Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-27

SUA-HUP On lHA w a9H NV,
c,l-rHERN RAILWAY-Oac lan hi{ted
"a Jir, offers IJured.-At about
..rentv minutes 10 one o'clock this
a r, passenger train collided with
i'' fr.ighr train on the Washington South.
rn Railway a short distance north OF
a. Irow Of the Long Bridge, which re-
snl,ed in the killing of one man and the
iniuring of two others. hreentiy
~ additional track has been construct
~ ~ On Inc reclaimed ground just north
g. ,ftha. channel proper oi'the river, which
III. trains to take the proper track
',ai,g north or coming south. AT the
7Ytr7nce 10 the north end of the bridge
over which there IS single track, sig
"al tower has been placed, and an OPP
nrator is supposed 10 know The track Is
ciesr across the trestle before train is
ailowed to pass. Last night south
honnd freight train arrived At his block,
and fhe proper signal having been dis
nave" ,' ii was stopped. In The mean
i;me the second section OF the north
bound Richmond train was Numbering
across the bridge. Operator v j.
yaale. who was in the tower, says the
signoIs for the trains to stop were
d;snlgyed but unfortunately it was
,rdyen he had left the switch open.
The passenger train upon leaving the
bridGe made fierce plunge toward the
engine Of the freight, and before anyone
hardly had time 10 think, botn engines
had met in terrible crash. The irelgnt
nnoiue (No. 500 was almost annlhl-
Iqtpd The boiler was penetrated by
The passenger locomotive and huge
clouds of steam filled the air, white the
terrible blow had crushed in the front OF
The passenger engine Go. lO4), caused
the lender to mount into and crush the
cab and bend and twist the trottle,
,.appe cocks, reverse bar and pipes
,nto Am inextricablc tanglc Strange to
SAY Engineer Mike Maloney and FIRE
man C. f. Kormek were not killed, but
injured, though some suggest that they
must have jumped when they saw the
collision was inevitable, as mouse
could hardly have escaped death or Sc
rous injury in the cab. Not so,
however, with the freight engine.
ON il the fireman, Il. !, Simpson, OF
Washington. IS years Old, Who had
been ,aarried but month or two, had
both legs lnashed of, and was so badly
injured otherwise that he died shortly
after having been removed from the
wreck. Engineer NJ. G. Mud, of the
srelellt train, was standing by the en-
zine when the collision occurred, aud
escaped injury. About six or seven
ears Of the freight train were badly
smashed. The baggage chr ct the pas
scnger train was almost converted into
kindling wood by collision with the
tender OF the engine, but, miraculous
~ il may seem, the haggage-master,
who. vas in the car was uninjured.
None OF the passengers were hunt,
Both tracks were blocked by the debris
and so remained unit! this morning
when thenorthbound track was cleared.
This morning the scene Of the wreck
was visited by hundreds, many from
this city. The damaged ears had been
pulled from the track and coal oil and
fire applied to them. Operator Vcale,
who was arrested for causing the acct
dent, Is one. armed man. He protests
his innocence and ayers that the signals
OF his block had been properly set, but
the fact that the passenger train ran on
the southbound track is said to be
primd fdcie evidence that the switch
was not in its right position. II is
singular coincidence. that on the 10Th
of February, 1855, occurred the me-
morable Four-mile run accident on the
same road, and that, too, on the eve of
the Inauguration OF Mr.. Cleveland .
President