Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-19
PLUNGED 70 ETERNITY.
FRlGHTFUL LEAP OF A TRAIN LOADED
WITH HUMANITY.
The Cars Ground to Splinters by Leap
OF Forty Feet---Twenty-four
Instantly Killed


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Mafch ~ "
| full railroad accident occurred ath ''ioo coVh
Saturday morning near BlackshedlL ia ON
the line of the Savannah, Florida a. Western
! ,oiIy,,, TIM vast iluIle fast-Inail train. known
- a. -, t,oin ,,bict Rms throul,b from
-. VI, a. Ta,.',n No ,,,.nt tbrnuoh "A
Ne" i''N :" i|,iil-, - -, ~ ,I,,,,roI
trestle spanning hurricane I'oN' a ,
forty feet to the ground beloW' ne "'crN
was an awful one. II is certain that twenty
one persons were killed outright In the
neiphborhood of forty were injured Many
nf tha iuinrod will uroIably die Following
h, "S d., IuI,l o,,d ;ni,,r,d.
~ d iia' " '' " 49, 49,.
Killed Mer1ltt "lDnr sou Oh lue i'le'i '
of the Lehigh Valley raroad' T. a ful'Dl' nus '
ter OF transportation oil Inc bruhS"ir" "uG''i ~
railroad t.tu quay natu % NT ,, -, nn,as,
Sn, -, VI va{ ~ ~ psr. of uayLinsyfl. Ga
r. - trhn,nsnn Of North Carolina; Mrs. w. A.
shaw and daughter, aged II, of Jacksonville Fla
F. NJ Smith, Pullman conductor: Charles ftarct,
train hand colored; w. NJ, Martin news agent
Cuffey Williams, colored, or NhlunS' va LIo!u
carson, colorel' ooisoh rIs'ti, W n,Ss
cross hoSeS usu,, 'O''''''' NV
ul nai,roI n o con,d. Mrs George Could
Il p Wiimr president of the Lrhish Valley rail
road. of Bethlehem. Pa; w. A. Wilbur, son OF Il.
p. Wilbur; P, II. Wilbur son of L. +. Wilbur
DR.. Booth and wife, of Utica, n y; d. T. lhomlr
son and wife OF New Orieahs' Ahce Hl'hlS1n' VI
New YORK samuel On'S anu NM "t wv w
Wallace trovelnr passenger agent louisville s.
Noshville railroad; e. NJ Feredo and wife Of
New York: j. Spiro, of Newark n. j.; Mrs Hui
burt, of New York; T. Butterfied, of Utica, n.
Y; j. w. Thompson, OF JacRs"hNinu. ma
Chafles Brown Oh SAVANNAH, 20, =" ,ri,,'as
Doll OF Savannah VI i'''i ~ W-,rso, Ca
ips Wottia poy, ~ Das,s Min ia. T. + Van,
VT 81 Sa,onnab Ga W l. Grimm. conductor:
n Mallard, baggagemaster; Sam Allen train
hand Savannah, Ga; Walter Goodrich train
hand Savannah, Ga; Miss Cox; A, Il. Boyle
- Austin colored' WaycfoS'' hchrN Hhooh,
colored, savannah Ga; j. fhppy' haslilah' SUI
OF r fappy OF JaeNSon',iie, n'i' S MI s8
a. - - ,,l,,,r,ino+i,,, hoo,-
Inc Tram cpil9i9'e'' VI q ~, t,,, PHI
gage anu s'''oNllis ot', "i ': eo, II u
man sieepei n'.t "9 r. III VolIo,. ,..il-
houi, Pivsl"1ny VI WV I3''',i,o,,t WIN,
roau, III tne l'',el 80 f,t'I, a,,,nn@-
anu iii9 i''lli' III liz ,,,ifo ,,In yyare
theiii oeoree "Uult anu ni' ,+ Ta,.
