The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

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AN IFIcIAI sTAFEsiENT.
The foll1 Fing stateMeHt ofthe cause
and effect the accidents made by
an officisisH the railroad: "As the.
train g5. passing Reinhard's, about
one anl'nnd Aseshalf miles east Of Terra
Alta, tbss gfcnan noticed something
fly froil len sder the engine and called
the eng Iisif's attention to it. AT.
Ofutt'a lSllisco1tered that it was a
brokenfer Eag- hanger. The engine
man tl. 81 Issased off his engine and
auits i 4 slg steam altogether. As
he s:'psa $40 the Youghiogheny'
Iabrietge sSAs&,ling broke pair Of an
gel bars, allowing the fianges to catch
the end of the rail, wrecking the train.
The markes show clearly that the
flange mounted the rail and rode on
top of the rail about forty feet before
dropping on the outside and break
ing the splice bars thirteen rail
lengths west Of the bridge. The en-
gine stopped twentynine rail lengths
from where the joint was broken. 1t
was then discovered that the forward
pair of drivers were derailed, but
were being carried so they could not
touch the ties. No other wheels were
off under the engine or tender, and
the engineman noticed nothing wrong
until, as his engine went on the bridge
the tender commenced to jump and
air was applied by the train breaking
in two. The forward trucks of postal
car 50 did not leave the tracks and
the car did not uncOuple from the en-
gine. The rear trucks were derailed
between the tracks and slightly dam
aged. The platform was also slightly
damaged, but the body of the car
was all right. Baggage car 15S was
derailed between the tracks, both
trucks were broken down and the
platform slightly damaged. The
body Of the car is apparently all
right"
"yestibule coach 558 had both
trucks broken. The car lays be-
tween tracks with platform damaged
and body of car also somewhat dam
aged. Vestibule coach 559 lay on its
side down the bank, trucks destroyed
and the body considerably damaged.
Pullman sleeper Ukraine fell over
the bridge into the river and is total
ly destroyed, Icing broken in two.
Pullman sleepe,s "Abylo" and "Irix''
were derailed between the tracks on
the bridge and slightly damaged.
The accident occurred about 7.54 q.
N. on a seven degree curve with six
inches elevation.
GENERAL FULLERTON FATE.
Gen. Joseph Scott Fullerton was
born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in Decem-
Der, 1885. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
| and Mrs. Rutherford b. Hayes were
his first cousins. He graduated from
the Oxford (Ohio) Law School, and
when still quite young began the
practice of law. He made some valu-
able business transactions and was
the legal adviser of several large cor
poratiOns and railroads He entered
the army soon after the civil war be
gan as captain under Gen. Gordon
Graingers staff, and served through
out the entire four years of the strug-
gle. He rose rapidly until the close
OF the war, when he had attained the
rank of brevet brigadier- general on
Gen. Q. 0. Howard's staff. After the
war he married Miss Mary Morgan, a
daughter of George ID. Morgan, OF
New York, and resumed the practice
of law at ST. Louis. Later he was ap,
pointed postmaster at st. Louis and
served in that capacity during John
sons administration. BY fortunate
business investments General Full
lerton acquired considerable wealth
much of which he placed in st. Louis
real estate. His holdings in that city
are still very large. He removed tC
Washington in 1888, having been ap
pointed president of the Chickamauga
National Park commission. He had
been to St. Louis to look after the con.
struction of a large Office building he
has in process of erection there, tc
cost 100000.
Mrs. Fullerton died several years
ago, leaving one child, a daughter
who is nine years old.
General Fullerton was a member
of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland G. A. r., Loyal Legion
Army and Navy Club and Metropoli-
tan Club. He left Washington city
q week ago in connection with the
work of the Chickamagua national
military park commission and joined
Gen. Henry V. Boynton at Chat
tanooga Sunday, March Ia. He left
there Tuesday for St. Louis where he
remained until Friday, when he took
the Inflated train.