The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-21
KNOCKED FROM THE TRACK.
A Central Freight COllideS With the
Charleston Express.

Two Coaches Overturned and Rolled
Down a Bank 80 Four People In
jured But None Seriously-The Col
lision at the Central Railroad and
the Charleston and Savannah Cross
ing - Each Engineer Thought the
Other Had Stopped.
What might have been a very serious
accident occurred yesterday morning at
the crossing of the Central railroad and
Charleston and Savannah railway, three
miles west of the city.
The incoming passenger train on the
Charleston and Savannah railway, due
here at 1927 O'Clock, was run into by a
train of freight cars on the Central, and
two passenger coaches were knocked
from the track. Both trains were NOV
ing slowly, or the accident might
have resulted moro seriously than
it did. The two coaches were
rolled over and the passengers
considerably shaken up. Only four were
injured, however, and they very slightly
THE INJURED.
John F. Brice was the most severely
wounded. He received small confusion
of the scalp, requiring two or three
stitches by DR.. Charlton. Mr.. Brice con-
tinued his Journey south on the next train
without delay.
Bowling Burns, boy, had his hand cut
Mrs. H. S. Davis was slightly bruised.
Peter Jones, colored, received slight
cut In the foot.
The passengers were put into the
baggage car and brought into the city
DR.. T. j. Charlton, surgeon of the COM
pany, had been notified and
met the passengers at the depot
where he dressed the wounds of the in
jured. He said afterwards that none of
the injuries were serious.
The way the accident occurred is this:
The Charleston and Savannah train
slowed down and came to full stop be-
fore reaching the crossing, as required by
law. A Central railroad yard engine was
pushing train of eighteen freight cars to
be delivered to the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway. The pusher was NOV
ing very slowly, the train moving back
wards.
EACH THOUGHT THE OTHER HAD STOPPED.
The accident was due, Superintendent
Kline thinks, to the engineers of each
train thinking the other had stopped.
The freight train was moving so slowly
ne IulnKS bndG the engineer
of the passenger train thought it
had stopped and that it had the undis-
puted righU-of-way, while the engineer of
the freight train, seeing the passenger
train had come to full stop, concluded
to go ahead, thinking he had the right-of-
way. The result was both trains started
together for the same point, violating the
| well known law of Physics that the same
| space cannot be occupied by two separate
bodies at the same time.
AS according to railroad law the older
road has the prior right-of-way, the en-
| gineer of the freight probably thought he
| had clear road. The accident was evil
IDENTIFY the result of a misunderstanding
on both sides.
The Charleston and Savannah train
was in charge of Conductor Sullivan and
! Engineer Hazel. Engineer Lewis was
running the Central pusher Investiga-
tions will be held to-day by Supt Gads-
| den, of the Charleston and Savannah
railway, and Supt. Kline of the Central
railroad, to determine the responsibility
of the accident.
The damage to the passenger coaches
| is probably several hundred dollars, as
| they will have to be taken to the shops
for repairs before they will be ready to
! go on the road again