The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-13
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
4 TRAM on TIE VYR8IN{i Md
LAND GOES THROUGHA 4 TRESTLE.
seveu Killed aud About Forty injured
List OF the unfortunates-A Miracle that
ANY Escaped -- Passenger Cars Crushed
All Ont of shape.

t
went through the long ,reslle two miles
! from Orange Courthouse this morning
about O'Clock, and seven persons were
killed End large number badly injured
The train pulled out at the Sixth street
station, this cily, at ] o'clock last night.
II consisted of engine No 694, manned
! by John Watkins, engineer, and John
! htly, fireman one mail. car, one bag.
| gage car. two coaches and three Pullman
! slcepers. Conductor Neil Taylor was In
charge. The run to big Nancy" irestle,
about two miles the other side of Orange
! Courthouse, was made in thee hours
! This leslle is wooden one OF three
/ tiers. and is four or five hundred feet In
len2lh and sixty feet high.
For some time The Midland road has
been engaged in repairing its bridges and
ireslles, and men had been at work on
tie Big Nancy" for some time. But
the weak point in the trestle had evident
ly Deen overlooked, for the engine had
hnrdly crossed it before there was a
shivcr ard lrem6ling OF the structure, and
tie upper part collapsed The engine,
mail, and baggage Car aud day coaches
went over tac side. two of the Pullmans
alone remaining on the track.
\ terrific crash followed, and it was a
wonder that any es"aped alive. The
scene that followed was of indescrbable
horror. The shrieks and mOans of the
Injured, the shouts Of the wildly.excited
passengers and the Kissing of the steam
were terrible 10 hear The cars In the
middle Of The train went down first, the
engine ana one sleeper falling on top
The baggage ear was completely wrecked
smashed into kinaling wood, and not a
soul could have escaped.
CRUSHED OFT OF SHAPE.
The passenger ears were crushed out Of
all shape, while the sleeper was held high
in the air by the ruins of the broken
coaches. \ little stream runs under the
treStle. and the recent rains had swollen
II To TAR beyond its wonted proportions.
Undoubtedly some were pinioned below
is surface and perished in It's waters.
As soon as self-pOssession returned to
the startled survivors of the horrible dis
astcr, they went at once to work to res
cue the injured and recover the bodies of
the dead
The train was rilcd in such an ineytr-
cable mass ot debris that it was difficult
To discover the outlines of human forms.
Through The intcrslices OF the wreck
arms aud ltg- proiruded In every direc.
lion
KILLED AID WOUNDED
Il was learned, however, that the fol-
lowing were killed
A. 4 WMuiDgton, mail agent, Green's
b5io, II. C.. living at 1913 Four-and.a.
halt 81 rect, this city
DR.. loren, SouIh Carolina.
Cornelius Cox, civil engineer
Four unknown.
tonGacloF Taylor was badly injured
James Goodman, the baggage master,
was probably fatally injured. The fire.
man was also badly hurt.
TIE WORK Of RESCUE.
Word was sent to Orange Courthouse,
and lh, citizens and physicians promptly
ccsponded The region Is thickly set
lied, and The farmer, hurried to the scene
Alexandria was notified, and at $50 this
mOming wrecking train left there for
the scene.
The accident is lsii TO the recent
ucavy rains washing away the founda.
tons
WHAT = PASSENGER sATs
Mr. c. A. Nicholson of 81 South How.
ard street, Baltimore, was one of tue SUR
yiyors q the disaster, aud arrived in this
city this afternoon by the first train from
the scene of the wreck.
1T was a horrible scene" he said. "and
IN is miracle how any one who went
down in that terrible fail escaped II was
n the dead Of night and we had got
nearly across the bridge, when ii sud
tcnly gave way. The engine had reached
lhe other side, hut was pulled back BY
{ he falling baggage car and fell on top OF
IT. The mail car was Knocked out of
recognition and the smoxer was totally |
demolished
# was 10 he sleeper that went down.
I don't know how | escaped When | |
was awakened looked out and found |
the ear hoi-led high in the air, resting on |
The remains Of the cars below. The |
couplings connecting Us with the other
sl.cpers had given way and they re-
NAMED or the track.
we went to work as soon as possible, |
though il was pitch dark, and did our
best 10 rescue The Injured. The only dead |
OGcs whose names | learned were DR.
rorrens Of South Carolina and Mail
Clerk Wilmington
WHAT MAJOR RANDOLPH SAYS
Major Randolph, the manager of the
-0ad. when seen this evening, placed the
number Of killed ri seven and the in
pred at forty.
The cause Of the accident was the de-
'aiimeHt Of coach, which Knocked down
portion Of the tresile, carryine with ii
be engine and cars,
Tho,e killed were " Hunter Of Balli.
more, H. W. Wilmington, United States
Hail agent; c. e. Cox, assistant civil
.ngiaecr of the road, and one white
woman and three white men, names I'm
Known.
The injured were taken either 10 Alex
.ndria OF Charlottesville, as they desired,
md are receiving every attention.
CORRECTED LIST or THE DEAD.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July l2.-lt Is now
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