Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-09
Staunton vi11(Iicator.
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 9. 1890
LOCAL.
Notes OF the lseosnt Railroad Accident.

OiiNA'ttSS's-AS
compromised with Miss Bertha Fisch, O
the pearl Of Pekin" Opera Troupe, VIII
was painfully injured by the railroad acci
dent at the Stanton depot, April 2Sth, ant
with her mother who received a sprainet
ankle, by the payment of $4,000 in settle
ment of the claims of both against the com
pany. Miss Fisch, who is a lady Of educa
ton and refinement as well as prominent
artist in the troupe, has suffered greatly
since the accident, but chiefly, as her ply
stefan thinks, from the severe wrench thu
muscles of the back received, and it is not
likely that her injuries will be permanent
DR.. A. M. and H. II. Henkel, the Railway
company's local surgeons are the attending
physicians. She is at the Virginia Hotel
On Wednesday, Mrs. W. Fl. Fisch and
her daughter, sent for a representative OF
the VINDICATOR, in order that they might
sense of gratitude at the attentions they
had received since the accident. Miss
Fisch is an exceedingly pretty little woman
about twenty years of age, and her mother
is very handsome matron Their devotion
to each other is very touching. Miss Fisch.
for so young girl, is a great traveller, and
in the three years she has been with the
"Pearl of Pekin'' troupe, has been all over
the United States and to the Pacific Coast
three times. She was before that a member of
the Modjeska Dramatic Company. She was
quite an amateur actress and singer before
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former home, where she was member Of
the Second Presbyterian congregation, had
appeared in many entertainments for the
church and the poor. So that after her
fathers financial failure and death, she was
well prepared to make the stage means Of
at once earning a large salary. She speaks
with horror of the moments following the ac-
cident of April 2Sth, until she was rescued
Her brave mother, the instant the Car over
turned, covered her daughters face with q
blanket, that the breaking glass and timber
might not scar it. The mother is the con-
slant companion of her daughter on her
travels. They both speak with high appre-
citation Of the attentions they have received
in Staunton, from Mr.. S. Baxter Davis, of
the G. & O., and his wife, (being strangers,
Mrs. F. and her daughter, could not remen-
Der all the names Of those who had been kind
to them here, and of the kindness of
s'The Kings Daughters and other ladies'
The mother and daughter will both be well
enough to travel next week, when they hope
to leave for their home, but before they go
are solicitous that their appreciation of the
attentions they have received should be
known to those who had rendered them.
Information has been received here that
Mr.. W. 4. Fitzpatrick, the lumber mer-
chant of New Y ork, whose leg was so badly
torn in the wreck, but who insisted on
starting for New York in the vestibule
train after his Woundshad been attended to-,
and six hours after the hurts were received,
died after reaching his home We do not
see, however, any statement of his death in
the New York papers.
The injuries Of Mr.. Louis Harrison of
the troupe, proved to be more serious than
was at first thought, and he was quite sick
after reaching Baltimore. He will not sing
again this season.
The ''Pearl of Pekin'' Company was
booked for six weeks beyond the date of the
accident, but the mishap so broke up the
members that it is stated Manager Ed. E..
Rice has ended the tour and will look to the
railway company to reimburse him for the
losses, the amount to be estimated by for
mer profits Of the company at the points
they were booked for. Hon. VIM. Pinclney
White of Baltimore, is acting on behalf Of
the managers, in the settlement.
Miss Edith Miller, who had a leg broken,
is doing well and will make rapid recovery
from what is usually a tedious and painful
injury. She is at the Virginia Hotel.
At Trinity Church here on Sunday morn
ing, the solo ITO thy temple repair,'7 was
beautifully sung by Mr.. Edgar Temple, a
tenor belonging to the pearl of Pekin''
troupe. He escaped uninjured from the ac-
cident, but has remained in Staunton in at
tendance on a friend who was badly hurt
A souvenir of the accident, in possession
of Mr.. G. Bargamin, consists of a walking
cane with a silver head inscribed 'April
2Sth, $780," the date of the occurrence. 1t
is made of a piece of the berth occupied by
Miss Myrtle Ruth Knox, the member of
the troupe who lost her life.
In notice of the humane efforts of MI.
T. H. Sickels, who did good work at the
wreck, it should have been stated that the
four members of the troupe to whom he
gave shelter were taken to his private resi-
dence and treated as his guests.
On the morning of the accident, and as
soon as they found that there were ladies
among the wrecked, two ladies, heads of
Circles of The Kings Daughters in this
city. offered their services in their behalf.
AS the Railway Company had furnished
nurses and medical attention there was not
much to do, but that little has been done by
these ladies III the way of those attentions
which are welcome to the sick In addi-
ton, number of ladies of the city. not
members OF the order named. have rendered
such attentions as visiting, sending flowers
and delleacies, and doing anything else in
their power for the unexpected, but none
the less welcome guests, whom painful
accident had placed in need of them.
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