Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-13
THE MIDLAND DISASTER.
kurther Details of the Accident az
Orange Courthouse.

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THE DISASTER ATTRIBUTED TO THE RorTESSEss OF
THE rREsTLE-THs SCENES AT THE wREcK-LIs1
OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Additional details received from the scene OF the
wreck on the Virginia Midland road at trestle 2
mics south OF Orange Courthouse, Va, early yes
terday morning. show that the first accounts pub
ished In The STAR last evening were not exagger.
ated. In fact, the loss OF life was understated
yesterday. AS the mass OF wreckage was cleared
away other bodies were found, and the list OF
oead had heightened to nine this morn
ing. The scene that followed the plunge
oil the train through the trestle was
one OF horror. The shrieks and means OF the In
Jufed anu dy ing the shouts OF excited passengers,
pahdemonium OF sound. All the lights on the
t.-dn were extinguished, and the mass OF the
wreckage was shrouded In darkness, which seemed
10 Increase the awfulness of the moment AS soon
as self possession returned 10 the startled sur
v'Ors o. the disaster they went at once 10 WORK 10
rescue The injured and recover tae bodies OF the
dead The train WAS pied In such an lneXtricaoie
mass or debris that IL was difficult TO discover the
outlines OF human forms Through the interstices
OF the wreck arms and legs protruded In every d.
rectiOn. Fragments OF wood were gathered and a
bonfire was Started, which threw weird light
over the scene, enabling the unlnJured 10 make
tnelr way about the wreck.
THE SCENE AT THE WRECK.
Mr.. George 5. Shaekelford, who was at orange,
was one OF TIE 1rst TO arrive at the scene OF the
disaster after the alarm was given. "When We got
there he said, 'the gray light OF the dawning day
disclosed scene or understandable horror. The dead
aAd the injured, TO the number OF about twenty
nve, were lying on either side of the wreck. The
cut, bruised bloody faces OF the dead presented a
ghastly spectacle. and the living exni6iJed every
tApreaalOn Oh suffering. Others OF the wounded
with back bruises ana undreSsed and bleeding
wounds, which, under other circumstances
wOuli certainly nave Frustrated them, regardless
Oh tnelf own Injuries were doing all that they
could 10 relieve their more un1ort innate fellow
Yasaensers- There was one woman ill the party
VINO WORKED nobly-i do not know her name. She
Was Trail ana deiicate In appearance hau not had
"a berth In the sleeper, Dut had mary elOuSly
escaped unhurt from one OF the wrecked cars she
continued her eXertloDs unceasing unll the last
injured man Was placed upon tie relief Train sent
from ClarlOttesyiiIe. Her conduct Was In striking
contrast 10 that Oh sOnc OF the ladies from Jue
Pullman cars, vino displayed great anxiety the
rescue OF their trunks. When the sun arose the
people from the country around, who had gathered
In considerable numbers, cut bushes and branches
from the Trees, ~nd made arDOrS over the
wounded"
DR.. Row, OF orange Court House, was early upon
the ground, and Ulu ali that could be done until
tine arrlyaI Of the relief Tram, about O'Clock,
which brought DR.. W. q. n. Randolph, the surgeon
Oh The company. BY Dr. kaEdOipn's di ection
comfortable stretcherS were quickly constructed
OIL Tue uOoTs OF the wrecked cars and MATTRESSES
from Jhe aleeers. and upon them the injured were
CARED uP The hli to The reiief tram and then u
Characteristic.
RoITED TIMBERs IN THE TKESTLE.
One hundred feet or more OF the high wooden
treStie gave way, and the timbers Of that part 1t
is saiu, were rotted.
eoroners jury met at orange Court House this
AFTERNOON, ana after vi, lag ihe wreck ana the
dead and nearing witnessys concluded That the
accident anu tine Resulting deaths were due 10 the
FUttenneso OI the Jimutrs.
THE KILLED AND THE WOUNDED.
The list OF the killed 50 far as known this morn
Ing was az follows: Cornelius cox, OF Alexandria,
assistant civil engineer OF the road; ". +. Hunter
ami Ch;is. Francis, OF Baltimore; j. y. Torrance,
Oh south Carolina; W. "A. Warrington, United
States mail cent. GreensDOr, " e.; II. Z. Bnght-
Wei, postal C-tfh, Prospect, PInC EuN ard
county, Va; Miss Alice buino or Brown, OF nigh
l'Ada, ). g.; JAS. SnliLi, Vi Washin.to u news
boy; L. q. COrttz, vi Louisiana.
About lnirty-Ev were injured, some quite seri-
ousil. Inc LIST Includes the iOIiOwln.: ". II. Par
fOtt, VI AlOeIlf.r County, postal cierh, badly III
Jufeu; j. q. West ami d. l. aItudll UI Washing
con, D. e., postal clerks, badly injured; Louis
JuTrt.; D. IA. PUtJerncId express agC Mt SERIOUSLY
lhJdr. q; Il. y. Jennings, OF LynChUuIg, Passenger
IltcGn&i lnJurl .; Neal Taylor, OI Alexandria con-
uGCO AuTI about Tie mead and one ley; JAS. uood-
VIA. D~ss dgeuiaster, Alexandria, seriously ILL.,
JuTed; JAS U Nell, ndSmaD, rIOuSly injured; u.
L. heiIy, Ar' Imam. BADLY sCaideu Jonn atklus
engineer, oII5ntiy scai1eu; H. +. Sprinkle, North
CaIO4ina, ninu lurl; l.. 4. Jones' Cuatu M. Va
lHtern.l InJuIles; henry Conway. Puiiaurlpl,la
slightly bruised; Ars Stockard. Graham, u c.
81. iCuSIy nufL; MISS f. L. Alexander OF Ly.cu-
our5, anu Postal Cicrhs Parott ana Lan.ston
" used; Mss Ii. j. Stocha Il, Graham. n C.
sIi.DtI! injured; ID. NJ. GTetlIsh, Au usla Ca
Lace Urui,eu; froi. T. L. Barber Washing ON ana
Lac lnI'trolty, slightly bruised; W. u. abeII At
L.h'd ah5htiy huft; L. +. sherer, hagero,Own,
-hu-, DTuloeu 4 he DUuieo oil MtsSrs. TORRANCE.
W AlIIInston, aLu Cox arrived in Alexandra Iast
evening iioiil The wreck. Torrance, Dody was
prepared ior burial anu sent 10 SOU Carolina last
il5ht- Inc body Vi tine ncwsuUy, JAS. smith, Wa,
"a oug at 10 THIS city at IL Oclock last nlsut He
iNeu Oh I'm StrteL northwest, near the BOUNDARY