Evening journal., 1890-06-21
CLEARING UP TIID WRECK.
MORE INTERESTING INCIDENTS or
The WRECK AT C4lLDs' STATION.

AtleroinS TO the 1uJnred-Fhe Scene at
Cbilds' Yesterday Crowds OF visitors.
Loss $500 The Soft Gravel Banks
Save Score Of souls From Death.
star Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
CHmD's Md, June Supervisors of
engines, J. f. Clayton has force Of 100
mea at work clearing up the debris and
repairing the damage from the accident
to the Washington express train No
ia, yesterday morning The men piled
their axes and picks all the afternoon
and until late at night on the handsome
sleeper Lebanon which lay across the
Maryland state road, smashed to pieces
At 10 o'clock the last pile of splinters
was removed from the road and it was
again open to travel
Soon after the accident and until 10
o'clock yesterday morning. the scene
presented remarkable sight The first
visage Of the wreck was about City
yards below the station, where the two
sleepers jumped the track, and from this
point to the bridge, 100 yards above the
station, is deep groove made in the
ground and crossties by the wheels on
the left SIDE A few PAGES above this
spot were drops OF blood, which led to a
large pool on the side Of the track where
Fireman Mcnamara fell. Following that
were scattered trucks, running gear
windows, etc from the two derailed
sleepers. The two cars in front and the
one behind the sleepers must have held
them in the position in which
they struck the ties when derailed
as the groove ran parallel with the rail
as far as the bridge Here the ties are
broken off and splintered on the ends for
some distance but 1t is thought that the
powerful strain on the edges Of the ties
compelled them to give way, and the
sleeper lebanon tore from It's couplings
and rolled down the steep bank TO the
road beneath The thorough and power.
ful construction and bracing Of the car
saved the lives Of the fourteen passeng-
ers. who were rolling down into the
lower end, which was only slightly
damaged
Both ends of the car as dii the lower
end of the sleeper Fanwood, stuck in
the soft gravel banks which are built up
on each side OF the pu blic road. The
Fanwood lost all its trucks and running
gear before reaching the bridge and slid
down the bank into the soft eartS. The
sleeper Lebanon landed within six feet
of the dwelling house of Plerson Mat
thews and family and the terrified pas
sengers were dumped out into the front
yard Of the residence. They were ali
taken in the house, the occupants Of
which had by this TINA become thor
oughly aroused, and in q few minutes
every room on the lower floor of the
house, an ancient frame building. was
filed with injured passengers. The
ladies were assisted from the
wreck and taken into the dining room of
the house Their first impulse was to
have their clothing arranged, etc thew
having been clad in sleeping garments.
Mrs. Matthew'S aud her daughters at
once set about the work Of making the
sufferers comfortable. In arranging the
hair of fair patient she combed a screw,
about an inch long, from her head. The
people especially the women. after find-
ing out that they were still alive, seemed
more anxious about their apparel than
their injuries.
Soon after they had been made as
comfortable as possible. Drs. Whitaker
Of Cherry Hill and Ellis Of Elkton, who
had been telegraphed for, arrived and
began the work Of dressing the wounds
They were followed by Drs. Palmer and
Robb Of Wilmington. This able corps
Of ply hysiclans got the passengers in readi
ness to be transferred TO their homes,
and BY $50 o'clock all of them hsd left
tie scene of death.
Charles Ackenheil, who was Filled in
the wreck, was about AS years of age,
native Of Baden. Germany, aud was one
of the most celebrated and efficient rail
road civil engineers in the country. He
was widower and leaves 6ve children.
His body was taken to Philadelphia and
there prepared for shipment to his
home in New York. The loss Of such
valuable and trustworthy employe will
be deeply felt by the company.
The news of the accident, with greatly
exaggerated reports, spread through the
country like wild FIRE, and by noon the
village was crowded with visitors from
the country and neighboring towns
Representatives Of the press were push
ing in and out of the crowd all the morn
ing, and the Western Union operator at
the station sent several thousand words
to various cities and metropolitan papers.
The wrecking train men were engaged
this mornirr IN raising the sleoper Fan.
ng2d 20 The grack, " viii oe p,aeed on
platform cars and taken to Philadelphia
where it will be given a general over
hauling The wreck of the car Lebanon
was burned as rapidly as the pieces
grounds. The platform at the station.
which was completely demolished, has
been rebuilt, and when the workmen
finish to night, it Is thought that every
yisage Of the wreck will have been re-