Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-09
BY AN EXPRESS.
Three Boys Instantly Killed
Near HyattSVille, Md.
BODIES FOUND IN A DITCH.
Two of the Lads Not Yet Fifteen
Years of age Clasped In Each
Others Arms When
FOund.

FOUND
OnS OF the most shocking railway accidents
that has occurred In Maryland In recent
years took place about midnlghtnear Hyatts-
vile, Montgomery county.
Three boys-CharIes L. Lynch, aged -;
his cousin, ]. Waters Rlundon, aged IS, OF
Riverside Park, near Hyattsville, and John
G. Brown, aged Is, OF Washington, D. c.
were the vic ims all OF them being Instantly
killed and horribly mangled.
The boys were struck by Train BOZ oil inc
Royal Blue Express, southbound, and were
hurled from the track aud thrown into
ditch near the side OF the road.
Their heads were completely torn on by
the force Of the shock, and their bodies were
frlghtfully mangled.
The manner In which the accident occurred
is a matter OF conjecture, as it seems that the
engineer of the train that hurled them into
eternity was not aware that his machine nad
struck any obstruction and went on his way
without stopping.
It's suppc sed that the boys while walking
on the north-bound track stepped of to avoid
local train that was due at the point where
they we're found about midnight, and were
instantly struck by the express train before
they could leave the track.
Two Of the boys killed, Bundon and Brown
were cousins. With Lynch they left the home
OF young undon, at Riverside Park, near
Hyattsville, to go to the house of Thomas
Lancaster, colored man, for the purpose oil
purchasing pigeons. Lancaster lives some
distance from riverside Park AMI the boys
had a considerable walk before them.
Thy we're absent for some time and Mr..
Blundon, father Of the unfortunate, became
alarmed at his sons absence He went ov'r
to the house CT young Lynch, and proposed
to the father that they go In search oil tho
boys, whom he thought were laying some
where along the road.
Asthe night was dark and they did no.
carry lanterns there was NJ way Tor them ~
discern the hidden horror in the ditch near
where they walked. Failing 10 find any
trace of the boys, Messrs. Lynch and Bundon
returned home and concluding that their
children were all right and would return In
due season went to bed.
Between 5 and o'clock A. NJ. John Gar
ner. colored. emp Dyed by MIR. Riley, who
resides near Riverside Park, while gong to
work along the railroad track erce'ved
great deal OF blood on the track at the 81 OF
where the boys were struck.
He at once began an examination oil The To-
calitv. To his horror no discovered the three
hovs dead In a ditch at the side Of the track,
Young Lynch lying alone and the cousins
Brown and Blundon clasped in each Others
arms some distance away. The bodies were
LAYING face downward, and were ba.hel In
blood.
Bv singular coincidence the srot where
The lads were struck Is almost directly oTpo'
site the Blundon resider ce, from The windows
OF which the bodies could have been seeD
Garner went over to the Bundon home
and arous the inmates. He inquire from
Mr.. Blundon rs to whether or not ne had
children. On the fathers anxiously inqn T.
inr WHY the question was asked Garner told
him that there were three boys lying dead N
n ditch near the railroad track. Mr. Blundon
accompanied the man to the place and imme
diatelp recognized them by their clothing.
The boys were the sons of. U Biundon'
a prominent contractor and real estate
braker OF Washington; Of W. Brown OF
2125 H street. Washington, ard Charles
Lynch, Of Riverside.
remarkable Incident connected with the
ead occurrence was that the pigeons the lads
had purchased, and which they were evil
IDENTIFY carrying In their hands, were also
killed instantly The dead dies CT the
birds were also found in the ditch.