The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-03
TELEGRAPHIC TALK.
Chicago Excited Over the Dis
CoVery Of Natural Gas.
A TERRIBLE STORM IN MARYLAND.

CHATTANOOGA, December 31.-TSpecial.} =
The most disastrous collision that ever oc-
CURED on the Cincinnati Southern road, took
place one mile north of Greenwood, and seven
teen miles south Of Somerset Ky, this alter
noon at 20 o'clock. Limited express No. 2,
which left this city at O'Clock q. m, ran into
limited express NO. ], which left Cincinnati at
Z 80 a. M, between tunnels and 3, demolish-
ing both engines, throwing every car from the
track on train No. 2 except tho two sleepers,
and killing the following persons outright:
LEE NITlIROW baggage master on No. ].
L. CALLAN baggage master on No, q
NJ. s. POWELL, Baltimore and Ohio express
messengeron No ?.
Besides these the early reports sent to this
city state that
THIRTEEN PASSENGERS WERE KILLED
and a large number badly hurt. The point at
which the accident happened was over mile
from any telegraph Office and in country hard
to get at.
At Winfield Conductor Schrum and Engin-
Ger Michaols, OF train No o received orders to
run to Summit regardless of train No. !, The
word Summit was mistaken for Somerset
and the engineer went flying toward that sta
ton at he rate Of forty miles per hour. Both
trains are the fastest run in the south, and
when they came together the crash was terri
bic. Neither engineer could see more than
W." i'"''"''V 5''.'' ''"r''' W i'''"' ~
was tr ROAD IL is aild me Two locomotives
were only about hundred feet apart when
both engineers saw that a collision was going
To- occur. and tb,v vnlIcd TO thcir Grclnou and
all four men
JlMFEb FOR THEIR LIVES,
Fortunately none Of them were hurt, save
some scNcIc bruises which they tCCclVcd. inc
| engines were thoroughly welded together and
arr. I,,tl d, t.tli ,,.rcrl. rLcy ara Of a LARGE
mc,atl nation and ,,hcn nov struck. die
crash rdllld have been heard more than a mile
ou.ar rho c.c.,,iua stn9m made a Terrific
,,,;5c c. 'd,.,,fs j,'t lo"u c1b"nsinJ
is force. SO badly vere the boilers etoycn in
When il,n cartnf train No. 9 were thrown
from, Inc trock thcy ,tI1,cll a tclcgraub mole
and knocked al he wires down This made it
10 r., 90, . ,Iis,.at.l 10 Cipci,noti I'm
order TO reach me oticials of the road All
rnogsaocq had to he sent TO
tho train dispatcher in this
city and loncatcd TO Cincinnati. Drs. Parker
PcTleins and Joc owens Of Somerset Dr.
Redigh If Greenwood and DR. Owens. Of
mn Rncl yrrc e,,,,,1,,,rL IN tIe errnc If tI,r
ocri,I,,t ,,,d ,.,r car,i,d tLcrni In, a enociaI
troin When tbcc arrived 1t mo ,,arc tbrv
,vcrr LorriIiod to Soc INC monaco ana eynrets
ro, &c tr,in No D o,, Orc ,rI'e dcad bodiae. ~
tLc hon,r,r,o ,n,et,y and ,,Ircee ooo,,t ana tl,r
dpod nosscnunre had Leon yottnp ont brfnrci
,r,ip i,1rF prnTrnr,r
I'M, tIe oars wore eutirclv consuo,cd Roth
no hagoooo and cvrrnse or of N . ,ve,n -
tofoi ,TrrcI, h,,ino hc,,, I,roI.nr into shin tcrs
ana thc,. nr, o,,,,, .o,,bt 0ro from, tlr etn,.ns
Tin scene which folIowod Inc oocidnut
hegoors dncrri,,tinu Tho bcovirst do1nooc
feii on tr,in NJ . oud if ,vos on tI,at tr.,7,,
mat mnst of tLc nconlc were killed and in
;u,oJ NJ ,,,ro f,Ir4 ,,.,+o ,,,eso,,,,,rs Il IN
Jcnr,tht,,, ao,,id ~ ,ilc,iato tI9 g., I'm
mo ~ Toen Mo ,rcrn d,iu" Wbcn tLo
nlfveiriaps had rvomincd those who had bcrn
iuinrcd thcv vow soon nrououuccd tLroc pcr-
800 rIlIE, r,taIt, l',,t Int co,,ld not datc,
nine tho cxtent Of fbc inirries of a number NJ
The passrngcrs
Nj Fr,II< rcdd Of Atlanta wac In tlo
SNEAKER of the qouth hound Train which was
burucd "Our car ,yos o,titc full Of nassnnrere -
no soid "prohohiv ono to n scot mo
gbock was a Sliebt onc not move
tIop bovc frnnucntl'- Colt in
Tho coupIinc Of cars An was confusion in a
minute S0mcbodv cried collision, nrd m"
Iyav I'M ear wnr, - ,rcl vas n caution II ,yas
80 lost o,,c in + Var - ear, tlnt ,.. ,,,,,r,
| we'll IN know what was doing rho whole
front eud of ear VAS Euockcd off and If was
moi long before il caught fire from tLo noil
| coach OF coursc the first tbino We aid was r.
| holm cot the dead and wounded out "f Tho
| wreck Onr mail agent. Roberts. had a leo
| and a arm broken. believe Thecxurcs~m,n
| an, n,,r tr,, Iorkson was o1itc Lo,Il, Lr,isrJ
| Severance. a Noung uostal clerk. was ,mcon-
/ scious and cannot live Taylor. an engineer.
was considerably scaldcd about the head and
was bruised but is not dangerously hunt The
! baggage master ON our train was heavy man
T"1, o,"i morn the h"r"iSc ' ha.,a,..
| car. Ills throat was literally cut from car 70
| ear, probably 10y some heavy trunk A brake
man named Patton was III the ladies' car of
| the north-bound train He was badly scaldcd,
| and cut his wrists in breaking through the car
| windows, but made ms way 10 t'reenW cod,