Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-19
LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
TIE KILLED AND INJURED IN iHB
BLACESHBAR ACCIDENT
Twsnty-6ur Dsad-A Long List Of the In
jursd-How the Accident Occurred
Over Four Hundred Feet Of
The frsStls Down.

SAVANNAH, GA, March 19.-The fol-
lowing is a revised list of the killed in the
Blackshear railroad accident: William
A. Martin, Union News Co., Bridgeport,
Ohio; W. B. Geiger, Savannah; c. A.
Fulton, Master Of Transportation; F. n.
Smith, Pullman Conductor; John T. Ray,
Blackshear; John H. Pate, Hawkinsville,
Ga; w. F. Thomson, New York; Mrs.
C. W. Kelly, Palatka, Fla; W. A. Nc
Grit, Columba q; Mrs. w. A. Shaw and
daughter, Jacksonville, Fla; W. A. Will
bur, son of f. P. Wilbur, Bethlehem, Pa. (;
J. Hurlbut, Philadelphia, Pa; Charles
Pear and Coffee Williams, Vsldesta; Lloyd
Dawson and Cesar Foster, WayerosS;
Moses Gates, Waycross, and five unknown
cOlored men.
The following IS a revised list Of the in
jured: Milton Lawrence, Savannah, slight
Is; W. l.. Griffin, conductor, Savannah,
dangerously wounded; S. A. Thompson,
editor Peoples Journal, Jacksonville; Chas.
Brown; Savannah, badly hurt; C. D.
Helmbold, travelling agent OF Armour x
Co, Chicago; Miss Laura Jones, Thomas
Vile, slightly; George J. Gould and wife,
New York, slightly; Mrs, McClinch, Phil
adelphia, internally; Miss Alice Simpson,
New York, internally, badly; Samuel
Ames, Providence, + l., badly; DIR.
Booth, New York; E. p. Wilbur, President
Lehigh Valley Il. r, Bethlehem, Pa.
Miss Isabella Cox, Bethlem, Pa, internal
| "; A. G.. Browie, Bethlehem, Pa; A. j..
Faircloth, WanesbOro, Ga. f. Butterfeld,
New York; T. B. Mallard, Savannah, arm
broken and cut on head; T. B. Thompson
and wife, New Orleans; Capt. o. W. Wal
lace, travelling agent Louisville and Nash.
Vile railroad, dangerously injured intern
ally; W. d. McClinch Austin, Savannah;
Henry Sneed, Savannah; c. Z. Vanvorst,
Savannah; A. c. Hudson, Macon, badly
hurt; John Payne, Fernidanina, Fla.
Gen. Ferro and wife, New York, badly in
iured; J. S. Pierro, Newark, n. j.; Walter
Goodyear, Savannah; Sam Allen, SaysE-
nah, badly injured; Fred Maynard, OF
New York, reported killed, WAS from
Utica, y. Y; he was not killed, but is
slightly injured.
Some of the dead have been sent to their
former homes, and others
WILL BE ENBALMED AND SENT.
The severely wounded are still at Way
cross.
Mr.. Gould and his wife and the Wilbur
family are at Black Shear, near the scene
of the accident, and special car has been
placed at their disposal by the Savannah,
| Florida and Western railway. The trestls
| of Hurricane river is about 800 feet IN
length, and the break includes 400 feet of
the west end, the tender and engine lodg'
| ing against the abutments.
The baggage car left .he track on the
trestle, which accounts for the accident.
! The ties chow where the truck cut deep
| into them. 1t was this car that Careened,
the rear cars, and by its straiu dragged
the tender down, the engina having safely
passed over. Had it not been for the
| presence of mind Of engineer Richard
Welch much more horrible fate would
have been in stOr5fOr the wounded. Hur-
riedIy dispatehing the engine with fire
man to Black Shear, he ran down to the
wreck and with the assistance of the
porter of the pullman car Minerva ex-
tinguished the flames, which had broken
out in the baggage car. The part of the
trestle which was destroyed is being re-
built, and direct connection will be re-
opened with Florida Tuesday morning.
THE ACCIDENT Is THE FIRST
of the kind that has ever occurred on the
road since it was built, thirty-ige years
ago.
A special to the NerS from Blackshear,
Ga, says that Mrs. Gould was unable tC
walk to the train, but was carried to the
| car.