The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-03
KILLED IN A COLLISION
Two Trains Come Together on the
Chesapeake Beach Railroad.
Frederick C. Maier, Engineer. md
Charles Zicr, Fireman, Crushed Be-
tween Locomotive and Tender-One
Crew Dfsobeys Orders and Runs by
SidinS-No Passengers Injured.

collision between express train 200 and
local 101 at Pushaw, Nd, on the Chesa-
peake Beach Railway at 1906 yesterday
afternoon, resulted in the death of Fred
erick c. Maier and Charles Zier, engineer
and fireman respectively of the express.
No passengers were injured. The dam &c
to the rolling stock is estimated at $1,000.
Traffic was interrupted for several hours,
and at 9 O'Clock last night all the wreckage
had been cleared away, though trains were
running on schedule time earlier in tie
evening.
The local train. with W. c. Shuster con-
ductor, z. A. Hayden, engineer, and j. P.
Hurd fireman, left the District line at $3.50
yesterday morning, and was due TO arrive
q the eastern terminus of the railroad at
11.25. The order to the crew was to no d
the siding aOOwings till the express west
bound should pass Being late the local at
tempted to complete the run TO Chesapeake
Beach before the express should pull out.
d. The express began its westward trip at
II o'clock. A few minutes later 1t entered
curve at Pushaw. the only important
curve on the line. The engineer of the eI-
press. seeing the oncoming local, applied
brakes and practically came 20 step.
Brakes were applied on the local, which
was running at the rate of seventeen miles
An hour, but the locomotives came to-
gether. Engineer Hayden and Fireman
Hurd jumped from their cab and escaped
unhurt. Engineer Maier and Fireman Zier
were caught between their locomotive ard
fits tender and killed, both being desd wnen
the passengers and the uninjured members
Of the trains crews came upon them.
Directly upon receipt Of the news at
the general Offices of the railroad company
In Washington, President Mears ordered
out an emergency train, carrying DR..
Charles ". Brown and DR.. F. V. Brooks
with Superintendent W. A. Beerbower.
This train reached the scene OF the acci-
dent at 2:20 O'Clock.
A wrecking train was despatched from
Baltimore, reaching Pushaw at $50
o'clock. Workmen from Chesapeake Beach
hastened to Pushaw, and provided caskets
for the bodies of Maier and Zer, which
were brought to Washington on the emer-
gency train and delivered TO r. W. Barker,
undertaken This train also brought 10
Washington the passengers on the express.
During the afternoon, l. c. Pepper,
Justice of the peace in Calvert County,
MQ-, eHlpaueIeu lue9 jury VI
quest: Joseph Wood, foreman; Stewart
Dowell, George Hardesty, Ashby Wood,
Thomas King, Emory Hardesty. Charles
Pepper, Jack Alton, Benjamin Hardesty,
Harry Behr end, John Hardesty, and Horace
Ward.
The witnesses were w. A. Beerbower,
Harry Buck, and H. Robertson. The YER
dict of the jury was that the conductor
and engineer of the local were responsible
for disobey'ng orders and running by. the
owings Siding.
Fireman Hurd. il a statement TO the
officers Of the company. said that when
Owings was reached Conductor Shuster
told Engineer Hayden to go ahead and try
TO run % the beach before the express
could pull out. Shuster and Hayden left
the scene of the wreck before the arrival
OF the relief train and while walking in
the direction of Marlboro were taken up
by hat train near CLANCY and brought 10
Chesapeake Junction. They are at liberty
but may be arrested and arraigned today.
Mailer had been in the employ of the
company about one week and has a wife
Zier lived at Marlboro and was recently
married. Their widows were Immediately
notified of their death by the railroad OIL
GERS The conductor of the express was
W p Telling of s2i ID Street southwest,
Washington. The express train consisted
OF engine, tender. and ihree coaches and
carried about twelve passengers. among
them being Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Klatz. of
Asheville. n. c. There were only few
passengers on the local.