Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-05

irving TO make time. FOR We -,
'..,,as ,.srv fast when the accident
bannened was hurled from ny
sas, nvsr 70 the opposite side OF
az coacb ana was badly bruised ana
shaLen and had the skin torn OH my
knuclxle. I crawled out OF the Wihoo"
and climbed over the car. Inc sns s
was on the left side or the track ~
run against a rock and come 10 s'anu
stIll: the mail-car had gone eno-io'en,oss
into the river, and the express-car =,
also run into the river, though nan VI
was out of the water. The smoker was
,,,arativ ground up. and the car l was
en- was turned over on It's side and was
damaped considerably. The first intiiha-
tion I had of the accident was when inc
car reared I'D and stood almost upon i'S
end There were good many passeh-
GERS ON board. including several women,
rybo didn't seem to he as mucn eXci1eu
as one would naturally expect women ~
no under such circumstances. IL was an
done so quickly that no one had tiihe "
think of the danger. The women "eio
taken out through the windows OIL tnc
coach / was I'm. When the DEAD pouieS
were got from under the wreck 'neie
was n good deal of hysteria. Women anu
men. too. cried, and the wounden auusu
TO the general disorder with tneir sni
NJ agony. The track was badly torn up
and the ties were in splinters LOT sew
raj hundred yards.
ENGINEER DUKES INJURIES.
"I know of six who were killed. most Of
them Italians. Either one or TWO Oh
them were from Virginia. Engineer DUKE
who was caught under the nylng I'm
beers and terribly lacerated ABOUT lhe
body and head, was reported deao Juse
before we got TO Richmond. nelped "
get him out. He suffered terrlDly uut,i
the doctors gave him something 10 iun
the pain. Then he seemed TO sleep, puI
no became conscious as he was being
moved To Charlottesville. The dead were
moved on filters to a car sent down IRON
CbarlottesyilIe There were three coach-
es-one for the dead one for the inJureu'
and one for those who escaped unnurt'
| 7 saw one man with both legs cut OH
| and another with his leg badly mashed ,
| another had a hole in his toreheau anu
| his head badly mashed.
| SMOKER SPLINTERED TO ATOMS
"There were twelve or fifteen Italians
| In the smoker. and all were more or less
| hadIv hurt. The smoker was sDlintered'
| and the coach was I'm ran right over III
| II was like kindling wood. l never saw
ANYTHING so completely demolished.
| 'When the shock came the people In my
car were thrown around like so many
| dolls.
81 lost nv ticket in the wreck and my
| tool chest which was in the baggage-car
was demolished. l saw trunks and
valises burst to pieces and their contents
strewn along the track
This is the only big accident that MAJ
occurred on the Chesapeake and Ohl'
line since 1892.
General Manager Stevens, Superintena
ent Doyle, and DR.. c. w. p Brock LEI
| on Mr.. Stevens's car for the scene OF th'
accident at 2:30 yesterday afternoon
wracIxing cars were sent from Richmond
charlottesville and Clifton Forge an'
stretchers for the dead and WOUNDED
we're sent from Charlottesville. A teIe
graph operator was sent from Charlottes
vile TO Massey's with instructions to Gu
into the wires and establish TELEGRAPH
| office there.