The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-01-02
Fearful Railroad Accident.
TEN PERSONS KILLED AND A NUMrEI
WOlTNDED

1870
TEN PERSONS KILLED AND NUMBER
WOUNDED.
All day Saturday rumors were flying
through the city about an accident that
had occurred on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad near White Sulphur
Springs, to the Vestibule train which
passed Staunton ut 3 o'clock Friday
morning 1t was impossible to learn
the exact particulars. Sunday gentle
man at the Virginia Hotel, who was
either in the wreck or was on the
grounds shortly afterwards, reported
the scene to be horrifying-that 10 per
sons were killed outright, and three
more had died shortly after being taken
from the debris. The suffering of the
wounded was great, and their means
and screams affected to tears the numer-
GUS bystanders who came in from the
neighborhood The following official
dispatch was sent to the company:
WHITE SULPHUR, December2s, 1889.
70 ]. T. Harahan, General Manager, Cincin-
natl, o.:
No. 3 terailed about two miles west of White
SuIpt ur; caused by broken axle; engine not off
track; mail car "a, combined ear 204, coach }s@,
and sleeper HeImosa, turned over on side.
Sleeper hOckbridge Oft track; not injured. Com
bined car 204 and coach ;iS2 badly damaged.
The coach telescoped combined car, and it is
there where the people were killed Five pas
sengers in the second -ciasS coach and five en-
ployes Killed. Names of dead. so far as have
been able to learn, are as follows; kidder Kidd,
If Hannibal Mo-; Baggage master Barksaale,
of IIuntington; III. Morrison, mail clerk, who
was dead-heading home 70 Charleston, news
boy, name not learned, W. eolored men who
work on the Allegheny section, names rot
learned; Thomas Harsh, Blackstone, Kansas;
j. ID. West, Howardsville, Virginia. Win give
There were about 10 injured. The worst, as far
discovered, is Conductor Schweichert, legs
crushed; Section-master Myers, badly injured
in breast and back. viii give details of others
injured soon as get information. Expect to
get baggage car and two coaches and one
sleeper to start train soon as possible. viii
take injured to Caldwell House. White Sulphur.
Have sufficient medical force here. Have sent
the dead to Ronceverte to be prepared for
burial. II. X. DILL, Superintendent.
The wrecked train was the west bound Fast
Flying virginian, vestibule, and almost entirely
new, and it's equipment unsurpassed by any
other road in the country.
DETAILS OF THE WRECK.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, December 28.-A terrible
accident occurred this morning on the c. & o.
TOau DIT w ulU6 sulphur LID cdSb vi
this place. Reports have been very hard to get,
the only accounts being received by specials to
the Daily Gazette. One of these, f'om an e. e
Witness, says Vestibule Train No. 3, on the
c. & o. left the track two miles west Of White
Sulphur springs at 7:20 this morning, demolish-
ing six cars, killed eleven people, and injuring
about twenty-five. The accident was caused
by the rails spreading. Hale Morrison, of Char
lesion, was killed instantly; also Baggage
master Barksdale. of Profit, Va; new sboy
Thompson, of Portsmouth, o.; j. d. West of
Howardsville, Va; Thos. Karisch, of Black
stone Kas.; Kidder Kidd, of Hannibal, Mo-: two
coored men of Allegheny, Va, and three
others unknown.
Among the injured were J. r. Karisch,
Blackstone, Kas, injured internally; Conduct
OF Schweickt, Huntington, w. Va, leg broken;
r. L. Blanton, Farmville, Va, cut under eye;
g. H. Cline Chicago, leg broken; VIM. Dell, New
York, leg broken; w. Clark, Clifton Forge, Va,
arm broken; 7. b.. Bunch, back hurt. 1t was
a fearful wreck, and the damage to the railroad
at this time can not even be estimated. Luck
lily the cars did not take fire, the cars being
heated by steam. The engine did not leave the
rails. but the tender was without any trucks.
