The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-26


A distressing accident occurred on
the Annapolis railroad last Thursday
evening, of which we have seen no men
ton by telegraph. The Baltimore
American furnishes some particulars Of
the casualty, from which we make the
following extract:
At an early hour yesterday morning
rumors were rife in this city in relation
TO an accident reported to have occurred
on the Annapolis and Elkridge Rail
road on Thursday evening, Involving
the injury ofseveral persons, and the
killing of one or two. Information
from reliable sources, received at noon,
states that the train which left Annap-
oils that evening for the Junction,
when about ten miles east of the
Junction, ran down an embank-
ment forty feet high, killing the
engineer, Richard Sewell, and Gilbert
Coleman, son OF an attache of the road.
Milton Coleman, the fireman, was Sc
verely scalded; Matthew Hammond,
the conductor, was badly but not dan
gerously crushed, and Policeman Bar
Der, OF Annapolis, was seriously hurt.
The train consisted of the locomotive
and tender, baggage car and passenger
car. The locomotive aud tender only
went over the embankmeut, but the
other cars, which remainsd on the track,
from an unexplained cause caught fire,
and were almost entirely consumed, the
passengers escaping and saving most OF
the baggage. The precise point at
which the accident occurred was within
one mile OF Millersville. The train left
Annapolis at $40. and the accident &C.
CURED at 1870 p. m. The dead and in
jured were taken to Annapolis during
the night.
PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
The following are the facts ascertain
ed of this fatal casualty: It appears
that the passenger train that left An
uapolis at twenty minutes before four
O'Clock, had TO proceed along the track
towards Annapolis Junction at quite
slow rate OF speed, owing to the con-
tinued heavy rains affecting the safety
OF the track.
Just as the train (which consisted of a
disa bled car, used as baggage and
smoking car, and two regular pass en-
ger cars) was passing the point known
as Isaac's Gate, about one and half
miles from Millersville and ten miles
fromAnnapolisJ Junction, the engine and
tender fell into the small culvert that
crosses The track ut that place. The
baggage and sleeping car followed the
tender, but owing to tho culTert being
baggage car lodged on the top OF Abe
tender, while that used by passengers
as q smoking car stood upright in the
air, at an angle of forty-tive degrees.
Against this car was damned the pas
senger cars.
Richard Sewell, the engineer, and Gil
bert Coleman, the fireman, and son Of
Mr.. Coleman, aged about twelve years,
were on the engine. They were all
killed, being mashed and scalded in a
horrible manner.
Captain Hammond, che conductor,
was standing on the front Platform OF
the baggage car with the brakesmRn,
Il. Dodge, when the accident occurred.
He was badly mashed about the head
and breast, while three of his ribs were
broken. The brakesman, Dodge, was
also seriously hurt, being cut, bruised
and scalded by the hot water and steam
from the engine and boiler.
A man named Robbins, who was
standing on the resr platform of the
sleeping car, was badly scalded and re-
ceIved several Commissions by being
thrown from the platform and jammed.
Mrs. Ellen Henderson, a lady pas