The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-04
BODIES IN THE DEBRIS.
STARTLING DISCOVERIES IN THE
KENTUCKY HORROR.

A Resident of Beaver Finds the Scarf
of Woman, a Baby's Shoe and
Letter Under Burned Car-Off1cials
of the Road Deny that Anybody is
Unaccounted For.
CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 81. H. Alvey, one
of the victims of the railroad accident on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad, died at
his residence, in Covington, KY, to-day,
and his wife is reported to be in dying con-
dition. The other wounded are doing well.
MORE IN TIE RUINS.
A special from Greenwood, KY, says the
fear grows hourly that the most terrible
part of the story of Saturdays accident re-
mains to be told. As time wears and the
wreck is being cleared away, the presence
of more victims in the debris becomes
apparent. When the wreck occurred
a number of passengers who were in the
ladies' coach and smoking car on the north
bound train succeeded in making their eS-
cape from the cars with trifiing 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 absolutely moth
ing by which they can be identified, and it
is not certain whether the bones are those
of males or females.
STARTLING DISCOVERIES.
c. c. Gillespie, of Beaver, small settle
ment near this place, visited the wreck last
night. While digging in the ruins he dis
covered hair attached to the scalp of a
woman. The flesh, of course, was burned
away, but the beautiful long locks are in
good state of preservation. Almost in the
same spot where the hair was found Mr.
Gillespie found a chld's shoe. The other
shoe has not yet been found, neither has any
account been given of the loss of a child.
a little deeper in the debris, i'll 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
Lula" and signed Ben There is moth
ing in the letter to give any cew
to the name of the writer or receiver, and
the envelope, unfortunately, cannot be
found. After the accident search was
made for an unknown man who was seen to
enter the toilet room of the ladies coach on
the north bound train an instant before the
crash came. He was never seen again and
all efforts to locate him have proved futile.
1t is believed that he was unable to get out
of the little apartment and was burned to
uCdlu III tut tfii. III 10 DttltNeu liidU UHe
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 debris
The suspicion grows that there are more
bodies buried in the wreck.
THE STORY DENIED.
Referring to the special report from
Greenwood, Ky, to the effect that
additional remains OF victims had been
found in the debris of Saturdays
wreck on the Cincinnati Southern road.
Supt Carroll says there is not particle of
truth in the story. He says that every
emplcye Of the road connected with both
trains, and all the passengers, have been
accounted for.
THOSE ON THE NORTH BOUND TRAIN.
To set at rest all apprehension of greater
fatality than has been reported at the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad accident on
Saturday 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 was
on the train but thirteen passengers, all of
whom had tickets, except two who had a
pass. Miss Green, who was killed, had a
trip pass, her brother being one of the head
clerks in the freight department of the
road Mr. Burch, of Sydney O., had an
annual pass on account of being Passenger
Agent Of the Chicago and Alton railroad
He was injured.
Those who had tickets are as follows:
John b. Gibson, of Cincinnati, who is at
his home badly injured.
j. II. Alvey, who died at Covington.
Mrs j. H. Alvey, who is now very low
at her home in Covington.
Mr.. Campbell, OF Hanoverton, o., who is
at the Good Samaritan Hospital doing well
A lady and gentleman and little child of
Lexington, whose tickets read from Tus-
cumbia, Ala They were not injured.
Miss Bena Koehl, of Ripley, o., who was
not injured.
Mr.. Burnett and child, of Cincinnati, who
were not injured.
NJ. Sternberger, of Piqua, o., who es-
capped injury.
Mrs Raub, of indianapolis, not injured
Joseph Hepp, of Covington, KY, injured,
but doing well.
In addition TO these passengers, the fol-
lowing employees were on the train: En-
gineer Michaels, Fireman Murphy both
injured; Express Messenger Powell killed
on his way to Somerset not hurt; newsboy
Sackett, slightly hurt; brakeman Patton,
slightly hurt Porter Joe No
Ian, scratched: Conductor Schrt.mm,
not hurt, and the employees of the Pullman
and Mann cars, none of whom were in
jured. 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, tut
the crew saw no one riding there. The only
body burned up was that of Fireman
Candee, who was on the engine on the south
bound train. No passengers were injured
on the south-bound train but some of the