withrow died In few
minutes after ho was put on, the rclic
train. Postal Agent James Stevenson, who
was appointed one month ago, lay ut on,
end ol his car, blood screaming from hi,
mouth. We reached SoincNct at 10 O'Clock
y. m. Withrow's dead body was laid IL
the bagyagc-room, and he injured on oul
train were placed in the hotel"
The baggage car and smoker of No.
rolled down the cmbanknent. The ladies
car Of this train was thrown on the engine
the inmates being thereby scaldod. jos
llcpp stated that young cOuplo that hat
got ON NJ Chattanooga werc badly cut an,
scaldod. Tho regular passing point Of No
4 and . II FLAT Roek lnsf snnth nj th,
wreck. The two engines collided will
such force that they woe impacted 10
gether the boilers shattering and discharg
Ing all their contents In few minutes. Al
attempt to pull the engines apart Jailed