The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-28

CHARLOTTE, y. C., Aug. 27.-one Of
,be most disastrous railroad wrecks
aver known in this State occurred this
morning about 2 o'clock at Boston
TriJre. twenty miles west OF States
+iIIo on the Western North Carolina
,o.j Passenger train No. 0, known rs
,5a lsst mail, which made up at Sails.
barr, pulled out on time, heavily loaded
with passengers
II was composed OF baggage and
mail car, second and first class coaches,
pnIlman sleeper and Superintendent
P,Igc,, private car Daisy" The
,Iseper. which was from Goldsboro,
usually contains good number of pas
ssr,ers from northern points, and last
TiDbt was no exception. The run TO
S,strsyille, a distance OF twenty-five
niles ,f. was made on time. but just after
i"oviny Srs Statesville there is u high stone
S,i1pe spanning the creek and down
;n,o y His creek plunged the entire train,
distance Of at least sixty-tlve feet,
rrrcking the whole train and carrying
,Ieath aud destruction with It.
twenty passengers were Killed out
,ight nine seriously injured and about
twenty badly bruised and shaken up.
The scene OF the wreck beggars descrtp-
lion, The night was dismal, and to
add to the horror OF the situation the
wafer in the creek was up. 1t was only
through the most heroic efforts OF those
who had hurried to the scene OF the
wreck that the injured were not
drowned.
sprrading Of the rails. The bridge was
not injured, and trains are running on
.clclule time. Twenty bodies are now
wing in warehouse at Stateswlle.
Tie injured are having the best OF
care at private residences and hotels.
The following is list of killed:
WILLIAM West, engineer, Salisbury,
|NC.
WApnrS Fly, fireman, Hickory, N. G.
II. K. LlxsTER, Statesville, n. 9.
WILLIAM IIoUsroH, Grcenboro, N. @.
p BARSErT, Asheville, n. G.
SAMUEL GoRMAN, Asheville, N. G.
". +. WINsLow, Asheville, n. 9.
CHARLES BENNETT, Hendersonvillc,
NC.
". J. FISHER, Campbell, S. g.
J. b. AUSTIN, Hickory, N. 9.
7. DRODIE, drummer, New York.
J.. NJ. SKIES, Clarksville, Tenn.
MIS- Pool, WILLIAMS, North Carolina,
lunE TitEFER, travelling salesman.
Doc WELLS, colored, pullman porter.
louX DAVIS, Statesvillc, n. G.
Mn. MCComuCE, Alexandria, Va.
DR.. George W. Sanderlin, State Audi
Tor was on the wrecked train. He was
painfully injured.
Among others who escaped with in
jurcs more or less serious are:
Colonel Z. B. Capmton, OF the Cover
nor's staff; Patrick L. Ransom, North
ampton county, n. G.; Otto Ransom, OF
Norfolk Va. Worth Elliott, OF Hickory,
y. e.; George Bowles, Of Atlanta; Col
oneI .. W. Lawson, OF Louisville, KY;
Miss l.. Pool, of Williamson, n. O.;
NlS, p and Miss o. Moord, OF Helena,
Arkr \. S. Link and wife, Of Lexing-
Ton, Ky; b. n. Estes, Jr., Of Memphis,
Tenn; John Gage, Of Asheville; r. L.
Johnston, OF Newberry, S. c.; Con-
dnctor Spaugh, sleeping Car conductor;
II. Z. C!ecper and Flagman Shoaf.
Mrs. Pool was drowned before aid
could reach her. Three more bodies
have not been identified; one OF these
i an old lady; another is a lady with
ticket in her pocket which reads: Mrs.
Goorgc Mccormick and mother, Elm
wood, n, e., to Alexandria," the third
is also u lady.
Upon her finger is n ring engraved T.
Il. W. to NJ. K. r. It's though that all
the bodies have not been taken out
o. the debris, which is piled up so high
that i is impossible to make n thorough
examination. Crowds have tlocked 10
the scene all day and the accident has
ccastsIooln over the entire community.
Not soul came out OF the sleeper alive.
., Miss Ophclia Moore, of Helena, Ark,
aIel after being taken out OF the wreck.