The Penn's Grove record., 1888-03-24
A FEARFUL WRECK.
A Florida Train Breaks Through A
Trestle In Georgia.
TwENTY-THREE PERSONS KILLE
AND THIRTY.sIX INJURED.

TwENTY-THREE PERSONS KlLLE
AND THIRTY.sIx INJURED.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 49,
J Visitors and citizens alike are shocked
at the terrible affair rear Blackshear,
Ga, yesterday morning, when the
Cuban fast mail plunged through a
trestle and caused the loss Of so many
lives. Notwithstanding the most sire.
nous efforts on the part of the press
here, the details of the wreck are still
very meagre. Only one wire has been
working, and that from Way Cross,
Ga, and the railroad business has al
most monopollZed that. The following
details we're secured this noon: Train
No. 27, the first section of the West
India fast mail. was running on the
Savannah, Florida and Western road
yesterday forenoon, at the rate of so
miles an hour, when it struck the trestle
crossing at Hurricane creek, two miles
north of Blackshear, Ga. This trestle is
30 feet high and 600 feet long. Engi-
neer Welsh and Conductor w. L. Grit
fin were in charge of the train. The
engine and tender had nearly reached
land on the south side of the creek when
the front axle of the baggage Car break
ing the car left the track, followed by
others of the train, consisting of the
private a Of President Wilbur, of the
Lehigh Valley road, a Pullman car.
first and second-class coaches, a baggage
car and a smoker. The coupling between
the tender and baggage car broke loose
and the engine reached the other side
safely. Nineteen dead bodies were ia.
ken from the wreck as soon as help
could lie obtained. AS soon as possible
medical aid from Savannah, Jackson
vile and Way Gross, Ca, was secured.
and several wrecklng trains soon
reached the scene. The passengers were
taken out, and as far as possible remoy-
ed to the hotels in Way Cross. Others
went to Blackshear that subsequently
were carried to Way Cross.
L. c. Denning, General Ticket
Agent of the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West Railroad, gives the follow
Ing particulars of the wreck: "In all
my experience 1 never saw a wreck SO
complete, as there was not a semblance
of the former shape left of the first two
cars. They were completely broken to
fragments and it is miraculous how
any one escaped. The fourth car was
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Gould and party, and although badly
damaged was not Il complete wreck.
The end of the last car was telescoped
into Mr.. Gould's car. The latter,
President Wllbur's private car. con-
tanned II persons. One o Of Mr..
Wilbur was killed, and Mr.. Wilbur
himself was seriously hurt. He is at
Way Cross, and at last accounts was
improving. Two more sons were in
iured, and others in the car more or
less hurt, except a little daughter of
Mr.. Wilbur, who escaped with
out injury. Mr.. and Mrs. Gould
were not seriously injured, although
MIR. Smith, the conductor of the car,
was instantly killed, his body being
mangled almost beyond recognition"
George j. Gould and his wife left
on a special train for Jacksonville at
10 O'Clock this morning. To inquiries
before leaving MI. Gould, said their
escape from death by the wreck yes
terday was the narrowest he ever had.
''You may say that we are not danger
0usly injured. i lost my hat, Coat and
kllHouth duu NY WIZ lO5U OllN u low
small things, and will stop in Way
Cross and look for them. l will stop
in Jacksonville a day or so. L expect
to JOIN my father and party there or at
Fernandina, as l am quite certain his
yacht will arrive there to-day. l think
this accident was unavoidable and one
peculiar to railroading. All has been
done by citizens here that could be to
make the wounded and dying comfort
able. l shall stop over in Blackshear
and spend a day or so with her good
people when / have time"
THE KILLED.
SAVANNAH, Ca, March lS.-The
following is a revised list of the
killed:
william A. Martin, Union News
Company, Bridgeport, Ohio.
W. B. Gelger, of Savannah.
G. A. Fulton. Master of Transports
ton brunswick and Western Railway.
F. M. Smith, the Pullman conduc-
tor.
John T. Ray, Blackshear.
John Ii. Pate, Hawkinsville, Ga.
E. p. Thompson, New York.
Mrs. G.. w. Kelly, Palatka, Flor
ida.
W. A. McGriff, Columbia.
Mrs. W. A. Shaw and daughter, of
Jacksonville, Florida.
NJ. A. Wilbur, son of E. P. Wilbur,
OF Bethlehem, Pa.
j. II. Hurlbut, Philadelphia, Pa.
Charles Pear and Coffee Williams,
Valdosta.
Lloyd Dawson and Caesar Foster,
WaycrOss.
Moses Gate, Waycross, and five I'M
known colored men.
THE INJURED
The following is a revised list of the
injured:
Milton Lawrence, Savannah, slightly.
William l.. Griffin, savannah, con-
ductor, dangerously wounded.
j. A. Thompson, editor Peoples
Journal, Jacksonville.
Charles Brown, Savannah, badly
hurt.
G. D. Helmbold, travelling agent of
Armour g. Co.
Miss Laura Jones, Townsville,
slightly.
George J.. Gould and wife, New
York, slightly.
Mrs. McClinch, Philadelphia, inter-
nally.
Miss Alice Simpson, New York, In
ternally, badly.
Samuel Aimes and wife, Providence,
r. l., badly.
DIR. Booth, New York.
E. p. Wilbur. President Lehlgh
Valley Railroad, Bethlehem, Pa.
W. A. Wilbur, Bethlehem. Pa.
II. /. Wilbur, Bethlehem, Pa.
Miss Isabella Cox. Bethlehem, Pa.
internally.
A. G. Broyle. Bethlehem, Pa.
A, g. Faircloth, Waresboro, Ga.
E. Butterfeld, New York.
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