The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-16
THE 800 RETURN SAFELY.
The Train Stopped Just Forty Feet
From the Ditch.

From Inc DllCu.
The Special From the Washout re-
turns at 7:io All Ready to Get
Aboard When the Train Arrived.
Delay in Getting the Train Due to
the Inactivity of the s., F. and w.
MANY People Walk In and Stragglers
Met Along the Wayside-They Are
Welcomed Home-A Special Force OF
Hands Put to Work and the Damage
will Be Repaired To-day.
At7:1O this morning those 300 people
arrived at Tybee depot on the special
train obtained from the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railroad, after having
spent nine hours in the St. Augustine
swamp, weary, worn and waiting for re-
lief
All night long inquiries came to the
depot to know if the accident had been
serious one and if anyone had been hurt,
so it can be imagined with what joy the
excursionists were met by their friends
when they arrived at the depot this morn
ing all safe and sound, but rather ex-
hausted and ready to partake of good
square meal
Those who understood the situation
saw that the accident to the track had
been unavoidable and they all accepted
the inevitable with good grace, each one
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Carthy, who had carefully and cautiously
stopped his train just forty feet before he
reached the first washout.
GETTING A TRAIN READY.
AS soon as Engineer Mccarthy reached
the city the superintendent, T. c. Me
Nicely, was notified of the accident and at
onoe-set to work to get a special train.
The train was ordered from the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western yards at 1
O'Clock this morning, as one could not
have been brought around from the Cen
trial without pilot, who was unobtain-
able at that time.
One O'Clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock and
O'Clock passed and still Supt. McNeely
was waiting at the Tybee road depot for
the special train. Five O'Clock did not
bring it, and by that time stragglers had
begun to appear up the track. The
first party up this morning reached
the depot at $50. The able pedestrians
were Messrs. w. w. Chisholm, A. d. M.
Hartridge, Gadsden and Osborne.
Just at that time the special train APP
peared and took on two more coaches at
the Tybee depot, in which was lot of
planks taken down 90 put across the
washout for the passengers to cross on.
THE SCENE AT THE wAsHoUT.
At just 5;45 o'clock the special train of
six coaches left the depot to bring the be-
lated excursionists into the city.
On the way down others were met, and
Supt. McNeely had the train stop for
them, although many Of them We're so
near in town that they continued their
walk. AT the two mile post large
crowd was taken on, and more still
further down.
The weary passengers were overioyed
at the approach of the train, and when it
came in sight almost every one of them
had crossed the shalky crossties and were
hailing 1t with hat and handkerchief. As
the train stopped about 100 yards from
the washout they came in a grand rush
for it, half dozen besciging one doorway
at the same time in their eagerness to
find seats.
In fact, most Of the passengers had
crossed and those who had not made the
trip in few minutes so that quarter of
an hour from the time the train arrived
everybody was on board and eager to re-
turn to the city. Every moment of delay
seemed a source of anxiety to them.
THEY GET BACK SAFE.
Actually not one of the passengers on
the train was hurt, beyond being little
weary with nine hours of night turned
into day. AS they were all wide awake,
no particular inconvenience was expert
enced. Some of the ladies, and es-
peeially those who had chill
dren with them, were very much
worn out by the long and tedious wait,
but all were happy when the train
arrived and all the way from St. Angus
tine creek to the river they told of their
experiences during the night, aud had
many good laugh over them. Many de-
clared however, that they would never
again go to Tybee if they were to receive
such treatment as that. They thought
they should have been sent for earlier,
and such would have been the case had
the Savannah Florida and Western been
more prompt in ordering out the train
They arrived in the city all right at
7:l0. The picnic was that of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Fireman and there
was a number Of engineers also on the