The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-21

time called 70 Capt Boulineau 10 back
the boat up for all she was worth. do not
know whether CapG Bou' ineau heard me or
not, but think he saw the danger as quick
as did, for before | got 70 the pilot house
| heard the bells going TO back, and she was
backing at the time she crashed into the
/ draw, the tide carrying her along,
however. There were very few persons
below on the main deck under the spot
| where the timbers of the saloon deck came
down, do not think anybody was lost
/ overheard or jumped overheard and if there
mad been they would have been picked up,
as there was a man in boat at the scene
OF the accident and he would have rendered
/ assistance in case there was any neei We
did III that could be done under the circuru-
stances aboard Of TIE boat TO care for the
injured and turned the saloon into hos
pitaL."
ALEXANDER EGAH's STORY.
Alexander Egan, the only white passen-
ger on the boat, was going to Brunswick.
de said I'VE left the dock about o'clock
and about three-quarters of an hour later
the accident happened. l was below
on the main deck at the time,
but could see very little ahead.
think, though. that we were about mile
above the bridge when the whistle of the
steamer was blown, and she was then
slowed down. going with the tide. Very
shortly Afterwards | could see a man swing
a light on the bridge and could
near bis voice, but couldn't make
| cut what he was saving. His
actions appeared to me as if he was trying
TO stop the boat, or to flag her down as they
do railroad train. There appeared to be
a tram on the bridge, but l was not certain.
know after the whistle blew once that IL
dld not blow again, and the crash came
without any intimation of the
danger When the steamer went into
the draw was forward Of the engine, and
as The small timber or gingerbread work
OF the upper deck came down / ran for
ward to try and pull out a colored woman
from the debris, when heavy timber came
down aud struck me in the head and fell
longltudinally across my back and
right hip. The colored woman was
shortly afterward pulled from I'M
der the wreck but she only
lived ten minutes and she remains unident.
lhed at the time OF the accident or just
previous to the crash | saw three men
sitting on the rail forward Of the lower
dock. One of them was a young white
man and Think they must have gone over
board, for don't see how they could avoid
II. AT all events | have not seen the young
white man since the accident and | don't
think that he has been accounted for.n
THE LIGHTS AT THE BRIDGE.
The Tybee train which left the CITY at
$3.50 o'clock was within few hundred
yards OF the bridge and was approaching it
when the st. Nicholas rounded the point
and turned into st. Augustine creek
from the south channel. The
engineer of the locomotive pulling the
train saw the bridge tender wave his
light to the steamer to slow down the
moment she rounded the point. This the
tender said he did, and he used effort to
show the steamer that the drawer was
closed, but her pilot appeared to pay no
attention to the signal until within few
hundred feet ofVthe bridge, when it was
too late to avoid the collision. The steamer
went into the east drawer and struck the
bridge about twenty feet from the center
pin. The train had come to q stop west of
the bridge and did not cross
THE PASSENGERS ON THE TYBEE TRAIN,
The passengers were brought back to the
city, and sent down later, when they were
transferred and taken down to the island.
The 1880 o'clock train from the island
was crowded, and when it arrived at the
bridge about one-half of the passengers
walked across and waited for the train.
which was on this side, to bring them to
town.
The rest returned to Tybee to spend the
night. All the places there were over
crowded. The bridge, Supt. Cobb
said, is not badly damaged. The
flag staff and some of the
tlmbers of the st. Nicholas are now lying
ga the ties. The bridge will be repaired,
Supt. Cobb said, in time for the morning
TRAINS to pass over, and there will be no
interruption to travel.