The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
COLLISION NEAR DEPERE, WIS.
FIRST AND SECOND CARS OF AN Ex-
CURSION TRAIN TELEsCOPED.
Eight People Killed, One Report.
ed Missing, and Fifty-Three
Manned, Cut and Bruised.

ATLANTA. Ga. June PA passenger
train on the Macon branch of the Southern
Railway ran into washout one and half
miles north of McDonough, Ca. last night
and was wrecked. 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 perished. Not member
of the train crew escaped Thirty-fve peo-
pie in all were killed. Following is a list
of the dead:
WILLIAM A. BARCLAY, conductor, At
lanta.
]. Z. WOOD, conductor, Atlanta.
j. II. HUNNICUTT, conductor, Atlanta.
/ J. T. SULLIVAN. engineer.
W. w. BENNETT, baggage master, At
lanta.
t. e. MADDOX. cotton buyer. Atlanta.
w. j. PATE, Atlanta.
TWELvE-YEAR-OLD SON of w. j.
Pate, Atlanta.
H. r. GRESHAM, Pullman conductor.
GEORGE W. FLOURNOY, Atlanta.
d. C. HIGHTOWER, Stockbridge, Ga.
w. w. SPARK, Macon, Ga.
ELDER HENSON, travelling man; sup
posed to have been from Florida.
j. r. FLORIDA, Nashville, Tenn.
w. o. ELLIS. bridge man. Stockbridge.
d. Y. GRIFFITH, supervisor.
j. H. RHODES. fiagman.
JOHN BRANTLEY, white, fireman.
WILLIAM GREEN. extra fireman.
w. L. MoRRIsETT. pump repairer.
w. r. LAWRENCE, foreman extra gang
ED BYRD. colored. fireman. Atlanta.
ROBERT SPENCER, train porter.
FOUR BODIES UNIDENTIFIED.
EIGHT NEGRO SECTION HANDS.
LIST OF SAVED.
The following passengers were rescued
without serious injury:
JESSE L. ROHR, Baltimore.
WALTER POPE, Atlanta.
MISS MARY B. MERRITT, Boston, Mass
MISS CLARA ALDEN, Boston, Mass.
J. C. FLYNN, Atlanta.
E. SCHRYNER, Chattanooga.
f. 7. MACK, Chattanooga.
j. j. QUINLAN. fiagman.
T. c. CARTER. Pullman porter.
HANDY TOMLINSON.
The train left Macon at 7:1o and was due
in Atlanta at 9:45 last night. McDonough
was reached on time. At this point con-
nection is made for Columbus, Ca, and
here every night the Columbus train is
coupled on and hauled through to Atlanta.
Last night, however, for the first time in
many months the Columbus train was re-
ported two hours late on account of a wash
out on that branch and the Macon train
connection.
Tremendous rains of daily occurrence for
the past two weeks have swollen all
streams in this part of the South and sew
eral washouts have been reported on differ
ent roads Camps creek, which runs into
the Ocmulgee, was over its banks and its
waters had spread to all the lowlands
through which it runs. About mile and
a half north of McDonough the creek comes
somewhat near the Southern's tracks, and,
running alongside il for some distance.
finally passes away under the road by
heavy stone culvert. A cloudburst broke
over that section of the country about 6
o'clock last night, and presumably shortly
after dark washed out section of the
track nearly one hundred feet in length.
Into this the swiftly moving train plunged.
The storm was still raging and all the car
windows We're closed. The passengers. se-
cure as they thought and sheltered COM
fortably from the inclement weather. went
to death without an instants warning.
MANGLED AND BURNED.
The train. consisting of a baggage car,
second-class coach, first-class coach and
Pullman sleeper. was knocked into kind
ling wood by the fall The wreck caught
fire few minutes after the fall and all
the coaches were burned except the Pull
man car. Every person on the train ex-
cept the occupants of the Pullman car per-
ished In the Disaster There was no es-
cape. as the heavy Pullman car weighted
down the others, and the few alive In the