Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-17
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
soMERFIELD CROSS STRUCK BY
TRAIN AND KILLED.
Father Was So Badly Injured That He
Was Removed to
Hospital.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 7Ul King street,
Bell Telephone No. 100,

80 ALEXANDRIA. Va. July H. 1902.
Goodlow Cross. residing in the northern
suburbs of this city. and his son SOmer-
field, about twenty years old, were struck
this morning by northbound passenger
train on the LOudOun branch of the South
ern railroad near ST. Asaph. The son was
instantly killed ard the elder Cross barely
escaped with his life The latter was
brought to the Alexandria Hospital
where II was discovered that one of his
legs was broken. He also sustained other
injuries. Il was stated at the hospital this
afternoon that the man was resting easily.
it Is believed that he will recover. He is
about sixty years Of age.
The accident occurred just al the north
ern end of the bridge over which the Wash
ingtOn. Ohio and Western division crosses
the tracks of the Pennsylvania road. Both
men had scrambled up the high en- bank
ment, the son leading, when out of the In
closure covering the bridge the engine
dashed without sound of warning. Its
approach was covered by the noise of a
train passing below. Before the Unfortu-
. nate pedestrians had time 20 make a move
toward safety they were struck. The
younger man was crushed under the wheels
and terribly mangied- His left arm was
literally torn from his body. Death was
instantaneous.
The train was brought to a standstill not
far from the scene of the accident. Under
Is.
charge of the dead Coroner Isaac Burrell
of Alexandria county was notified and at IL
O'Clock he had empaneled jury to hold an
inquest. The members were Messrs. H
Clay Jones. foreman; John Cornell, James
Peverill, Z. ]. Roberts and +. c. Pratt.
The investigation was conducted in a pas
senger car near the scene. Henry B. Glover,
conductor OF the train which struck the
men was the first witness. He was on the
rear end of the train when the accident oc-
CURED and nothing of the men until
they were run down The engine. he said,
was No. 11te; and was going about fifteen
or twenty miles an hour
After the accident the conductor had had
some conversation with the elder Cross,
who was too dazed to make any intelligent
statement James A. Stewart, the engineer,
diSclaimed having seen the younger man at
all The engineer was in his cab when his
fireman warned him. He said he had no
time TO blow his whistle. put on brakes or
to take any other precautionary measures.
The bridge, which Is covered, was filled
with smoke from a locomotive that had
just passed below AS the fireman called
he looked ahead and saw the elder man. A
moment later and the men were struck.
Lloyd Crawley, the colored fireman, told
about the same story. 1t was his opinion
that there was no possible chance of sue
cessfully warning the men after their dan
Ger was discovered.
The jury returned verdict according to
the facts above stated, generating the
railroad company.
The Cross family is little known here,
having resided near this city only a short
time. Mr.. Cross stated that they origi-
nally lived near Harper's Ferry, where he
followed the vocation of canal boat builder.
His son formerly carried the mall from
Point of Rocks to Leesburg.
Died From Injuries.
As the result of injuries received In A
railroad wreck. July :. Henry Goode of
Ashland. Va. died yesterday afternoon at
the Alexandria Hospital. The body was for
warded this morning 10 his late home for
interment. Mr.. Goode was thirty-two years
old and is survived by widow and chill
dren. He was injured in a rear-end col
lisiOn at Accotink. Mr.. Goode was conduc
tor of a freight train, which was entering
a switch when the caboose was crashed Iato
by the engine of passenger train Several
o. the cars were overturned and the CabOOSe
was demolished. Conductor Goode was 50
badly injured that he was brought to the
hospital here almost in a dying condition.
General Matters.
The corporation court, Judge ]. K. NJ.
Norton presiding, will convene in regular
session tomorrow morning. 1t is expected
that the case of Don P. Hurley. charged
with embezzling funds from the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, will be nolle
pressed. on motion of Commonwealth At
torney Samuel G.. Brent.
The preliminary arrangements for the
repaving of King street from Royal street
TO Fayette street with vitrified brick are now
under way. The new curbing is being laid
along the line.
The Alexandria Light Infantry has per-
fected arrangements for its annual encamp-
Inent of ten days at Ocean View, Va. The
command, about thirty strong, will leave
here Saturday evening in charge of Capt.
James E King. They will be Joined at
Ocean View by one of the Richmond COM
panies.
Several prfZes AT the Manassas horse
show yesterday and today were taken by
the horses Of Mr.. CORTLAND H. Smith of
this city. The show was attended by many
AleXandrianS.