The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-18


Drs. Redding and Walker, of Waycross,
have labored faithfully and tirelessly, and
are still ministering to the injured, as are
DIR. William Duncan, of Savannah, and DR..
6. w. Drawdy, of Jesup.
The presence of Engineer Welch saved
fire horror. The Pullman car caught on
fire from the stove, and another cremation
horror would have been the result if this
heroic man had not rushed back, tagged
following train and extinguished the flames.
sUCCoR FROM SAVANNAH.
WAYCRosS, GA, March IS, 2 A. M.-The
special train which left Savannah at 5
o'clock had on board Undertakers Fox and
Dixon. the latter with twenty-nine collins
and force of assistants. On the train
were Merritt Dixon, who went to look after
the corpse of J. T. Ray, the junior partner
of Dale, Dixon & Co.; Mrs. Griffin and Miss
Mace Griffin, wife and sister of the conduc-
tor, and their brother-in-law, Fl. I. Proctor ;
j. G. Medlock, whose sister-in-law, Mrs. c.
w. Kelly, was passenger for Palatka, and
among the killed, and ]. j. McDonough,
who went to tender his men and material
to the road.
AT Walthourvile the Jesup train was
passed, the special running at the rate of
forty miles an hour
At Dales Mills a stop was made, where
little Jimmie Ray, weepingly took Merritt
DIxon'S hand, and together they proceeded
to the Ray residence, to learn from the be-
reaved wife what disposition should be
made of her husbands remains. He learned
that friends in Blackshear had charge of the
body and it will be Inferred there.
AT THE WRECK
The wreck was reached after many de-
lays at about Q O'Clock. 1t presented a
wild and weird scene. Over $50 men were
working by the light of torches, lanterns
and wood fires. The sound of ak and
hatchets were often almost drowned by the
piercing shreks of agoniZed women on the
west bank, who imagined the bodies of
| their friends lay in the debris below, but all
the wounded and dead had been removed
before the special reached the wreck. The
coffins were unloaded, and It was II o'clock
before they were Sc 1t over by special train
to Waycross. The entertainments on either
side of the ravine were steep, and in some
| places almost precipitous.
BRIDGING THE RIVER.
Planks and pontoons bridged the river,
ravine and bog, and by the Pickering light
of more than 100 torches the coffins were
from bank to bank.
At Blackshear Undertaken Dixon was put
off to take charge of Mr.. Rays remains.
Mr.. Ray was about 40 years of age and
leaves five children. He was married to
his second wife only two months ago. He
was on his way to Blackshear to look after
his farming interests. His daughter Maggie
has her thigh broken. Mr. Ray had been
associated with Dale, Dixon & Co. for nine-
! teen wears.
CAUSE OF THE WRECK
The trestle over Hurricane river is about
| 500 feet III length and the break includes
| 400 feet at the west end, the tender of the
engine lodging against the abutment. The
baggage car left the track on the trestIe,
which accounts for the accident, the ties
showing where the trucks cut deep into
| them. It was this car that careened the
rear cars, and by its strain dragged the ten
der down, the engine having safely crossed
| over.
| Had it not been for the presence Of mind
of Engineer Richard We!ch much more
horrible fate would have been in
store for the wounded. Hurriedly dis
| patching the engine with the fireman To
| Blackshear he ran down to the wreck, and
with the assistance Of the porter of the
| Pullman car Minerva, extinguished the fire
| which had broken out in the baggage car.
1
| Flagman Papas hody is to be met at
Jesup by his friend, J. L. Warren.
The body of c. A. Fulton was sent to
| Blackshear at II o'clock tonight and
| brought to Waycross. as was also the body
| of Mr.. Smith, the Pullman car conductor.
| DR.. Duncan is here and is doing all he
con to alleviate the sufferings of the in
! jured.
George J. Gould and wife have remained
| 20 laa
sent out tonight are both injured. Mr..
Gouid's injuries are about the chest, while
| Mrs Gould has sustained severe injuries
| about the head and face.
One of the five negroes reported as un-
identified proves to be Peter Parson, who
accompanied Mr. Ray.
| wAYCROSS A MoRGUE.
Waycross is a morgue tonight with
twenty-nine cofins, and all of them are apt
to be used, as twenty-five persons were
| killed outright.
The killed and wounded known to belong
to Savannah are as follows:
KILLED.
C. A. FULTON, of No. 25 Jones street.
n. B. GEIGER.
FLOYD CARSON (colored).
CHARLES PEAR colored), train hand.
w. NJ. MARTIN, news agent.
WOUNDED.
WILLIAM L. GRIFFIN will die.
CHARLES Brown.
HENRY SNooRs colored).
Mr.. VAN VoRsT, seri usly.
Mr.. PAPY, the train flagman.
WALTER GOODYEAR
CLEARING THE TRACKS.
A MoRyIYG NEWS reporter interviewed
Supt. Fleming, at TIE wreck, at IL o'clock
tonight. and he said he had $50 men at
work, and woul have 800 men at work
Sunday, and would try to get trains across
by Monday morning.
A telegraph office was made Of the Pull
man car berths, aud close communication is
kept up between Savannah and Waycross
Mr.. Owens IS here doing everything he
can for the suffering.
All the husine on the road had to be
subordinated TO caring for the wounded
and preparing the dead for burial
At / O'Clock Un 1ertaker Dixon and five
assistants are embalming the dead and
placing them in caskets.
All trains will be run by way OF the
Brunswick and Western. until the bridge is
repaired.
TO BE BROUGHT TO SAVANNAH.
The dead will be taken to Savannah Sun
day by a special train.
The most reliabl statement obtainable at
4h;, bo,,r .31 O'clock shows the dead TO