The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-03
VIRGINIA TRAIN wRElKED.~
Terrible Plunge fnto y washout-
Great Loss Of Life

Liberty, Va, july "A fearful ca
fasgrophe occurred a nile west of
Thaxton at O'Clock this morning on
the Norfolk 4 Western railroad, by
VIII b about forty passengers were
killed. The accident was caused BY a
washont on the line. 1t II stated tha;
only seven ol the trainmen and pas
seugcrs were saved. Al of the cars
were burned.
Capt. Roland Johnston. v ho waS in
charge of the train. was noTtally
Wounded. RaggagemaSter Ford is
said to be very badly injured. Major
j. G. passell superint, ndent of the
Ivpchhurg division. vas seFio ely in
iared l.. II. Saainers. postal clerk.
was bruised considerably. aud another
ostai clerk. j. J Rose, was killed.
All OF the phy ysieiaDs and many citi-
gems uf Liberty went To- the wreck as
soon as The information reached here.
and did all that could lie done for the
wounded Pat Donovan, engineer,
wgs burned up Also fireman
named Bruce was seriously burned.
and brought tn this place. ". e.
stead, ot Cleveland, Tenn, is among
the dead.
THE PRESIDENTS ofIstoS.
PnIAAnKIFHTs. July =. President
kimhali, OF the Norfolk & Western
railroad. was seen this afternoon in re-
Iafiun to the wreck on his road this
morning. He said that the wreck and
resulting loss of life were not ~ sefi-
ous as AT Erst reported The report
fslegrapi.sl from f.ynchbarg was
( ~x.sf sef
ton furnished him up To O'Clock this
afternoon states that i've lersons we're
killed. nearly sii ~ hon we're train
hands. Qeite a number uf others
were injured.
The tram wrecked ran into a wash
oat cansed isy raia. The locomotive
and several ears acre th5osn into a
ditch. where the cars caught fire. A
number og passengers eeFe severely
burned In addition 10 thsse Injured by
the wreck.
AN0rHgR tcCoUxE.
Lyxcung Ess. Va, July "A fearful
accident, hy Ahica several lives were
lost and a large nunisr OF yeopi. In
iifed. occurred on the Norfolk K
Western railroad this morning one
mile above fhax.on's switch aud 81
miles ab9ve this city. Pain had been
failing almost continually tor tSenty-
four hours aud ibe ssoiien mountain
streams were greatly beyond their
normal state several trains has
passed over ths roasI sifgriug The night
ansi IL sas thoaght that the line wa
safe for traffic notwithstanding the
rains. AID thai no danger need be ap-
pretended.
As tie place II the secideut. hos-
ever, the @aser had undermined the
fIsa&iass. and s&d saas.s washagi
shout eighty feet long ard fssss fe.t
wsae Tsie wAfer al this ts5iut Ma
tem Es$ss assp. Into ttis wsteFy gsich
tie engine made a ir4Efsaul leap whsse
Yafssiu. "a the rste 81 thirty miles
per hoIr carry ing with II the tender
aud eight sArs. 4 tie engine struck
the bottom iile rushing 81 water into
TIE locomotive exploded tAe boiler.
This fact gTsstiy augmented tsse cas-
srDpsas. DeYbis was inFes q ia every d.
FecisoH by the ioree ot tae
explosion. - jurIng some OF those
en the tTssn hy the ayinK
fragments aud scattering the TIRE
j brands wbiefs ieAs;sd the wpsd work
ui the coaches The flames spread
ssga sieetspyss. tDrge aH0aDf s,t nla1
an4 express nsaiter tSrss3es spreading
gs4esc Asnoag the already terror.
strlaset ya2sseaEers- il ~ sGPf~s~tsi
thai >ogse at sbe yssserssess acre an@isir
20 exffiease themselves frgza fise
wyrex and were consumed Ia she
asn5es rs j. f1pesslisle te stsie tas
s7~k oE per ofsN. hai she raasf re-
liable esfiusase ysaces Is sc f9tueTn
iwxH4y ase Assss snlstv IasFts os the
Hounssvs1 have t~ea taken "a Roanoke.
fexlTe Ia sAirEsea 30 bGEssisysIe and
fssv 10 i.sterty- Tae ainefsd aaaesstcE
q Mrs. 3slasgs Thessss@ssss. IL Augusta
esssgFs8y. was &ilsesA. aud Ms3. IhoEnp-
sssss h~ysels II kaoxa 70 he badly ssgst.
+ pogsUvan. ttse engineer. @ish bss bfe-
nzAn, MAJ sEaisaesi Assss burned 80 death
is .sE4yssg sseAsa. Iraza Dispatcher