The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-22

Engineer Killed.

YMoou 'rain on the Richmond. Frcde
rlcksDurg and Potomac railroad ran
Ion The track near Summit, about fve
k1nileS from Fredericksburg. and in.
ESAntly killed the engineer, Mr.. lame:
oung, who resided in this city at 50s wet
NiarShall street. The train was moving in
4the direction Of Fredericksburg at tbo
H'lme OF the accident. The road was oh.
HStructed, and transfer around the wrcck
SWaS enected, preventing any serious delay
Hlo travel. Mr.. Young leaves wife and
8Ne children, who were plunged in the
$deepcSt GRIEF at the news Of the sudden
SGea'h OF The husband and father. Mr..
n Dung was one OF the Oldest engineers ON
Il ne road having been in its employment
bfor a period OF about thirty years. lie was
most excellent citizen, and commanded
9ihe respect Of all who knew him.
~ The cause of the accident as far as can
3be learned, Is * follows Trackmcn wera
8repairlng The track and had red signals aS q
3Warning to approaching trains. II j. supI
Xposed that ne did not see the signal. and
&ran upon the part Of the track beinp rel
kpaired, throwing the engine from thd
2track and oyertuming it. II is suppose,5
Fthat Engineer Young was killed instantly
ENo one else was injured.
ANuIiEk ACCOUNT.
4 The following account was received by
&telegraph late last night:
4 FREDERICKSBURG, Va, November 21.-
&IOur correspondent has Just returned fron,]
4the scene O ,hc accident at Massanonix.
Elnd has gained correct information regard
xing the cause Of the disaster. 4 sectionI
4hAnd said that the proper signal was set |
land at the time of The accident there wercl
s seven rails out Of the track on the inner
Nside OF the curve, and when the engind
q truck The opening it ran about fifty yards
&0n the ties and was then pushed down thcI
5sembankmcnt, throwing Engineer YoungI
3under it. The ears had also left the track j!
SFireman Reuben Lee gave the followinsI
4Statement % your spOndent:
q We were running at a speed Of thirtyj
smiles per hour, and were coming out ofs
Sthe cut and rounding the short curve whenl
III discovered the rails out OF the track. d
dcalied TO Mr.. Young TO shut of stcam.I
3lle did not seem TO pay any attention TO myi
4 warming, hut sat still and seemed cool andl
Scalm. / left the engine and climbed to the !
ktOp Of a car, but came back on the engine
sand got down on the tender-stcp Just as id
Struck the opening. | again called 10 Mr.. {
SYoung to Jump. He made no effort II
4 shut of the steam until the engine left the{
ztrack. | then Sprang of. The workmenJ
slid all they could to stop him by wayingt
$lats, flags. and buckets, and yelling. 1hcf
kngnc did not stop running till after SHED
Burned bottom up. Engineer Young was
sinstantly killed by Icing caught under the
t1iro-bOX. Both lcgs We're crushed, bOdy1
fnanglcd. and skull fractured in three3
{placcs. so 10 speak, ii j. very bad wreck. +
The engine i a total wreck, and lies
about twenty yards from the track in u
t6cld bottom upwards. The cab i crllShcdz
n 10 atoms. the steam dome knocked off, andS
q the sm0kc-,tack il out IN a field fifty yard,k
efrom the engine. The ears are all pIcds
2togcthcr in a solid mass. and truck-whccis, (
Imerchandisc. and freight scattered in ever!
5direction. The wreck will not be clcaredE
ab,forc tomorrow. Trains were dclayed6
. .,bout three hours in transferring mails, !
spa>sengcr-, DC. Z
MAXnAMrs APPLIED FOR.-The Concil2
sof FOREIGN Bondholdcrs OF London com T
smcnccd another important suit here yes
sterdav through their attorney, William l.. /
,Royail. Of New York. The funding acts
'of 1871, under which the bOndholdcr> re-
Eleased the state from one third OF her oldI
Idebt and agreed to look to West Virginia
Lor that third, contains a provision that an
(nuallv, after the year 1889, "thcre snail D'i
slevicd and collected, the same a. olheT1
ktaXes. a tax Of two cents on the one nun
sdred dollars Of the assessed valuation OF AL
tfhe property in the state Tor sihhlnHI
Humid to pay off the principal OF thc oohus;
sNr. Roval contend, that this act imposed
3the tax and made a contract upon the pari
fof the State that she would annually cOi'ecis
Iit. and he to-day applied to the Suprehlet
sCourt Of Appeals Of the state ior a mar
f}o,nus to compel the officer, OF the State ~
scOllect il.
ArToRNEY-GENEBAL BLAIR, SECOND AU-l
spIToR Dyson, AND OTHERS fRESENIhp bil
2uE GRAND JURY or NOTTOWAY CoONli l.
SYestcrday City Sergeant y. VI. Lee receiN VuI
3a summon, for Attorney-"cneral i
sBlair To appear before the count! No.n y,
fNottov,V at the December tenn TO answer
81 Dresentmcnt Of the grand l'I! vi ~"
acountv found against himat the Scp'ein"'i
4term Of the court; also lolnt s''','1iui'3
2tbe same pllpOrt for Mr.. Blair, Mereui'ilj
tlV1Son. J. +. Lcath, clerk in tine SeconuI
a,nIitor,S office. W. NJ. Flanagan, \. W 4
Lone and Second Auditor ii. ii. Dyson l
m i understood that the prcsen'ment'
q a.haroe inciting a riot at a public discussion
H. TottoWay during the late cainpalsh'I
nj Rlair is out Of the city, but MeS>rs
5nvson and Leath were found at the 'ap'-
Moi. and the papers duly ser'eu'
j e,rr ROBBED. Monday night the store
- Mr.. Jackson Turpin, on Eigh'ecneh
Main and Cary streets; was en-
Stered bv thieves who succeeded III oPcn-
y 80, the combination iron safe and ABSTRACT /
~, therefrom considerable amount on
5,a1er in the shape Of negotiaDlc hotes,
8%acks orders, &c. Fortunately there "sS
No. ar no cash in the safe at the tlihe' n.
NSast accounts no clue TO the ROBBERY h'u
1becn obtained.
c.n REFUSED morning
noy n II. Pitt, pastor OF the Nvl"oie
3Dtreet BAPTIST church, declined can % ','S
49, Baptist church OF ChariestUn' 1;;,,,
8rhis will be gratifying news 10 :h Mi. nor. 80,
4 ano rcgation, as they nave lei. niuom ,oIJe
corn o ot the prospect OF losing 80 "'''P'"''N
III minister ----------
o.,..,vn ro BE REMoyED.-At meeting
n O Oiph" h%"a,,,,ni,tee on Cemeteries last hig"I
10 tho ''nI,,ed to have the barn ana s'lp'1s
~ wa ,d;ng IN front Of the keeper resi, 'i,
no" o' uakwood cemetery reiho,ou ,uo
Edence az rahuilt in some other ioca'lty
ndvC nhare cII thew will not be an e!c-So'' u ''
epublic. - r,o
c,, CrySINouAN's BENEiIr'rr Bi,, rrant ~
cAfiAlS ,'nd seots for Captain lam .'D,'
NV. Cunningham's beneh' ,o' Go early and
2mornlng at Ramos Mce MOS
secure your seats Tor fa'NH~N'