Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-20

wounded, who were taken TO the Brad
dock House. Two dead bodies, those OF
M.ssra. Anger and barley, were taken
, frcm the ruins and brought here, and that
of Engineer Frere, burned into an unreccg-
! nizaple share, still lies under one of the
wrecked locomotives. Supt. BIopby oil
! the W, o. & W. r. R shortly after the re-
ceipt of the news of the accident, dispatch
ed special train to the rescue.
The light from the burning train illumi.
mated the northern heavens, and when the
+. alarm OF fire was sounded ma,y of our cili
! zens ran into the streets, but supposing that
a house or barn in The county was burning,
most Of them returned TO their homes, little
, dreaming of the terrible disaster which had
. happened.
Express manager K. A. Dellett. of the
! Midland train, stated that he was arranging
freight when the crash came and the car
was splintered from the top, and the first
recollection he had was finding himself in
the water Just outside the tunnel. He
; scrambled to his feet and heard his partner,
R. o. Stone, in the express car calling for
help. He went to his assistance and soon
extricated bin, and both were glad to dis
cover that they escaped with few scratches
on the face and hands. There must have
been oil in the forward cars of the freight,
he thought, because stream of fire ran
into the forward cars of the Midland train
and set them on fire. Neither Of the ex-
press messengers waited to ascertain the ex-
tent of the damage, but took the first train
back to Washington.
The Hydraulion steam fire engine from
this city, has been engaged the greater part
of the day in e1tinguishing the flames from
the burning train, and numbers from this
city have visited the scene Of the accident.
When the reporter of the GAZETTE left
the scene of the accident at 2 O'Clock this
evening, scores of men, mostly negroes,
were engaged in scraping over the debris
looking for anything of value that might be
found, while others were busy at work
clearing the way and relayiDg the track in
order that trains may be gotten past by night.
The body of Engineer Frere, which at that
time had not been extricated from the ruins
but, terribly burned, was lying under one
of the wrecked engines. The body was
subsequently, recovered and brought TO this
city.
After the accident several of the passen-
gers who had escaped unhurt applied to the
porter of the Pullman car for blankets for
the com fort Of the uuhurt and sheets with
which to bandage the wounds of the lnJur
ed, bat that individual refused to furnish the
same, becoming go obstinate that the inceps-
ed passengers had to draw pistols on him in
order to force him TO terms. One man
grasped an axe and threatened to brain the
porter if the sheets were not forthcoming.
The conductor of the palace car soon arriv-
ed upon The scene, and upon the matter be-
ing explained to him told the passengers
they were welcome to use anything in the
car that would be of use to the wounded.
When the flames from the burning cars
hogan to spread many of the passengers
worked berocaly to save the remainder OF
the train, and uncoupled cars and by united
force succeeded IN pushing four passenger
aud 8 number of freight cars from the burn
ing wreck, thereby saving them from de
straction.
4 considerable amount of valuable bag
gage belonging to parties on the passenger
train was destroyed i'll the burning cars
Trains passed the scene of the wreck this
evening, and tomorrow will be running as
usual