The New York herald., 1877-01-12
JUMPING THE TRACK.
TWO RAILROAD AccIDENTs-oNE ON THE cHEs-
APEAKE AND OHIO AND THE OTHER ON THE
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILRoAD-EIGHTEEN
PASSENGERS INJURED.

APEAKE AND OHIO AND THE OTHER ON THE
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILRoAD-EIGHTEEN
PASSENGERS INJURED.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. IL, 1877.
One OF the most remarkable railroad accidents OF the
age occurred this morning the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad the eastward bound train was pass
Ing along the mountain side, few miles west OF the
White sulphur Springs 1t was going at the rate OF
about thirty miles an hour when the entire train
Jumped the track, and the coupling Of the rear nrst
class coach snapped in wo and the coach went rolling
over and down the declivity distance OF
thirty feet. to the Greenbrar River, where u
lodged upon the ice. II was completely
wrecked. Every window frame, every seat and every
door splntered into thousand fragments; in
fact nothing left OF the to the company except
the iron work. and that Is bent and mutilated
NOBODY xILED-EIGHr WOUNDED.
Strange to say, OF the twenty Ave passengers none
were killed and only eight woundcd-onc (Mrs.
Hall, of the White sulphur Springs), seriously Mrs.
Halls child, girl OF four years Of age, was taken
from under the wrecked coach, and found not ln
jurcd In the slightest degree.
A yisE on THE icE
The weather very cold, ana to prevent passen-
gers from freezing till they could get assistance tho
men made fire oil fragments, nrst placing upon the
ice enough iron to keep the ice from melting
JOINING HANDS FOR THE WOUNDED.
BY joining their hands together the officers or tho
railroad tram managed 70 pull Inc passengers one ny
attended by surgeons brought from the Wnltc sulphur
Springs and soon atterward taken to that place and
cared ior.
ANOTHER TRAIN orr THE TRACK
This morning, at four O'Clock, tho southern bound
train upon tho Virginia Midland Railroad which ex-
tends from Alexandria Lynchburg OF tho track
near Kettle Run, and sleeper was totally wrecked
and one badly torn 10 pieces ohc o. 'ne s'eepers
persons injured
rryu
LAND RAILROAD AccIDENT--A LIST or THE
woUNpED-sEvEDAL NEW YORK PEOPLE on
BOARD.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, JAM H. 1871
The night train on the Virginia Midland Railroad
which lett here quarter TO three o'clock this morn
ing ran over broken rail 160 yards north OF Kettle
Run bridge, between Manassas AMI Bristoe, thirty
miles from this city The engine. baggage and
forward passenger coaches passed over safety but
two sleeping cars-ono from Boston to Danvo and tho
other from Washington TO Now Orcanslsft the track
and down cmbankmenI The track was unob
structed except tor short time and trains arc run
ming regularly.
Tho train which arrived here at three o'clock this
afternoon brought in the surgeons and the wounded.
The latter were carried on to Washington.
WOUNDED.
The following Is n list OF the wounded-
n. q. Boyd, Boston, slightly.
Rev. II. D. Wheelan and vile, New York, slightly.
&. Lyle, Allegheny City, Pa, seriously in head and
back ana internally injured.
Miss Ly.e, slightly
d. $. Ewing, slightly.
A. H. sniebler, Now York. severely.
Mr.. ZeigIer Philadelphia, slightly.
Mrs. H. u. Barton, slightly.
II. G. Porter (coored) porter of the Pullman car,
Boston, seriously cut IN head and lace.
Captain Stokes Boyd, Florida, slightly.
W. A. McAlliser, Atlanta conductor oi Pullman car,
slip htIy In loot and leg.
Two Others whose names not ascertained, were
Persons who have arrived from the scene OF the &C.
cidcnt report that the rail which caused It broken
in hvc places IN space OF as many feet.
The nrst Of the sleeping over the bank turn
against an abutmcnt OF the bridgc, was smashed
pieces One OF the passengers says that so completely
the demol shed that there not piece lett
which could not have been put IN a nour barrel
The other sleeper followed the first, and, although
badly damaged, was not SO completely splinicred.
Most OF the passengers were invalids their way
to Fl0rida.
or the wounded oil received comparatively slight
injuries except Mr Lyle, OF Pennsylvania, and tho
porter the ormer OF whom, being over seventy
years 0f age, may not recover
Drs Lewis and Powell rendered all surgical aid poss-
ble binding up the wounds and making the sufferers
US comfortable us possible.
A despatch from Manassas to the Gasette gives the
following particulars OF the accident "About ve
u half miles from Manassas, at a quarter past vo
o'clock this morning rail broke on tns right hand
side OF the track going south, into five parts $50
yards from the bridge"
The hindmost sleeper was thrown from the track
running about 100 yards on the right hand side OF
track then turned over, and running down q bank
twenty feet struck against abument where lodged
a complete wreck. When II turned over force broke
the sleeper N front from tho rest OF the train, drag
ging II from the track.
The front sleeper, Brazil, was prccipitated over the
abument OF the bridge iorty feet into The stream be-
low where lodged It's top, broken into fragments.
Both cars contained twenty passengers besides two
conductors and two porters--twelvc In the u
eight In the front car None were Killed.
Two watches were lost and pockrtbook containing
5000 $500 belonging to q. Lyle drafts belonging
to Mr.. Osborn, OF Mount Carmel, Conn.
Most OF the passengers were going to Florida for tho
winter Some OF the passengers went on 10 Lynch
burg, others returned TO Washington.
The passengers in the hind imprisoned in
the wreck hall an hour, and those the front car