Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-28
TERRIBLE GEORGIA DISASTER.
Thirty Five Killed in ~ Wreck on
Southern HALLWAY,

Atlanta, Ga, June pa passenger
train on the Macon branch of the
Southern railway ran into a washout
one and onc-halI miles north of Me
Donough, Ga, Saturday night, and
WAS completely wrecked. Tie wreck
caught fire and the entire train, with
the exception of the sleeper, was de-
stroycd. Every person ON the train.
except The occupants of the l'uli.n:til
car persisted. Not II member Of ,l,o
train crew escaped. Following is 4
list OF he dead:
WILLIAM n. BARCLAY, conductor,
| Al lanta.
j. e. WOOD, conductors Atlanta.
j. Ill. IiuNNiGUTT, conductor, Nj
lanta.
J. Il. SULLIVAN. engineer.
w. w. BENNETT, pag@a gemaster.
| Atlanta.
I. 4. MADDOX, cotton buyer, At
lunta.
w. j. PATE, ATLANTA.
| Twelve-year-old son of w. j. Pate.
III. tx. GRESHAM, Pullman CON
ductor.
GEORGE w. FLoURNOY, atlanta.
ID. {. lllGHTOWER, Stoclbridgc,
Ga.
w. w. PARK, Macon. Ga.
ELDER llENSlIN, travelling man,
supposed to have been from Florida.
j. II. FLORIDA. Nashville
w. O. ELLIS, bridgeman, Stock
bridge.
ID. y. GRIFFITH, supervisor.
j. III. Rhodes, tlaglnnn.
JOHN Bl,NNTLEI (white), FIRE
man.
! WILL. GREEN. extra fireman.
w. L. MORRIsETT, pump repairer.
| W. II. LAWRENCE, foreman extra,
gang.
! ED BYRD (eolorctD, fireman, At
lanta.
ROBERT SPENCER train porter.
-Four bodies unidentified.
Eight negro section hands.
The following passengers were res
cned without serious injury
Jessie l.. ltahc. Baltimore.
Walter Pope, Atlana.
Miss Mary -. Merritt, Boston, Mass
Miss Clara Alden, BOSTON, Mass.
j. G. Flynn. Atlanta.
+. Schryner Chattanooga, Tenn.
+. Il. Mack, Chattanooga.
j. j. Quinlan liagman.
Il. c. Carter, Pullman porter.
llanuN IOmllnSOn.
The train left Macon at Ills, and
was due in atlanta at 9:45 p. IN. Nc
Donomgh was reached on time. \
this point connection is made for Co
! lumb,s, Ga, and here every night the
| Columbus train is coupled on and
hauled through to Atlanta. Saturday
night. however, for The first time in
many months, the Columbus train
WAS reported two hours late on ac-
count of Il washout ON that branch,
and the Macon train started on to At.
lanta without its Columbus connec.
ton.
Tremendous rains of daily occur,
renee for the past two weeks have
swollen all streams in this part of the
south, and several washouts have been
reported ON the different roads.
Cramps creek, which runs into the
/ Ocmulgce. was over its banks. and its
waters had spread to all the lowlan(is
! through which il runs. About mile
and a half north of McDonough he
creek comes somewhere near he
Southcrn's track. and running along
side OF it for some distance finally
passed under he road by heavy
/ stone culvert \ cloudburst broke over
| itlu' sttilol VI tilf' country uDUUt
| O'clock Saturday night, and presum-
ably shortly after dark washed out a
section of the track nearly 100 feet in
I length. Into this the swiftly moving
train plunged. The storm WAS still
raging and all the car windows We're
/ closed. The passengers. secure as they
thought. and sheltered comfortably
| from the inclemcnt weather, went 10
| death without an instant's warning.
+ III" train, consisting of baggage car,
second class. coach first class coach
and Pullman sleeper, was knocked
| into llndling wood by the fall The
wreck caught fire. few minutes after
| the fail. and all the coaches We're
burned except the Pullman car.
| Every person ON he train. except
the occupants OF The Pullman car.
! persisted in the disas ter. There WAS no
escape. as the heavy Pullman ear.
weighed down The others. and 1 l,t,
few alive in the sleeper We're unable
| to rcnder assistance 10 their fellow
| passengers.
Five Chiihren Perish,