Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-14
THE TRAINS COLLIDE.
EAsr-B0UHD MAIL AND wBsr-BoUED
FREIGHT COME TOGETHER.
Five Trainmen Injured, but None OF Them
Fatally-slight Damage TO the
Railroads Property.

An accident occurred On the Cnesa-
peake and Ohio railroad near Waynes-
boro' junction yesterday morning in
which five persons we're injured. For
tunately there we're no fatalities. All OF
those hurt were connected in some way
or other with one of the two trains
which figured in the collision. 4 mem
Der Of the staff of this paper made dill
gent efforts to learn the details, but only
very meagre information could be OBJ
tanned here.
The railroad officials were very courte-
ous, but the wires were so heavily laden
with other business that they could OBJ
tain no further facts than that there was
a collision and the names of the unfortu-
nate parties who suffered thereby.
THE PARTICULARS.
The following special telegram to the
| Dispatch from Charlottesville gives the
particulars of the accident:
"a collision occurred about half n
mile east Of Waynesboro, near the Blue
Ridge tunnel, on the Chesapeake and
Ohio road, between the esst-bound local
passenger train (No. p and the west
bound freight No. 73J at 1910 A. NJ.
to-day. The passengers were badly
shaken up, but none were wounded.
Engineer Charles Demon and Fireman
Joel, Of the passenger train, did not see
the freight until they were in fifty feet
of it, as they were rounding a sharp
curve. 1t was then too late to jump.
Engineer Demoin was severely injured,
but Fireman Joel escaped with several
severe bruises.
"The force OF the conclusion drove the
tender of the passenger-train's engine
into the mail-car, badly bruisin2 Mail
Clerk f. |. Doughty and Wilbur +.
Stone. mail clerk on the Virginia Mid
land, who was riding in the mail-car.
Baggage Master William Anderson and
Express Messenger j. G. McCIung were
also badly bruised. A wreckiRg-train
left here at noon. Passengers and mails
were transferred.
"Fireman Joel and Baggage Master
Anderson were taken to Richmond on a
passenger train which passed there
about 9:30 y. NJ. The other wounded
were left at Waynesboro'.
Engineer Mcintosh and his fireman,
Of the freight train, jumped in time to
escape injury. There were many pas
sengers on the train"
The latest advice received at the
Chesapeake and Ohio Richmond offices
Yesterday afternoon was to the effect
that all OF the wounded parties were at
the hotel at Wayneshoro' and doing
well, aud that traffic would be delayed
only few hours.
CAUSE AND DAMAGE.
The accident is attributed to a mistake
on the part OF the engineer of the pas
senger train, who was instructed to let
section 4 of the freight train pass him
before leaving certain point He mis-
took section 3 for 4, and thereby ran
directly in the way Of the train that he
had been instructed TO let pass.
The damage to the company's proper
ty. it is said, is not great. Several
empty coal-cars Of the freight train were
broken to some extent, and the baggage
car and both tenders were slightly 10
lured. The rate of speed with which
the locomotives approached each other
must have been very low or the result
would have been much more serious.
THE TRAIN ARRIVES.
As soon as the accident occurred il
was decided to let the local train lay
over and connect it with the through ex-
press due here at $50 p. NJ. and let the
latter do the business of both. This
was done, and the train did not reach
here until 80 this morning. Although
the hour was so late there was present at
the depot quite a large crowd, composed
mostly of persons who were anXiously
awaiting the arrival of friends or mem
bers of their families who were expected
on the local mail due nearly twelve hours
earlier.
THE WOUNDED.
Four of the wounded were brought to
Richmond.
Mr.. William Anderson, baggage-mas-
ter, who lives at Is Mosby street, and
has family, was badly hurt on a rib
and in his side. He was borne on a
litter from the train to hack and taken
to his home.
Mr.. L. |. Doughty, about twenty-five
years Of age, postal-clerk, is hurt about
the head. His hands are badly bruised
and his knee slightly injured. He says
that when the accident happened he and
Postal Clerk Stone were in the mail car,
and both we're knocked insensible. They
had to be extricated with axes and saws
from the wreck. Mr.. Doughty lives at
1907 west Cary street and is married.
He took hack for his home.
Captain James Z. Fitz, one of the
most popular conductors on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio. was hurt in his right
hip. He lives in Richmond and has a
family. His colored porter was slightly
injured.
Fireman Joel. Of the passenger train,
was only slightly hurt. He was carried
to his home in hack
Mr.. McClung, the express messenger,
is in Waynesboro'. He is seriously in
jured.
Young Stone, a postal clerk, is in
Waynesboro'. He has a rib broken, his
nose is badly mashed. and he received
internal injuries. He is a single man and
his home is in Washington.
Engineer Demon. is from Gordons-
vile, and has a family. He was brought
down to his home on the train last night.
The wreck is reported to have been
much more serious than was supposed
by the railroad people here.
SEvENTEENTH-SIK ROBBERY.
Parties Arrested for burglary aud
Receiving stolen Goods.
1t now appears that the investigation
of the robbery few nights ago of Ep-