Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-03
INTO A CHASM.
A Fesrhl Wreck on the Norfolk
and Western Road.
WATER AND FLAMES.
The Boiler of the Locomotive Ex-
plOdeS.
4 FIFTY.FCOT PLUNGE.
Twenty-Five or Thirty Passengers
Killed and Many Wounded.
aIodics Burned -fastoning TO the Assist
ancc OF tho Woundcd-Sad
Incidents.
SPECIAL telegram to tho Dispatch,

A.sfrople occurred on tho Norfolk and
Western road about one mile west Of Thax-
f0.'> lt 2z1 This morning. The wreck was
caused hy wlshout Oh = high all. The
break lu the roadbed Is eighty feet long
aal ffty feet deep and the water for one
hundred Yards OF more is from eight 10 ten
f"r. deep Accounts state that ram bad
been falling for two or three days almost
continuously, and last night from an early
hour the water fell in torrents and the
electric storm WIS simply terrific.
Up % the tim, the train left Roanoke no
danger WIS apprehcudcd. as the track WAS
Ecp0rte clear and several trains had passed
between tins city and that point.
A CLEAR LgAp.
When the engine struck tho washout the
speed ~ is stated. was about thirty miles
prr hour. and % made D clear leap Of about
ifty feet 90 the bottom, carrying with II
eight cars. When n struck the water the
boiler exploded. tearing what WAS left Of
che tram 90 pieces and scattering the trag-
incuts 10 every direction.
TOOK TsF.
A. soon rs tho explosion occurred the
entire tram took fire and was consumed,
Together with q large number Of paSsen-
gers aud the mail and express matter. As
g. the number Of passengers killed, II Is
inlD>sIli" fo, any one yet 10 form an idea.
KiIJlD AND WOUNDED.
The most correct information vet OBJ
tanned from the raiiroad-men place the
billed and wounded NJ from twenty-five
tothirty. Thirty wounded have been re-
moved 80 Roanoke thirteen to BufOrds-
vile and five to Liberty.
Captain Rowland johnson, who was in
charge of the train is thought 10 be NOR
tally wounded. Baggage Master Ford is
eaii 20 be- very badly hurt. MAJOR j. &.
Cass,Il. superintendent Of the Lynchburg
division, was ou tho train and IS seriously
injured J.. j.. Summers. OF Abingdon,
postal chrk was badly bruised. The other
postal clork, j. j. Bose Of Abingdon, was
killed
ASSISTANCE.
An of the physicians and many citizens
So Liberty went 20 thu wreck Us soon as IN
formation ut the Disaster reached there and
did oll That could be done forthe wounded.
Patrick Donovan was the engineer. and
VIII burned NO. as Was also Fireman Bruce.
u. ". Ilves8y. "a srulD-dispatcheT, was also
burned. W {. Head. Of Cleveland. Tenn.
aud John kirkpatrick, of Lyncbburg, are
among the dead Mrs. Judge Thompson,
IF Aull-tn county. WIS one IF the injured
and au adopted child Of hers was killed.
One If the Indy passengers lost her hus-
band aud two childnan, but cannot learn
their names. W G. Stead, who was killed.
WIS. au EuglIshmau and agent Of the Idaho
limiting and Fishing Club. and vas on hIs
Wuy 90 England for supplies.
IH,gnse- Master Ford's condition IS said
q ho -oinewhat improved, as IS also Cap
ram J0lusuu-.
RElOErFHs PUT OFF.
There IS now no communication between
TINS CITY and the wreck, as several bridges
arc Thought 20 Doe unsafe. a relief train
l.ft this city late this afternoon, and all
newspaper reporters were put of before
the train left the depot. the railroad officials
stating that they had orders not 10 allow
fhem 20 goo. There Is no telegrnpuc office
nearer than Liberty, and railroad officials
V-ll give no information whatever.
LArH NON THE WRECK.
The latest from tine wreck just received
EcpoIts siN dead bodies taken from the
wreck. consisting rs follows L. Donovan.
thu engineer; Postal-Clerk Rose and the
fireman The other bodies were not rccOg-
uized. Mr. Casseil. superintendent of the
division. VINO was reported badly hurt, was
cat about the head and arms; but he Is on
duty 40 the wreck and Is iudetaugahle IN
DIS oxerflons - care for the wounded. il
j. thought q large number OF bodies were
burned up.
The company Is doing everything posi-
o. for the wounded, and "a large corps OF
flvsiciaus have been carried 10 the scene
from Roanoke. Liberty, aud other points.
Another Account Partial List of the
Killed aud Wounded.
Special telegram 10 Tire Dispstch.l
RoANoKE. Va. July 2.-Thc disaster near
IhaXtOu's this morning casts "a general
gloom over this city. Irain No. >, east
bound, ran into O washOut near that place
alput O'Clock this morning. and seven
inches were wrecked and burned The
2 ss of life Is estimated at from fifteen 10
twenty, but ~ nearly all the killed were
consumed thu. is only an estimate. The
s,uoVinc rs o list Of the killed ana wound
ed As far as ascerthned
BILLED.
Patrick Donovan, engineer.
Simmons, postal clerk.
Hopkins. express agent.
A. NJ James. travelling engineer.
John kirkpatrick. OF Lynchburg.
j. ". Boal and }. ". Steed, Cleveland,
Tcnu.
WOUNDED.
CAPTAIN Ford. baggace-master.
Rowland Johnson, conductor
p. l.. burberry, superintendent of the
Eastern division, Norfolk and Western
T.. Iruad
W. g. Glass. first brakeman, arm broken.
Mrs. Judge T.. Y. Thompson, Staunton,
Va hurt badly.
Miss Pattie Darlington
Bishop 4. W Wilson, Baltimore, Md,
cur ou wrist and bruised mp.
=. ID. Tanner, Lynchburg, Va, hurt seri-
Joseph Goldbefg, New York, hurt on the
b. and shoulder.
r. r. dexter, Beverly, Mass, body seri-
Uuly injured.
Mrs *. b. Powell, Marshall, Tex,
ehouller and back hurt,
Alrs. lncz spar kman, Marshall, Tex, hurt
Internally.
Robert B. Goodfcllow, Roanoke, injured
land and foot.
=. vs.. Scott, Norfolk and Baltimore sleep
H. T. johnson. Roanoke, hurt about
he'd. arms, and legs.
n. ". Martin, Chattanooga, Tenn, seri-
Ollyhurt.
NJ. D. Temple, Chicago, H., hurt about
the back seriously.
j. A. Young, l,adford, dispatcher, head
lliy hurt