Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-19
Disaster to AMI Excursion Train.

A railroad collision occurred near Point
of Rocks, on the B. & o. r. R.. on Tuesday
morning last, between an excursion train runs
ing from Frederick City to Washington, and
the Winchester Accommodation train.
When the engines collided the conclusion
drove the coaches of the Accommodation train
back about hundred yards from the wreck.
The engines were both complete wrecks.
The baggage car attached to the excursion
was uninjured, but the two adjoining cars of
this train, coaches Nos. &C and 81, contain
ing about one hundred excursionists, includ.
ing the band, were completely telescoped.
Those killed outright were Charles Fl.
Keefer, the head of the firm of Keefer &
Knauff, editors of the Frederick Examiner
r. P. T. Dutrow, a prominent farmer of
Frederick county, aud at one time a member
of the Maryland House of Delegates How
ard E. Dixon, of Mount Carmel, near Frede-
rick, aud Dorsey Walker, of Frederick city.
Some of these, especially Messrs. Dixon and
Dutrow, were horribly crushed and mangled.
Louis Schley, son of DR.. Fairfax Schley,
q most popular and promising young man,
had his legs broken, crushed and fearfully
lacerated, aud also received internal injuries
which have since resulted in his death. Col
Chas. E. Trail, Q prominent citizen of Fred
erick, also received serious injuries, which it
is feared will prove mortal. Among others
injured were Leonard Mullinix, leg broken !;
VIM. Bartgis, leg broken; Henry Brashears,
leg broken; Enoch Green, leg broken and
serious internal injuries, supposed to be fatal {;
Engineer Buckley. arm badly hurt fireman
of engine No. IA, head badly cut; son of
Col. George R. Dennis, arm broken; Col
Dennis who is director of the road. was in
the baggage car when the accident occurred,
but escaped unhurt; NJ. s Knodle, badly
cut about the head Isaac Ely, internal inju-
ries John 3. Thomas, Henry Dadismnn.
Peter Lugenbcel. i. Clinton Mobberly, w.
N. Young, VIM. Harrison, A. Notnagle. Fl.
N. Etchison, G. Fenton Snouffer and his
son, Wm Snouffer, all badly cut or bruised.
In Frederick City, the public buildings
were draped in mourning and business sus-
pended on Wednesday. The funerals of the
victims took place on tho afternoon of that
day, and were attended by between two and
three thousand people.
A Frederick dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun says: v
1t is generally believed that had Captain
Burton not brought his train (from Winches-
ter) to nearly a standstill before the collision
the loss of lilo would have been probably
| hundreds. Capt Burton, on approaching
the curve, had directed his engineer to run
! cautiously, as perhaps the excursion train
! might be waiting, and when the collision oc>
CURED his train was scarcely moving.
The excursion train was running at tho rate
of about twelve miles an hour only, and not
twenty. FIVE, as reported by some sensational
lists, nor were the coaches composing the
Winchester train demolished ON the contra
~ they were scarcely injured.
Two Charlestown business meu, Messrs.
Geo H. Hagley aud John L. Hoof. were on
tho Winchester Accommodation train at the
time of the accident, but were uninjured.