Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-05
A TERRIBLE WRECK.
The Chesapeake and Ohio +. I. y
Train Deralled.
CARS PLUNGED INTO THE RIYAKEL.
-Four Persons Killed and a Number
Of Others Injured.
HON TIE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
The Engine Leaves the Rails on q
Sharp Curve.
A BROKEN AXLE THE CAUSE.
interviews With Passengers-They
Tell Their Experiences-The Work
of Clearing f,e Trnck-State-
ment OF an OmciaI-scenes and In.
efdeuts.


here an hour late this afternoon, and
the old Keswick dam. was almost total
~ wrecked at l:25 o'clock. -Four person:
were killed and seventeen more oil
less injured News of the wreck
was brought TO this city by Con
ductor S. c. Buster. who had run all
the way. a wrecking train was at once
made up and took Drs. r. w. and Hugh
IT. Nelson. f. w. Shine. II. S. Hedges,
]. T.. Early ]. p. Browing, and several
reporters and others TO the scene OF
the disaster. The accident occurred on
n very sudden and sharp curve at the
old Shadwell dam. on the left side or
the track is an abrupt HILL coming down
10 within few feet of the rails. on
the right side, which is the inside OF the
curve. or was for there is no track
there now. is the Rivanna river within
some 60 feet. II was just here that the
derallment occurred. The engine, in
stead of following the curved track, left
e. and kept straight into the rocky
hillside. where IL lies dismantled
boiler. The express-car did not follow
the engine. but 200 feet further on 1t
went TO smash against the hill.
INTO THE RIVER.
The baggage-car turned into the river,
wherein one end is submerged An
other car went the same way Both
are wrecked. The sleeper "Salola'
went over on it's side. The dining-car
and the Richmond sleeper remained on
tho track. Altogether. the scene. was
ons Of indescribable confusion, and II is
little less than miraculous that scores
OF persons were not killed instead OF
only five. The train, according to the
Messengers, was running at very high
rate Of speed, and the momentum or
the engine. which thrust itself against
the hillside. must have been terrific. The
engineer. Robert l.. Duke, of Hanover
and Fireman Nick Bailey, OF this CITY,
were thrown from the cab-Bailey
AGAINST the hillside without Injury, ana
Duke. in some unaccountable way, un-
der the engine.
When Bailey and Conductor S. c. Bus
Ger discovered Duke he was struggling
out from beneath the great driving
wfeels OF the mogul. He was terribly
injured. but full of pluck. He was taken
on, and laid on a litter on the track
side. where, after proper surgical at
.ention he was left until needed SER
,,tce could be rendered to the others In
tured. The doctors regarded him as
desperately and fatally wounded but
tonight Duke expressed the opinion
that he would pull through.
PASSENGERS ON THE TRAIN.
Among the passengers were Leigh r.
page DR.. A. L. Dickinson. of the Re
ugious Herald Mrs. Rice. Miss Rice. r..
Rice and Harry Langhorne of Rich
mond. Tney were uninjured. Other pas
syagers we're Lee Crandall ]. w. Elder,
y Y Fnesbeth, b. Knowlton, Washing
ton II. c.; MIR. Cutler II. A. Cary, Mr.
and Mrs. c. p. Buchanan, Mrs. May
Bush and daughter, NJ. c. Williams,
wife and daughter; A. r. Gibbons, New
York; X. b. Pendleton. Norfolk; G. r.
Jacobs Boston. Mass; S. NJ. Burdett,
w. 4. Burdett. Chicago; B. T. Baber,
NJ. Wallace ]. II. Alexander, Charlottes-
Vile; DR.. f. r. Keist, wife, and boy,
Danviile: DIR. w. NJ. BuZy, Miss II.
Schelley. Z. S. Hunsley, Louisville, KY;
]. VI. Miller, Pullman conductor; f. s.
Malin, Cleveland, o.; {. c. Holland,
Guthrie. Ala; G. A. Young, j. Congress,
II A. Stevens, Cincinnatis j. z. Sumner,
Paal J. o'Neal, Philadelphia; Mrs. f.
W. Hughes, New Berne n. c.; L. KIM
bah and wife, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Isaac
Witz. Staunton: Il. f. Myers, Washing
ton: A. C. Lewis. Tidewater; Isaac Witz,
c. NJ. Kiracofe. n. c. Watts, Staunton;
George Y. Chaffe, Jr., Shelbyville. o.;
Senator Orville II. Platt, Of Connecticut:
Commissioner of Pensions II. Clay
Evans, OF Tennessee. and Congressman
Evans, Of Louisville, Ky.
The following is the list Of killed and
injured;
KILLED.
A WERRA, Cincinnati, both legs cut
Off died on reaching Charlottesville.
ITALIAN WOMAN. supposed also to be
named Vera
TWO CHILDREN, supposed 10 be chill
dren Of above.
INJURED.
r. L. DUKE, engineer; mashed about
head and body, badly scalded. and both
arms broken.
X. r. BERKELEY, OF Hanover, ex-
press messenger; painfully bruised about
body and cut on face.
FELIX MARROW, OF Cincinnati. pas
senger: badly injured about face and
body.
S. c. BUSTER. conductor; painfully
bruised about body.
MOSES GoLDBLATTE. of Cincinnati,
passenger: knee cap fractured.
c. r.. oBRIEN. OF Louisville, passen-
ger severely cut on head.
BAGGAGE MASTER PEERS. OF Cor
louisville: badly bruised from shoulder
down: may be injured internally.
A. MoRERA. Italian woman; badly
hurt.
TWO SMALL CHILDREN: one badly.
W. L. GocHENER. stuarts Draft. Va:
hight hand cut.
J. N. MILLER. sleeping-car conouefor;
ss'-fsilx hurt In the back.