The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-15
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON
The RAILROAD.

a Freight Train Dcraiicd on ih" Richmond
and pan,iilc- Young James uo~i"i'' ~
Manchester. Crushed 10 jelly ''
Failing car.
Another death has io be- choniclcd on lhe I
Richmond and pAn,illc Railroad. when
happen,d since last issue az the TIMES Ntn' I
to press. The dcraiiment of locomotive
and - hat loaded with pig iron resulted ~
NOT onlN the death. hui the hanging h'N"hu
shane of Mr. james Hewlett. II was q -'h- /
mine wreck. W hich occurred between Ici,r--
willie and Amelia Courthouse earl, SUNDAY
morning.
DETAIL oi fnf AFFAIR.
close Investigation into the affair re-
Ncalcd the following ~ FAR ~ could "e
learned
\ regular freight train lcft the city about
10 O'Clock last saturday night. The loco,
motive which drew the train was mlhil,N
hV Mr.. Ernest AtWoli. engineer. ami VT.
James Hewlett frcmcn. lhi- i"comol''
was somewhat of "a new one. having been
fully repaired at the shops. and wa" making
ID. first trip since 10 came nom llc Hhul'
The engine had mo- trouble IN pulling inr
freight ears until 10 reached Jcnnine = 'inl-
nary. moi far from Hurke,ille. when some oi
IN. steam pipes bur-ted. This disabled iir
engine. and il WAS of no further inlhe"i'''
Use.
telegram was semi 10 know what io do.
The response was ~ attach the engine 10 %
freight train which was coming towards
Richmond. This was done. The iocumo-
live. with All iis fires ont. came as "a dead
car. II was fastened between. just in lroil
of the car loaded with pie-iron. Engineer
Atwcll and iiTemcn Hewlett got "m lhr"
engine to look after its movements BACK !"
the wards i'm Manchester.
This freight train reached Jeier-Niilc ahnui
= O'Clock sunday morning. ana amer pass
inc that point pursued ii- way 40 lIci-hl-
car rate when the locomotive Mhlch was
bsine hauled Backward got OIL the track
within a few miles Of Amelia Courthouse.
I'm iumpiue the track the dead locomotive
placed al the cars behind 1t i'm danger. Mt
! Ernest Atwcll. the engineer ana Mr. James
/ l.. Hewlett. the fireman. decided I" lunil
on Mr.. AtWcll jumped % one -lde, Whi'h
/ proved 60 he the safe one. and Mr. iiNWirll
/ Jumped the other side. which proved To h'
/ the unfortunate one.
When vounr Hewlett reached the ground
the fiat car. which contained the iron ore.
/ was thrown over hy the locomotive ana icII
ON Mr.. llawlcu. Who wa- doing hi, best 4"
| yet out Of the way.
NGHN~TTN SIGHT.
Those who may have seen manelod and
crushed bodies can perhaps picture ln'
scene when WOrknpn removed lhc "'DL
and took from beneath 10 what was once il''
/ bndv of james l.. Hewlett. II WAS now o.
confused mass hardly recognizable. IT mao
been mashed intoa jelly. The head could n,'
Doe told a. that of "a human being. The n'h.
WIS in little pieces.
h. ,'''" VIM '., olin., and fearful
pre- NV. "''I ,,-. ,l.. ,.,,,in. and rlared
n'"I -''',, ',i,i;n ,,iirb ,,,. nrorlrcd
'4'.l '' a. ~ i.''.,,,i.,.,,-,
I" =, ",'',' '',,.,I.,,.. fla. remains ,yor.
Int MIN ti. r.,,il,r train due i'm This citt
Lana T. VI. ~anda, evening reached lult.
There WIS "a delay on account OF inns "c''
dent for number oi hours.
When the train conveying ih' remains OBJ
Young James Hewlett reached lhc '"' =
large number oi Hi'hu- hl'' 'l,"l' a'.'
many were their expressions ~ -lnll"lh,
The remains were taken li"in lhr ,'l" i'
tine Manchester depot ana Thence lih'h %
the store OF = VI: Iti,u', "",' '',"'
HUI street gust above Nlii'"' -N''.
done his best 10 dre-s. 'nr f,nl.'h', , ,ih.s
were taken 10 lne ,.''.,,.' .rnn,l, Street
Mr.. J.. j. Hewlett NO.. --- east l'hl" 9''''''
,''.,,,., n.'n Mn, lo.f hi, DIT. I'm thi-
,.'.i,i,.,,t ,,hila i'm fine. DISCHARGE of hi- duti
I ., ~ Nr Fd,,iu L. IiDwirlf
,,1o-e residence has boon stated. a. hao
l,..u i'm the omplo, of the Richmond auN
p,n,ille Rnilr1aA. ana was trusted iu al
tha druarfmcnt. of which he WAS 400 Om
nlovc. lie WAS only twenty-five NDr'
a. .ua and WAS Ncr, popular V'u
hi. friends Who wen. numerous. Ills -i-
,.r j.. tbe yyif. of Mr.. ~olou T.. Wooddn u.
,,a- member of Tine Banbr.d-c--tf0c
f E,tti.t Church. and whenever his dutle-
''.r,nittad attended Worship at that church
J. i..I l.'.'',, f..,,, ,,,lth mn attendant nf
49,. .',nJ,,-~lho"l Of Nh. same church. an,
,,.,- al,,,;. liked.
....,,.,.,,.,,..r
.i t..
\ peculiar thing which happened lA-
saturday evening was when N"un- HOW u
len his home % go on BOZ, last Trip, li' l'i
those dear 90 him -inrin- hiplIit' u"
shin that never returns.
A. Doe walked along tlr street h' mfi 3
,onn,uIou. who remarked in conffg- ffiou