The rear sleeper had front trucks on the ground
and remained on the rail.
I.ater-Wm. NJ. Dell New York City, con-
pound, fracture of thigh; Gustave Ii. Kline,
IA S. Hague Ave, both these are members OF
Chas. A. Gardner's Theatrical Co., and We're to
play in Charleston tonight. j. A. Clark, train
dispatcher, Clifton Forge, Va, John Wolford,
Allegheny, Va, section hand, right leg crushed,
had to be amputated; w. d. Clark Nelson coun-
ty, Va, scalp wound; Louis KarZth, Blackstone
kas., collar-bone broken; II. f. Gregory, Clifton,
Va, arm crushed, internally injured; Conduc-
tor c. E. Schweikert, right leg broken below
knee; Captain Bunch, supervisor bruised on
right side and otherwise hurt.
The complete list OF killed in the White Sui
phur wreck is: Hale Morrison, Charleston, mail
agent, aged rs, and most worthy young man,
top of head and face crushed; j. w. Thomas,
newsboy, Lexington, Ky, left leg broken above
and below knee and head injured o. b. Banks
dale, Profit, Va, baggagemaster, head mashed;
]. b. West, Howardsvile, Va, neck broken;
f. Wilson, Caldwell, kas., head mashed; Nelson
Heath, (colored), ClaremOunt w. Va, head
mashed; Fl. Faltka, Grant County, South Da-
koto, both legs broken and head crushed,
Eiw ri Brown, (colored), Allegheny, Va, ii sht
leg broken and head mashed; Kidder Kidd,
Hannibal, Mo-, no visible Injuries, mouth full of
mud, died of strangulation, member of K. of p.
and remains will be sent home, by No. l to-
night, by order of W. H. Fuller, General Mana
ger of the road. Unknown man, described as
wife, tall and slender, fair complexion, gray
eyes, sandy mustache, good looking, dressed in
dark brown plaid. E. Wilson had mortgages in
his pocket amounting to $1,000. Faltka had $50
in his pocket
The train which was wrecked near White
Sulphur Springs this morning was west bound
vestibule, which left New York at $3.50 p. N.
yesterday, and due Cincinnati at $40 p. III. to-
day. The train was behind time and runDing
forty to fifty miles per hour. Conductor says
only running thirty-five miles, but others say
forty or fifty
The wreck occurred on the fill over Jerry's
Run, which is $50 feet high, said to be highest
fill in the United States. All the killed were
in the smokingca car, which was telescoped by
another Every person in the car was
killed except the conductor, who had his leg
broken, and seriously injured. He will
probably recover. The dead were taken to
Ronceverte, eleven miles distant from the
scene of the wreck. Dr. w. P. Caldwell, only
physician in White Sulphur, repaired to the
scene of the accident and did all in his power
to alleviate suffering, but could only aid one
person at time. After some time number OF
doctors from along the line arrived and worked
long and faithfully among the suffering. The
ladies of the vicinity turned out Ell maSse, and
too much can not be said in praise of their
noble efforts Owing to the fact that the cars
on the vestibule train were heated by steam,
fire did not break out. Cause of accident not
known. Reported that the rails spread. Other
reports say the rail was worn out and the ties
rotten.
Among the injured were several of the ChaS
Gardner Company. One will probably die. One
noteworthy feature was that no ladies OF
children were injured Great excitement pre-
vailed in this city all day, as accounts OF the
wreck could be obtained. The evening paper
contained no news regarding the accident to
the train, on which several Charleston persons
were, among them Senator Kenna and Con-
gresham Anderson. Over twelve hours passed
with nothing but vague rumors, when the Nor
ming Gdzette's specials began to arrive. Then
anxiety began to cease, when it was learned
only one Charleston person was injured.
Railroad Accident.
We take the following from the Rich
nond Dispatch of last week. Mr.. Gil
lock, who is ell-known in our city, is
the brother of Mrs. S. L. Thornburg.
The collision occurred on the Richmond
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