National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-12

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OVER AN BEREAVEMENT.
Two Cars on the Virginia Midland Railroad
Thrown Into Kettle Run-A Dozen Pas.
sengers Ipjured-The Cara Completely
Wreckea-~List- OF the jured.---A ~
The Southern express train on the Virginia
Midland railroad, which left this city for the
| South at 2:1o yesterday morning, met with q
serious accident at Kettle Run bridge, q point
about miles south Of ashington and six
| miles below Manassas, virginia. About 6:4b the
train approached Kettle Run bridge. About a
| hundred and fifty yards before reaching the
M
| down the steep embankment. The forward car
passed over the abutment Of the bridge, and was
| stopped on the edge Of the abutment. About o
dozen persons were injured, but no one was
KETTLE RUN BRIDGE
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bankment for a considerable distance along the
track on either side of the bridge is very steep.
ts>uce when approaching the bridge from the
nort.t. The train was running at high rate. A
rail was broken under the forward sleeper. and
t atb car STEs Cars shot down he emSanEment
which is aboSt twenty feet high at the point
T6sfe sns thS to the the
mept, The forward car rolled over the abutment
All ass no,,niete,y demolished. The Atlanta
and Boston sleepets- were Iee . cars tna1 were
wrecked, the latter being in the 49,:
THE PASSENGERS.
There were eight passengers in the forward car:
Samuel Hambnrper 0f Ralttu0ra GAnt w
stokes Boyd and wife, Of Florida; NJ. g. Boyd, of
New York; aeeIssLyls and dsnshssr OF Pitts
other, whose name was not ascertained.
p p D. Whe SS,3, and wife, Of New York. IS.
delphia James Atkins, A. Simon, P. @. Tul-
weller, Mrs. A. NJ. Barton and daughter, Of
Mr John Osborn and of Mt
When the accident occurred the passengers
were occupying their berths, and most OF them
last car occupied berfhs in the rear end THE few
in the forward end, among than Mrs B&fton and
her daughter, were thrown violently forward BY
iuElss. WV aA1 'AA' .''- 'H'D ~
There was very little, if any, IRE in the stove in
the rear car. and there was no conlagration.
scattered about the WHOLE length Of the car, and
all wem norsaoriess Eiljured.l Amer ,soing over
ssd Ct ss "a is1sss from
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without sliebt 6ruises MI. SeprrS isvisand hi.
daughter Miss Carrie Lyle, Of Pittsburg, Pa
both received injuries Mt, LylAWas injured
about the back and internally. He is seventy
eight years fage. andbears arr natertained that
he win not recover from the shook. His daughter
Is slightly injured.I Nr.AIR Shredder, of New
York. received severe internal injuries. NJ. G..
Boyd, Of Boston, received slight sprains. Mrs
Mass, was injured internally, and her daughterrs-
ceived a severe cut on the head and had an ankle
sP5Gsi re Hsy D %nsdS9 Of NsE YORK
J. Zegler, Of Philadelphia, was slightly injured.
Mrs. John Osborn, of Connecticut. received slight
slightly injured. The coiored porter of the for.
ward car, H. G. Porter, was seriously cut about
the head and face; W. A. McAlLster, Of Atlanta,
in the foot and leg. - - -
AFTER THE AccIDENr
it took some time to Gle ar the wrsck away and 70.
lease the passengers. The car which stopped on
tne eGge Oh tne aputment Va party turned oser,
about 1iI feet from the ground' In less thsn
half an hour the passenesrs were all removed
from the car. Tho other car, which lay in the
pSe =, nne was 20 mlecAea tnat II required
1ured conid he remoyed. ~ s"A' INC H.
A dispatch WAS sent to ;Alexandrfa for sur.
geons, and before noon they arrived and rendered
valuable servfces The passengers camped in
andria to bring them to this city Some Of the
a, r e.ao ss.iii,s BROUGHT no THIS CITY.
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provided e. the depot 70 take them 20 the Proyi-
Senee ,nosp,tsi;. Mr: Lyle ana ms asugnter, MT
, Mhsdon and wife and MT: M: e. BOYD we're
taken tax n to the hospital and treated BY Drs Ford
av a M S's9r and wife ao cane
H.! l. Psyton, the agent q the Midland road in
arso ci.y, Saer.ed nimsen 70 MAKE tne nJafea
tie wreck, drsfs for 800 belonging to Mr. Lyle
ana Sn en- sss osionsns @ n r. Osborn
the 81 snnt tne car tnat %eht ever
it was shapelsss mass Of splinteIs; The other
eaused the ~, prok.S In Nv pees, n A.
many feet. ' ' '''N'N - NV f''''' Ill -
AN ACCOUNT BY TELEGRAPH.
AtrIAspsIA, "a, Jan. 18th. nigh. train
at 2:i5 this q. m, ran over 8 broken rail one hun
dred and fifty yards north of Kettle Run bridge,
between Manassas and Bristoe, and thirty miles
from this city. The engine, baggage ear and
two sleeping cars, one from Boston to D.nvllle
loft the track and ran down an embankmsnt. Ths
ana trains are running regularly: n. train
geons and the wounded The latter were carried
on to Warrington.
Boyd Boston, slightly: Samuel TS j. Tsninr.sr
Baltimore. slightly; A. X. Shiebler, New York,
severely: Rev, d. d. Wheeler and wife, New
York, slightly; q. Lyle, Allegheny City, Pa,
seriously In head and back and also internally
injured Miss Lyle slightly; D. s. Ewing slightly;
Mr.. Zeigler, Philadelphis, slightly; Mrs. II. N.
Barton, slightly; b. g. Porters, colored. Boston.
porter Of the Pullman car, seriously cut in the
head and face; Capt. stokes Boyd, Florida,
slightly; W. A. MeAllister, Atlanta, conductor
OF Pullman car, slightly In foot and leg. Two
others, whose names we're not ascertained, were
slightly injured. Persons who came In from the
scene OF the accident report that the rail which
caused It was broken in five places In q space of
as many feet The first OF the sleeping cars went
over the bank, turning over -seyersI times in its
descent, and striking against an abutracnt of the
bridge, was smashed into thousand pieces.
One Of the passengers saysthat so completely
was the car demolished -that-there was net Z
piece left which could not have been put in Q
-four barrel. an err. -. :
The other sleeper followed the irst, and al
spilnfered. Most OF the passengers were in1alids
THE wouNpxp ~ L.s'z-..-
AZ h. r, ecTp.r.stysly slight iniuriss except
.ssisA<yteseA 1pRpoyiSanse, ooo wv noBtS P0fsort