The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-22
FATAL TRIP FOR THE FLYER.
COAST LINES FLORIDA VEsTIBULH
IN COLLISION.

Ran Into n Local Passenger Trains
About tO Take "a siding Near Char
lesion The Fireman of EacH
Train KiIIed-One of the Engi-
neers Probably Fatally scaIded-A
Number of other Trninmen More
or Less Seriously Injured.
Charleston, S. c., Jan. 2.-The Florids
special over the Atlantic Coast Line sys-
TEN collided With the Northern passenger
train between this city and Columbia ag
the eght-mile turn about o'clock this
morning.
The track is a straight one at that poInt
for several miles but owing to a heavy
| fog neither engineer could see the APP
proach of the other train until the engines
were almost together.
The local passenger train is scheduled
to go into the turn out and await the spec
al there. The local had just shut off its
steam and whistled downbreaks for tha
siding when the vestibule crashed into it,
Both conductors allege that they wers
running strictly on their schedule time,
and It win require a full Investigation ta
place the responsibility for the catastro~
phe. The dead are:
ROBERT JAMES, fireman on NO 81.
the special.
WESLEY BISHOP. fireman on No. 52s
the local.
The injured are:
j. w. NEELEY, engineer of No s7s
scalded. internally injured; will probably
die
Il. II. DIX, coored porter on 81, left lee
badlv crnebo1 bbdily in furfag
T.. r. LILIES baggage master, left leg
broken, numerous bruises.
Electrical Engineer L. r, CLARK, on
No. 81, bruised and cut.
Conductor j. b. BULLOCK. of No. 81.
cut about the face.
Engineer E. f. HALL. of No. 81. lefe
arm broken.
Mail Clerk J. II. BINGHAM. of No. 5ss
left leg and arm broken.
A. NJ. MDuFFIE, baggage master, No.
81, bruised about the head
J. A. POWELL, express messenger, No.
50. leg and ribs broken.
A. j. GOURDIN, Of Charleston, cut irs
head.
J. II. HOOD travelling salesman, OF
Knoxville, Tenn, cut on head and injured
about body.
]. II. MOORER of Ridley, s. c., cuc
on the face and head.
JAKE WILLIAMS, TRAIN HAND.
cut on the head
E. PASCHAN, hagman, badly bruised.
When the collision occurred the special
was running nearly fifty miles an hour,
while the local was slowing up for the sid
Ing.
Railroad officials are at loss to UNDER
stand, in view of this fact, why the lat-
ter train was not totally demolished. The
vestibule was several times it's weight.
and had the additional advantage of the
impetus with which IL was moving. Not>
withstanding these facts. however, the lo-
cal received little more injury than the
special.
Both engines and their baggage cars
were badly crushed out Of shape. The de-
bris was scattered for one hundred yards
around, but the coaches were not damage
ed to any appreclable extent
on the Vestibue, a glass broken here
and there, was the only indication OF
the terrific shock IL sustained.
None of the passengers on the Florida
special were hurt at all and they were
merely bruised by being thrown against
the sides of the cars.
The only serious injuries that we're re-
ceived on either train were those OF tha
engineers and officials of the company.
A wreck train was sent out at once tn
render aid. After the tracks were cleared,
a special train was sent out and tha
wounded were transferred to Ii and
brought here All the passengers went
10 the hotel and remained at them till q
o'clock. BY that time the Florida special
was brought in, the passengers reoccupied
their sections and the trip to the South
continued.