Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-29
..,,,e and Official Statement Of
the Dead and Wounded.
,rAD. %; WOUNDED &C.
teen Passengers and Five Railroad
Employees Killed,
THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
,.,ofaR Raj, at tire East End OF the
u-ii,c-A Coroncr's Jury fr-
.,..,ine-Theories Advanced.
.....,t,,seram tothc Dispatch.l

.t.-flnc-Ihcprits >uN"hSS'.
..,i,e,acram othc Dispaich.l
,trN y. C.. August 2s.-A final
'..-.... statement as 10 the dead and
..sl % 'he disaster Yesterday Is as
,.es TIE rrAp.
.,,.r- cs'ored porter of Salisbury;
n seke,. C.srksvillc Tenn; J. B.
n.kov. A. Davis. Statesylie;
n u.,on. Greensboro; W. i.
t..c0llc, n. c.; Perry Barnett,
y c.. Charles Barnett. Ashe-
a. sam. Gorman. Asheville,
~ FISHER. Campobello. S. c.:
Neia,r. llttsburg. Pa. J. q.
r..ra.a. Warren Fry. Salisbury.
m West. Salisbury, and Hugh
e...,,ulle: Mrs. George McCor-
t.r.n county; Mrs. Page, her
Rowan county; Mrs. Sue Pool,
..r Ms. Frank White. Memphis.
... Opheha Moore. Helena, Ark;
Patterson ,eolorcd; unknown
,.nsd -; A. n. Testament,
,.L ir--".i.
rEF WOUNDED.
.r r-.5tari. Asheyilie' John Gaze.
Marshal. NIX. Asheyillc; Ban
.t. 4rlt. ,ut in the face; II. c.
-.. fia-r .tur-. Pa, {. A. Bailey,
Va. Auisew Gwinn (coloreO;
.t.,- .ol r,dl. George Bowley,
J. g.. swash. conductor. sails
u g.. Crrp,r. sleeper-car con-
3D. vs.. lawson. Louisville. Ky.;
- e slh-bary; Charles Shoaf,
a., above are all slightly in-
-rvs CASES.
-. S. Sricr'il. Raleigh, has pain
length II his right
. &c. head cut in three
.......at, t,ea c3utused-Streeter,
.~.r. slightly. Otto Ram
l-'v; sam Carter, Ashe-
Hiss Luellen Pool, WI
--.-t'i.y clt. bat not dangerous;
~ -. Ge.eua. Ark, badly, but
yr.A l.. Sink. Lexington, thigh
NJ. 4. L. SINK. badly cut on
..l uclv lash in back; B
f..... Ir.. Memphis. rather seriously,
.f..r -lt lu, NAY recover; X. L.
... A. v-boy. badly cut. anl condi-
i...0t alarming. }. T. Holler
... i.ls lult, recovery expected;
Iia..an Cameron. Raleigh. not
wa. Elliott. Hickory, slightly.
...'. anl death very doubtful
.-. { Ny Il. {. Moore, j. /.
n- p. johnson. news-boy. but
$. ;, .- ,.ch case.
as INQUEST.
.r--D, * Clegs Yesterday morn
..I j.. G. Carlton. John Ste
.s.LA LauprecAt. George Shepherd,
Williams. l. s. RAMSEY as Jury of
-...I. -..i,d 60 investigate the
..t --r .ccd.uj. Tie Jury viewed
.-sfEe Of the effects Of
.-l ,-Alinel witnesses yes
:-l. 70 % this hour, 6 ?.
r.s.t ; L.s oeon reached. ]. c.
w.. ..r- tie Jury this morning
.t.i ..t Wednesday afternoon q
-.- .-..l lu: Are you going to
-. ... 'rire to.niglt!" Mr.. Irwin
I Ve.y. aa1 the question
'.l4ll .-aiu answered IN the
CAUSE of IHE DIsATER.
,le disaster Is said TO be
---' ..- ..-, Aa' the pins which held
Tt., '-.,hef at the eas, end Of
w-. nrent. lying in the mid
b. AMI the threads Of the
r.-eAei. The theory ad-
r d That these pms had
w'L tAc intention OF wreck
'a.a.
SOS. Ic.on is too horrible TO be
..--'..a u the absence of positive
,-'. subject.
VA t.-.r A. expert civil engineer,
cling 1s Of the road, says: II
...fo puil spikes without bend
Ills was not the case with
Pa tre tack. The cross-ties
li. utterly unsafe" The sec
.a.- ;aat be Ind done no work
i- ..r some time. aud cannot
r.- -.t, or not. Prominent law
.r-l- Inc railroad are attending
.4''on and object 10 any en-
; t-- company testifying II the
TfI WRgrK LED TRAIN.
o.. car are IN the water. The
p. Ike huge beast suddenly
ht- on its side. Up and
'.-. ,mianknent force of one
l4.-- afe now az work on the
t-.'.,,s experience is given by both
'- r,n AID Mr. Gaze. Both
l...ous Of the descent, but
'.' t..v were unaware Of any jar
-..l struck the ground.
.'' '-. are ,et under the wreck.
fc i.-,i ,o-day.
AS erlcIsL srAryyEsr.
.-' N.-s telegram from General
'te.a. who j. a. the scene of the
";.ck, was received last eve
N'usrHii. \. G., august rs, 1891.
'.-. fr'mmd, "a:
"f. lay received. The wreck
b, t-e removal Of rail near
eai 4 the bridge. Seventeen
a41 FIVE employes-railroad
i-.'.n- cover the dead. Twenty
'ei' -ole Of whom IN my opinion
". ". GRrEs.
Genera Manager,
a. lw9ad and Danvllle railroad.
'rl WRECK AT THIRD CREEK.
'-'f account Of the Scenes at states