The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
Il is Nearly as Bad as
the Yellow Jack and
Worse than the
Smallpox.
The Undertakes Thrive and There
Are Many New Graves in the
Cemetery Of UnfOrtu-
nate Victims.
THREE WIDOWS AND TWENTY HALF ORPHANS
FOR THE 3. q D. 70 ACCOUNT FOR
IN LESS THAN A WEEK.

Engineer Nucklessand Fireman Richards
are the Martinsburg victims this time
and Half Dozen more Trainmen and
Passengers are injured.--Two theories
remain as to the Cause OF the Accident,
either that Careless Track Layers Meg
Iected their Duty that there was 4
Defective Flange on the Driving
Wheel.
Little did James Nuckles and C. R.
Richards think, when they followed the
remains of w. M. johnson to the grave
last Sunday afternoon, that they would
be the next two victims over whom the
Brotherhood members would have to
observe the last sad funeral rites before
another Sunday passed by. Little con
ception had they when they pulled en-
CINE No. S13 out of the round house,
shortly after one o'clock yesterday
morning, to attach to west bound train
No.43, that their inanimate and dis
figured forms would be brought to the
homes Of their wives and children the
same evening. Such, however, are the
chances that every Baltimore & Ohio
employee takes during these days of
carelessness and Encouragement. The
record in Martinsburg alone, in less
than one week, tells us that there are
three widows and 20 half orphans to
be cared for.
= THE FIRST NEWS.
Yesterday afternoon, about half past
three o'clock, the news was flashed
over the wires that No. 6, the Chicago
Limited, had been wrecked near Sir
Johns Run, and ito send relief train
and doctors Immediately. This was the
information that came to the railway
officials, but ''be mum" was the posi-
tive orders given. An hour later the
news crept out, and began to be whis-
pered about town. But it was four or
five o'clock before the news gained gen.
eral circulation. 1t was rumored that
two Martinsburg employees had been
killed, and the railway officials knew
that they had been, but rather than
relieve the suspense of hundreds of
wives, mothers and children, the only
answer that could be received was that
they k,se,c Nothing about it.
STARTING FOR THE WRECK.
The facts however reached the ear
of THE WORLD reporter soon after the
accident, and he was enabled to take
the first train for the scene of the disas-
ter. The wreck was found two miles
beyond Sir Johns Run and, although
much of the excitement was over when
the reporter reached there, the scene
beggared description. Most of the
passengers of the Inflated train had al
ready been transferred to the small
station house at Sir Johns Run, but a
number still remained about the shat
tered cars, in hopes Of recovering small
baggage and articles Of wearing APP
paral buried among the debris. Many
wanted to get away from the horrible
scene, while others, prompted by curl
osity, remained to see the lifeless and
mangled bodies removed. Among these
We're a few ladies who considered that
it was their duty to render what assist
anee they could to the injured The
wreck was about as complete as could
be imagined, and as one of the Balti-
more y Ohio company's men said, 1T
is the worst that the road has exper-
fenced on the Second Division for
a good many years, and had it not
been solid vestibuled train there is
no telling how many would have been
killed.