The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
THAXTON'S PIT OF DEATH
p#1,1EF THAT % LIVES WERE
LOST IN THE CRASH.

Portions of Eight Bodies Taken From
+ba Wreck-Cries for Help That
ConId Not Be Responded To-Many
1.-the Corpses Cremated-The Latest
1ist Of the Dead and Injured.
TvvcHBURG, VA, July 3.-The scene of
.ra terrible disaster near Thaxton, on the
Norfolk and Western railroad, is beyond
dsscription. There is hardly enough left of
the train of eight cars that
took the leap to the bottom Of the
awful pit to make one car. AS
coon as the boiler of the engine exploded
the entire mass of debris took fire, and those
who went down, and who were not killed
outright were burned to death. Portions
Of eight bodies have been taken out, and it
"a believed that fully fifteen others are
entirelv consumed. A survivor of the
wreck says cries for help could be heard from
oil portions of the wreck, and those unhurt
were powerless to render assistance.
Women who managed to escape lay about
on the damp ground suffering from their
iniuries until daybreak, and many walked
long distances to farm houses. The few
passengers who were left uninjured did all
In their power for the unfortunates.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Following is the list of killed and wounded
thus far Obtainable:
WILLIAM H. FORD, baggagemaster, Sc
verelv cut on the back of the head, much
bruised and supposed to be injured inter-
S0ymERs NEWLY, United States mail
AGENT. slightly cut about the head.
Mr AsHMORE, the express messenger,
badly hurt and will probably not survive.
PATRICK DONOVAN of Lynchburg, the
engineer: killed and burned.
A. NJ. JAMES of Roanoke, a travelling
engineer; killed and burned
j. EDGAR BRUCE of Roanoke, fireman:
kill and burned.
JOHN KIRKPATRICK of Lynchburg, a
messenger; killed and burned.
NATHAN COHEN Of Roanoke, passenger; /;
killed.
NJ. s. BRUCE, mail agent; killed.
WILL HOPKINS, express messenger; killed.
DENNIS MELLON, of Roanoke, a pas
seneer; killed.
WILLIAM D. STEVENSON, of Cleveland,
Tenn, passenger; killed
L. A. MOORE, of Chattanooga, Tenn, a
pa ser ger; killed.
c. ". STEEDs, Of Cleveland, Tenn, pas
senger; killed.
WILL F. MARSHALL, of Cleveland, Tenn,
passenger; killed.
JOHN NJ. HAkDwICK, of Cleveland, Tenn.
a passenger; killed.
The last named three were bound for the
Paris exposition.
JAMES J. ROSE of Abingdon, Va, pas
senger; killed.
PATTIE CARRINGToN of Texas, age 9
years, passenger; killed.
ROWLAND P. JOHNSTON of Roanoke, the
conductor; badly cut in the face and around
the head.
W. c. GLASS of Lynchburg, a brakeman :;
arm broken, head cut and scalded.
FRANK LANNER Of Lynchburg, a passen-
ger; slightly cut about the arm.
BISHOP A. WILSON of Dalton, Ga badly
cut on the head
Mr.. TEMPLE, passenger; badly bruised.
j. W. LIPsEY, train dispatcher of Hicks
ford Va !; k He'd and body burned.
Mr. PEYTON, stenographer for Supt.
Osborne of the western division of the road,
wife and child killed and burned.
H. L. DUBARRY, superintendent of the
Eastern division slightly hurt.
Mrs. JUDGE L. P. THOMPSON of Staun-
ton, Va; badly hurt.
MRS. PATTIE CARRINGToN of Baltimore:
cut on the wrist and badly bruised.
JOSEPH GOLDBURG of New York; hurt on
the leg and shoulders.
T. F. DEXTER of Beverly, Mass. seri-
ously injured.
MRS. r. B. POWELL of Marshall, Tex. ::
shoulder and back hurt.
Mrs. INEz 5PANKMAN of Marshall, Tex. :;
hurt internally.
II. w. MARTIN of Chattanooga; seriously
hurt.
NJ. d. TEMPLE of Chicago; hurt seriously
about the back.
j. A. Young, dispatcher of Radfords,
Var head badly hurt.
ROBERT B. GooDFELLow of Roanoke:
hand and foot injured.
Inc charred remains of what are sup
posed to be eight bodies were found in very
minute particles.
The body Of Engineer Pat Donovan was
aug out, badly mutilated, and was iden-
tlned by his watch.
There were about thirty people who
escaped with only slight injuries and ten
VINO are seriously injured. The list of dead
WIZ be increased as the friends of missing
people come forward In search of them
Ihere Is no way at present to ascertain the
t,cG eHacG number of dead, owing to the fact
'naG the entire train was destroyed by fire.
THE MAIL DESTROYED.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The superintend
ens s OIL the railway mail service has received
information from Postal Clerk Summers
eI wno was on the train wrecked on the Nor
49ik and Western road yesterday morning
oHao Vhe postal car was burned and all mail
matter, including three registered pouches.
SSesUroyed Mr.. Rose, who was assisting
summers, was killed. He was not an en-
pioye OF the government Summers was
severely injured.
A FEARFUL STORM.
4. WASHINGTON, July 3.-Henry N. Mar
tln Oh New Orleans, who was in the wreck
ou the Norfolk and Western railroad. but
escaped o1S uninJured, as his sleeper alone of
al the coaches remained on the track
eIlItVed IN this city this evening. He saws
I o.aU Che night of the accident was very dark
osu e stormy, and that when he looked out
VI Tue window ten minutes before the dis
o'e' ram was coming down harder than
he had ever seen il before An
oauDahKnent had been built at the
o''II OF the washout with a small
UuiEert beneath to carry of the water. The
tuls unus sually heavy rainfall had backed the
Sr Smaser up against this embankment and
i na9 undermined the whole mass of earth
i tneiAlhg deep ditch into which the engine
ahu e.I coaches plunged. AS soon as those
@ mno escaped realized the situation they
, me1I 10 the assistance of the injured. but
ooulo render very little aid
m tnelr strength was made
quate to lift the heavy beams which
pluloned most of the unfortunates. There
was was no shelter for the wounded, who were
opposed to the inclepent weather. They
TeIe without medical assistance until &
lock, when a wrecking train arrived from
1SoanOke, twentV-One miles defiant NJ