The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-23
STILL IN THE RING.
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO KEEPS
RIGHT ON FURNISHING LITTLE
WRECKS.
NO ONE KILLED on INJURED NUT
THEIR ARE LOTS Or ExrKN-
sIvE CANS TO mr.
PAID FOR.

sIvE CARS no mr.
PAID FOR.
The WORLD yesterday stated that
there had been very serious accident
at Rockwell's Run and that considera-
BILE damage had been done. A repor-
ter had been sent to the wreck, who
made the most careful investigation
and he ascertained the following facts
Freight train No. 567 stopped at the
station to water up and sent brake
man back to flag another train. He
went back about 500 yards instead Of
going 1900 yards rs required by the
rules. Engine No. 432, east bound,
fairly well loaded and in charge Of En-
gineer David Kiracoif came out Of the
tunnel and started down the grade to-
wards Rockwel's Run. He thensigh
ed the danger signal, but did not have
the time in which to bring the train to
a stop. The results was that his train
crashed into the rear end Of train 567
with disastrous result. Ten cars load
ed with Chicago packed beef, tobacco
and general merchandise were com
pletely broken up and scattered about
on both east and west bound tracks.
Engine No. 432 was badly stove up
and looked about as unfit for future
railway use as did No. 813 at Sir Johns
Run on Wednesday. The bumpers on
i 10 or 20 Of the cars on this train
which also contained merchandise, were
also badly crushed. The only man in
jured was fireman Snider, who jumped
when he saw the approaching catas-
trophe, and he was only badly bruised.
| One Of the peculiar and at the same
time laughable incidents Of the acci-
dent was that the fagman first sent
back to flag 1872 after the crash came,
ran back to prevent another rear end
collision. He realized his negligence,
and thought he would make it appear
as if he had been the proper distance
away in the first place. It was one Of
those little every day wrecks that oc-
cur every day, and will help to swell
the October list on the Second Diyis-
ion. The cost is only trife, S25, 900
or $4,000. Superintendent Fitzgerald,
Master Mechanic Marstella, Train Mas
ter Spurier and all the officials Of the
company were ON hand and exercised
their utmost endeavors to have the
tracks cleared for passenger traffic. AS
it was trains both east and west were
delayed several hours.
! To-pAY's RECORD.
i There are little wrecks scattered
about here and there every day and
there were two this morning that de-
layed travel three hours. At Viewer
ton the engineer Of No. 500 seeing the
danger signal, reversed his engine so
j Quickly that he punched uphis train very
badly. The result was that hoppers
were scattered on the north and south
4 bound tracks.
On the same curve where the fatal
accident occurred on Wednesday we
are informed that box cars jumped
the track last evening. The exact
cause has not as yet been ascertained.
4 SIDE swIpE.
Engineer G. A. Edmunds had, to use
railway parlance, a ''side swipe,"
near the Opequon. He had pulled
in on the siding to let the work
train pass. As he had been on
duty continuously since one o'clock
Monday night, he naturally went to
sleep. Thinking that he had lost con
siderable time, Mr.. Edmunds in a
half dazed condition started out Of the
siding and in doing 50 just scraped the
sides of three cars. He had previous
telegraphed for relief inasmuch as he
was positively unfit for work. He re-
ceived no favorable RESPONSE. The
outcome was that the company suffers
damage, passenger travel was delayed
and the probabilities are that engineer
Edmunnds will be laid off Is or 80 days
if he can be spared.