Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12
SECOND EDITION.
RAILROAD TRAIN WRECKED
Twenty-six People Wounded and Child kilIed-The Wreck Was Deliberately
 Planned by Some Mscreant.

Savannah, Ga, May 1.-The north bound New York and Florida limited ex- press on the Florida Central and Penin- sular railroad was thrown from the track at Anderson, a small station ten miles south of here, today by a misplaced switch. The entire train, with the eX- ception of the body of the engine, was derailed, and rolled down an embank- ment. One child was killed, and twenty six people were injured, but none Of them fatally. The train was made up or one first-class coach, one second-class coach, smoking car, combination bag gage and mail car and Pullman sleeper and was running at the rate of thirty two miles an hour The switch was turned and locked and the switch target shifted, indica ting that the train was on the straight track. At the first shock of the engine leaving the track, Conduc- tor J. z. Glass seized the air brake cord and set the brakes, bringing the train almost to an instantaneous standstill as it left the track, and preventing the teescoping of the cars There were POS passengers on the train. Of this number twenty-siX were among the list of in- 3ured, though it is probable that many more received slight injuries and were hot included in the list. The dead and wounded so far reported are:
 Killed.
 Louis Nathans, 3 years aid.
 Injured.
 Mrs. ". l.. Roga, Brunswick. Ga., shoulder fractured
 B. W. Brewster Ge.rgia, wrist sprain- ed.
 c. A. Shaw, Brunswick, Ga, slightly in- jured about shoulder.
 J. A. Fisher, Lake Ciay, Fla. finger broken.
 Susan Courier, savannaA. wrist and back spraned.
 r. l.. Greer Lake City, Fla, shoulder fractured.
 J. D. White, Brunswick, injured about body.
 J. J. Trlmble, Tampa, Fla, arm bruised. Mrs. J. s. Durbec, Brunswick, slightly bruised.
 Augustus Law, Mcintosh, Ga, injured about shoulders.
 J. A. Barrett. Brunswick, injured In back.
 Della Smith Daren, Ga., hip sprained. William Dukes, Jacksonville, Fla, right leg hurt.
 Lizzie Johnson, Darlen Ga., injured in chest.
 Sterling Law. Liberty county. Georgia, shoulders dislocated.
 Rebecca Norway, Darien, severely in- jured inside.
 Mrs. Smith, Charleston, s. G., right hand broken.
 Annie Pacetti. Charleston, cut in the face.
 D. c. Hall, Tampa, Fla, Pullman car waiter badly bruised.
 Rev. W. P. Guion, assistant rector Trinity Episcopal church of New Or leans, right ear severed.
 Charles Douglass Arnold, Springfield H., head and arm injured.
 E. P. Poppell, Harrington, Ga., neck sprained and internal injuries.
 a1-priDo wick shoulder injured.
 Fleming Wing, a 12-year-old boy oi Dorchester, who had a card bearing the address of H. l.. Fulton, Savannah, legs and cheeks bruised.
 Mrs Patterson of Ridgeland, rlb' crushed.
 c. M Fryer, Lafayette county. Flori da. head injured.
 Three others whose names are un known are slightly injured
 The scene of the accident was at Smal station at the crossing of a ditch drain age from a rice field. There is no tele graph office at the station and no means of communication other than by train The train was due in Savannah at 12:4I o'clock. As soon as the engine could bt rlghted the engineer came to Savannah and brought the first report of the acci dent. Physicians were hurriedly sum moned, and a relief train went to tn scene of the wreck The injured wer HIIeHueu lneIe, ana the UlOTe SeIlOuSl, wounded were brought to the city an( taken to the Savannah hospital. I'm confusion al the wreck made 1t impossi ble for some time to get at the injured. NJ official statment can be obtained from thu officials of the road. The statements O the conductor and engineer show, how ever, that the disaster was the result o a deliberate plot to wreck the train. Tn place chosen was close by a trestle cross ing the ditch, which was about 6 fee deep.
 The probability is that the plan was t put the train into the ditch. As 1t was the rear car went over the trestle into tn water. The tide, which ebbs and flow in the ditch was out, and there was yer, little water in it. In a short time the tid began to come in and covered the low lands. It is supposed that the child O Mrs. Nathans is in the ditch. A search i going on, but the body has not yet beer found. The report of the accident caused great excitement in the city. Today | the opening of the annual May festival Crowds of people were coming into tn city, and hundreds of inquiries have beer received tonight from all parts of Georgi, and Florida. The hospital physician say that none of the wounded there ar likely to die, although the injuries of number are more serious than was a first believed. The motive of the wreck CTS is yet unexplained. Detectives wer put on the case at once, but without an, tangible clue to work upon.
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