The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
DELUGING RAIN STORMS
OCCUR IN SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTRY.
RUM0RED RAILWAY DISASTER.
A Report that a Chesapeake and Ohio
Train Had Gone Down with a Bridge
Over Green Brier River-After Long
Delay the Report Is Proven Untrue.
Tyains Observation-Disclosures Ont of
Their Banks.

Cincinnati, O., November ga spe-
cial to The Commercial Tribune from
Charleston, W. Va, says:
ut is reported here that a Chesa-
peake and railway train went
through the Green Brier river bridge
which had been damaged by the pre-
vailing floods. 1t is supposed that
there were about 200 people on the
train and that all were lost. All wires
are down at and near the crossing of
this river, and it is impossible to get
any sort of confirmation of the disas-
ter. Even the railway officials are UNI
able to secure communication with
points on either side of the river"
Cincinnati, o., November 25.-There
has been great apprehension tonight
over report about a Chesapeake and
Ohio passenger train going through the
Green Brier bridge near Hinton, w. Va.
All through wires On that line are
down and it is impossible to reach
Green Brier river or any point near it.
Messages have been sent to New York
and elsewhere, n that place cannot
be reached from either the east or the
west. Many messages have been sent
by those who have had friends on that
road today. 1t was not known what
train, if any went through the bridge,
but no responSe to any messages have
been received but they are accepted
subject to delay. Charles H. Bryan as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, is here tonight
and he discreditS the story entirely. He
said there vas d very bad land slide
neal n of the Green Brier river
bridges not far from White Sulphur
Springs, and it has compelled them to
transfer passengers during the day.
Owing to the higher water in the river,
no attempt to transfer passengers was
made tonight and two ain that left
here today are being held over night at
Anderson, west of White Sulphur
Springs, n it is quite likely that
trains are being held on the other side
of White Sulphur Springs. There are
three bridges on this line owe Green
Brier liver and the reports do not indi-
cate at which bridge the accident ac-
CURED, so that it is quite likely that
the reports were started because of the
landslide near White Sulphur Springs
and the fact that trains that were due
both east and west of that point were
not heard from OF account of the wires
being down. The trains have been ar
irving and departing in Cincinnati on
time, with the single exception of the
eastern express, due his evening at 5
o'clock which did not arrive until s D..
m, as it did not ATTEMPT the usual fast
time. 1t is said that the express due
here a 8 o'clock tomorrow morning is
still on the other side of the Green
Brier river.
Washington, November 26.-The Post
has received a message from the rail-
road telegraph at Hinton saying that
Their is no foundation for the story of
a wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio
near that place.
Richmond, Va. November 2I.-The
Chesapeake and Ohio officials here pos
itively deny the story of a passenger
train wreck at Green Brier river bridge
and all stories of any loss of life on the
line.
| The Dispatch had a special after
| midnight from Roncerverte. which is
within a few miles of every point at
which the Chesapeake and Ohio
crosses the Green Brier. The special
| reports a freight wreck, with no loss Of
life, at Allegheny and mentions delay
| of passenger trains in such a way as to
discredit entirely the passenger wreck
report.
At 1 o'clock a. m. the Chesapeake
and Ohio was working direct to Hinton
and re-affirm their denial.
G~uyandotte, w. Va, November 20
| Continuous rains for the past forty
eight hours have. produced unprece-
tented floods in Guyandotte valley.
The river and it's tributaries are over
flowing their banks and are bearing
| away quantities Of crossties, lumber