Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-13
Taking Out the Dead and Relieving
the Wounded.
TIL e CASU ALTIES.
Eight Persons Certainly Killed and Many
Others Ipjarsd-FeaTs that Others are
Still In the Wreck, &C., &c.
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broke through what ia known as Browning
tTcstle, about two miles south oi Orange
Courth0u.e. nj 2:l5 A. NJ. This treste is
over a small STRAIN, and is about $50 feet
long and forty-seveD feet high Ia the middle
The news OF the wreck reached this city
very early this morning, and created great
deal ~ excitement. Dr. w. G. y. Ran
dolph. the regular physician OF the road 3;
Nr. /. J.. Dinwiddie. chief dispatcher, and
others went down very early on n specia
arain. No particulars OF the wreck could be
gained here.
EXCITEMENT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
As the hours went by the excitement grew
very intense, 30 much so that when a specla
train from Oringe arrived bearing the
wounded the depot and platforms were life.
rally packed, sndit MSS az much as the police
could do 10 keep passagc-wav clear. This
train consisted OF one passenger and two
baggage cars. and brought mp thirteen OF The
most seriously wounded, arriving at 11:i0 A.
VI. Drs. l.. l.. Flanagan, {. i. Werten.
baker, and J. &. Gordon were at the depot
waiting to render OH necessary aid. Mr.. A.
j.. Payne had hacks and wagons in waiting
10 bear the wounded from the train.
PLACED on IIITERs.
The wounded were paced on htters and
tpkcn from the train and carried some TO the
There the local physicians rendered them
all the assistance IN their power. II was
almost impossible 10 reach the wreck from
this place. Your correspondent could only
get rs Tar % G0rdonsvlle by train, and then
had to GO by buggy across the country some
Sen miles TO the wreck.
SCENE OF TIE WRECK.
There scene awaited him which no pen
or tongue can describe. The train carried
down with II when II fell about 100 feet OF
the tIestle. The trcstle broke Ia the middle
and TIE engine had gotten three iOurths over
before II went down.
The trqin consisted OF an engine and
seven coaches. as follows: Mail, baggage,
smoker. ladies' car, and three sleepers. The
engine went down first aud fell clear. The
mail-csr went down fat and The smoker
crushed down upon 1t, the baggage-car was
thrown over on the south side Of the track
on its side. the ladies' car fell on
the north side bottom upwards, the first
sleeper icii with one end on the baggage-car
and the other resting on the trestle. Two
sleepcrs did not leave the track at ali and no
one was injured in them. The cars were
broken all to pieces and piled one upOn the
other The rails were bent In every con-
ceivablc shape. The blllsdes this evening
were sirewn for hundreds Of yards around
with all kinds of tsmbers, iron, baggage,
boxes, paper, etc. Hundreds OF people from
Orange aud the neighb0rlood visited the
place during the day.
A HEARTRENDING SCENE.
Those who survived the wreck describe 1t
ne a most hesrtrendiDg scene, and one never
20 be forgotten. The moaning Of some poor
fellow buried beneath the Debris or the
weeping Of some injured woman could be
heard In every direction. Mcssrs. l., r.
BrOOking and G.. A. Spottswood, who live
near by, were the first In arrive on the scene
and rendered valuable assistance In getting
out the dead and wounded. They were soon
followed by many others from the surround
ing country, and by daylight hundreds had
reached the place. brakeman N. III. Matter,
who was on the last sleeper when the wreck
occurred, was the first 10 go TO town aud
spread the sorrowful aud dreadful news.
Dr. +. W, Row, OF Orange, was among the
first arrivals aud went to work TO
RESCUE THE DEAD AND DYING.
The dead were taken out on the south
side of the track and placed on filters, and
Afterwards carried 10 Orange Courthouse
and placed In the baggage-roOm OF the Viz
Cinia Midland depot. The wounded were
most Of them taken out from the north side
and stewards sent some TO Charlottesville
and Others TO Alexandra. Dir. Row was
ably assisted soon after his arrival by Drs.
VIC. y. Randolph. OF Charlottesville, aud
Dr. Chsrles Moncure, Of Orange county.
Mr.. j. w. Ames, a carpenter, living near
Somerset, Orange county, showed the coolest
head u any man present and rendered the
most valusble assistance by making stretchers
Go bear away the wounded and dead.
AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE.
This trestle has not been considered safe
for some time-sO much so that the trains
are not allowed to run over II with u greater
speed than six miles aH hour. The train was
running at the regular speed when the acct.
dent occurred. The company were repair
ing and filling in the trcstle. Mr.. j. :.
Moore, with force OF ten hands, had been
working AZ this place mp 10 10 O'Clock last
night The south end OF the trcstle, which
had Just been put In. did not give way.
An Of the wounded and dead were re-
moved 10y 10 o'clock A. NJ, and the work OF
removing the baggage aud the dE0ris was
begun. More than a hundred hands have
been busy all dav removing the wrecked cars
20 the adjacent hillside. The wreck will not
be cleared before late tomorrow night, and
a. il thought that no REGULAR trains eau be
run over this road until sunday night or
MONDAY morning. Any one 10 see this
wreck now would wonder that anybody at
an escaped without injury, but nevertheless
some OF the passengers escaped most mlracu-
Iously. Several were interviewed In regard
u the numbtr OF passengers on the tram,
hut none seemed 10 know the exact number.
i Is reported that there were about seventy.
THE DEAD.
Eight dead bodies were taken from The
wreck. Their names and addresses are, so far
s. can be learned. ~ follows:
Mes Alice Brown, passenger, Philaoei-
phia, Pa.
c. G. Cox. civil engineer on the road.
Alexandria. Va.
Edwsrd Smith. newsboy, Washington, d.
{.
Charles Francis, passenger, Baltimore,
lid. (supposedl
r. \. Terrence, passenger, Blacks, s. G.
l.. G. COrtes. New Orleans, La.
Ii. 4. Wilmington, mall clerk, Greens.
bor0', \. c.
An Ilalian-nsme aud address unknown.
THE WOUNDED
There were about thirty-hye passengers
in!urtd, some 30 seriously that they are not
txpected TO live aud others only slightly.
1be following Is partial list;
First. Those sent 20 Charlottesville.
II. G. Brlyhtwell, railway.mal clerk, Pros |
peel Depot. Va. fatally injured.
Nhhaft Hunter, passenger, OF scouana;
tlghilg injured.
H. NJ. Jennings. passenger, Lynchburg,
va over eKertIon.
Conductor Nell Taylor, Alexandria, Va;
badly injured.
>. $. vital, PASSENGER, Fincastle, Va;
knee iniured.
=. r Jones, passenger, Chatham, Va;
body bruised.
,ufed
", 6realish. passenger, Augusta, ca.
,,oos'aef dslocaied and confusion oil the
q 9oon 2 West passenger, Washington, D.
". \. PsnOsy mail clerk, ALTERNATE !