Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-24
IN THE COLOyIA ACCIDENT.
DIR. Edwin II. Wright, of This City,
Received "a Painful Injury

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To his aversion to an upper berth in a
sleeping-car, Dr Edwin p Wright the
well-knOwn dentist Of 2O3 east Main street.
believes that he owes the fact that he will
! spend his Christmas with his family and
not in Montreal. as he expected. or in tIe
narrowly escaped.
DR.. Wright was on the train which
crashed into the Pittsburg Flyer" on
Wednesday morning last at Colonia. a
small station on the Pennsylvania rail
road, near Railway, n. j. Three other
Richmond gentlemen were in the same
car with him. They were Messrs. Joseph
Bryan, Allen r.. Donnan. and w. c. Neal
The train was the one that passes Rich
mond at 7:40 +. NJ. On Tuesday night II
was more than an hour late whom IT rolled
into Byrd-Street Station. DR.. Wright was
unable TO secure "A lower berth here. but
the conductor told him II he would wait
until Washington was reached he would
be able to give him the berth he wanted
The Doctor assented. and did not retire
until the train left TashingtOn. He re-
quested the porter to call him early, as he
wanted to catch the New York Central
and IIudsOn-River train. which left New
York at $50 O'Clock As the Southern
train was late, fl would be necessary for
the Doctor TO leave the train promptly
upon its arrival I'm Jersey City I'm order to
reach Grand Central depot i'm time to
board the Hudson-River train. The Doc
tor was called just before the accident
happened, and was dressing when the
crash came. He was standing i'm the
aisle. Mr.. Neal had also arisen and was
in the aisle. Both gentlemen were hurled
violently forward DR.. Wright fell on
top Of Mr.. Neal, and the former. as well
as the porter, thought Mr. Neal had been
terribly hurt. if not killed. The porter,
who was sitting on a berth. rushed TO
Mr.. NeaTs aid and helped him 10 his feet.
He had been badly shaken up. but was
not otherwise hurt DIR. Wright was
bleeding profusely from a cash on his
forehead The other Richmond gentle
men suffered no harm as q result Of the
accident, except that OF being rudely
awakened
The work of rescuing the injured began
at once, and the Richmond gentlemen
gave material assistance I'm the work 1t
was noticed. Dr. Wright says. that a
number of the seriously injured persons
forgot their hurts I'm their efforts
TO eXtricate those who were fast in the
wreck.
II was tnTee HOufS DetOre tram could
be made up to proceed TO Jersey city
There DIR. Wright's injury was sewed
up. 1t was painful, but no serious re.
suits are expected. The Doctor, how
ever, suffered much from the shock. and
became so i'll that he deemed II advisable
to abandon his trip 10 Montreal whittier
he was journeying. and return home. III,
arrived on Thursday night, very sicg
man. He was much better YESTERDAY
and when seen by a Dispatch reporter.
he stated that he expected to have fully
recovered from the accident by next
week. when he would again start for
Montreal.
Dr. Wright received many congratula-
tions yesterday from his friends on his
narrow escape. lie said that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company did every
thing in its power for the injured. in
cuding himself.
Let me say one thing" said the Doc
tor, Il heard no grOans from the injured.
as reported in the papers. People have
an opinion that there cannot be a rail-
road accident without groans. That is
erroneous. | heard not a single outcry.
and | was among the greatest sufferers
from the accident. II / had taken an
upper berth l would. undoubtedly. have
had my neck broken. as | would have
been just In the act of leaving il when
the crash occurred"