The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
PnGine and baggage Car Wrecked on
the Baltimore and I.ehigh-Seferal
Injured, But None FataIIy-A
Miraculous Escape.

Injured, But None FataIly-A
Miraculous Escape.
| The Baltimore aud Lchi2h Railroad las mol
run any trains since Sunday night. The storm
ON Monday prevented any effective work being
done. On Tuesday morning an engine was
started out by Engineer Guytou at North
Avenue, two leaving Cardi fl at the same tins
in charge of Engineers Cover and I3laney and
Conductor Daniel J. Golden. Men were also
set to work shOveling snow at intermediate
portions of the road. The gang in Bel AiEwas
| in Charge of Mr.. ous Dashiell, station agent
ut Rel Air. The road on Thursday was opened
as f4r south as Watervale, and as far north as
| Loeb Raven. The southbound engines reached
Bel Air about 10 O'Clock ard started on to-
| wards Baltimore acc 1mpanied by Il large gang
| OF workmeO. About IL o'clock word reached
| Bel Air that one engine and baggage car had
| Jumped the trestle into Winter Run, and a
| number tf men were seriously, if not fatally
| injured. The town was seethng with excite
| ment. Teams of all kinds were Immediately
started towards the scene of the accident
Help OF all kinds was speedily prctrered, many
| ing for the wounded.
|
| train left Bel Air it consisted of engines Nos 7
and u, witha baggage car filed with men sand
| witchcd in between, and it was feared that the
| loss of life might be terrible. 1t was soon as
| tanned, however, that the shovelers had left the
4 car ut the cut just north of WaterydIe station
| and that no one had gone down with the train
| except the regular crew and Messrs Lewis
! Das Hiell, the agent at Bel Air, Lewis Monks,
l ioI I
| ductor OF the train. and, best of all that
NOBODY WAS FATALLY HURT
The accident was caused by the ice formed at
| the wuter tank which is en- the south side Ct
the railroad about half way be ween Water
| vale station and the bridge over Winters Run.
| This ice had frozen out ne far as the tracks and
| formed a SOFT of shoulder abouG q foot hia
| alongside Of tho south rail. This iolted the
front engine, NO Z, and the baggage car off the
| rails, but they ran on across the bridge on the
| string pieces and did not take the plunge until
they struck the curved trcstle at the other sidt
| then the first engine ard the baggage car
plugged down thirty feet or more to the
ground below. The engine fell on It's side and
| the baggage car turned completely over. strik-
ing on Its roof with the floor ami trucks crush
ing it on top. Engineer BIuncy, of the second
engine, put on the ar-brakes promptly and his
engine was checked, pausing half way over
the edge of the trest!e, where it still stands,
seeming as if the puny strength Of an infant
could hurl it down on the
MASS OF wRECKAGE BELOW.
1t is impossible to gaze at the remains CT the
i'l-fated engine and car, which went over and
realize how shy being went down with them
and escaped alive. Il photograph of the wreck
might easily pass for u picture of the Maine
after She was blown up in Havana Halbor.
To Il laymau it seems that no portion of the
wreck would be worth saving, and even to get
the rema ming engine, No. q, back on tie tracks
again will be Il task of great cifliculty, rs the
treStle is badly broken ut TIE place of the acct
dent.
THE LIST OF INJURED.
The injured men. none OF whom are fatally
hurt, are:
LOUIS DAsHIELL. agent at Bel Air, deep
scalp wound.
HARRY COVER, engineer, back strGintd
and suffering from shock.
ROBERT HUTCHINS, fireman. leg bruised
DANIEL j. GOLDEN, conductor. right hip
injured.
LEWIS MONKS, section boss, deep cut on
chin, bruises ON head and spraned or mashed
foot.
HAMILTON NORRIS, shoveler, slightly jail
red and bruised.
HAIRY TRACY, baggage ma ter, hip bruised.
Doctors e. IL. Richardson and c. A. Hollings-
worth were early on the scene and rendered
prompt surgical aid to the wounded. As soon
as first aid was given the sufferers they were
placed in sleds and taken as rapidly as the
hlockaded state of the road would permit to
their homes.
TWAS expected that through traffic would be
resumed over the Baltimore and Lchgh yester-
day afternoon, and orders had been sent out to
the agents alorg the road to receive milk for
shipment ut that time, but his new disaster
will probably delay travel Tor IL day or two
longer.
The engine which went down was in charge
ms fireman. The lear cngiue was driven by
William Bianey, with David Hughes firing
Daniel j. Golden WAS -aiu cOEduct:r and Mr.
Dashieli, agent at Bel Air, represented the
general manager. 1t is imp 1sibie 20 see how
the accident could have been avoided, as The
icy condition of the rails made brakes almost
useless and the distance run after the derail
ment was too short to accomplish anything
All honor is due to the brave engineer and fire.
man who went down with their engine. and M
less credit is due to those in lie rear who stuck
to their posts and prevented heir engine from
falling Oh and crushing those who had already
gone over