The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-22

Houmans Of No. pa Naldburg street, and
he said that she is IN bad condition. She
has Commissions Of the arm and abdomen,
and is internally injured.
Title Williams Of New Houston street
lane, near Whitaker street, Dr.. Nichols
said, is not doing so well, as. in addition 70
/ a broken wrist, she has an eye Tuptured,
and IS internally injured.
DR.. Wegefarth said that the recovery Of
Mary Willis, at East Broad and Bay
streets, is doubtful. She has internal in
| juries and her thigh and back are bruised,
and he thinks that she has sustained in
| juries TO her kidneys. He also doubts the
recovery Of Lucy Genroe, No. 20214 New
Houston street. Her injuries are about the
head and she also has internal injuries. He
has hopes that William Willis Of 81 Harris
street will pull through. Willis has in
ternal injuries and his condition is critical
Louisa Giles. No 1874 Charlton street.
is attended by DR.. Dunn, and the doctor
said that she is IN a dangerous condition
Her hip is broken and she is badly bruised
Rosa Jenkens applied to DR.. Dunn yester-
day for treatment Her right elbow was
dislocated. She was given permit to enter
the Georgia lntirmary. Sne is one Of the
many who rushed from the steamer as soon
as 1t reached the wharf, without waiting to
be treated by the physicians. Iii believed
that there are others who we're injured, but
whose names could not be learned on board
the steamer.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The coroner's inquest over the bodies
OF the two women was held in the
mayors court room at the police bar
racks, the verdict in the case of Amelia
Wilson and Eva Cooper being identical ex
cept that the names we're different The
verdict in the Wilson case was as follows:
40 tho inro-a and from, tba ar;dapoa bat
Amelia Wilson came to her death from the
carelessness Of the Savannah and Tybee Rail
road Company in employing an incompetent
man as bridge Waterman, and we exonerate
Capt. Bouliueau, or the steamer st. Nicholas,
from all blame.
The verdict was signed by w. H. Bennett,
foreman, and the following jurors: John
+. Powers, sidney Lihenthal, L. T. Mast
ers, j. H. Helmken. f. &. Lowell, 4. j.
Brown, William Murray, c. Hetterich,
John d. Donelan, Thomas D. Downing and
jeremiah Murphy. and was attested by
Coroner Dixon.
The inquest began at II o'clock in the
morning and was not concluded until nearly
3 O'Clock in the afternoon. Hon. p w.
Mefdrim was present with his court re-
porter, Mr.. King, in the interest of the st.
Nicholas, and Z. r. Richards, Esq.,, was
present taking notes as counsel for Craw-
ford Williams, general agent of the Geor-
gia and Florida Inland Steamboat Com
pany.
ENGINEER MAsSETTS STORY.
What may be called the railroad wit
nesses were first examined. The first wit
ness was j. h. Massett the engineer Of the
Tybee train that left the city at S:l5
o'clock Saturday night. He testified
that when within half mile of
the st. Augustine bridge he saw
rad larnrN httf xubntha,.
was modoning him down or was signaling
the steamer, he was unable to say He
said "they never signal to us at the bridge,
as we have to stop at the sign. l saw the
red light in motion. | saw steamer Just
before | got to the drawbridge, and the &C
cident happened before the train got there.
don't know anything of the signals used
for steamboats,. We always stop until
signaled ahead A white light is a come
ahead signal, and the signal | saw was a
red lamp. When | saw the steamer she APP
peared to be about a cars length from the
bridge on the Savannah side The night
was dark one.
CONDUCTOR HARRIS ON THE STAND.
s. ID. Harris, the conductor OF the train.
testified that he was collecting tickets when
his attention was called to the stopping of
the train, and he got out, but wnen the
train started again he got aboard. "Soon
after" he said, IL heard my name called
three or four times. got off and met the
engineer, who reported an accident at the
bridge aud the waving of red signal.
went to the Waterman of the bridge, and
he reported that he tried to wave the
steamer down before the accident. heard
cries for help and got in boat and went
over to the steamer Mr.. Harris
said that he found Capt Boulineau excitOd,
and reported about three killed He asked
Harris to see Capt. Usina, and he went aft
and found Capt. Usina very cool, and SEEM
iugly in charge of the boat Harris was
requested to report the matter at Savannah.
I'VE always stop at the bridge without
signal" he said, land blow for signal
A white light at night is our signal to go
ahead, II waved up and down, which is
answered by two bl asts of the whistle
THE BRIDGE TENDERS STATEMENT.
David Jenkens. the colored bridge tender
at the draw bridge, was an important Wit
ness. He has been in charge Of the bridge
for considerably over a year and was first
employed by Capt. d. q. Purse. He was
rather muddled i'll his testimony and while
there was little doubt that he understood his
duties he was unable. when questioned by
the jurors, to state clearly the uses of the
signals, or what his duties at the bridge
were without the facts being drawn out He
httl1 blltC ue went OuJ Oh tu6 Dflu1S saturday
night when the ST. Nicholas whistled and the
regular Tybee bound train whistled Just be-
fore he got to the draw. His orders were
not to open the bridge on train time, aud he
began signaling the steamer down. He sent
a boy, whom he had with him, to signal the
train, and he continued waving his lantern
to the steamer until she got to the bridge.
He 'ho!lered" and "whooped," but the peo-
pie on the steamer did not seem to hear him.
A red light, the tender said, is hung at
each end of the bridge at night, and both
| lights were out as the steamer an.
preached. The tender sits at the center
of the bridge with white light until the
last train from the island at night has
crossed, and then the bridge is opened for
the night. When the tender saw the train
and steamer both approaching he took one
| of the red lights from the bridge, which, he
said, he is allowed to do, and gave it to the
boy to signal the train, leaving but one red
light on the bridge.
SWUNG HIS LANTERN TO THE BOAT.
AT the same time he was signaling the
steamer with the white light. His object
was TO let the train cross and ther
open the draw for the steamer to &c
through, as is the custom when train aud
boat approach at the same time. 1t takes
about four minutes to open the draw, and
as soon as the train had crossed he would
have swung the bridge around. The
steamer coming from Savannah, he said,
whistles at regular point before reaching
the mouth of St. Augustine creek, and
then on rounding the point, giving the