The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19

New Orleans were heartrending She was
dellTlous from conclusion of the brain and G
fracture OF the skull. Her husband lay ii
an adjoining room with confused wounds
OF the chest and abdomen, and when hi
VIE wildly shrieked out it required two
strong men to hold him down, so anxious
was he to be by the bedside of his suffering
partner. But the shrieks of the wounded
woman were from delirium and not
PAIN. A mind wrecked was wan
dering abroad in mad cries
and no medicam mt could charm
it back to reason. At the ware
house, where the dead bodies were being
placed in the collins, the walls Of the mourn
ers rose above the agonizing cries Of the
suffering
SEARCHING AMONG THE DEAD.
When the midnight train came in from
jacksonville it reached the Waycross pot
about the time that the gravel train
brought the undertakers and a carload OF
collins. Mr.. J. G. Medlock, of Savannah
and G. W. Kelly, a commercial traveller fol
Lippman Bros, linked arms to try and
/ learn if Mrs. Kelly was among the
| living or the dead. 1t was a pitia-
| bic sight when lady Of WaycrOss
guided the two men to where the body of an
unidentified body lay BY the dim light OF
lantern, the cloth was removed from the
face, but it was so gashed and distorted that
neither of the searchers at first recognized
it. Holding the lantern closer the husband
recognized the dress of his bride of but two
months, and he said my God, it is She
and fell weeping over the passionless body.
The worst fears of husband and brother in
la W had been realized Their grief was
heartrending in the extreme Though all
semblance OF her former self had been
crushed out, yet what was left was their
loved one. The body was placed in a cot
fin and the two bereaved men took
at Louisville, Ga. Her sister, Mrs. j.
&. Medlock, resides in this city at the corner
of Anderson and Burroughs street. Mrs.
Kelly was on her way to Palatka, and was
to have been joined at Jacksonville by her
husband. They intended to reside at Pa
latka, and the deceased had been on a visit
to her sister here.
CONDUCTOR GRIFFIN'S INJURIES.
Conductor w. l.. Griffin was removed to
the residence of Mrs. Goodrich, where Mr..
Proctor, his brother-in-law, accompanied
Mr.. Gritfin's wife and sister He suffered
great pain but when his relatives came to
his bedside he recognized them and spoke
feeDly. Passionate sorrow was rot so much
tho cause of tears and weeping
for the atfectionate women who had
'NAiNOA WV iillltS ny SAdI ilHul over Dog,
morass, debris of the wreck, and along the
prec pcitous bank where the roadway was
blocked with cars, and on the rugged road
to Blackshear, from whence thew had rode,
with collins on one side and dead men at
their feet in the rude cab, but it was tears
of gladness that they had found him alive,
After the first outbreak Of weeping the two
women took up their watch by his bedside
At Mr. Griffn's request his brother and
two children were telegraphed for. 81
want to see Calder he said in almost q
whisper. Calder is his little 2-year old
daughter
Mr. Griffin is severely injured about the
chest, and his pains reintensc. DIR. Dun
can said at 10 o'clock yesterday that he was
suffering severe pains, yet the outlook for
his recovery was more favorable than
otherwise
STORY OF THE WRECK
Conductor Griffin insisted on telling his
recollection of the accident. He was sitting
with Charles A Fulton and was talking
with him at the time the crash came. "Aii
at once we began to go down. he said,
and from that time to the crash seemed to
be but a second. / don't remember any.
thing more, except that / could imagine
the wreck, and vet | could not see any
thing" Mr.. Griffin was unconscious when
he was taken from the wreck, and did not
recover consciousness until he reached
Waycross. Mr.. Proctor, his brother in
law, returned to Savannah on the fast mail
train, which came in via Brunswick at 9 :3C
o'clock last night.
The Jacksonville train, which reached
Waycross at 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon
brought five collins. Col Haines was
aboard, and was sent on special train to
the wreck to cooperate with Supt. Fleming
Maj. F. b. Papy reached Waycross Sat
urday night from Fernandina to look after
his son, John Papy, the flagman of the ILL
starred train. The young man was uncon
sclouS when removed from the wreck. and
did not regain his reason until tie rescuine
train had nearly reached Waycross He ha,
deep flesh wound on the left knee, &
sprained ankle and a scalp wound. He wa.
removed from the Grand Central Hotel YES
terday by his father, who ordered a specia
train to meet them at Callahan to remov,
him to Maj. Papy'S home at Fernandina.
THE FLAGMAN's STORY.
Flagman Papy said yesterday that but g
moment or two before the accident he wa!
talking to NJ. A. Wilbur, the crippled
youth who was the only one killed in tn,
Lehigh car Minerva Young Wilbur
had referred to his breakfast that mornins
ON the car and said, as he in
quired when the train would reacl
Jacksonville, "Well, | am glad tina
is the last meal l will have to eat on thi,
car for long timen 1t was his last in
deed. Mr.. Papy, after pleasant chat witt
the Wilbur boys, passed out of the car anC
into the Pullman, where he had taken 3
seat. The next | knew, he said. I'VE wer,
going down. | caught hold of a seat anC
from that time it all seems like a dream L
me- | could hear the sounds of suffering
hear the worltmen at the wreck, knew thai
! was being carried out, knew that there
had been frightful accident and all wa.
blank until awoke and found my father
by my bedside"
During the early hours of yesterday
morning, Mr.. Papy was raving in delirium
He kept asking at the top of his voice il
Section No. ? had come, and giving direc
tions as to the disposition of cars.
The death of W. b. Geiger was peculiarl,
tragic. HIS body was placed in a coffin and
sent to Albany, whore he was going, full OF
life and vigor, 20 attend the marriage ami
verSary of his brother, which was TO have
taken place yesterday. His brother bore
back his remains TO a house of mourning in.
stead of house of feasting.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
f. NJ Smith, the Pullman conductor. was
horribly mutilated. His bowels protruded
and his throat was literally cut from ear &c
ear.
When the body of William NJ. Martin,
the news agent of the train was about to be
placed in the coffin, some one put a hand in
his pocket to remove his watch. 1t wa,
still running, yet the pc ket was full OF