South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-09-16
The 3. & 0. Railroad Accident.
F"rih:r Particular, ct tie Disaster al 7NorM'9n
SM;ign.


lns.., was u topic ot conversation in ii.
parts OK The city yesterday. T.:a new
from iha! point WAS rr&a:src, i. hcins
merely that the wreck h,l been rc::luv.
: ct, and trains were once more ruat.iTt
resaiaily. Il dispatch last high, s;lt:i
thai the inj,srics sustained by Rev lot
, tu', Cf Romncy, we,c more severe TIA.
were at iTst supposed, and that he wae
III such critical condition Tia, IL. WI.
not expected To I've. The ot;.cr persons
injured were doing well an ! re:ci:in.
The best o! a;t.Hti3n from .he y. x j.
:, Company.
The Company will institute an ;:vc5.
tigaLion at onv", - Isr":t::in H.. rc:>:E
foT persons 20 blame tor ti;a .;.as.ct.
! The crews Of boih tr;li,.s viii he su;:.cA-
deh, rs is usual iD such cases. aud
court Of inIHiry es.ah:; ,;icd, or w,.::.,
Master of transportation C!GmrmL; viii
pFo3"blv be the head. lac court III
board will be r;'mpo,c'i o. ccr::.in eli
cl'ls Of the road. vino Will sit ti., ,oa.-
ter down until u is found t. whom l..
blame is attached We.ii"y I.ucliy,u.
c"r, Sept. s.
a very intelligent passeas,r on The
express furnished the Wheeling Register
With tn" following good report Of lht
accident:
"Oir train was about IN hour and
forty minutes behind time, an,, ". were
rns..iny along at the rate Q; ru.y five Or
fifty miles an hour. We had no. teen
warned to be on tie look out :or Yuy
other train, l;avia. passed Rowlcs!;u:-
III Al NTs l,.,r,
were, say, bowling along ~ the rate
81, thlak, fully fly miles an l,ou:,
when suddenly l fe.t myself throws
lorwa!d. L recovered myself and was
aSa'A pitched hrDuna ihn car. | again
S't on my fett anI lonkcl cu, Of the
window to SEE what Was Tie matter, .ni
10 my horror sa. little children, mCu
and women :unhling ,l,wn The cmhark-
nent as We flew along Presently wc
stopped, anl there a:ySc s.Irc OF the
most h"arirtn';ing screams ever h;aru
At first could not tell the reason Of
The con!usi1n, but soon f,url that onr
ttain. hal run into tic rear car Of the
: accomn"d ri.'n ara ;!,c engine Of oar
Train lad eXpio,'1l lie: boil, T., unI scal.!-
ing and burning the passengers in Il
Terrible manner. Ny GSl, preserve me
trom witnessing such ano;hce spectacle
EAs.erSers gathered themselves out o:
thcIr parents. S,1oag 1ksn, give M, M,
der ordinary circumstances, shr:rkra
IN lhcir agony for some one TO kill them
and cHd their suiIcriEgs.
II. WAS somo nr.mchts before coul
tell in the clo,i of dust and s:ea,., the
extent OF The accident, but when had
time to lock abou: rue, fo,:nd ,hrt the
engine OF tue Cuicago express lad run
into the rear car ofl!:e other train, which,
was hi!ed with mca women and children.
Every seat in The car was crowded int,
the forward par, and The rear OF The car
Itself was crushed Ike an>c-g shell. So
great was the momentum Of Tie cn!il-
ing engine tia; no stop was rossi!l.e
for almost hall mile. Meanwhile :he
passengers Were d-orr;nr o;it Of tie
broken car AMI scattering along tie .;jc
OF the road. One man picked Up lis
Chill and threw i. on: OF tie win!ow,
and then nn3c out himself The chill
was cut and bruised in a terrible mar
n2r by the fall, bnt the father ESCAPED
injury. The car vas also SC: on fire in
some manner, aad We lurncd oar alien
ton to its cX:inguis;r;ncut, AMI after
that was accomplished ho;h a,iics au,i
gentlemen on our train gave lhcir al
teniion to the Sufferers.
'Bfandy, Camphor sheets. pillows &.
whatever was at hani, we're produced
aud the sca!icl and wounded passen-
gers tenherly cared fo7 By tie la'ics OF
our train, who forgot in their humanity
that they were strangers. Meantime thy
engine Of the Cumberland accommoia-
tlon had h eI sent to Grafton for assis-
t"Tcc, and ii soon returned with physi-
clans, banhage5, bedding and all tha,
was necessary for tho comfort of the
| sufferers. IL was determined to place
them all in the train and take them TO
Grafton, where they would be much
moro readily and comfortably handled"
"W hat was the cause Of tho aCcidcnt?"
askc our reporter.
'-Wcll, both tTa;ns were behind Lime
and the Chicago train was running vcrv
last. and couiEg NJ with the othar with.
on; warning, the rollision occurrcl.'
What was the DANCE 10 the trains?"
"Tbe engine Of No. or tue Chicago
express is n total wreck AMI also the
rear car Of tho Cumberland aCcomno-
datiOn.'
The remains O. Miss WLte. who vas
killed in this railroad accident, were
taken TO Wheeling on the 7l;,, accou-
panied by her parents III lhc private
car Of Mr.. Clements, master Of transport
ta.ion Of the road. and were buried
there on tho Sth inst. Her parents. ar.
rived ut Grafton, few hours af.c,- she
died, on the evening Of The accident.
Sir John Lubbock says that 'an,hro-
poid apes must give place to tho ants.
When wc consider the habits of ants