The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
Eight Known to Be Dead and a Score More Are
 Injured
DIXIE FLYER DASHES
 THROUGH A TRESTLE
Five Coaches Drop Through Trestle and Are Buried Under 10 Feet of Water-Nurses and Doc
 tors Rush to Scene

the south Atlantic states eight persons were killed and more than dozen injured when train No 95, known as the Dixie Flyer on the Atlantic Coast Line and running between Chicago and Jackson- vile. went through trestle over the Alapaha river, IS miles east of here early this morning. Tonight but one body, tha. of John T. Watson of Landa, Wyoming. remained in the cars in the river. Had il not been for the wreck Watson should have been bridegroom today His sweet heart, Miss Elise Shippey of Pasadena. Cal, who was on the train with him and to whom he was to have been married in Jacksonville tomorrow, remained at tho wreck throughout the day and night watching the efforts of the rescuers to re- cover Watsons body.
 The revised list of the dead and injured is given as follows:
 O. F. Bonwart, Henderson, Ky.
 W. W. Culpepper. Tifton Ga.
 Mrs w D. Fletcher. Rowlands, III.
 John T. Watson, Landa, Wyo. J. P. Woodward, express messenger. Waycross, Ga.
 c J. Parnell, conductor, Savannah, Ga. | Lucius Ellis, fgeman, and Albert Sini- mons, porter, both colored, of Waycross, Ga.
 J. E. Powell, baggagemaster, Jackson vile.
 ] J. P. Klein, wife and child. St, Louis; father and mother bruised and child scalded.
 l Peter Gerlofs Holland. Mich. Nick " Vandermelon, Grand Rapids. Mich, bruised about head and knees. | Mrs. o. r. Bonwart, Henderson, Ky. | w T. Perkins, Cattlettsburg. Ky,
 bruised
 J. E. Greene, engineer, waycross. bruised.
 Was No Warning
 The cars plunged into the river without a moments warning to the sleeping pas-
 sengers when aA axle on the engine sud-
 denly snapped when midway of the tres
 tie. The locomotive never left the tracks. l bupt the tender was derat the tank tumbled to the bank of une stream. The trestle is about half mile long but the river was low and at the point of the accident was not more than 50 yards across. The express and baggage cars, two day coaches and one Pullman were
 piled in an ndescribable mass in the
 center of the stream. but fortunately few of the passengers were carried beneath
 the water.
 J. P. Woodward, the express mes- | senger, was killed, and Baggage Master J. E. Powell was probably fatally in- jured by bridge timbers being driven l through their car Conductor c. J. l Parnell of Savannah. and a negro por- l ter named Simmons were instantly killed in the second class day coach | when it was telescoped by the baggage car. The first class coach, a new steel car, was driven through the sleeper. | In this car O. F. Bonwart of Hender-
 son, Ky, was instantly killed, while | his wife lying beside him, escaped with slight injuries. Bonwarts' body
 was recovered late this afternoon. All Accounted For Late tonight it was stated that the | wreck had been thoroughly examined and that the death total will not be | increased as all passengers had been accounted for. All the wounded had been removed to the Atlantic Coast Line hospital at waycross. The bodies of the dead were removed to Triton. i from which point they will be shipped to their former homes. The disaster came without mo- ment's warning to the train crew and passengers. and as soon as those in the rear Pullmans realized what l had happened they rushed to the edge of the river and rendered assistance | to the victims before the hospital trainS{ | arrived at the scene. As rapidly Eb nf or,{ l the cars on the bank and in theJ Jriver. while the bodies of the dead were brought out and ranged along the bank. They were finally placed aboard the relief trains and hurried to Way cross and Triton. It Is not expected. to have the tracks cleared and the tresA | repaired for traffic before SundaW night. First report of the wreck was that the entire train went into the river, and that 40 were killed outright while many were injured. The scene of the wreck is in remote section of the state and 1t was several hours before ac- curate information was obtainable Relief trains were sent to the scene from Waycross Triton and Willocochee, and it Is stated 1t will be 36 hours before the tracks are cleared for traffic. Coaches Under Water The coaches are 10 feet under water Ten bodies have been recovered so far but many others are thought to be be- meath the debris and water. The fire man of the ill-fated train is among the known dead. F1agman Legrade escpade while Engineer Eugene Green is reported to be badly hurt. Special trains carrying | nurses and physicians have been rushed to the scene from the nearby towns. Albany, Ga, March 25.-Information re-
 
 Willacooche Ga, is to the effect that | some of the passengers injured in the wreck of the Dixie Flyer, near Ocilla, this | morning, have been removed to the hos pital at Wilacooche. Baggage master Powell of Columbus, Ga, who was re- ported among the injured. is said to have Leen taken from the wreckage dead. | Savannah Ga. March 25--Atlantic
 Coast line and other doctors have left : | here for the< scene of the Dixie Flyer wreck near Ocilla. Five persons are re- ported as dead. and Conductor ParnelI | of Savannah, in charge of the train, is missing Mrs Parnell has gone to tho | scene from here.
 Three Days Bride | Tampa, Fla, March 25.--Mrs. w. D. | Fletcher. one of the victims of the wreck | near Oclla, Ga, was a bride of three | days. Her husband left Tampa ten days l ago to wed her. No one here knew of 1 his misfortune until a teIegram was re-