Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-04
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
The TERRIBLE PART OF SATURDAYS
ACCIDENT YET UHToLD.
A Contradiction from the Road 0ficisls-
List Of the Killed and
Wounded.
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lBy telegraph to tho DIspatch.l
CINCINNATI, o., January 81. II.
Avery, one OF the victims Of the rail
road accident on the Southern railroad,
died at his residence, in CovingtOn, KY,
and his wife is reported to be in dying
condition. The other wounded are do
ing well.
a special from Greenwood, KY, says:
"The fear grows hourly that the most
terrible part OF the story Of Saturdays
accident remains to be told. As time
wears on and the wreck is being cleared
away the presence of more victims In
the de6ris becomes apparent.
When the wreck occurred number OF
passengers who we're in the ladies' coach
and smoking-car on the north-bound
trains succeeded in making their escape
from the cars with triiling injuries.
Just who they are and how many is not
known. Last night the bones OF two
unfortunates were found reduced almost
TO ashes, burned with these cars. There
is nothing by which they can be identl-
fed, and it is not certain whether the
bones are those OF males or females. Mr..
c. G. Gillespie, of Beaver, a small set
Element near this place, visited the wreck
last night. While digging in the ruins
he discovered hair attached to the scalp
of woman. The flesh, of course, was
burned away, but the beautiful long
locks are in good stat9 of preservation.
Almost in the same spot where the hair
was found Mr.. Gillespie found a childs
shoe. The other shoe has not been
found as yet, neither has any account
been given of the loss OF n
child A little deeper in the dcbris,
in the same spot where the HAIR
and shoe were found, Mr.. Gillespie
picked up a letter 1t was written IN a
good, plain feminine hand, dated at ST.
Augustine. Fla, addressed to Dear
Lulu |" and signed Ben" There is no.
thing in the letter TO give any clue to the
name of the writer or receiver, and the
envelope, unfortunately, cannot be found.
After the accident search was made
for the unknown man who was seen
to enter the tOilet-ro0m of the In
dies coach on the north-bound
train an instant before the crash
came. He was never seen again, and
all efforts to locate him proved futile. 1t
is believed that he was unable to get out
of the little apartment and was burned
to death in the car. 1t is believed the
bones found last night are those Of the
man and woman above referred to. The
child was probably with its mother and
died with her, its body being buried IN
the dcJriS. The suspicion grows that
there are more bodies buried IN the
wreck.
A CONTRADICTION FROM THE ROAD OFF,
Gals.
CINcrNYAT1. January 3.-Referring to
the special report from Greenwood, Ky,
70 the effect that additional remains Of
victims had been found in the debrts OF
Saturdays wreck on the Cincinnati
Southern road. Superintendent Carroll
says there is not particle OF truth IN the
story. He says that every employee OF
| the road connected with both trains and
all the passengers have been accounted
/ for.
To set at rest all apprehension Of
greater fatality by the accident than has
been reported, the officers Of that road
/ have prepared list OF the passengers on
the north-bound train, with a statement
of what became of each one. This train
was made up at Chattanooga, the New
/ Orleans train having missed connection.
! There were on the train but thirteen
passengers, all of whom had tickets ex-
cept two who had passes. Miss Green,
who was killed, had a trip pass, her
brother being one OF the head clerks n
the freight department of the road. Mr..
Burch, of Sidney, Ohio, had an annual
pass on account of being n passenger
agent Of the Chicago and Alton railroad.
lie was injured.
Those who had tickets are rs follows ::
John B. Gibson, OF Cincinnati, who Is
at his home badly injured.
J. II. Alvey, who died at Covington.
Mrs. j. H. Avey, now very low at her
home in Coyington.
Mr.. Campbell, Of HanovertOn, Ohio,
who is at Good Samaritan Hospital, do
ing well. ,r., -,
4 lady and gentleman and little child,
of Lexington, whose tickets read from
Tnscumbla, ala. They were not In
iUed. o,.
Miss Bena Koehel, of Ripley, Ohio,
who was not injured.
hIr. Burnett and child, OF Cincinnati,
who were not injured
Mr.. sternberger, of Piqua, Ohio, who
escaped injury.
Mrs. Traub, OF Indianapolis, who was
not injured.
Joseph Hepp of Covingtou, KY, was
injured, but Is doing well.
In addition to these passengers the
following employees were on the train
Engineer Michaels and Fireman Muir
ply; both injured.
Express-Messenger Powell. killed.
Baggage-master CallsE, hiiied.
A fireman on his way to Somerset, not
hurt
Newsboy Sackett, slightly hurt.
Brakeman Patton, slightly hurt
Porter Joe Nolan, scratched.
Conductor Schrumm, not hurt.
EMPLOYEES of the Pullman and Mann
cars, none of whom were injured.
The officials of the road say further
that If any charred bodies have been
found they were the bodies OF tramps
who might have been stealing ride on
the trucks, but the crew saw no one
riding there. The only body burned up
was that OF Fireman Candee, who was
on the engine of the south-bound train.
No passengers were injured on the south
bound train, but some OF the crew were
killed and some we're injured.