The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-11
SAD FATE OF A SAVANNAHIAN.
HENRY VI. LAW DIES AS THE RE-
SUIT OF A TRAIN WRECK.

His Injuries Received in the Acct
dent on the Bridge Over Cuba
hatchee Creek in AIabama-His
Wife Reaches His Bedside Before
He Dies-DeraiIment of the Train
Caused by "a MuIe-Mr. Law For
merIy with the s., F. and w.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. ia mule on the
track wrecked the Atlanta and West Point
passenger train No. S5, which left Atlanta
for Mont gomery at 5:35 o'clock yesterday
morning, and caused the death of Con
ductor Henry NJ. Law of this city, one of
the most popular and efficient men run
ming out of Atlanta.
Mr.. Law received internal injuries in
an accident on the bridge over Cuba
hatchee creek, twenty miles this side of
Montgomery. and breathed his last in the
Plant System Hospital at Montgomery al
9 o'clock this morning
Mrs Law was telegraphed for and ar
rived at her husbands bedside before
| death occurred.
The news of Mr.. Laws death will prove
a shock to his many friends in this city
and along the line Of the Atlanta and
West Point and Western of Alabama rail-
roads
The cause of the accident, as explained
in a dispatch received this morning by
| President George f. Smith of the railway
company, was that a mule was on the
track The engine struck the mule at the
east end of the bridge and threw it on the
bridge. The engine passed over without
any trouble. Owing to a freight wreck
near LaGrange a transfer had been made
near that town. The passengers of No. 5
exchanged trains with No. SO, which was
on it's way to Atlanta. For that reason
the sleepers on the train for Montgomery
were next to the engine. The east truck
under the sleeper was the first to leave the
track on the bridge but the
sleeper got over, running all the
way on the ties 1t broke loose however,
from the two passenger coaches, one of
which turned over on the bridge and the
other fell off to the ground.
The reports which were received yes
terday failed to state the cause of the
accident and the officials in this city were
greatly perplexed about it, The bridge
! had only recently been rebuilt and had
been subjected to a most rigid eXamina-
ton.
AS soon as possible physicians were
| taken to the scene of the disaster and
! the injured were given every possible at
tention. President Smith provided a
special car in which Mrs. Law and her
family accompanied her husbands re-
mains to Atlanta at tbs o'clock tonight.
For the past nine years Capt. Law had
been with the West Point road having
come to it from the Savannah, Florida
and Western.
Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 1O.-A little Ar
menian girl is not expected to live through
the night
The remainder of the wounded are being
given every attention and all are getting
along very well.
The news of Mr.. Laws death was re-
ceved in Savannah yesterday morning,
and caused deep regret. Mr. Law was a
son of the late Judge Henry M. Law. For
a number of years he was a conductor on
the Savannah, Florida & Western Rail-
way. About ten years ago he went to the
Atlanta and West Point and Western Rail-
way of Alabama, and since then has been
one of the best-known and most popular
conductors between Atlanta and Mont
gomery.
Mr.. Law was 3S years old. He married
Miss Marion Threadcraft of this city and
they would have celebrated tomorrow the
twelfth anniversary of their marriage at
the wedding of Mrs. Laws brother, Mr.
Frank Threadcraft, to Miss Hume, in
| Portsmouth, Va. Mr.. Law had many
friends in Savannah in railroad and bust
ness circles. He was of a genial DISPOSE
ton, man of excellent business ability
and liked by every one who knew him.