River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-22
ralenTFu1 DISASTER.

A Passenger Traia PiunGes Through
TrestIe Near Biaesshear, Gs.-TSenty.
Two Persons Killed aud + ,rsF Wounded
George Could aud His Wife Have .
Narrow f cape.
SAVANNAH Ga. March IA terrible ac-
cidens caus ng the death of twenty-five
persons and the serious injury Of about
forty more, happened on the Savannah,
florida 4 Great Western railroad at
Blackshear Saturday morning The
yestibue fast mau called the @Cubans
train, which runs through from New
York 10 lamp. F.. Went through the
lreslle at Hurricane river and plunged
forty feet to the ground beneath. The
wreck was fearful one, every car exc pa
the private coach of E b Wilbur. pres ut
OF the Lehigh Valley road. being crushed 10
splinters. George Gould aud lbs wife were
on the tTan. but were not badly hurt
son of President Wilbur was killed
The trestle of hurricane r-y is 500 feet
In length and the break inc.ndes 400 feet
at the west end. the tender and engine
lodging against The abutment The ,-ag-
gage-car left the track on The trest e winch
accounts for The accident The ties show
where the wheels cut deep into them. Il
was this car that. by its Strain. dragged the
tender down, the engine having safely
crossed over. The list of killed Is IS fol-
lows:
William Martin. Union News Company.
bridgeport, o.; W. b. Geiger, savannah: C A.
Fulton, master OF transport alton Brunswick &
wertern railway; F. NJ. Smith, Pullman con-
ductor: John T. Ray, Blaekshear; John IL.
Pate, Hawknsville, Ga; T. f. Thompson.
New York; Mrs. G. W. Kelley. Palatka, Fla;
W A MtGrif. Columbia; Mrs. W. a. Shaw
and daughter, Of Jacksonville, Fsa.; NJ. a. VIII
bur. son o. l.. z. Wilbur, Of Bethlehem, Pa;
4 lFrrH nnr aH-.H.Hs
Valdosta; Coffee Williams. Valdosta. Lloyd
Dawson. Wayeross: Caesar Fostor Wayeross;
Moses Gate, Wayeross; i've unknown eolored
men,
The injured are as follows:
Milton Lawrence. Savannah. slightly hurt;
William L. CIR Tin, Savannah, conducior, dan
gerousiy wounded; A J. Thompson, editor
Ps0Piss J0arHGi. Jacksonville; Charles b own,
Savannah, badly hurt; c. d. HelmeOld, travel
ing agent Of Armour & Co, Miss Laura Jones,
Thomasvile, injured 81 Fhtiy; George J Gould
and WIFE, New York, slightly hurt, Mrs Me-
Clineh, Philadelph a. Lurt internally; NJ IS Alice
5 mpsOn, New York. hurt internally and badly;
Samuel Ames and wife Prov aence, X. l., badly
injured; DIR. Booth. New York. L. r. wilbur,
president Len gh Valley "a lroad, Beth chem,
Pa; Miss Isabella Cox, Bethlehem, Pa. n
iured internally, a c. Brov.e, Bethlehem,
Pa; A J. FairclOth. Waresboro Ga; Z. But
terrified, New YORK.; /. Il. Mallarc, savannah,
arm broken and cuts on the head; T. B.
Thompson and wife, New Orleans; Captain
o. ". Wallace, travelling agent, Lou svIlle:
& Nashville railroad, dangerously injured in
ternaily: w. ID. McCiinch; - Austin. Savan-
nah; Henry Sneed, Savannah, C. +. Van
Worst. Savannah; A. c. Hudson, Ma on, badly
hurt; John Papy. Feranandina, Fla; General
Ferrero and wife, New York, badly injureds J.
5. Pirro Newark, n. J.; Walter Goodyear
Savannah; s ,muel Allen. Savannah, badly in
iu-ed Fred Maynard. New York reported
allied. IS from Utica. \. ", and was not killed,
but Il slIghtly injured.