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THROUGH A TRBSTLE.
A FEARFUL WRECK BELOW SAVANNAH

THROUGH A TRESTLE.
A FEARFUL WRECK BELOW SAVANNAH
The Florida Special of vestibules met al
T., Awful Fate Yesterday.
Jay GonId's Son and His wife Among
the Wreck et...An Appalling Los!
sfL Life.
The accident which happened to the "Flori
da Spccial' yesterday was terrible one.
arc noted en- Southern roads Heavily lader
trains and cannon ball schedules pile ups
fearful wreck once in awhile, and the accldcn
on the Savannah: Florida and western rail
road yesterday afternoon is the most appall
ing one since the collision In January on th
Cincinnati Southern.
This train Of vestibnle cars was the frs
left Jersey City at 1922 Thursday morning
| lust as the ice blockade had been bro ken
Twenty miles away 1T was detained by
| wreck and four hours were spent waiting fo
| lated tho following experience In Baltimore
where he arrived at $50 Thursday night, sew
eral hours late:
milder the ladies took sleigh rides in prm
| itive country sleigh all about the nelghbor
hood. and lunches were got from farmhouses.
1t was surprising what n. tremendous crowt
came on foot. In wagons, sleighs and by raj
from all directions, and by 6:35 we had reach
ed Camden, N. J.. We passed a train which II
seems had started ahead Of us by, another
cards enjoying themselves. The dining cal
was attached at that city, we all had splen'
did meal after our experiences,
a delayed start and q romantic interim
are followed by tragic finale. The telegraph
tells the rest OF the awful story.
NINETEEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
SAvANSAI1, March 1.-the first section o
the fast mail train from New York for Jack
sonviIle went through the trestle at q poin
seventy-five miles South of Savannah this
morning. The entire train, except the engine
is demolished. Nineteen people are reported
to havo been killed and between thirty and
forty injured, ten of whom are expected to
the Lehigh Valley road, with President VIII
bur and George Gould and wife and others In
1t, was on one of the trains.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
Charles Pearce, train hand.
w. NJ. Martin, news agent.
G.. A. Fulton, master, transportation Bruins
wick and Western railroad.
w. B. Gregor, Savannah.
Fred Meynard, New York.
j. NJ. Smith, Pullman conductor.
Merritt A. Wilbur, son OF the president o
the Lehigh Valley railroad.
John Fray, Dale's Mill, Ga.
Cuffy Williams, colored, Valdosta.
Mai. J. H. Bate, Hawkinsville, Ga.
Lloyd Carson, colored.
CoIson Foster, colored. Waycross.
Moses Gale, colored, Waycross.
f. p Thompson, North Carolina.
Five Negro men, names unknown.
Total, 10 killed.
SCENE OF THE WRECK.
Savannah, Ca March 1.-THE scene OF the
wreck is one mile East Of Blackshear, Pierce
county. The road there crosses Hurricane
river, and beyond it is n long stretch o. tres
tie work. The train left Savannah at 7.0l
standard time, this morning
1t was composed of an engine. combina-
tion baggage and smoking cur, one passenger
coach, two Pullman sleeping cars and pri.
engine passed over safely, but the rest of the
train broke through and
FELL FIFTEEN FEET
to the ground below. Before reaching the
bridge the trains always slow up, and 1t is sup
posed, that the speed ut which the train
coach is reported to be the first one which
struck the ground. On 1t fell tho passenger
coach, the sleeper and the special car In
which were President Wilbur, of the Lehigh
Valley railroad, and George Gould and wife
of New York. The scene at the moment after
the wreck was
HEART-RENDING EEYoND DESCRIPTION.
The lower coaches were smashed 10 pieces.
Fortunate were those passengers to whom
death came instantly. Every coach was filled
some injury. When the wreck was partly
cleared away the disaster, serious as II was
was less horrible than was feared. UP to
o'clock the list of dead counted up nineteen,
and the wounded thirty-four. The only
names Of the dead reported TO the railway
officials here are:
INJURED.
NJ. Lawrence, colored; w. l.. Griffin, con-
ductor; ]. w. Thompson, Jack sonville,- Fla
ThomssonsiIIe, oss 1 Ga.; Mrs. McClinch. PhiIadei:
phia; Alice Simpson, New York: Samuel
Obes and wife. Providence DR.. Boothe and
wife, New York L. ?. Wilbur, president LIE,
The president of the Lehigh Valley railroad;
Miss Cox, A. +. Boyle, A. J. Fancloth. Wares
boro. Ga. Miss NJ. Ray, Dale's Mill, Ca; j. p.
Thompson and wife, New Orleans; o. w.
and d Nashville railroad; L. B. Millard, bag
gage master; Austin, colored, Waycross
Henry Snook. colored, Savannah; G. E. Van
New York j. Spiro, New York: Mrs Hulburt.
New York; Sam Allen, train hand, Savannah;
Walter. Goodrich, train hand, Savannah;
E. Buttertield, New York. Total, thirty five
injured.
A RELIEF TRAIN.
A relief train won't out at o'clock this af.
ternoon with two undertakers and thirty cof.
fms and force OF telegraph operators and
linemen. Manager Merrihew, of the West
ern Union telegraph office here, as soon as the
news was received that Mr.. Gould and wife
were among the Injured, employed Dr.. Harris
and detailed an operator and lineman to &C.
company him to the scene OF the wreck.
TRAVEL BLoCKADED.
The wreck has completely blockaded travel
South, and trains North and South bound
will 60 via Jessup, Brunswick and Waycross
until the trestle is rebuilt, which will be sew
eral days.
MIR. AND MRS. GOULD INJURED.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. March ia late dis
patch from the Times Union correspondent at
Waycross says: George Gould was injured
in the face, and Mrs. Gould in the side, both
slight injuries. Nineteen persons were killed
outright and six died at Wrycross during the
afternoon. The wounded are being cared for
at Waycross and Blackshear. Several more
are expected to die.
The accident was caused by o broken rail
under the baggage car.
Incidents Of the Accident.
Savannah NeWs March 10.
Saturday night was night OF suffering in
Waycross. Every one was sleepless except
those who were lying In their last sleep, OF
those who had yielded TO the opiates prescrib
ed by the corps of physicians, who were pay
ing unremitting attention to the injured
At the Grand Central Hotel the agonizlng