The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-13
LOCAL MATTERS.

FERROUS ACC1DEfT--AN EAoune.o'r -,
THROWN FROM THE TRAcK-oSE rEEson
KILLED AND ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED -.
terday afternoon between anu oc'o "oS
an excursion train containing oyv VI ",
nersons-otiicers. teachers, and chidren VI
tho Union Station Sunday school,, aha
number Of their fricnds-who mao peen
snnndinp the dav at Ashland were return.
inc tn the city when the train was throw :,
from the track. The following HieSa aun
c;yes the most reliable information we h"''
been able to get I:
" Major E. 4. d. Myers: rack
"Tbe excursion train ran OIL Tn, ,ii.Jhmond
at nv place, eleven miles from lad. -Four
and one mile from the Mountain r ,,aino and
oors ore off the track. The eng t,;liad
tonder ore n total wreck. G mr i,' ~ DnEa,s
named Douglas McClellanuai''IIoJb m C,arEo
stable one wounded nail it.ao J hatwaan 4
who lives on TwcntJ M ~ rr,,shod About
ana i-p s'ad ",.srds OF the track are torn up.
one hui'u'0o "R. NJ. j. PAYNTER."
1,.or, parties who walked in, arriving
49, ~ n late hour, we learn that the disas-
tor WAS caused by tree having been blown
across the track during a storm which oc-
r,,rred there about O'Clock in the alter
noon.
THOSE who were injured were on the rear
platform of the first car, and had just been
advised to 60 in by the officers OF the Tram,
but failed to obey, and met the sad result OF
their action. The train was going ut the
rate of twenty miles an hour when
the accident occurred, and 1t seems
to be q providcntial circumstance that more
were not injured. The jar bruised great
many Of the passengers, but none OF them
seriously. Immediately upon nearing OF
the accident train was sent OUT 10 prlhg
in the marty, and CARRIERS entire force OF
omnibusses and carriages and all the hotel
onnibusses were ordered to the depot 10
convey them to their homes upon theT
arrival.
Further Particulars.
When the news reached the city it spread
TO all quarters with astonishing rapidity.
The fire.alarm sounded ut the same time IN
of slight fire at Flollrnoy,s
sbop. and many foolish persons spread the
report that the bells were rung on account
of the accident. The consequence was that
the widest rumors were put forth, ana
many anxious friends and relatives repaired
TO the Fredericksburg depot, wncre their
fears were soon quoted by the statement OF
the true facts. Mr. Gentry, the treasurer
of the road, with admirable forethou2ht,
had had a plentiful supply of omnlbusscs
driven to the depot to convey the eNcuf-
sionists home upon their arrival. ;,
near about : o'clock. In the front car there
were a number Of boys. Young McClcl-
Ian was sitting on the platform just behind
the tender, and young Clarke was sitting in
the door. The party was startled by sud.
den crash, and in moment the engine ana
tender and three front cars were thrown
from the track. Mcclellan was literally
mashed in two, and had to be cut from the
wreck with an axe. Clarke's legs were both
mashed of. :,
Mr.. Laughton, of the Petersburg Rail-
road Company, knowing that MIR. Payntcr
lived near by, ran to his house, brought
him to the spot, and with the aid OF his
pocket instrument the last mentioned gem
tleman Immediately telcgraphed TO the city.
The scene upon the occurrence OF the acct
dent is beyond description. The boys in
the front car got out in nlarVellouSly snort
lime, the ladies and children could not be
kept within the cars, and everything was
in confusion. One boy, whose name we
could not learn. had several fingers mashed,
which was the only casualty we could
earn of besides the two first mentioned.
Mr.. Coon, the engineer OF the train,
umpcd off of the engine rs it was turning
over, and escaped injury.
The $50 northern train last evening car
ried up Major Myers and DR.. Brock. The
latter attended to the wounded men. The
train went as far as the scene Of the
occurrence, and finding it impossible to
60 further, returned to the city with
the killed and wounded and number
of the eXcllrSi0nists at about II O'Clock
4. NJ. The mail and passengers were
consequently detained. The train returned
last MI ht, and reached the city with the re-
mandcr of the eXcursionists ut 2 O'Clock
this morning. When the train first arrived
there was a very large crowd on the street
waiting anXiously to hear the particulars.
The condition Of Clarke when taken home
last night was considered to be very critical.
lie is 4 son of Mr.. Benjamin ID. Clarke, and
is youth of great industry and promise.
The regular northern mail train will so
through at IL 10 this morning.