The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-08
CRUSHED To DEATH.
Tragedy ENACTED ON THE r.
AND A. RAILROAD.


.iou-The Accident Due to Disreg'r"
If orders-rull Details of the 'n''''"-
nate AFFAIR.
Information was received in the cl,y
carly Yesterday morning that iIes ,bo
and Messenger train had colildSu J ~
Richmond and Allegheny ha'" s'so
The accident happened aoous toco.
o'clock this morning. Inc eN"' 80
ton was about one mile iro'. 49,
vile. between that town anu N''''O'''
TI,,ps reporter called at the ONCE
- 'ha Chesapeake and OHIO BUILDING
t - ;r dining the day. AT the first VISIT
,ha ot,icials told the reporter that the'
Ia M inflammation on the SUBJECT he
- ,old that information might oe
,,otten later. and then 1t would be gwen
ont 4 second visit was made ou'
yas as barren of result az the ioinei
II seemed TO be the genera priuSlpo
80 r,;iroads that reporters OF the udiS
v. -, o,e not 10 be informed OF any ac'
r;isnt which may happen on their linee'
They seem TO think that such uiii'n5
thing as a fatal collision Is pri'a'e
fair of their own with whlch tue pu'
Inc has nothing To 90. c.,;..
Enquiry at the Railroad Comn's'
.ioner Office revealed some niue lnioi
marion. Il seems that freight tram
had been on siding awaiting wv
train. to pass. After the hrrt iIeis ~,
nad rassed the engineer and conductor
InSfhe waiting tram pulled out, IN DIS
roe,,rd of his orders. having forgotten
lb5 second train. by far the most
;n,oortant Of the two, as II
WIS a passenger train. This up
FREIGHT. winch was a train mostly
composed of empty coal cars on tneir
,,-a, hack 10 the coal mines OF west ' IT.
oinia where they were TO be reloaded
and brought to Richmond aud new
nort News. proceeded on its way west,
var. and suddenly met the east bound
, Messenger. which was running on time
according to orders. The two trains
, |c,lhded. resulting in the smash-up o.
each Of the locomotives and nearly all
Of the empty coal cars.
The bacgage-car next To the engine "l
! tho passenger train had on board Gap
tain James ID. Duyal. the conductor ol
the train. who was on the outlook ah'
.aw the freight train with the emptl
coal cars approaching. When the col
4 nston occurred the baggage-car wa
> crushed. and Captain Duval was caugn
, between the timbers and 20 seriously
= injured that death ensued within lev
:. minutes When the debri, was searched
= Cautain Duval was still alive. but dealt
~ followed almost Immediately after
a wards.
CAPTAIN Duyal was well aud popu
larlv known IN this city. Up TIL yer
recently he has been living at No. Al
north Eighth street with his mother
She has lately removed 20 the corner o
- Franklin and Fifth streets. tie was
- son of the late Alexander Duvai, an
d. his mother is irs. +. NJ. Duval Sh
NJ and his sister, Mrs. Walter Abbott Dol
,s reside IN Richmond.
- Little over year ago Captain Duyi
"a was married TO a daughter OF Mr. Cami
- Patteson. of Buckingham county. Sn'
20 with her young infant child, are
present On q visit % her father. and oil
must have been terribly shocked at tn
nev. If her husband s fearful and su'
a. den death.
The deceased WAS = member OF >
y John Lodge. 40. 80. A. +. and A. NJ
- Richmond Commandery. Knights Ten
- plar. and of the Royal Arcanum. The
- isa policy of % 600 on his life in Il
h.. last named order.
- Yesterday afternoon a handson
40 casket vas sent up % Scottsvlils on
ri spccial train in which to place the
~, mains. 4 committee from the Masor
ACCOMPANIED the casket an. took chara
~ of the body. The body was brought
3, Masonic cohfniitteg was escorI.d Is f
an late residence.
m. Captain Duval was one Of the mo
he popular conductors on any railroa
be lie was friend to all. and the pa
al seugeIs on the line always BEGAN
friends t0 him on account Of his uu
ed form courtesy aud attention 20 dut
iii one of the brakemen named Th@ckstC
a. was right badly injured IN the collsO
or He. it is expected, will get we'll.
be- THE FUNERAL
De of Captain Duval will take place th
afternoon 1T O'clOck from 81. jam
OF Episcopal Church. corner of Marsha
and Firth streets.