Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-25

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train on the Macon branch of the South
ern railway ran into washont about
one and half miles north of Melon.
ough, Ga. The wreck caught fire and
the entire train, with the exception of
the sleeper, was destroyed. Every per-
SON on the train except the occupants of
the Pullman car persisted. Not a MEM
Der of the train crew escaped. Thirty
five people III all were killed.
The dead:
William A. Barclay, conductor, At.
j. E. Wood. conductor, Atlanta.
J. H. Hunnicutt, conductor, At
lanta.
j. L. Sullivan, engineer.
w. w. Bennett, baggagemaster, At
lanta.
T. NJ Maddox, cotton buyer, Atlanta.
w. j. Pate, Atlanta
Twelve-year-old son of w. j. Pate,
Atlanta.
II. H. Gresham, Pullman conductor.
George w. Flournoy, Atlanta.
ID. 9. Hightower, Stockbridge, Ga.
w. w. Ipark, Macon, Ca.
Elder Henson, travelling man, sup
posed to have been from Florida.
j. r. Florida, Nashville.
W. Q. Ellis, bridgeman, Stockbridge.
ID. \. Griffith, supervisor.
j. III. Rhodes, tagman.
John Brantley, white, flagman.
Will Green, extra fireman.
w. l.. Morrissett. pump repairer.
w. X. Lawrence, foreman extra gang.
Ed Byrd, colored, fireman, Atlanta.
Robert Spencer, train porter.
-Four bodies, unidentified.
Eight negro section hands.
The following passengers were res.
cued without serious injury:
Jesse l.. Rohr, Baltimore.
Walter Pope, Atlanta.
Miss Mary b. Merritt, Boston, Mass.
Miss Clara Alden, Boston, Mass.
j. O. Flynn, Atlanta
Il. Schryner, Chattanooga, Tenn.
II. T. Mack, Chattanooga, Tenn.
j. J. Quinlan, fiagman.
I. G. Carter, Pullman porter.
Handy Tomlinson
McDonough was reached ON time. At
this point connection is made for Column
bus, Ga, and here every night the Co
lambus train is coupled on and hauled
through TO Atlanta. This time, how
ever, Tor the first time i'll many months,
the columbus train was reported about
two hours late on account of washout
on that branch, and the Macon train
started on to Atlanta without its Co
lumbus connection.
About mile and half north of Nc
Donough, Camps creek comes sone-
what near the Southern tracks and.
running alongside it for some distance,
finally passes away under the road by a
heavy stone culvert. A cloudburst
broke over that section of the country
and presumably washed out a section of
the track nearly 100 feet in length Into
this the swiftly moving train plunged.
The storm was still raging and all the
car windows We're closed. The victims
went To death apparently without an in
slant s warning.
The tram, consisting of a baggage
car, second class coach, first class coach,
aud Pullman sleeper, was knocked in
to kindling wood by the fall. The
wreck caught fire a few minutes after
the fall and all the coaches were burned
except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the
occupants OF the Pullman car persisted
III the disaster.
Some of the bodies f1oated off.
Some OF them We're terribly man.
gled.
flagman Quinlan went back to the
telegraph office at McDonougn and gave
the news and then fell in faint.
Only three women were on the train.
Two escaped. 1t is presumed that the
other persisted, but the body had not
been found.