The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-29
TEN KILLED ON THE RAIL-
VEsTrBULE TRAIN WRECKED N
WEST VIRGINIA..

Spreading Rails or Broken TrucS
Probably Causes the Accideut-Th8
Train Running Fast to Make Uu
Time-only One Physician at Hands
List OF the Dead.
CHARLESTON. W. VA. Dec. ga tsrrI4
bio accident occurred this morning on tha
Chesapeake and Ohio road at WhftA
Sulphur Springs. 125 miles east Of thls
place. Reports have been very hard to easI
the only accounts being received by speciai5
to the Daily Gdzette One of these FROM
an eye witness says: "Vestibule train Nd
8 westward bound on the Chesapeake and
Ohio road LETT tho track two miles west "a
White Sulphur Springs at 7:20 o'clock thf2
morning, demolishing six cars, killing ter
persons, and injuring about twenty-five.
The accident was caused by the rallx
spreading. - 8
"The complete list of killed is as fd1s
lows:
"HALE MORRISON Of Charleston, mafs
agent. aged 2s; top OF his head aud Taos
! crushed.
~. w. THOMAS, a newsboy, Of Lsxlnzs<
ton, KY; left leg Iroken above and helcsx7
the knee, aud head injured
20. b. BARKsDALE of Profflt, Va, baxz
| gsssa.ssast head mashed
y. Ii. WEST of HowardsyiIls, Va, es1l
glisaer; neck broken.
''E WILSON of Caldwell, Kan; hea9
| mashed.
NELSON HEATH tcoiored) Of clarsuont.s
w. Va; head mashed.
III; F9LTKA Of Grant county, sousss
Dakota; both legs broken and head crushedI
EDWARD BROWN lcolored), of Allsgheny.5
va. right leg broken and head mashed.
kIDDER KIDD, OF Hannibal, Mo. 4
mouta full OF mud and died OF strauxulaJ
ton. He was member Of the Kni hts %
Pythias. and bis remains will be sent homa
by train No. tonight. by order Of Il. W.
Fuller, general manager OF the road. "a
An UNKNOWN MAN, described as white&
tall, and slender, fair complexion, gray
eeyes, sandy mustache, dressed IN darka
brown plaid.
A gEARFUL WRECK.
'It was fearful wreck, and the dsnnara
TO the railroad at this time cannot be evesxs
estimated. Luckily the cars did not taksy3
fire, they being heated By steam. Th@l
engine did not leave the rails, but thseA
tender was without any trucks. The reaxa
sleeper had its front trucks on the groundI
and remained on the rails
The injured were sent TO the Cald wefM
hotel at White Sulphur Springs, whsreI
everything possible was done for their com4i
fort.
The mail car, combina ion car. coach ana
one sleeper were de- allied. The oEher1
sleeper, the .'Rockbridge." was not iniured.'
lhe train telescoped the combination car.
and there the loss Of life occurred.
MAKING Up TIME.
The train left New Yor ( at $50 oscIoc6i
yesterday, and was due at Cincinnati ah1
5;lO o'clock this afternoon, Ths train waSI
behind time and running forty to fifty mile3'
per hour. The conductor says it was only
running thirty-ive miles, but others sayi
forty or fifty. The wreck occurred on an
over Jary's run, which is 100 feet high, aud
said 70 be the highest hll In thai
United States. All OK the lrilleda
were in tho smoking car, hioh was5
telescoped by another car. Every personS
in the car was killed except the condaotorx
Who had his leg broken, and was seriouslyEj
injured. He viii probably rec Dver. Tnss
dead we're taken 10 K1nceverte, eIe veuf1
miles distant from the scene Of the wreck
PHYSICIANS NOT AT HAND. 4
DIR. w. r. Caldwell the only physician
in White Sulphur. repaired TO the scene OF
tho accident and did all In his power boI
alleviate tue suffering, but could only aid oual
person at q time. After sometinas nunnp-F
Der OF doctors from alo & the Inns arrived
and worked long and faithfully among thai
suffering The ladies turngd out on uasse.f 4
and too much cannot be Saia in praiss1
Of their noble efforts. The cause Of thst
accident 10 not definitely known. 0as rel
port says it was due to the spreading % ahea
rails, while other reports say that Coo rnil
was worn out and the tics rotten. Among
the injured were several of the Karl GardJ1
ner C mpany, one OF whom will probably
die. One noteworthy feature was that nd
ladies or children were injured. Seaatop
Kenna and Representative Aldersoa wsrs
on the train.
e. Wilson had mortgages in his pocksf
amounting to over $4,000.
Mr.. Baetka had $50 In his pocket.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
Among the injured are:
j. R. KAREscH OF Blackstone, Kan; fn~s
jured internally.
CONDUCTOR ScHwEIcKERr Of Hunting&
ton. W. Va. leg broken.
R. L. BLAsroN of Farmville, Va, oaa
under the eye.
Gus II. KLINE Of Chicago. leg broksn.
WILLIAM DELL OF New York, leg broken
w. CLARKE Of Clifton Forge, Va; aruz
broken.
P. 7. BUNCH, back hurt.
M. NJ. DEEL of New York; compound
fracture Of the thigh.
Two MEMBERS OF the Charles A Gardner
theatrical company, who were to play in
Charleston tonight.
J. A. CLARKE. train dispatcher, OF Cliff
ton Forge, Va.
JOHN WooDFoLK of Allegheny, Va. q
section hand; right leg crushed. II had To
be ampu ated.
W. D. CLARKE Of Cliff county, va.s
scalp wounds.
LOUIS KARzTH Of Blackstone, Kan. e
oollar-bone broken.
H. F. GREGORY Of Cliff Top, Va. bead
crushei and internally injured.
CAPT. BuRcH, supervisor: bruised on the
right side and otherwise hurt.