St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-19
TWENTY-FOUR KILLED.
The Terrible Result of the Acc1-
dent at Blackshear.

dent at BlaCkShear.
Special to the Globe.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 1S.-Cir-
culnstances go to show that the disaster
yesterday was the result of the break
ing down of the forward truck OF the
baggage car, which, after dragging on
the cross ties some hundred yards,
struck the trestle with terrible force,
knocking down nearly 200 feet OF the
structurennd precipitating the whole
train, except tie engine and tender, and
which are among the heaviest on the
road twenty or. thirty feet into Hurrl-
cane Creek valley, which fortunately
was sfry at the. time.a Several cars took
fir,.. hut were extinguished. The cars
Wt;Ift down with the bridge withent
overturning, somes being .telescoped
info others. Owing to the presence OF
mind of the train officials who were un-
hl,rt thew prevented a cOnfagratlon
and stopped the second section
of the train, which was ten minutes be-
hind. Relief partiee at once went to
work and soon citizens OF Blackshear
came to their assistance III the WORK OIL
res cuing the wounded and recovering
the bodies of the dead. The bodies
were taken to -BlackSheaf ana way
Cross, where the injured were also con,
yeyed after some hours delay, ana
physicians from Savannah ana JACKSON
vile were
BROUGHT ON EXTRA TRAINS
IN assist local physicians. Several OF
the iniured and the bodies of Mrs. Shaw
and daughter were brought here last
night George Gould and wife came
here this evening, and leave tomorrow
for Fernandino to meet Jay Gould, who
is exnected hourly from st. Thomas
in. his Yacht. Trains transfer at
tf,s wreck. The bridge is eX-
nected to be restored tomorrow. The
fotaI number killed was twenty-four.
Some of the dead have been sent to
their former homes, and others Will be
embalmed and sent. The severely
wounded are still at Waycross; Mr.
Gould and his wife and the wilbur
family are at Blackshear, near the
scene of the accident, and speciai car
has been placed at their dlSpOSal ny the
Savannah, Florida & western railway:
The trestle OF Hurricane river is aDouG
800 feet in length, and the DreaK IN
cludes 400 feet at the west enc, the
tender and the engine lodging against
the abutment. The baggage car left the
track ON the trestle. The ties show
where the trucks cut deep into them.
IT was this car that careened the rear
ears, and by its strain dragged the Ten
der down. the engine having safely
crossed over. Had it not been for the
nresence of mind of Engineer Richard
WeIeh. a much more horrible fate
would have been i'll store Tor the
wounded. Hurriedly dispatchlng, the
engine with fireman to Blackshear,
he ran down to the wreck, and with the
assistance of the porter OF the tuliman
car. extingushed the fire Whlcn ma nad
broken out in the baggage car. Inc
mart of the trestle which was destroyed
is being rebuilt aud direct conhection
will be reopened.
THE GoULDs.
Cooroe Could and wife arrived here at
o m In an interview with Times
nnion reporter this afternoon. Mr.GOuld
said: "Neither myself nor my wife
ic much injured, but our escape
was miracle. My wife, al
though not seriously injured, is very
stiff from the shaking up which caused
the Sudden stop and turning over OF the
coach. The only injury received was
slight cut on one ear and one on the
forehead. which did not amount TO any
thing" Being asked the object OF his
VISIT to Florida, Mr.. Gould said: u
came down to meet my father, Wnom l
expect to arrive at Fernandina in his
Yacht in day or two"
SAVANNAH, Ca, March ia special
ia the News from Blackshear, Ca, says
that Mrs. Gould was unable to walk to
the train, but was carried to the car;
The loss to Mr.. Gould by the wreck will
be $1,000. Mrs. Gould lost ring valued
at s., 900. 49,. Is
that has ever occurred on the road since
If was built thirty-fye years ago.