on Vneir way ,,ti1,,
poulu' ino eliuii' - t,,,, NIL. Rot
Oh the engine was 'l''She' iiito 1''I 80 tt,
toiil. livery Ga, vas ~, ,,.i,,;,.l,l
prlVaCe cur Vi NJ "tDui ,,i, t ,,s,,,,,,
the shocN, hus W. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ,,' I,Iia
INJURY ohe vi VI " iiD'.' . - NJ,
ne nililSeii S's'I''ileu . ,,,',,ii ,'t dan,
ana MIS- "ou'" "o'0 A'i =
seIouSe .,--,,.. :..,.
blacAShc'ir' .hr s'e"' VI 'no '' w. ~, 49,,
county seat OF Pierce county IL !, III t,le
center OF the wlid' aeSoiabe country suetNn
ing from savannah TO JaehHonNi ne; upon
which nothing hnt pine trees itnn '"cl' GROW
The dead and wounded were Iiheh as SION
as possible To NaycroSs' Ten liilleS Instant
Accounts coniilcC as 10 inc 'ouse W VIC
wreck. The railway Oillclals report Vli"' an
axle ON the forward car pI'Ne' 'ui"" '''5 ,'.'
tram from the treH'ie' A''o'ne' Ne's,o" az
tributes II 70 Tue colial''e vi tn' ,
declares tnoo mo SUi "l'9 sum
announcer sIorS ~ V''''' u'lo ooo'''''' was
by orokei' run
lhliedia1'S "i, '"e o'i'e, T"'e W 'i'' ~ ~
there Is 'restte SGNv'ai huii'''',i A., III
length men uhe unsSuSo va ", a t,,'
trestleWork IL gave way anu 'i'e e'''r =, "',
with the exception OF tile ehSilc' "loPie'
through.
The combination coal,h II reior,e" ~ ue e en1
first one whlch struck tne sro''np' vi ~ zen
the passenger coacn' the sleepeiS' ana 'ne
special car IN Whlch the trlNn'e party was
travelling Inc lower Cotpches "eio H"i't'hei
well nigh to pieces fortunate were ChoSe
passengers to whom death came Instantly
Every coach was filled, ana hard'y a paSSell-
ger escaped without some INJURY "neii 'ue
wreck was parity cieated away ,ne uiN'sVei'
serious as 1t was, was less lofrl''o ''i''h was
feared. ~
George d, hould Sl't 10 rep"'uei' ny
party, consisting ol my lailiilS li,a' H. Mls
Gould-escaped lnuch BRUISED an" CUT puV
still all right, as peli9Ve' ana Ill lew uiyS
wa
Wont you tell me some Oh inc partlcu
larsf"
"All that can say Is tha1 at nan past
o'clock, as we We're speeding along, the accl-
dent happened Inc Whoie tralh' WIN inc
exception OF the locomotive, pfoNo Ihroush
the treste. IL was an awful lhoinelu me
cars piled up on each other' anu theh the
wreck LOOK flte "A Sfehb many passengers
were injured and were pinned III ny the
wreciHage, ana conld only De released ny De-
ing cut out with axes III was oneaulul 10
hear the cries oil the wouhoeu ana Gh.se I'M
prlsonea VINO reallZeu tlieli a" uailsei.
me passengers "oiheu nan" ~ IeiioN U 'io
sullerlhsS vi Ine ihJurel, anu a.,olo !" ii
antiy 10 eN'rlctiVe thoSo Mu' o"ui' ho' seU
free. IN one sleeper nearly every one WAS
killed or seriously injured III was paoiy
smashed;
JocLsopville Tamna 81 Kew West railroad. a
nosSangar on the second section arrived Late
sa+,,rdav evening, saws: ain all nv experi-
80, ,,ovo, cow Hrack 50 comnlete M
So ,,,.s not n semblonce of the former
80. I'ft - tba trst two cars They were
s,,ral,a,, 10 froe,,nants II 10 mi
ol,,1a,', ~, ony ono escaTad The fourth
.a. non,,niod Nv Mr. could and marty al
80 tal, t haJIu domoged was NOT n comniefe
'nou9t IT, ~ g. s+ nos toIoscn,,o5
into Mr.. Gould's car The latter, President