The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-08-28
AS TO THE WRECK
Details of the Wreck Of Yesterday
Near StatCsVilie,
What Was RumOred and Printed Here
Proved True.
THE DEAD NOT ALL YET RECOVERED
People Who Come and Go-Brief Brevi-
ties of Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.

Landmark, is the news of the wreck.
The w. t. operator just informed THE
GLOBE that our specials started from
Statesville at 2 o'clock, giving the last
list of dead, but had to be shut off. An
"opcn wire" was the cause OF course
that is all We get, and that lets US out.
The Western Union company must be
in bis big business when it refuses to let
Durham paper have stuff, if it pro-
poses TO pay for it.
Eut that is our di!cma, AID that set
ties it.
The moot bor,ibIo d;ooo,or IN tho Lie.
tow of roiIroading in North Carolina
occprred At > o,cIock this mornino at
Ros,ian,S hridoe over Third crock two
niles west Of Statesville. AT that hour
,vcet. .bound nasscnper train No @ which
al noeecd Statesvillo on time at 1.5o
, NJ was hurled from the ton of the
hridoe q distance of 60 to u feet the
opqino tonder baocace and second class
cur tho -clocs coach the Pullman
eloorinr car "Salnda,, and the nrivatc car
of Sunorintendent p r Rridoers all
ooinc overheard The bridge was swept
clear of iron from end to end
Gcorre RowIrv TRAVELLING for the At
onto Ruhhor comnonv ond ono ortvo
ether nassenoers who made their wav
tro,,, tho COR oIivo CANA on foot to town
and gave the news Of the accident In
little while the town was aroused, cltl-
Zcns in vehicles began hastening to the
scene and the work of rescue began.
some OF the passengers had craWled from
the car and were perched, dazed, on
their tops. Axes were put TO work ana
the cars cut open, and so many OF the
passengers as could be tound were
dragged out-Some dead, some alive.
By dawn great CROWDS OF people were
on the ground and nothing was left un-
done. The dead and wounded were
brought to toWn-the wounded disposed
OF at the hotels and private houses the
Gead lad side by side on the f'Oor OF the
armers' tobacco warehouse, and the
HOW many were kllleo or drowned II
Is yet lmpoSslole 10 learn Nineteen
dead bodies had been taken out up to III
O'Clock, but 1t eppears probable that
others are yet in the water under the
cars Twenty five is probably not an
over-estimate of the number dead
List of the Dead.
D,lou :. nc comn1ota lict &C con bo
had nm to this honr 10 20 of the nnmber
v.Io v,oro LiIIad or who lost tboir lives
IN tho wator.
Fr,,iroor William West Sslisbrrv
Fireman Warren FRY Salisbury
Baggage Master Hugh X. Linster,
Statcsvile.
w. NJ. Houston, merchant, Greensboro.
Perry Barnett, Asheville.
Samuel German, Asheville.
Charles BEnnett, Hendrsonville.
julie Shefer, travelling salesman.
W. Fisher, Camppello, S.
We. Winslow, Asheville.
Davis, Statesvillc (one-legged
MANI
J.B. Austin. Hickory,
LADY. unknown: ticket in pocket read
ing Mrs. George Mccormick and Moth
err" Elmwood to Alexander's.
Unknown old lady.
Unknown lady, ring on finger inside
of which is engraved. CT. III. w. to
M.R.R."
Unknown colorcd man.
Mrs. Pool, Williamson, drowned and
body not recovered
Rev. James NJ. Skies, Clarksvillc, Tenn.
Dock Welles, colored porter.
The Injured,
GEORGE Bowlcv. Atlanta ininrcd but
woIyed to town