The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-25

train on ths Macon branch Of the South
ern railroad ran into q washout, one and
a halt mile north Of McDonough, Ca,
last night and was completely wrecked.
The wreck caught fire and the entire
train with the exception of the sleeper
was destroyed. Every person on the
train except the occupants of the Pull
man car perished. Not member of the
train crew escaped. Thirty-five people
were killed. Following is list of the
dead:
william A. Barclay, conductor, At
lanta.
j. Z. Wood, conductor, Atlanta.
j. II. Hunnicutt, conductor, Atlanta.
j. Il. Sullivan, enigneer.
W. W. Bennett, baggagemaster, At
lanta.
Il. E. Maddox, cotton buyer, Atlanta.
W. j. Patte, Atlanta.
Twelve year old son of w. ]. Patte,
Atlanta.
IL. X. Gresham, pullman conductor.
George W. Flourney, Atlanta.
ID. @. Hightower, stock bsidge, Ga.
w. W. Park, Macon, Ga.
Elder Henson, travelling man, supposed
to have been from Florida.
j. X. Florida, Nashville.
w. o. Ellis, Brideman, Stockbridge,
Ga.
ID. Y. Griffith, supervisor.
j. II. Rhodes, flagman.
John Brantley, white, fireman.
Will Green, extra fireman
w. L. Marrisett, pump repairer.
W. r. Lawrence, foreman extra gang.
w. r. Lawrence, foreman extra gang.
E. d. Byrd, colored, fireman. Atlanta.
Robert Spencer, train porter.
Four bodies unidentified.
Eight negroes, section hands.
The following passengers were rescued
without serious injury:
Jesse L. Rahe, Baltimore.
Walter Pope, Atlanta.
Miss Mary B. Merritt Boston, Mass.
Miss Clara Alden, Boston, Mass.
j. c. Flynn, Atlanta.
(. Schriner, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Z. Il. Mack, Chattanooga, Tenn.
]. J. Quinlan, flagman.
Il. G. Carter. Pullman porter.
Handy Tom linson.
The train left Macon at 7.10 and was
due In Atlanta at 0 40 last night. Nc
Donough was reached at time. At this
point connection is made for Columbus,
Ca, and here every night the Columbus
train is coupled and hauled through to
Atlanta. Last night, however, for the
first time in many months, the Columbus
train was reported two hours late on ac-
count of washout on that branch and
the Macon train started on to Atlanta
without its Columbus connection. IRE
mendous rains, of daily occurrence for
the past two weeks have swollen all the
streams in this part of the south and sew
eral washouts have been reported on the
different roads.
Camps Creek, which runs into the
Ocmulgee, was over It's banks and its
waters had spread to all the lowlands
through which it runs. About a mile
and half north of McDonough the creek
comes somewhat near the Southern's
tracks and, running along side 1t for
some distance, finally passes away under
the road by a heavy stone culvert. A
cloud-burst broke over that section Of the
country about six o'clock last night and
presumably shortly after dark, washed
out section Of track nearly 100 feet In
length. Into this the swiftly moving
train plunged. The storm was still rag
ing and all the car windows were closed.
The passengers, secure, as they thought,
and sheltered comfortably from the in
clement weather went to death without
an instant's warning. The train, consist
ing of a baggage car, second class coach,
first class coach and Pullman sleeper, was
knocked into kindling wood by the fall.
The wreck caught fire few minutes
after the fall and all the coaches were
burned except the Pullman car. Every
person on ths train except the occupants
of the Pullman car, perished in the disas-
ter. There vas no escape as the heavy
Pullman car weighted down the others
and the few alive in the sleeper were