The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-19
THE BLACKSHEAR DISASTER.
Revised List oE the Killed and Injured-The
Cause of the Accident.

Revised List OF the Killed and Ipjured-The
Cause of the Accident.
SAVANNAH, Ca, March 18-Following is a
revised list of the killed in the Blackshear rail-
road accident:
VIM. A Martin, Union News Company,
Bridgeport, Ohio; w. G. Gregor, Savannah; @. A.
Fulton, master of transportation, Brunswick &
Western Railway; f. Nj. Smith. Pullman con-
ductcr; John I. Ray, Backshear; p. T. Thomp-
Fla; Fla w ". A. MeGrlff Columbia; Mrs. W. A.
Shaw and daughter, Jacksonville, Fla; NJ A.
Wilbur. of E. p. Wilbur, Bethlehem, Pa;
]. H. Hurlbut Philadelphia; Charles Pear and
Coffee Williams. Valdosta; Lloyd Dawson aud
Caesar Foster, Waycross: Moses Gate, Way
cross. and FIVE unknown colored men.
The following is a revised list of the injured
Milton Lawrence, Savannah slightly; William
L. Griffin, Savannah, conductor. dangerously
wounded; j. "A. Thompson editor Peoples Jour
nal, JRcksonville; Charles Brown. Savannah,
badly hurt; c. D. Helmbold, travelling agent of
Armour & Co.; Miss Laura Jones' Thomasvllle,
slightly; George J. Gould and wife New York,
slightly; Mrs McClineh, Philadelphia inter
nally; Miss Alice Simpson, New York, internally,
badly; Samuel Ames and wife, Providence. r. l.,
badly; DIR. Booth, New York; e, P. Wilbur. presi-
dent Lehigh Valley railroad, Bethlehem; Mrs.
A. j. Faircloth Wairesville, Ga; e Butterdeld,
New York; L. B. Maliard. Savannah. arm
broken and cut on the head; L. b Thompson
and wife, New Orleans; Capt @. ". Wallaees
travelling agent Louisville q Nashville railroad
dangerously injured internally; w. d. McClinch,
Savannah; A. G. Hudson. Macon. badly hurt;
John Papy, Fernandina. Fla; General Ferrero
and wife, New York, badly injured; J. Spierro,
Newark, N j.; Walter Good year, Savannah;
Sam Allen, Savannah. badly injured; Fred
Maynard, of New York, reported killed, was
from Utica N Y. and was not killed, but is
slightly injured.
Some of the dead have been sent to their
former homes, aud others will be emoalmed and
sent The severely wounded still at Way
W. h; xrSfm I'D ~
family at BlAckshear. near the scene OF the
accidsnt, and special car has been placed at
their disposal by the Savannah, Florida 81
Western railway.
The trestle of Hurricane river is about eight
hundred feet in length, and the break includes
four hundred feet at the west end, the tender
and an engine lodging against the abutment.
on the trsstis, which accounts for
the accident Tha ties show where the trucks
cut deep into them. 1t this that
the tender down. the engine having safely
crossed over. Had. it not been for the presence
of sAind OF Engineer RichSrd Welch much
mora horrible fate would have been in store for
the wounded Hurriedly dispatching the
gine with 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 The part of the trestle which was de-
stroyed is being rebuilt, and direct connection
will be reopened with Florida on Tuesday morn
ing The accident 10 the frat of the kind that
has ever occurred on the road since it was built,
thirty-fve years ago.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 1s.-Mr. George
Gould and wife arrived here at P. NJ. In an
interview with Tmes-U Union reporter this aft
ernoon. Mr.. Gould said: Neither myself nor
my wife is much injured, but escape
narrow My wife, although not seriously in
iured, is very stiff from the shaking up caused
by the sudden stop and turning over OF the
coach. The only injury received was a slight
cut and one on the forehead which
did not amount to anything Being asked the
object OF his visit to Florida, Mr.. Gould said:
II came down to meet my father. whom / ex-
pect to arrive at Fernandina in his yacht in a
day or two"