The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-23

letting the freight train out. The ex-
press then ran into the track, and as the
freight engine was but short distance
from the switch rails there was no time
to stop Brakeman Thompson was q
trusted man and of more than average in
telligence. He is not in custody, but will
be on hand at the inquest"
HOW SOME OF THE VICTIMS PERSISTED.
Conductor Parks was in charge of the
freight train, and was in the caboose He
was not harmed The engineer of the
passenger train, John Greene, met an
awful death He had no time to lump,
and was thrown from his cab forward
clear over the freight engine, a distance
of several car lengths. His conductor,
James Coulter, was taken from be-
meath the wrecked smoking car
with his spine broken He died
as soon as he was taken into the depot.
James B. Woakley and Henry Aaren, with
a company of boys from Dr. Barnardos
orphanage in London, Eng, was aboard
the train bound for Chicago. One of the
lads, Harry French, was killed, and sew
eral others were badly injured. One Of
them, VIM. Adams, lies unconscious in the
station and cannot recover. Woakley is
also badly hurt.
swITCHMAN's FEARFUL BLUNDER.
Physicians and surgeons arrived from
all directions In response to the railways s
summons. At l o'clock a special train
came in from Peru and carried fifteen in
iured persons to Chicago Trainmaster
Tramwell was in the first section that
passed Kingsbury in safety. ut
was all Thompson's blunder,n he said,
Il noticed that the first section
signaled the waiting freight train that
there was another train coming, and it
was answered 1.-TWO" by the freight en-
gineer, showing the signal was under
stood, and yet Thompson, whom l have
not seen yet, opened that switch. 1t was
an awful blunder This is the first life
lost on this division of the Wabash in six
years.
THOMPSON MAY BE LYNCHED.
Kingsbury, Sept 22.-Two score men
are securing the surrounding country for
Herbert Thompson, the brakeman to
whose neglect responsibility for the
catastrophe is placed. After the freight
train had backed to its siding to await the
passage of the express his movements
We're not observed by any of the crew.
When, however, Engineer Whitman had
succeeded in eXtricating himself from the
debris of the mail car, into which he had
been driven by the force of the collision,
he found Thompson standing on the track
as pale as ghost and trembling in every
limb
what have you done2" demanded the
engineer, whose right arm hung helpless
by his side while the blood poured from
cut in his head
FABRICATING AS TO THE CALAMITY.
Il must have left the switch OPEN ~
was ThOmpsOn's reply, and without
another word he took to his heels and dis
appeared on the side Of the wreck. Half an
hour later he put in an appearance at the
Center farm house, two miles south, and
asked for something to eat saying. by
way of explanation, that wreck had oc-
CURED during the night over towards
Kingsbury that he had been tagged for
hours, and that he was completely worn
out The family hastened to set the table,
but after swallowing cup of coffee, he
seized his hat and left the house, exclaim-
ing as he did so that he had to notify the
officials of the road. Instead of return
ing toward Kingsbury, however, he took
the pike for Stillwel, five miles below
that point, and through which several
trains over the Wabash, Grand Trunk
and Lake Erie and Western pass during
the day. Up to late hour tonight no
trace of his whereabouts had been dis
covered
The three English boys belonged to a
company known as DIR. Barnardo's S
musical troupe from the London Orphan
asylum, conducted by that noted philan-
thropst. They had been booked for a
concert at the headquarters of the Ep-
worth League, just outside the worlds
fair grounds, on Friday evening.