The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-28
Especial to Baltimore SUM-


Charlottesville. Va. March 23.-The
washington and Southwestern Vesti-
buried Limited train. due here at 3.3I
a. m. was wrecked by a landslide IL
Coleman's Cut. Is miles south OF Char
lottesville. today.
The train is one of the finest on the
Southern railway and runs straight
hroug between New Orleans and New
York. 1t consisted OF six Pullman
sleeping cars. one baggage and two
mail cars. all of which were destroyed
by wrecking and burning, except two
~sleeDers. The engine also was wrecked
There were on the train. in addition
to the officers. crew n the postal en-
ployes. about $50 passengers. not one OF
whom was seriously hurt, as far as is
known. The railroad authorities believe
hat thew AVE knowledge of all those
who suffered in the wreck. The list is
as follows:
The Dead.
Edward Doherty. of Lynchburg. Va.
Nicholas Laws. colorcd. Washington.
D. c.. porter of the club car Chryses.
The Injured.
r. S. Walters. postal clerk in charge.
Washington. D. c.. spine hurt and ribs
broken.
D. z. Wine. postal clerk. Washington.
L. c.. scalp wound.
r. c. Cover. postal clerk. Washington.
d c.. head. breast and legs cut.
F.. L. Loving. postal clerk. Washing
ton. D. c.. injured on the head.
D NJ TAffnr.0- ~optol D1nrly Iynch
ington. d. c.. injured on the back and
A. l.. Holton, postal clerk, Culpepar.
Va. back ~wrenched, collarbone broken
left hand badly lacerated n two fing
crs nearly mashed off.
H. N. Link. postal clerk. Toms Brook.
Va. hurt internally and right arm bad
lv sDrained
j. L. Schindel. postal clerk. Wavnes-
boro. Va. left shoulder hurt
j.. f. Stikeleather. postal clerk, Ashc-
willie. N. c.. knee broken and injured in
%ternallv
Engineer A. B. Lynn, slightly hurt.
F. H. Peters. Pullman car conductor.
Jersey City. injured on neck n head.
M. T.. Rust. conductor. Fails Church.
Va. hands cut and scalded-
John w. Turner colored. rema
badly scalded and injured on head ann
arm broken.
1t is said the train was running 1as'
to make up lost time, it being 40 min
utes late.
The deposit on the track made by TIL"
landslide was small amounting to prob
ably two tons of earth. and in all likeli-
would not have derailed the en-
CINE if it had not been at a sharp curve
The engine turned crosswise on the
and the two postal cars and bag
no Do n ~ -n,~ ,xv4 W. - <h@x.~
three cars and the engine. all of which
were wrecked. occurred the injuries.
The heap of wreckage took fire at
once. the flames spreading to the sleep-
ers. Two sleeping cars were pulled out
Of danger by a wrecking engine.
Wrecking trains from Charlottesville
and Monroe went to the scene of the
accident and the road was cleared late
in the afternoon A train was made up
here and sent to the wreck for the pas
Sengers. The iniure went on to Wash
except John w. Turner. the
fireman who was taken to the
University of Vt~~:- h"~ni+"'
Clerk A. l.. Holton, who was left
at his home at Clupeper The dead were
brought here.
he loss of mail was one of the heav-
that has eve occurred in the south
Only about a dozen letters were saved
rom the fire
(By Associated PreSs.l
Washington. March 24.-Only two
1ozen pieces of mail were saved from
the two or three tons Of postal matter
IF all classes carried on the Inflated
train No. SO of the Southern road
wrecked near Charlottesville, Va. early
Yesterday morning. This is the official
eport of the wreck made to the post
'ffice department today after an inves-
of the facts. The matter saved
been thrown out of the reach ~
he smashed and buring cars and was
and dispatched to the d~estina-
ions by Postoffice Inspector Bulla, who
lappened to be IN the train
The immense mass of mail carried
vas destined for this city and eastern
nd northern points and came from
and southwestern states most
". Some of it came from as far az