The sun., 1900-06-04
CORONER Walls TO
PLACE BLAME Of
WRECK HORROR
Train ''D6" Should. Have Been
Flagged at a Distance of
200 Yards.
FIRE ADDED TO DISASTER
One Man Was Killed and Three
Seriously Injured---Storm of
Saturday Made the Scene
Ghastly---Loss to the
Railroad.
Special to The Sun.

Dover, Del, June 3.-Blame for the
fatal crash of freight trains on the Della
ware Railroad at this place yesterday
afternoon will be subject of an lnvestiga-
tion by Coroner Walls OF this county
when the inquest is held over the re.
mains OF James Golden who was killed
in the wreck. Golden's body is now in
charge of the Coroner who will begin his
investigation tomorrow. It may be
found that the hagman OF train aD4'
did not cover the proper distance from
the rear of the standing train to the
point where he should have tagged the
approaching freight.
1t is not thought that any blame can
be attached to the operator of Dover
station. Train ''D6'' which crashed into
train "D4" had left Wyoming when the
latter train was brought to a standstill in
front of Dover station. 1t was then the
duty OF the flagman on train 'D4" to go
back 200 yards and flag all approaching
trains
The wreck was one of the worst in the
history of the Delaware Railroad Wreck
traihmen have worked hard all day
clearing wreckage from he scene OF the
disaster. The first train to pass Dover
since the wreck was got through on the
regular Norfolk express schedule this
morning at 2.45 O'clock. Twelve de-
molished and burnt cars laying in a
heap near the station mark the scene OF
the wreck. The loss to the railroad COM
pany is estimated at about $4,000.
How the Accident Occurred.
The Delaware Railroad is doing an ex-
tensive freight business this month with
strawberries and vegetables grown on
the peninsula. Many freight trains are
being run every afternoon and night out
side the regular schedule. The two
trains which never completed their
trips yesterday were known as "D4"
and "D6." Train D4 was broken loose
at Dover Station for few minutes to
allow the forward part of the train to
shift around the station. This left the
rear end on the north-bound track,
directly above what is known as Peter
sons Curve.
At 8 80 p. M, up came the Southern
freight, D6 hurrying to reach siding
to make room for the Norfolk Ex or, ss,
due here at So. DIG was running forty
miles an hour, and around the curve it
came into the rear end of D4, hurliDg
eight cars high into the air, Jdemoishrg
the red caboose, and turning its engine
into mass G red hot iron.
Fireman Ben Smith jun ped and was
slightly injured Engineer Joseph Bart
lett was pinned in his cab. Three tramps
were on train I'D ~ and with engineer
Bartlett they were buried under the
wreckage which in itself was burning
pile thirty feet high. They heroically
waited rescue while raging flames crept
near. Trainmen and citizens began
work on the wreckage. The men dug
from beneath the wreckage were:
James Golden, of New York, 40 years
old; dug from beneath car, died shortly
afterward.
Engineer Joseph Bartlett, of Whining
ton, 06 years old; seriously injured.
Bartholomew Hussev, of Washington,
D. c., 40 years old; legs broken and in.
ternally injured; removed to Farnhurst.
George Simmons, of Newark, N. j.,
shoulder crushed; remoned to Farm
hurst.
The Delaware railroad station at Dover
was turned into hospital, where seven
physicians attended the groaning men.
To add to the chaos the wreckage, which
was piled up high, caught fire, and while
the Dover fire department was battling
with the flames and trainmen were try
| ing to clear away the wreckage violent
thunder storm began and added more
terror to the scene, making it CHASTITY.
When Golden realized that he was
dying he asked tnat priest be sent fol-.
Father Waldron of this place arrived and
administered the last rites of the Catholic
church. The body was given over to
Coroner Walls, who will hold the inquest
and endeavor to find same of Golden's
relatives.