Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-03

der assistance, owing to the escaping
steam. Passengers and trainmen also rem
dered assistance. Zier, who was on the left
side Of the cab, where he belonged, was al
most dead. In addition to the severe in
juries, the escaping steam had scalded him.
and life was extinct soon after he was
taken from the wreck. Engineer Maier's
body was found at the bottom of the deep
fill. His legs and arms had been broken
and his chest had been crushed by pieces of
the broken engine. 1t is not known how he
got so far from his engine, but 1t is certain
that he did not jump. Railroad men think
that after he was killed his body fell from
the engine and rolled down the bank.
The officials Notified.
Mr.. Harry Behrend of Chesapeake Beach,
who was a passenger on the express train,
started back toward the beach as soon as
he could get off the train to notify the rail-
road officials in this city of what had oc
CURED. 1t SO happened that there was
wrecking train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad between this city and Baltimore,
and no time was lost in reaching the scene
of the wreck. DR.. T. v. Brooks. the COM
panys surgeon. and DR.. Charles w. Brown
went on the wrecking train, but there was
little for them to do when they reached
Pushaw. Mrs c. A. Klatz Of Ashevile. n.
c.. had her face scratched, and she was
badly shaken up. Her husband, who was
with her, was not injured. The baggage
man received slight injuries, as did the
express were brought here on a special
train. which reached the junction about
4:30 o'clock. It was on this train that the
bodies OF the victims were also brought.
Statement of Eye-Wftness.
II was on the train coming toward the
city, said one Of the passengers to q Star
reporter, land when I realized that the air
had been applied felt that there was some
thing wrong. I did not hear any whistle
but suddenly the crash came, and 1 was
thrown from my seat. The other passengers
were also thrown from their seats and 1t
seemed remarkable to me that some CT
them were not killed or seriously wounded.
Just about a year ago was in bad wreck
on Western Maryland railroad train"
The Inquest.
Justice of the Peace 1. C. Pepper went
to the scene Of the disaster on the relief
train and held an inquest. The jury was
composed of Joseph B. Ward, foreman:
Thomas King, John Hardesty, Jack Alton
Horace Ward, Benjamin Hardesty, Ashby
Ward. Charles Pepper, Harry Behrend, En-
DRY Hardesty, George Hardesty and Stuart
Dowel. The first witness examined was
William Beerbower, superintendent Of the
railroad. He told the jury that the express
| train had the right to leave Chesapeake
Beach at II o'clock, and it was the duty of
| the men on the local to hold their train on
| the siding II they knew they could not reach
| the terminus before the departure of the II
| o'clock express Finding they could not
reach the Beach before the hour mentioned,
| they should have side-tracked their train,
| which they did not do.
| Harry Buck, resident of Calvert county,
| testified that he ran to the railroad track
] when he heard the noise of the collision.
I All he could see for few minutes, he said.
] was steam When the steam died away he
saw the dead men. He said there were not
many passengers on the train. A lady and
| the baggage man, he said, were the only
ones who seemed to have been hurt.
| Harry Behrerd explained that he was on
| the express train on his way to this city
| when he felt the air brakes applied. He
looked out the window just the trains
| came together. Then he jumped off and
| rendered what assistance he could. He
| said the fireman was at his post, but he
| was dead, while the body of the engineer
was at the bottom Of the embankment.
| Witness said that no one on the train SEEM
| ed to have sustained serious injury. He
told Of the removal of the bodies.
Verdict Rendered.
This closed the testimony, and the jury
retired to the hillside to consider the case.
In a few minutes a verdict was reached.
The jury returned a verdict as follows:
| I'VE the Jury, find that the collision was
| owing to carelessness on the part of Con-
ductor Shuster and Engineer Hayden OF
| the local train"
Conductor sbuster and Engineer Hayden.
| who were held responsible for the fatal
| accident. failed to attend the inquest. They
| left the scene of the accident shortly after
/ the collision occurred. as already stated
| and went in the direction Of Marlboro. This
| morning the railroad officials stated that
1 they had not heard from either man, but
| were trying to locate them. In view of the
| findings of the coroner's jury the men may
/ be arrested and charged with manslaughter.
| The Sunday school Of the Church Of the
| Reformation, on Capitol Hill. gave an ex,
cursion to Chesapeake Beach yesterday, and
| about two hundred excursionists went down
| on the early morning train. Friends who
| were unable to go down in the afternoon
| were greatly alarmed, and many Of them
gathered at the junction last night seeking
news of the disaster. and waited until the
return of those who had enjoyed the days
outing.