The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12
THROUGH An OPEN SWITCH.
a.. c. & 7. LIMITED EXPRESS
-aECNED Al ANDERSON STA
TON.
ONE KILLED AND rs INJURED.


an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rear Car
PiIed Into a Ditch Beneath a Tres
tIe-The Little Child of Mrs. 5. Ma
thans OF brunswick Hurled
Through a window and Buried in
the Mud-The Injured brought TO
the city by a Relief TraIn-FOur-
teen in the savannah Hospital.
several Savannah People Among
the Injured-The Disaster the
work of Train OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
at the Wreck.
The north bound New York and Flor
ida limited express on the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroad was thrown from
the track shortly after noon yesterday at
Anderson, a small station nine miles
south of Savannah.
The entire train. except the body of the
engine. was derailed and rolled over. One
child was killed, and twenty-six people
were injured.
The accident was caused by misplaced
switch, which had been turned and lock-
cd. the switch target being shifted to
deceive the engineer.
The train was made up of engine and
tender. combination baggage and mail
car. one second-class coach, smoking car
hrst-class coach and Pullman sleeper, and
was running at the rate Of 80 miles an
hour. The accident occurred about fifty
yards north of small tres
tie bridging ditch used to
drain a rice field. The ditch is ten feet
wide and about six feet deep. At the time
of the accident, owing to the low tide,
there was only about foot of water IN
thrown from the trestle across the ditch.
The other cars were overturned down an
embaukment.
AT the first shock of the engine leaving
the track, Conductor J. 4. Glass seized the
air brake cord, and set the brakes, bring
ing the train almost to an instantaneous
standstiu, preventing the telescoplng OF
the cars There were over 200 passengers
on the train. OF this number but twenty
six were among the Est of injured, though
1t is probably that many more received
slight Injuries, and We're not included IN
the list.
Conductor Glass gave a report of the
wreck Immediately on arriving in the
city. The wrecked train, of which he
was In charge, left Jacksonville at 1880
o'clock in the morning and picked up a
large number of passengers from Bruins
wick, Darien and other points along the
road bound for Savannah. Leaving Ways
station there were 2OS passengers on
board. The cars were so crowded that
three people were setting in a seat in
most cases. Just minute before the ac-
standing in a second-class coach When he
felt the jolt of the car leaving the track,
he realized at once that something na9
happened and seized the air brake cord
and pulled with all his strength, putting
on about eighty pounds pressure on the
brakes. The cord cut Glass hand, but ne
hung on until the car toppled over into
y was thrown violently against the
stunned for a moment, hut quickly re
covered and crawled out of the window
ana organized rescue corps TO take out
the wounded. have never in my twenty
six years of experience seen such an ac-
cident and that it did not result more
fatally is a miracle. As soon as the en-
CINE could be righted 1 sent off for help
The Wrecking train arrited within forty
minutes. When 1 looked at the switch It
was turned and locked, and the switch
target was Shifted. II was evidently the
work Of some one who had worked on
railroad and was done with the deliberate
intention of wrecking the train. The first
class passenger coach was thrown from
the trestle into the draining ditch and
the passengers were rescued with diff
Guilty. The passengers in the Pullman,
about twenty of them, were not hurt The
seats in the car being padded, and the
car not oVer-crOwded. The wounded
were taken out and carried a little dis
lance to some shade trees, the passcn-
gers who escaped injury assisting to al
leciate their sufferings until the relief
train arrived.
The relief train left Savannah at 2:15
o'clock with DR.. Boyd the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular surgeon, and Drs.
Weichselbaum, White and Norton. DR..
NOrton's son, r. G. Norton, Jr, medi-
cal student accompanied them. On the
arrival of the train the doctors went to
work at once, and as soon as possible
had the injured removed to the relief
train, which reached the city at OclOck.
The most seriously injured We're taken to
the Savannah hospital The others went
TO their homes or those of their friends.
The only fatality was a little S-year-old
son, Louis, of Mrs. S. Nathans of Bruins
VIII wa thrown a window
in the rear coach as it went into the ditch,
and was buried in the mud under the car.
The injured at the hospital are:
E. L. Greer Lake City, Fla, arm brok-
en- and shoulder dislocated.
j. d. White of Brunswick, bruised in
breast and injured internally.
c. A. Shaw, Brunswick, finger broken,
arm injured and head bruised.
J. A. Fisher, Lake. City, Fla, a relative
Of the Mordecai family, and Mr.. E. p. Mas
ters of this city, cut about the mead.
J. J. Trimble, Tampa, Fla, leg crushed.
Mrs. Smith, Charleston, 5. G., right hand
Annie Pacetti, Charleston, face cut and
Rev. w. P. Guion, assistant rector of
Trinity Episcopal church, New Orleans,
La, right ear severed and injured about
Charles Douglass Arnold, Springfield,
III head and arm injured:
E. P. Poppeh, Darlington, Ga, neck
sprained and internal injuries.
h. p. Levein, Brunswick, shoulder dis
Fleming Winn, a 12-year-old boy of
address of H. L. Fulton, Savannah leg
and face bruised.
Mrs. Patterson, Ridgeland, S. c., ribs
crushed.
c. M Fryer Day, Fayette county, in
Jured about the head.
The injured not sent to the hospital are:
Mrs. W. L. Rogan, Brunswick, shoulder
fractured.
Susan Courcer, Savannah, Wrlst ana
back sprained.
j. A. Barrett, Brunswick, injured in the
back
Lizzie Johnson, Darien, injured in the
chest
Sterling Law, Liberty county, shoulder
dlslocated.
Rebecca Lorway, Darien, severely in
Jured in the side.
Della Smith, Darien, hip sprained.
Il. W. Brewster, Crescent, wrist
sprained
ynEap Dukes. Jacksonville, Fla, right
.. o. Hun, Pullman car waiter, badly
bruised.
Mrs. J. >. Derby, 81 Bruins
wick, mother of Mr.. E. S.
Derby of this city. seriously injured. Mrs.