The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-28

is <ssrsesy sestaea. azss ths sew farmers
xns zzara o< toe wxeex and went 70 tf1s
sc@ze a-rsye5 too ssse to 5e 0f any assist
3nea. except % se@ Survivors.
Dr. Ray. a Bsccx4r phystc5an. who az
ferasea Gardner. sue af the injured sur
vfvo-x. fesegrApns touigzt th4 statement
rYasde yy Efzr1neg IS 20 IRE cause ~ TIE
wseex Garareg sa-s waer re felt the
cars leave rhe track he sz 5 t1rse rssn
rushing <ror- q Af9ing pszee ssoxn r1xzr1s
ssas waters eszgs and that after tae wreck
they went throug1 IRE wreckaze. roob4ns
tne dad ard rovnze5. and then aed 70
The woods Tsey dsd their work gu1ekly.
ard offered no assistance whatever = lae
way ~ r@scngng sne Imprisoned and injar-
ed passengers Tnts sscry. however, had
uot vee seen c-5~ro1srAtes. but ether 1zets
tend % saoE tsst tie 6sssstev vas due .
sne work of sraia ~rscxsFs.
Al exams Frzxson % TIE engine shows
thar Enw1nee- White n8d shat OF tae
steam and reversed cefcre * went cowz.
Indicating that ~ saw danger ahead a.
ne ayyprazrhea .Se bridge and FrIed %
stop ms train Hts charr@1 body was
found with ais hA1d on Ias thr0ctEs.
TIE railroad Sosao2ry tonight furnish
ed the folaosaag i OF the dad:
JAMES B0LL.sss1s. q Gsthrie. KY.
Soathsrn Exor~s zsssenxer
FRANK w-HITs % Birmingham. en-
a r. co~S Ell. - Helena, conductor
GEORGE EAH~Eg. O biFmiAs n
Il WEBB. a< Bizraanghan-
BRUCE PHTLL1kSS. % B4octor-
! ". MARTIN, sro9nz zeod Ala 80,
children. Psrmlr zharn.
4. H BLoUNT. Of Birmingham tcol-
oreS).
E,&tyN a< Fs1EtaT
MRS EMMA POWERS. ard two caii-
MRs. r. LITE Blocton-
Np- GARDNER Rlocton.
MRS GARDNER BioeEon-
MIS- GARDNER. Blocton-
Cne niaenssfexi body supposed 20 Dc
= Strstasr. colorssa porter,
TIE following are the Injured:
Henry HaaGaIry. OF BirInlnsaafns
Louisville and SashTi9s conductor. Sc
TloGs1y. ,,s.t
~aa1 Spencer fireman.
Ar,[svssss Flrss,n Bsocton. fatally.
Mss Booth. q haecton; ssightly,
Mrs. Walker. siightly.
Ms walkers three children escaped
.,-e~tIcaIv uninturea The relief train
srora ne scene o. the wreck a. the cahao2
rlver reached Birmingham at o'elock.
prfnz4nx ten c0rpzes and taree injured
r.srxons Ten other bodies we're left AZ
F3lorton where the deceased resided. and
one at Brookwooa-
The survivors al agree hat the tram
left the track ard bumped along the ties.
and taen With : crash plunged through the
bridge Expert engineers say there is eN-
cry Indication that a rail- vas removed.
y hfeh derasiea the train and caused il 10
rs5f7 down the 5ridge. The cross-iies show
marks OF the wheels. To add 70 this IS
he fact that three men tried 10 wreck a
Southern railway txain near Henry Ellen.
aftessn miles east OF here. i've days ago,
ny removing a raH or a tTestle ninety feet
hszh. The fast express Jeff the track. but
the engineer ma anage< by superhuman ef-
forts 10 stop Il before X tore down the
trestle This vas regarded as most re-
rnsrkahle escape n this case three men
we're seen running down from the place.
aEss a crowbar xiEh which spikes had been
drawn was found The scenes az both ac-
ciaents are In Mid. mountainous coun-
try.
Another serious wreck occurred near the
CahRfss river at I o'clock this afternoon.
A wrecklng rain which had gone 10 the
relief - the Hl-fstea passenger train vas
standing oa the ack. when II was run
isstN BY a coas Tfz@sfens train from Rtr-
rrafsgnan. which was oa It's way with men
an9 thinkers 10 rebuild the destroyed
bridge. Jim Estes. OF RayIes. vas fatally
crashed. ard several worknen We're more
or less hurt