The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-08
INJURED BY A CABLE.
Five Men Seriously Hurt on the B.
& o. Railroad.


ELLIOTT CITY. Nd. oct &-By the
SHINING Of heavy wire cable attached
10 a sweep 10y which the earth was being
swept from line of fat cars on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between
AIbertcn and HallOfeld Station. on the
main line Of the road. yesterday after
noon. six laborers were injured, i've OF
them seriously They are
H. c. Gather. forty years old. married
of Woodstock: left collar-bone broken,
and bruised. James Mcdonald. eighteen
wears old. single. Of Sy9,esviIIe; bruised
back. left arm. side. and head Ernest
Smith, thirty years old, married, or
RidgeviIle; fracture of clavicle and lip
cut; e. Franklin Fried, eighteen years
old. single OF Frederick; broken nose and
badly cut about face; Charles Morris.
twenty years old. single. Of Bucl1eystOwn,
Frederick county: cut on hip. wounded
about lower abdomen. and suffering from
shock: John SchieI. thirty-hve years old,
Of Frederick; slightly hurt on the shoul-
I. der.
All but schiel were sent to Baltimore
and taken 10 the City Hospital
The accident Jccuue ed At an abrupt
curve about midway between AlbertOn
and HallOwfields- For several days Work
OF aizhteuing out this curve has been
Z in progress and earth Is being dumped IN
; circle The work Is in charge Of Con
tractor J. T. Order and his foreman,
Martin Burke Shortly amer noon a train
Of eleven fiat cars containing earth was
pulled up al the curve and left by track
engine No. 300. Foreman Burke then got
his gang 10 work The method or unload
I ing the ears is as follows Upon the first
/ car is rugged stationary engine and up
I on the rear is a large sweep. which is con-
/ neCted by heavy wire cable 10 a drum
/ on the engine. and is drawn along the
rn
. ground as 1t goes along
! As the work had reached the most acute
I section Of the curve, heavy iron and wood
/ StauchiOus had been erected along the
I side OF the cars TO keep the cable from
f SLIPPING on Shortly before . O clock the
3 sweep was started. while on one side Of
; the track stood group Of laborers. walt
: ing with shOvels in hand for the earth 10
. be swept from the cars
The sweep had reached the second car.
/ when, with swish that sounded Ike a
| falling tree. The cable slipped over the top
OF the staDchiOns and cut its way into the
I cluster Of waiting men They were
I thrown ike So many feathers against an
emhankment behind them A horrined
Cry-- Went uD from the remaining labUrers
( who were not i'm the path OF the cable.
I Everyone thought the men were dead
Most OF them lay limp where they telL
Others tried 10 rise. but could not
/ Engineer Frank Perkins. Of keelS. Nd
who had charge OF the engine which was
| drawing the pillow, instantly reversed IN
]
| drawn along possibly over some Of th'
I PROSTATE bodies. DR.. J. +. Cambria. Of
I EIlicott City. was sent for When he AT
] rived ne dressed the wounds OF the injured
I men as best he could Stretchers were Sc
! cured and three OF the injured men lait
I uuoE them Two others were placed u
I chairs The locomotive was hooked 20
lumber car and the injured men and mos
1 of the other members Of the gang, oum
/ bering about twenty. were taken 20 cam
den Station. where q ~ arrived about f-3
o'clock.
] Before the train arrived az Camden Sta
ton messages were sent TO the City Hos
/ DitaI and the police department. and IN
I ambUIances from the Central. Western
/ Southern and Southwestern police sta
lions. and from the City Hospital wer
sent 20 the train 20 take the men TO IN
l CITY Hospital
/ Charles MakiusUu one Of those who IS
| capped the cable said shortly after N
I accident 1T was the fault OF no one
The cause Of the slip was that the curry
/ was so short that the pressure on IN
| stauchions was too great. The laboreT
! and Foreman Burke. after seeing thei
/ friends safely in the hospital, left the cit
a ! about s o'clock 20 return 10 the curve