The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-12-30
cAHOBA WRECK,
= Twenty-ona Human
lives Were Lost.
/ WORK OF TRAIN wsEsktas
[....,.,.d the Fisadish Dsed fos
,s,poss of Robblng the VIE.
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!. c.hoba River wreck.

Tbex reist'ss Fs
"a. cahoba River Wreck.
|<aHan. Alta. Dec. es.-Great
,ioa is felt here and through
section over the work done by |
Ereekers. That sundays horri- |
.ster at cahoba river bridge
i II lives were lost was the
wreckers II now settled fact.
II does one OF the survivors pf
"A declare that hs saw three
~ down the river bank as the
,mped the track and afterwards
them robbing the dead aud
rd but the investigation so far
+ the railroad officials bears Out
|ery that the wreck was delib-
planned and executed.
Examination of the bridge shows
one side all the spikes for a
eurth were drawn and the rail
sa. This was the side on which
In left tho track, the marks Of
being distinct along the crosa
Ivors Of the wreck say they felt
4 leave the rail on one side first
the crash came.
bong force Of detectives has been
the scene. but what clews they
\ not known.
oubt Is entertained in the minds
officials OF the road that the men
krecked the train are the same
i who attempted last Tuesday
10 wreck the Southern railways
xpress at McComb's trestle. Is
east Of here. Tho method
II was the same In both in
n A trestls In the neighborhood
hundred feet high was selected
lines, aud rail was removed by
bg the spikes and unbolting 1t.
kcComb's trestle Engineer Hawes
= Bic to stop lis traiu after 1t left
Ills and whilo IL was humping
on the cross-ties.
RAILROAD and express companies
hrlng no efforts to run down the
= ants.
RAILROAD officials have q list Of 81
That number OF bodies have been
ont OF the river. but the belief
ground that there are more dead
yet in the river, or else
were entirely consumed by
The railroad officials, how
say the place has bccr
&Rhly searched. II seems
ible to ascertain how many pas.
y were on the train. Nearly
4 round.trip holiday tickets and
en AWAY from home to spend
mas. Many were on their way
: TO the various mining towns
The disaster occurred. Only one
was sold out Of Birmingham fol-
-fated train.
ductor Connell, who knew bettel
tnyone else the number aboard
He'd and burned up In the wreck
eiops that a man named Libb
bis wife got on the train n
y, six miles this side o
wreck. They are missing
II Is probable that the,
burned in the wreck. This run
y Of known dead to 81. Other
y number of ak, who were sur
TO be missing, have been as
Jed for. The correct list of tn
and missing now stands as fol
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.
INK White, engineer.
nes Bowling, express messenger
rye Carney, fiagman.
Connell, conductor.
streeter, porter.
Webb, bridge watehmau,
PASSENGERS.
NJ. Martin, l.rookwood.
bee Phillips, Blocton.
Z. Henry Hanbury and two chi
Birmingham.
\, R, H. Blount, Birmingham.
. Ada Powers, Blocton.
4. Powers, Blocton.
Elma Powers and two children
lon.
:. R. L. Little, Dlocton.
nes Gardner, mother and siste
ton.
Llbbs and wife, Gurnee.
TIE INQUIRED.
(nry Hanbury, will probably die.
drew Bryson, will die.
Reckels.
4 Gardner.
y Booth.
y Stuart, fireman.
shild Of Mrs. Powell.
y Walker.
. story that three men robbie
lead and dying. as told by one
survivors, has not yet been &C
d. But the railroad officials q
sure 1t was tho work Of tra
ekers, and an army OF dctcctiv
sorking on the case.
2, Ross, a bridge carpenter, HI
collision between two relief trai
= scene of the disaster, is dead.
Rosher bridge carpenter nam
had both his legs cut of in
ID collision, and will die.
ANOTHER WRECK.
fpsnter Killed In Collislon At Cahs
+ = Iyfidre.