Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-27
RAN INTO A FREIGHT.
c. & o. PASSENGER TRAIN COL
LIDEs WITH CARS on A SIDING.
A MAN BEATING HIS WAY KILLED.
Colonel y. Augusts Leg broken
Another Passenger and seNera'
moIishcd and Cars Smashed Up.

There was a slight wreck on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio at White sulphur
Springs at 945 p. NJ. Monday. caused
IN Passenger Train No. l. west
bound. running into a freight standing
on the siding.
A colored tramp named Robert Car
rison. who was beating his way on the
passenger train, was killed.
Colonel August. of Hot Springs. who
was a passenger on the train, had his
leg broken, supposed 20 have resulted
from being thrown from his berth. Mrs.
NJ. Y. Duke, OF Evansville, Ind, had her
wrist sprained.
Several of the trainmen had slight In
iuries. but none were seriously hurt.
The passenger train was delayed five
hours by the accident.
The car Of President ingalls,, OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio, was attached 20
the train. Mr.. Ingalls, was In no way
injured.
\ MALICIOUS ACT.
The accident is thought to have been
due 10 malicious tampering with the
switch. The official report Of the acei-
dent states that the switch was locked
to the siding. and the switch lamp re-
moved. The following official report of
the accident was given out by the com
pany yesterday:
AT 9:45 last evening West-Bound Pas
seneer Train No. ran into an open
switch at Greenbrier 1.-TWO miles west OF
White sulphur and struck Freight Train
Second No So standing on siding. slight
IN damaging both engines and mail ana
express and combination-cars on No. !.
Accident due 10 switch being locked TO
siding and no light on switchstand. The
suppOsition is that the switch was mahc-
iously tempered with. coiored tramp
named Robert Garrison, beating his way
between engine tank and eXpi oscar.
was killed Colonel y. CD August. OF Hot
Springs. passenger on No. l, had leg
broken. supposed 10 have been caught 10y
falling out OF berth. Mrs. VI. V. Duke,
home unknown. wrist sprained. Postal
clerk, baggagemaster, and colored porter,
slightly injured. Both engiDemen and
I express messenger escaped injury. No.
delayed five hours"
An investigation as 10 the guilty party
or parties connected with the accident is
being conducted.
The Colonel n. August referred TO is
probably Colonel Nat August. who was
years ago proprietor Of the Hot Springs.
An Account from Ronceverte.
A special 10 the Dispatch from its
| Ronceverte CIV. va correspondent last
night says:
Chesapeake end Ohio r F. Y. train
No. /. which leaves Richmond at 215 p.
NJ. had a head-on collision last night
! at Greenbrier. two miles west OF White
sulphur Springs. with sbsk train
which was standing on a sidetrack wait
! ing FOR this train 10 pass. The switch
had been left open. and the passenger
/ train, which was a little late. and was
running az e good rate 81 speed. dashed
| into tho freight with terrific force. Only
| one man was killed, and he A colored
| tramp. who was stealing a ride On the
| blind baggage.
THE following ~ list OF the injured
/ Mail-Clerk George ". Bowen. OF Cor
| louisville, back hurt, not serious; Mail
! Clerk Tom Elan, OF TreWliian, wrist
| slightly hurt; Passenger-Engineer Frank
| Kirby, Hinton. w. Va. slightly bruised
! about the head and considerably Jared
about te head. Freight-Enginesr S
| Boggs bruised about face and head; Bag
gageman !. r. STANCE. Of Huntington
| back slightly hurt: Porter West. OF Hunt
I ington, back slightly hurt; Express-Mes-
senger Charles Young OF Stanton, Va.
splinter in foot; Passenger Colonel n
August. Hot Springs. leg broken; Mrs
NJ. V. Duke. Evansville. md. wrist anc
shoulder sprained.
That more people were not killed IS q
| miracle. The cab Of the passenger en-
CINE was completely swept off. Engineer
Kirby was dropped 20 the ground by the
side OF his engine. escaping with a few
bruises. The combination car was partly
demolished The mail-car was entirely
wrecked and the express-car was liter
ally spiintered.
''The escape from q horrible death OF
! Express Messenger Charles II. Young
of stanton. Va. was certainly miracu-
lous. His car was split in two, one hall
being thrown on one side Of the engine
the other on the opposite bank. The cot
on which he was lying at the time wa.
iammed and broken by the steam-pipe.
and timbers. He says he cannot tell how
he got out.
1.-TWO loaded cattle cars, next 10 the
freight engine, were Completely wrecked
timbers and fine export cattle and sheer
crushed together and piled on the track
presented a most horrible sight.
"The authorities Of the road were or
the scene as quickly as possible with
wrecking trains and surgeons. While
the wrecked cars and engines have not
as yet been removed, the line was cleared
after only five hours delay. But for En-
glneer Kirby's watchfulness and pres
ence Of mind in putting on his emergency
air there might have been a different
and more horrible tale 20 tell. Railroad
men say It was the luckiest accident they
ever saw"
Hinton story of the Wreck.
a s. eclaI to The Dispatch from Hinton,
W Va last right gives the following
account II the accident:
Passenger train No. l. due here 1t II
O'Clock last night was wrecked at Green
nrier. two rallies west of the White sui
phur, by running INFO an oper switch AM
Colliding with an Cast-bound freight
train on the siding badly wrecking both
engines and postal, express and bag
gage-cars.
i Robert Garre;son (coloreD, OF Eagle
W. Va, beating his way between the
engine and exIres5-csr, was instantly
killed Engineer Frank Kirby. Of the
passenger train. was painfully hurt about
the head and legs. ght-EngAeei
samuel Boggs was cut about the face
The balance Of the trainmen escaped
with but slight injuries.
'sTwo cars OF cattle and one car Of sheer
were badly wrecked and nearly all OF the
animals killed
"The local officials left here at once
on a special train for the scene OF tne