Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-08-27
AT ASHEVII.I.E.
How the News Was Received
The KNOWN Dead.

How the News Was Received
The known Dead.
The following members of the Rescue
hook and ladder company left Monday
for the fircmen's convention at Durham:
] L. Gaze, NJ. II. Kelly, Chas. Barnett,
Marshal Nix, H. ]. Sarratt, A. Sturgs,
ohn Slaglc Robt. II. Lee, Carlos lee,
S. E. German. Gus Guischard, W. C..
Bradford and W. W. Wood.
Part. at least, OF these were on their
way home on the Inflated train.
The news of the wreck at Slatesvlle
reached Asheville carly this morning.
About four O'Clock special car left the
depot in this city having on board Su-
perintendent X. K. Bridgers and Master
of Trains K. P. Foster, going to the
scene of the calamity.
Of tins number Samuel l. German,
Charles Barnett and Perry Barnett are
known to have been killed.
Robert II. Lee and son Carlos, were
not on the train, Mr. Lee having written
home that he would remain i'll Durham
until Friday, engaged in committee work
lor the convention.
John Z. Gaze, W. c. Bradford and NJ
Nix are reported Injured, but the extent
OF I, hese injuries are unknown.
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the train with the other hrcmcn, but left
them at Statesvile, expecting to come
on a later train.
AS to Kelly, Surratt and Wood thing
positive has been heard.
| Charles Barnett, one OF the dead fire.
men, was a native OF Henderson county
but had been working at his trade o
plasterer i'll AShevillc tor some time. He
was about "a years old and leaves {
wife. He was the secretary OF the
Rescue hook and ladder company.
Perry Barnett was a brother of Charles
Barnett, ard was a plasterer. He wa:
81 wears old, and unmarried.
Samuel l.. German was a native o
Vermont. About one year ago he cam,
to AsheyiIe from Washington, and fo,
sometime past has held the position o
the plumbing establishment of ]. {
Brown & Co., on Patton avenue. Mr.
German was about % wears OF age, anC
leaves wife and two children, who arr
in Washington,
W. +. Winslow, another one of thu
dead, was the tank repairer of the Wes
tern North Carolina with headquartcr
at Asheville. He lcavesaa small child, :
girl, who 10 now with relatives i'll Mar
shall
Warren Frv, the fireman who was kill
ed, WAS well known among the railroad
men here, aud had relatives in this city.
The news of the the terrible wreck wa
brought up town early this morning b.
someone who had seen Superintendent
Bridgers and Trainmaster Foster leav
the passenger depot about 5 o'clock, %
special train.
The first news was that the train ha
plunged into the Catawba river, A
sorts of rumors were soon in circulation
: and the list of killed was greatly eXae
gerated, AS the news was passed iron
mouth to mouth.
Crowds began gathering i'll the streets
all discussing the terrible wreck. II
Western Union telegraph Office was IN
sieeed by a crowd all day, made up
persons who had relatives and friends o
the fatal train.
No definite news was received by an
one until about noon, when telegram
containing the horrible news began con
ing in.
A relief train left here about o'cloc
and was followed by the regular 2o'cloc
train which was crowded with Ashevll
d people, friends and relatives OF those VII
were on the tram.
The accident, it is now asserted, WI
III caused bv a rail having been taken up :
he east end ot the trestlc or vladnct.
The trcstlc, or more properly the WI
duct, over the side of which the ira
=, Jumped, was one OF the safest III the sta
" being of stone and massive structure
1t &C. McCarty has telegram that i
,f wife and boys are safe in l.ynchburg, '