The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-12

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EXPRESS TRAIN THROWN DOWN AN. EN-
BANKMENT INTO THE GREENBRIER G
RIyER-EIGHT PERSONS INJURED-A
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED-ACCIDENT
ON THE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RoAD-Two
sLEEPERs THROWN DOWN AN EsfBANK-
MENT.
Wednesday night will be long remen-
bcred on the Chesapeake and Ohio and
Washington City, Virginia Midland, and
Great Southern railroads as night OF acci-
dents; but the officers OF the road may con-
graduate themselves that so few persons
were injured, considering the serious char
acter OF the accidents.
The First Accident.
The first accident was to the eastward
bounthexprcss train on the Chesapeake and
Ohio road, due here at $3.50 O'Clock yester-
day morning. It occurred between Ronce-
vert and Caldwell stations, about six or
seven miles west OF the White Sulphur
Springs. about 1880 P. M. The entire train
Except engine and tender) OF passenger,
baggage, and eXpresS-cars were thrown
from the track while the train was going
along through the Grecnbrier Valley ut its
usual rate OF speed. The rear frst-class
coach not only jumped the track, but rolled
down the bank into the Greenbrier river,
where the fragments lodged upon the ice.
the river being frozen over to 4 considerable
/ thickness.
THE PASSENGERS WIIo~wERE INJURED.
There were twenty-five or thirty passen-
gers on the train at the time OF the accident.
Those who were injured were Mr.. and Miss
Adar, of the Red Sulphur Springs; Mr..
l.. W. Snecd, telcgraph-operator at Cor
donsville; Mr.. Goodman and wife, OF Cliff
ton Forge; Mrs. Hall, of the White Sui
phur Springs; and Mr.. j. G. Woodward,
brakeman Of the train.
The train ran more than a hundred yard:
after leaving the track, and was stopped by
Mr.. Alsop, the baggage-master. who pulled
the bell-cord and gave the note Of warning
to the engineer. 1t was discovered after the
train was stopped that the rear ccach--tht
trst-cass passenger-car-Was missing; anc
when the train-hands looked down the
bank, there lay the coach on the ice in the
river, shattered almost to splinters, the mass
of timber looking very much like an ole
barn that had been destroyed by the wind
As soon as the train was stopped the I'm.
iniu urcd passengers and the train officers
went to work to take out the injured.
REMOVED TO TIE WHITE SULHHUR.
The engine was now sent on to the White
Sulphur, and soon returned with sleeping
car, several surgeons, supplies, and sucl
articles as would be needed by the injured
passengers. The stove In the car was up.
set and the fire scattered among the ruins,
but some one who was on the train before
the disaster was thoughtful enough to put
out the fire with snow.
After the passengers were taken out they
were put into the sleeper and carried tc
the White Sulphur, where they were al
cared for, and at last accounts were DONG
l:well. Mrs. Hall, who was more seriously
injured than any OF the others, had her lee
broken and was njured in the back.
Mr.. Dunn, general superintendent OF tae
road, arrived ut the White Sulphur last
night and rendered what aid he could to the
sufferers. He will ut once make an lnves'
tigation into the cause of the accident
which is n mystery at present. :.
| AN INCIDENT-THE TRAIN on THE TRACK.
A little girl about four years of age, be
| leyed to be the daughter OF Mrs. Hall, wa;
among those who went down in the car
but, strange to say, she did not even receive
50 much as scratch, although she was
literally pulled out from the very bottom o1
the wreck.
After the passengers had been sent on tc
the White all hands went to work upon tht
cars that had been thrown from the track
and at $3.50 A. NJ. yesterday the track was
cleared, and the train moved on to the
White. From that point it came on thu
time of No. mail train, and reached Rich
mond last evening at $40 o'clock.
u,.,o EnoouN acciIap$