The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
THE KILLED AND INJURED
Amoug the Dead In the Noformau
Who Can BE blamed for the Acct
d~nt-He Failed To obey order~
Aheuf waiting for the other Car
Beth Cars Were Crowded With
sunday
Prominent People I'm the Smnss-ru
-Hotormaa Wa. Tallinx TO n
Woman when the Accident oe-
CARED.

Norfolk. Va. August z4-In a head
on collision between two cars on the
Bay shore Terminal line late this AZ
ternoon. three people were killed and
many others badly injured. The dead
are: w. :. Yandle. motorman: c. Z.
Golden. motorman: Linwood FentreN.
aged 10. The seriously iniureG re:
W. Il. Waller. r J. Davis. Geora -.
Senson. Mrs. ]. +. Stevenson. Ia
White. conductor; NJ. V. Ahearn. Be >.
Rowson. Miss Lillian Land. John Ia
Tor, colored: Maria FentreSs. cosore
Miss Ruth Banks. Phoebe Frederick.
eolored: Corlis Waller. nephew OF MAJ.
Waller. badly injured: vick.- Parks.
skull fractured. and Louis Pa! Is. inter-
nal injuries. may die.
The accident occurred 900 yards bs-
yoad Futua's siding. about three and
one-half miles from Norfolk. one car
was coming from Ocean View and the
other going TO that place. The orders
were that he shore-bound car should
wait at the siding for the Other. Motor
man Yandle failed to obey the orders,
and the crash came 400 yards beyond
the siding. Yandle endeavored TO jump.
but was crushed between the telescoped
cars and died hanging by his right leg.
Motorman G. b. Golden. OF the other
car, applied his air brakes as soon as
he saw the danger, the collision OCCUR
ring on d curve. and then tried to
jump. as did Linwood Fentress. the 10
year-old son Of r b. Fentress, Dresi-
dent OF the Norfolk Cold Storase and
Ice Company. who recently purchased
extensive subway franchises III Bos-
ton. Both Golden and young Feutress
Were caught under the platform OF the
shore-bound car, which piled up on the
other car. and were killed outright.
Golden lead was almost torn from
his body and both legs were cut of.
The Fentress boy was crushed To-
death.
Both cars were full of Sunday excu--
sionists and few escaped uninjured.
Help was 'phoned for and physicians
aid ambulances were hurried 10 the
scene. In the meantime. a large num-
Der of the injured were taken to the
CITY in private c-onveyances. There is
no complete list OF the injured. II. +.
Waller, a brother of Major L. ~. r.
Waller, was on one OF the carS ana ST
tanned serious injury. He was taken 10
his home on Pembroke avenue. N. Y.
| Ahearn, of the Virginian-Pilot, WIS
"%NeSN '" thN AIT lkilAA E0
internally. Ben. Rowson. managing
editor Of the Humorist. also sustained
serious injuries. A ~coroner's jury view
ed the bodies and adjourned until We'd
nesday. People who were near the
front Of the shore-bound car state that
Motorman Yandle was talking w..h a
young woman passenger who VAS
standing in the crow on the frost
platform hen the crash came. Aftes
the crash this woman was removed n
an unconscious condition from benea /
the dead motorman's body.
No Further Fatalities.
Norfolk, Va. August 25.-No further
fatalities have resulted from the head
OF collision on the Bay shore Terminal
line yesterday Afternoon in which, Mo-
tormen Yandle and Golden and ten
year-old Linwood Fentrcss lost their
lives and two-score of passengers were
seriously injured. h condition OF W.
l.. Waller. a brother OF Major Waller
who lies at St christopher's hospital
with his face horribly laeerated and
crushed n mis- back badly spra med.
is reported as being favorable. Il. p.
Waller, a brother. after helping TO re-
move w. L. Waller from the wreckase.
became, it Is h oIght. temporarily de-