The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-05
Limited Express Between Cincinnati and
Washington in the Ditch.
MANY
NOTABLES.
Four Killed and Seventeen More or Less Seriously
Injured by the Accident to the Famous
Train.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. A.
The Chesapeake & Ohio vestibule ex-
press, known as the r. F. ", from
Cincinnati to Washington, was wreck
ed near Old Shadwell, five miles east
of this place, at 1:20 o'clock this after
noon. Four persons were killed and
seventeen injured. The dead:
HENRY BURNETT. colored porter, Kes-
wick, Va.
An ITALIAN WOMAN. named Merra, and
infant, believed to be from Cincinnati.
PHELIX MARCO (died after removal TO
CharlotteSVille).
knee cap fractured; Conductor Buster legs
injured; Engineer Duke. dangerously hurt;
Baggageman PEERS Gordonsville Va, badly
hurt from shoulders down. probably inter-
nally injured A. Merra. badly hurt; Mary
Mareno hurt about the head but not serious
ly; two small children of Mary Mareno, one
badly; w. L. Tichenor, of Stuarts Draft,
Va, right hand cut; J. ~ Miller OF Washing
ton, D. c., Pullman conductor, painfully
hurt in the back; Richard Berkley, Hanover
Va, express messenger, bruised about the
body and badly shocked; J. n. Haig, Balti-
more. knee sprained slightly; Mrs. Busch
Gal West Thirty first street presumably New
York;. bruised about the head and arms, not
seriously Lee Crandall, Globe, Arizona, light
scalp wound and fingers sprained; j. w. FL
der, Washington ID. c., head and nose
siderably bruised; c. r. O'Brien, Louisville
KY slightly cut about the head; Jonas II.
Hinckel, Trenton, o., left hip painfully in
jured.
1t is reported that the body of an
other Italian is under the wreck, but
this cannot be confirmed.
The cause of the accident has not
been definitely ascertained, but 1t Is
believed to have been due to spreading
rails The engine left the track on
sharp curve and was hurled against
rocky hill. All of the cars except the
dining car and the Richmond sleeper
were derailed. Two cars plunged end
foremost down the steep embankment
and one of them went into the RiVanna
river, which at this place skirts the
tracks. The day passenger coach and
the express car were badly wrecked.
AS the locomotive plunged from the
rails and overturned Engineer Duke
was hurled from the cab and crushed
under the engine, besides being terri
bly, scalded by escaping steam. He
was rescued by his fireman and the
conductor.
AS soon after the crash as possible
the uninjured passengers and trainmen
began the work Of rescue and aiding
place and a wrecking train with physi-
clans was Immediately dispatched to
the scene of the wreck. The body of
Henry Burnett, the colored porter, was
the last recovered. He was terribly
mangled, having been in the baggage
car A foot, supposed to have been
his, was first recovered, and later a
portion Of the head. The body was
literally dismembered. Mareno had
both legs cut off and died at the hos
pital at Charlottesville.
Among the uninjured passengers on
the train were Senator Orville II.
Platt, of Connecticut; Commissioner Of
Pensions H. Clay Evans and Repre-
sentative Walter Evans, of Louisville.
The local railroad officials, after in
vestigating the cause of the accident,
declared that 1t was not due to spread
ing rails, though they are unable to
give even a theory. They state that
the tracks at the spot are true and ex-
animation revealed that they are tied
securely.
WASHINGTON, Nov. A large
contingent of the passengers who were
aboard the wrecked train were
brought to the city over the Southern
railroad, reaching here about half past
IL. Among them were several OF
those who were slightly injured but
who were able to proceed to their
homes. Senator Platt and Represen-
tative Russell, of Connecticut; Repre-
sentative Walter Evans, of Kentucky,
and several attaches of the congress
sonal committee. investigating the
question Of alcohol in the arts, were
among those who were on the wrecked
train. Messrs. Platt and Russell had
narrow escape, being among those
in the sleeper near the middle Of the
train that toppled over Mr.. Russell,
speaking of his experience tonight,
said: when the committee left Gin
cinnati all our party were in the Rich
mond sleeper at the rear, being un-
able to get berths in the regular
Washington car. A short while be-
fore the accident we had made ar
rangements for accommodations in the
sleeper in which Mr.. Platt and were.