The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
WATCHES WERE NOT RIGHT.
Il. c. AND p. FREIGHT TRAINS COLI
LIDE NEAR WHITE OAK.

Engines and Cars Were Wrecked.
Iuired to Clear the Track and
Trains Delayed.
Two freight trains on the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular Railroad collided head
on a mile and half north of White Oak
at 5:45 o'clock yesterday morning. The
trains were north bound No. IS and south
bound No, rs.
None of the train crews were injured,
though number of cars and both engines
We're badly damaged. Five or six cars
We're torn TO pieces.
The office of the trainmaster in Savan-
nah was notified of the wreck. Mr.. Raley
had a wrecking train made up and went
down to the scene, leaving here at 1880
o'clock. Work was commenced upon the
arrival of the train to clear away the
wreckage. This took some time, and the
repairs to the track also required consid-
cradle labor. The track was not COM
p.etely cleared until O'clock in the after
noon All of the trains were delayed, one
of them being some six hours late in ar
irving here. The wrecking train got back
last night.
The cause of the accident is not known,
though it is thought il due TO some negl-
gence or oversight. The engineer and con-
their watches were not on time.
Mr.. f. r. Darby, city passenger and
ticket agent for the Southern Railway
at Asheville, is i'm the city He was called
here by the serious Illness of his sister,
Miss Darby, who is now at the Savannah
Hospital. Miss Darby has been a nurse
at the hospital for some time. Not long
since she was so unfortunate as to con-
tract blood poisoning in some way, and she
is now very low. Her brother was sum-
moned to her bedside by telegraph.
Nearly all of the Plant system clerks
are now constantly on guard TO prevent
any one running up against their sore
arms. When a friend approaches one of
them and takes hold of the game member
he is at once made aware. In very forci-
Bile language, that he had better look out.
The vaccination they all had TO undergo
a few days ago is now getting in its work.
Some of the employees are laid up, as the
virus has made them sick. One young
man is said to have developed a genuine
case of smallpox in mild form This
sometimes happens from an injection of
the vaccine, it Is said, though the dis
ease is not contagious when so developed
Nearly all of the Offices are from one to
four or five men short It is expected that
they will all be back at work within few
| days.
Mr.. c. l.. Bruner. train master of the
! First division of the Central Railroad, was
In Macon on business yesterday.
The bridge committee of the City Coun-
Gil of Atlanta has unani-
mously accepted the proposition
of the Central and Southern Rail-
roads to give $4,000 towards the erection
of viaduct across the Mitchell street
tracks. The work is to progress under the
direction of the city The roads have Moth
ing to do but approve the plans and pay
over their money when the job Is complet-
ed, or at such time as may be agreed on
| Only the Central and Southern are con-
cerned in the transaction, which means an
expenditure of $4,000 each, and $4,000 or
$4,000 for the city. The city officials con-
slider this good offer.
petition to foreclose a mortgage
| amounting to $4,000 made by the old
Rome and Carrollton Railroad Company,
which afterwards became the Chattanoo-
ga, Rome and Columbus Railroad Com
pany, has been filed in the Superior Court
of Floyd county by Messrs. l.. d. Mckee
and l.. M Marshall, who are bondholders
The Louisville and Nashville's east side
freight station In st. Louis will be ready
for occupancy early next month