The daily gazette., 1875-04-27
A WI Mig ton Machinist lojured.

| A Wi Tiagton Machinist Injured.
WASHINGTON, April 2Gth.A collision
occurred ON the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad about 5 o'clock this afternoon,
just outside of the tunnel near the east
ern branch, between the, ,4:53 train from
this city and the New York train due
here at 5:l3 =. NJ. Eight or ten persons
were severely injured and both trains
| badly wrecked.
the crash caused by the collision was
fearful. toth engines and four cars being
| com pletely demolished, the tender Of all
engine being thrown on the top OF the
wreck. and tue baggage car on the north
bound train on the top OF Its engine.
Three of the cars wrecked We're attach
ed to the north bound train, and the
fourth one to the south bound train.
The following named persons were in
Jured: George McAfee. engineer OF the
| North bound train, chin cut open and
otherwise injured about the face; Jacob
Fry, engineer of the south bound train,
leg broken by jumping from the tram;
| Henry Bechtel, fireman, injured inter-
nally George W. Baker, of Wilmington.
| Del, Il passenger, injured internally;
Thomas Collins, Of Baltimore, severely
bruised; George Durity. a Western UNI
| on telegraph operator, cut and bruised
| Albert Redmeyer, passenger, a wrist
| broken; Buchanan, COL ductor, cut about
the head and face; Charles Mccarthy,
of Washington, d. e., passenger, slightly
| bruised. Several other passengers, " hose
names could not be ascertalned, were
| slightly injured. but were able to pro-
ceed Oh their journey or return 10 their
homes in this city. McAfee, Baker, Col
H. a l-.,,
to Providence Hospital and received the
proper medical aid.
STATEMENT OF AN ENGINEER.
Jacob Fry, engineer OF the incom-
ing train, says the north bound train
should have remained on the switch
at the mouth of the tunnel at least fif-
teen minutes, even if he had been be-
hind time, but he was on til. c, and
'ooked at his watch just altcr ossi g
tie eastern branch bridge, when he
found he had one minute to reach the
switch. Just then he sighted the north
| bound train coming around the curve.
He Immediately put on air brakes, re-
versed the engine and jumped, breaking
his leg.
| w. Z. King, surveyor of customs at
| Greenpoint, Il. y =, who was p-ssen-
ger on the New York express, which
left that city $40 a. m, makes the fol-
lowing statement: The train left New
\ ork on time. When we arrived at
| Philadelphia the train was delayed for
| some cause. | think we must have
i been from ten to fiftoen min Ates be-
hind time when we left there, though
we arrived at that city on time. l do
not think we made up any of that
| time till after we left Baltimore, when
the train ran at very rapid rate, so
fast in fact as TO occasion considerable
uneasiness on the part Of the passen-
gers, and this fast travelling was evil
IDENTIFY tor the purpose of making up
the time lost by the detention at Phil
adelphia.
The first Indication l had ofscolli-
sion or Of anything wrong was just
after we left the eastern branch OF the
Potomac river, entering Washington,
and in full view of the dome of the
capitol, when there was a sudden and
terrific crash, occasioned by the ex-
gine of the express train, in which |
was travelling, and the engine of the
Baltimore train coming into collision
and telescoping, the boiler of one en-
gine heing run completely into the
other"
THE CARS PILED UP.
"The baggage car Of the express
train moving south was run on top oi
the engine, and rested upon the ground
D only upon the rear truck, the other
i. trucks being upon the engine and the
. car, thus forming an angie OF As degrees
No one was seriously hurt in the car
occupied, which was the rear car, the
only injuries resulting from a yer,
It heavy jar. There were four passenge
n cars, including the smoking car anC
n palace cars. The passengers all imme
diately left the cars 70 ascertain tn,
amount of damage, ,and the first object
that met my view were two men i'm
prisioned between n the floor of the bag
gage car of the outgoing train, ant
"a the first passenger car of the sam
81 train, the former car having complete
~ ly moved down the passenger car
10 The men were in a space of about six
II teen inches, and the great wonder i
= that they were not crushed to death
1t There was not great deal of outcry
L. and generally the passengers seemed
r to be calm. The ladies on the trail
N were much frightened. The majorit,
ie of the injured were on the outgoing
"a train If we had been fifteen secont
!; further back when the trains came in
II II to collision we should probably hav
a. gone into the river. We had jus
u reached dry land when the cras
fl. came.
lg CONDITION OF CONDUCTOR BUCHANAN
ne Conductor Buchanan, of the Bait
tx more and Potomac railroad, who wa
IT, so severely injured this evening, wa
1 ,s sleeping at midnight under the inhl
as a ence OF mild narcotics. His physician
er arc unable at present to state the G,