The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-31
CROWDED COACHES DITcHED.
Fatal ACCIDENT TO THE IA. OF r.
EXCURSION TRAIN AT Pores
FERRY.

Derailed I'm an InexpIicabIe Man
ner-TwO Deaths Result while
Fifty or sixty People Are More or
Less Seriously Hurt-NO ENpIRna-
tiOn offered OF the Cause of the
Wreck-Fun and Revised List OF
the Injured.
Macon. Ca, Aug. sO.-A special excur-
sion train, containing uniform rank
Knights of Pythias OF Macon. and $50 pas
sengers. that left Macon at s:l5 O'Clock
this morning. met with an accident be-
tween Holton and Popes ferry. sixteen
miles from Macon, that resulted in the
death Of two people and the injury OF for
ty-five OF fifty more or less seriously.
The dead are:
J. A. Kennedy Of Macon. instantly killed:
attempted to jump from baggage car; was
a well known merchant Of Macon, IS years
old.
Mrs. c. w. Hancock. wife OF Editor
Hancock Of Americus. was seated in the
coach next to the baggage car. She died
half an hour after the accident
The injured are:
Frank Harrington. three ribs broken,
hurt about the hips internally; he may
be fatally hurt
Mrs. J. Clancy. bad wound in the head:
shoulder dislocated and severe internal
injuries; her condition is very bad.
Fred Won BiXon. a member Of the Ma
con FIRE department.: both legs hurt; in
ternal injuries In the chest
John CAN'T, arm broken, shoulder dis
located, several cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Castellowa, scalp wound and inter
nal injuries Her daughter, Mrs. Mallant
Hightower also hurt on the head and In
ternal injuries
Miss Lillian Dumas. right leg broken
and cut on face.
Mrs. J. S. Drake, severe cut and severe
internal injuries In the chest
Mrs. Julia Crittendon. face and head
badly cut one rib broken.
Miss Webb, one leg broken.
Mrs. OHerry. hurt in back and neck
sprained
William Montgomery. collar bone brok-
en-, shoulder dislocated. cuts on arm
Giles Atkinson, right cheek laeerated.
bruises on head.
Miss Marie Lowry, collar bone broken
and shoulder dislocated.
Mrs. Fred Abel. two bad cuts on the
right arm and also thought TO be hurt in
ternally
Mrs. T. Harpe, internally injured.
Mrs. Brannon, severely injured inter-
many anu nENttdl OAAWHTG nuFLH-
&. w. Faucet was badly injured In the
spine, and is thought to be seriously hurt.
ID. NJ. Carson. seriously injured In the
spine; several bruises.
Mrs. e. E. L. Cronin, hip broken.
DR.. 5. NJ Setbers. rib broken.
Mrs. c. w. Hancock. who died from
her injuries, was thrown heavily against
DR.. Suber.
J. II. Hubbard, knee cap fractured.
Misses Edith and Sadie Schatzman were
bruised about the face and head. They are
daughters OF Grand Chancellor w. II.
schatzman. Knights OF Pythias OF Geor-
gia- He was also aboard and received
some bruises.
J. II. Hightower, hurt on nose and chin,
shoulder and left side bruised
A Crohen, nose broken, face battered.
Mrs. X. L. Sheridan, head hurt.
At las o'clock the train bearing the dead
and wounded arrived in Macon, coming
In two sections.
1t was not until this train arrived that
fun particulars OF the wreck could be
learned. Even then no explanation could
be given OF what caused the train TO leave
the track.
The train was in charge Of Conductor
Eacutt and Engineer Harie, both Of At
lanta. The accident took place on the
trestle just this side Of POpe's ferry and
Immediately around a curve.
Suddenly and without warning the bag
gage car and two coaches Immediately be-
hind II left the track and rolled down the
fifteen foot embankment, breaking loose
from the other coaches and engine. The
engine did not leave the track at all
Mr.. Kennedy, who was killed. was rid
ing In the baggage car when the accident
occurred and as soon as he realized that
the train had left the track he attempted
10 jump through the open door The car
fell on him as he jumped and crushed him
to death. His body WAS badly mashed and
IT is evident that he was killed instantly.
Mrs. Hancock, the other passenger kill
ed was riding in the coach, Immediately in
rear Of the baggage car. This coach also
left the track and rolled down the en-
bankment. In this coach were most Of the
people who were injured.
When found Mrs. Hancock was lying
between the seats in the uptuFned car and
upon examination # was found that her
spine was broken. She was an aged lady
and died in five minutes, before the wreck
ing train with the physician arrived.
The scene al the depot on arrival Of the
train was indescribable. More than / 90
anxious people who had relatives and
friends on the train waited for hours for
the return Of the relief train When At
cheer, then hush followed by the weep
ing Of women, children and even strong
men, mingled with occasional shouts Of
Joy as those on the depot platform recog-
nized friends and relatives at the car win
doWs.
The first section Of the train only brought
those slightly injured which helped 70
ailay the alarm OF many, who having
heard all sorts OF rumOrs, thought that
nearly everybody on the train had been
killed.
The second section brought the dead and
seriously hurt. When these were being
removed from the train there were many
lamentations. and even negroes. who were
congregated nearby, Wept bitterly.
II was the most exciting day Macon
ever spent. and nothing else has been
talked of. From the time the news Of the
accident was first received until the train
arrived the city was In mourning.
Alexandra. Va, Aug. 5o.--A wreck Oc-
CURED on the sOutbern railway At 2
O'Clock .. m. caused BY two freighf trains
coillding. Several ears were thrown down
an enbaDkment. and II u said that me
engineers and breDen ~ both trains. who
reside 20 Alexanlfla, were seriously hurt.
Travel On the Southern railway north and
south - blocked TralIs move oyer fhe
Pennsylvania track. Tie damage ls eefi-
mated az $1,000.