The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-04
Further Details OF the Norfolk ana
nesfern Railroad Disaster.

" A-ItlIDA. -. g.. july J.-Mr. II.
VI. Martin. ot Nv Or.,ans. reached
Washington 90 day from Roanoke No
Martin Na- lu tlre il-t car u The 3D.
llel train ,hat was wrecked 90
Tnavtou ln an interview tonight
SIR. Martin said. The unusually
heavy rain that caused the
water % back up against the
emhaukmcnt % the depth II eight or
I'm feet. aud in It's ende9vOr % find AN
outlet it undermined the great ma Of
earlG. o.t0re we had time 10 take ln
the situation au explosion occurred. and
tnis Wa- followed minute later by
hltle tongues OF fire mounting here
and there amid the great mass
0f ruins which las at our
fet. aud soon the entire mass
was in flames suppose there
wts % store tank Of ga-oline somewhere
.n tne front car. and this viii account
iurfhc explosion. ia -liie of thebeaFF
mD the wrecked cars burned with %
tercpuess that could u0t have been
Dmallrl il every stick of timber had
been aked boo 0il. li,a air was filed
with the cries OF the nouuled. 10 was
almost limp -ible 90 10 anything to
h-In them Ne had DO appliances at
maud. ami most of the unfortunate
were uiniOn-d beneath fhe heavy tim
ber-. Our car Was not injured. and
wrapping the ladies' in heavy blankets,
e-c0rted them D4re-fD.teI o. the .ta-
ton mile back. When returned TO
tine wreck. number ~ the wounded
had been taken Cut and ranged on
either side of the track 0n mattresses
. kenfr1m tine sleeper. The rain was still
falling iu torrents and there was 10
covering for the wouudfd. Although
the accident occurred at l3u 10 was q
clock before relief train arrived
fsom Roanoke with physicians and fire
engines. During ail OF this time the
wounded were withOI. me4ical attend
atce. We could 10 nothing bat watch
the wreck burn. By tne time the fire
engines arrived even the car which
stood on the edge Of the pfecipice had
been consumed. We were taken back
b r anoke aud well cared for there.
The ladies lost everything they pos
sss-ed.
One voung lady. Miss Pauline Payne,
OF Knoxville. Tenn. mad her salchel
stolen while she was ministeiing 10 the
wants Of the wounded. 10 contained
her money aud ie~elry. l donot think
that the estimate which places the mum
Der # lost at thirty " forty Is al all
exaggerated.
An of the conductors 5 tickets were
burned. ana it VIII never be- known
how many people ware on the train.
Some Of the escapes were miraculous
Mr. GOOdfellOw. Of New Orleans,
craw.od out through the broken roof Oh
MS car. and Mrs. Judge Thompson, Ci
SiauntOn. Va, also escaped. although
she could not tell how she got out.
Her adopted daughter. beautiful lit
tie girl of twelve. vas lost.
Il do not think ally passenger Ia the
day cars escaped
Mr.. Martin gives the following name:
Of passengers in his car who wer,
saved: Miss Pauline Payne and her
brother X. +. Payne. Mss Florence
Nauuxum. OF Philadelphia; Miss Carol.
min. of Knoxville. Tenn. Mis-:
Irene jackson, OF Baltimore; Mis-:
Edith Hardister, Of Baltimore: Ills.
Annie FishbOre. Of Baltimore, aud Mr
Cooley. OF New Orleans The psssen
gers bound for Washington will com,
Through by way of Lyuchburg. az soor
as the track Is repaired.