The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-07
HUSSARS IN A WRECK.
THEIR STOCK GAR HURLED DOWN
AN EMBANKMENT,

DR.. Owens Fine Mere Probably
Fatally Injured-Private sIlverbsre's
Racer, jack Prince. Seriously In
jured-Luke Carson's Little Cigarette
Cut in the Leg-Eeroic Work by the
Troopers to Rescue Their Animals.
WINNsBoRo. s. c., March 6.-The train
carrying the Georgia Hussars met with a
serious accident two miles above Wins.
boro at 2:37 o'clock this afternoon. The
train was turning a sharp curve
at rapid rate when the
trucks of the tender jumped the track,
throwing the car carrying their horses
down steep moline, and breaking the
front truck Of the baggage car and careen-
ing the car in an opposite direction from
that taken by the horse car. The passen-
ger cars were not injured and the jar was
barely felt. None of the Hussars received
a scratch. The escape of the servants was
simply miraculous. Those in the baggage
car were slightly shaken up. There were
four negro boys in the stock car aud they
we're pulled out from under the horses, when
the car was broken open badly frightened
but unhurt. The Hussars attacked the car
franticallY with axes in an endeavor to
save their horses. The doors were broken
open, but as the car stood almost on end it
was hard work to get the animals out
ONLY TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED.
All were finally gotten out, however, and
only two appear to be seriously injured, DR..
Ovens fine mare and Private Silverbergb
racer Jack Prince. probably the two finest
horses in the car. Or. Ovens mare ap-
pears to be dying, but Jack Prince may
recover. Little Cigarette, Luke Carsons
fine mare, brought on by Lieut.. MINIS, had
a bad cut on the leg. The others appear to
have received only slight bruises, and will
probably all recover. The horses are now
quartered at the livery stable at Winns-
boro, and are receiving the best of arten-
tion. The fright of the poor brutes was
pitiful. Had it not been for the splendid
palace horse car few of them would have
come out alive. As it was, most Of them
were held IN by the separate partitions,
bottom Of the car were thrown
upon each other. IL hardly seemed possible
that they could come out alive, and the
wonder Is that they did.
The CAR CUT TO PIECES.
The stock car was torn almost entirely to
pieces by the Hussars in their work Of
rescue. The doors and sides were cut out
with axes and the iron 5olted partitions
pulled out by main force with block and
tackle. The Hussars worked, fought rather,
like Trojans in their effort to rescue the
horses. Every man worked like hero.
The work of dragging the frightened brutes
from the car was as dangerous as il was
arduous. Privates Bond, Servaes, Con-
stantine, Levison, Moeller, Jones, Wilson
and Gordon deserve special mention for
their work. 1t was three hours before the
two last animals were dragged from the
wrecked car.
After they had time to examine the wreck
the Husssrs thanked their lucky stars that
IL was no worse. The wonder is that the
whole train was not thrown down the steep
embsnkment. The tender jumped the track
at the beginning of a sharp curve aud ran
for several hun dred yards before the stock
car left the track. The baggage car re-
mained simply balanced on the track with
the front trucks torn from under 1t. Had
1t fallen it would have carried the remain
ing coaches with it.
THE FIRST WARNING.
The first warning of the wreck was q
lurch OF the train as if of wave striking
ship at sea. A minute later the train came
to a stop. The engineer did not, or could
not, put on his brakes, and when he stopped
Wal rIS
first left the track. The truck of the tender
jumped from under it and rolled down the
embankment.
The HUssars left Washington about mid
night Sunday, three hours behind time.
Very rapid time was made all the way
down, and the train was running nearly 40
miles an hour at the time of the accident.
An examination of the track disclosed that
1t had been newly repaired and was badly
out of plumb at the curve. The preceding
passenger train teIegraphed back to the
special to look out for this place, but the
special had left the last station before the
telegram was received.
Passenger Agent Taylor. who left Wash
ington with the Hussars, is doing every
thing in his power for them, and promises
to get them away by midnight. The Hus-
sars are being entertained Tonight
by the Gordon Light Infantry
Of Winnsboro. The people of Winnsboro
rendered great assistance at the wreck and
are doing everything they can for the COM
Tort of the Hussars. With no further ac-
cldent the Hussars will reach Savannah
Tomorrow morning. The stock car is re-
garded as hoodoo. 1t was just out Of a
wreck on the East Tennessee road when 1t
came to Savannah and was repaired at the
central shops This is the first wreck on
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road
IN eleven years.
Capt. Williams, master. OF trains Of this
uVIsiou Of tho Richmond and Dsnvtlle,
was on the train and ordered a wrecking
Ualn to the scene at once, and the wrecking
VeW Is now at work.
Blew Out His Brains.