Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-11
WRECK AT STAUNT0N
Fksr FLYING vIRGINIAN rLoUGHs
INTO FREIGHT CARS.
MISPLACED SWITCH THE CAUSE,
No Passengers Hurt. Hut sever"i "
the Trains Crew and Others IN
turcd-An Engineers Arm cut VII
Track Cleared.

sTAuNTON VA. August lo-(special)
Tho proverblal good luck Of the Chesa-
pcake and Onto railroad passengers
proved itself to-day. when the east-bound
Fost-rl,.inr Virginian. double headed.
struck an open switch as IT entered the
stanton yards Not a passenger was
hurt None Of the passenger-cars left the
vail though both locomotives are badly
broken up. The leading one, No. l29, turn
cd topsy turvy down a 2O-foot bank,
through a coal-chute. As the double
header train left the main track onto the
reverse curve siding, it pushed It's nose
into freight from which watermclons
vro being unloaded and made jack
straw tumble Of five cars. Engineman e.
d. Foster. Of Locomotive No l29. the
leader plucNly stuck to his machine and
reversed and applied the air-brake.
ARM CUT OFF.
When the train stopped he was unin-
furod A short time thereafter no was
drawing the locomotives fires as inc
machine hung balanced over the DailA
when in a moment the monster kee'eu
down. catching Foster and cutting his arm
of clean. As the collision occurred Alex
snder Smith. enRineman OF Lialer ~.
ia summed down the bank. falling on MS
49, ,4 received two wounds, con-
,,,s,,,, tbo brain His fireman was but
.,,cl,ti,, bruised. In the watermelon-cars,
SOL were crUshed, several men MADE
almost miraculous escapes. Agent Walls
Noburin was promptly on hand, minister
ing 10 the wounded and providing sur
reons and attention. How or by whom
The switch was misplaced Is an unsolved
mystery. After a three-hOurs' delay other
,orlmotives were brought from Goshen
and Charlottesville and the Fast-Flying
yircnian sped on. Two wagons in the
freight yards were crushed and horse
was killed.
THE LOSS.
Wrecking crews cleared the tracks to-
night. The loss from wreckage IS posi-
bly, 5000. The wounded are:
Engineman A. ID. Foster Of CLIFTON
Forge; arm cut of
Fnci1eman Alexander Smith. Of clifton
Forge: confusion of the brain and scalp
cut
Roy COSBY. fireman; bruised.
Ernest Drummond, of stanton, badly
mashed.
broken.
Charles Phillips, Of Stanton. electri-
clan; bruised.
Fred. Queensen. Jr.. Of staunton; shaken
up.
Lee Johnson. Jr.. of stanton; badly
bruised.
c. D. Higgenbotham. Of stanton;
r.. w. Timberlake. Of Atlee; badly
shaken up
these last four persons were in the
watermelon-cars.
CARRIER. and Smith, and Drummond are
the most seriously injured.
The News I'm Richmond.
The first news of the wreck was re-
ceived here yesterday about noon, and
created considerable excitement in the
ca. sapeake and Ohio general offices. The
telegram received by General-Superin-
l.rlcnt Doyle read as follows:
no a. running AT speed about fifteen
miles per hour, ran into open switch at
West-End Depot track, at Staunto1,
striking cars standing on siding. Both
engines on No. 4 and cars on siding bad
U.s. damaged Engineman y. Smith, on
front engine. injured. No. Ps train was
an right 10 20 IOIWdlhf anu III 49,
ton 1928 =. NJ, hour and 20 minutes late"
Subsequently the following telegram
was received:
a. Smith, engineman, front engine No.
4. Jumped from engine just before II
struck cars and was bruised about head
and shoulders.
"R. w. Timberlake (white), melon
dealer. Of Atlee, Va, was in head car
of melons. struck by No 4, and was
bruised about body; no bones broken.
William ID. Johnson. white boy, ABOUT
years of age, and G. ID. HlgsipoIh"ul
lv.hite). melon dealer. of Staunton, was
also I'm one of the cars Of melons struck
bv No 4, but was only slightly injured
The above parties We're injured Whel
No. 4 struck the cars.
about - minutes after the accident
engine 129. the lead engine on No. 4. zen
over ON north side down bank, ana IN
fsuing caught Engineman Il. t. Foster,
crt1ehInc his right arm off below elbow;
also slightly injured Fireman r.. T..
Goolsbv. of engine 129. and also catching
I CARRIER and Ernest Drummond Doth
vhlte). citizens of Stanton CARRIER has
one lee broken and Drummond IS bruised
about less and body.
Or. A. VI. Henkle, Of stanton, and
Dr. Nickel of Millboro', who were on
No. Z. rendered necessary medical at
tcntion. No advice yet as TO response
bility."
The Richmond train was delayed some
thing over an hour.