Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-29
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A CHRISTMAS SLAUGHTER.
SIX MEN KILLED ON THE RAIL
ROAD NEAR MILLBORO.
AFREIGHT CONDUCTOR RUNNING ON THE
EXPRESS TIME-sCENEs OF THE COL
LIsIoN-THE DEAD.
&C., &C., &C.
Reported for the Staunten INDICATOR
MILLBORO, Dec. 26. e.
Last evening behind the register coun-
ter of the Milboro Hotel there were three
watches still running. Their owners were
lying cofiined for transportation home,
save one who was yet dying
The watch of E. w. D. Hogshead
stopped at one minute to O'Clock,
that OF Chris Leach stopped at 2 OF P. M,
that of J. W. Alsop stopped at 1920 P. NJ,
and the watch Of an unkno wn owner had
stopped when it was found. just one
mile west of this village there is on the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad what is known
as the ''big fill. a" 1t is an embankment one
hundred and sixty-six feet high from base
t7-treosrfa .l-s 4sortl1 side il rsAsnn@s
an unbroken glazing of lately fallen and
frozen snow; on the south side the snow
having melted the bank of earth is seen.
From the east this high bank is approach
ed through short tunnel known az
Gooch's, tunnel few yards from which
bank is struck. These few yards are in
curve.
THE TRAINS.
On Christmas eve at P. NJ, the fast
train for the West left Richmond. The
conductor was Capt. W. S. Moody; engi-
neer, Chris G. Heitch of Hanover, aged
80, who was running that night for the
regular engineer Bib; fireman, L l.. Low
ing of Nelson. aged IS; brakeman, VIM.
Netherland; baggage-master j. w. Alsop
of Richmond, aged So; Express Massen-
ger E. W. D. Hogshead of Augusta, aged
%. and H. M. McDonie. news agent, lad
from Cabell Co., W. Va. The train con-
sisted of one combination" Mail and
Express car with a few seats for passen-
gers) car, one second-class car, ore first
class car and two Pullman sleepers. In
the combination car were George Meth er-
land. aged IS, son Of Alexus Netherland,
who was brakeman on his way west to
take his train, and a member of the West
Virginia legislature-Geo. W. Hackworth
from Cabell Co., W. Va. The other pas
sengers were Mr.. Ewell Of Clifton Forge,
clerk of Gooch & Co., there; Mr., Aspin-
wall Of England, who was On his way to
pay Christmas visit to bis friend Mr..
Peterkin, who owns the Beauregard es-
tate adjoining the White sulphur Mr..
Taliaferro Of Anderson; Captains Phil
Caison and Henry Vasseaur of the G. 60,
who were going west to take their trains;
q lady whose name is unknown, and two
or three colored passengers. The train
which was running Oh new schedule,
which went into effect Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock reached here at midnight and
left at four minutes past u O'Clock.
Coming East on the same track, was a
merchandise freight train of about TWEEN
ty cars drawn BY a magul engine, a car
loaded with wheat being next to the ten
der. The conductor was Capt. J. q. Lane;
engineer, Jacob Woodward, and fireman,
&c. ONeil, of Richmond, aged 81. This
train instead of running on the new
schedule, was running On time by watch
which was thirty-fve minutes slow.
THE COLLISION.
TT was bright night, the moon shining
with the brightness of day. The express
train ran out of Gooch tunnel, then thro'
the cut, and 81 as it reached the high
embankment met the freight. Engineer
Leitch reversed his engine and attempted
to leap from it, Out could neither
avoid a collision horoscope. The passen-
ger engine drove Its poller into the large
mogul engine of thffreight, out strange
to say, both enginearemalned on the high
bank. The wheat Rden car went over the
FREIGHT tender andi burst on the engine,
while the-aombinfGion car in which were
an killed or wounded on the
ain, telescoped, the tender and
the second class passenger car
pr that. Capt. Moody, who was
the conductor in the sleeping
lately went to the front and
eoef carried from the tanks in the
n cars put out the fire which had
from the stove in the mail car, and
ayerted all awful feature which
threatened those under the cars.
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