Evening star., 1902-08-25
THREE KILLED, FORTY INJURED.
Terrible Accident on Trolley Line Near
Norfolk, Va.

A special to the Baltimore American from
Norfolk, Va, last night says: Three peo-
pie killed and forty injured Is the record Of
a trolley collision at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon on the Bay Shore Terminal line, lust
beyond this city. The cars were shattered
and teiescoped, and between them are now
wedged the bodies of a motorman and a
passenger.
The dead are: William s. Yandle. mo-
torman. of Norfolk. Charles B. Golden,
motorman. of Norfolk. The ffteen-year-
old son of R. B. Fentress Of the Norfolk
ice trust.
Seven injured now at St Yincent's Hos
pital are follows: George Stevenson, in
spector Of the city waterworks. leg arm
and scalp injured. Mrs. George Stevenson,
shoulder dislocated, wrist fractured Robert
d. Davis. knee fractured. Lillian Land of
460 Church street. hip fractured Ruth
Banks. 732 West Brambleton avenue knee
and head injured. Clara Frederick col
ored. back and hip injured.
Others of the injured, who were taken to
their homes. are: Edward W. Reid of 316
Lovitt avenue, extent Of injuries unknown.
Mrs. \. NJ. Osborne, wife of the general
agent of the Norfolk and Western railway
injured and suffering from shock. Corbin
Waller. compound fracture of the nose. r.
Page Waller slightly hurt and still miss
Ing. w. \. Waller, leg hurt slightly David
Waller, his seven-year-old son. was rescued
by a colored boy. Mrs. A. r. Sydnor wife
Of the chief clerk of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway. flesh wound.
Among the forty injured many of whom
were sent to their homes in carriages. were
party of relatives of Major Waller of the
marine corps
The accident occurred in clear space
ana both motormen could have seen each
other. The motorman of the outbound car,
passed. gers say, was talking to woman
and passed the switch where he should
have waited for the car from Ocean View
w hen he saw 1t the cars were within
few feet of each other.
The car from Ocean View was under con-
troll. but the one from the city dashed
into it full speed. The motorman whose
carelessness caused the collision tried to
jump. but was caught on the platform gate
and died hanging by his right leg.
Motorman {. b. Golden of the other car
applied his airbrakes soon as he saw
the danger, the collision occurring on a
curve, and then tried to jump as did Lin
wood Fentress, the ten-year-old son of
X B. Fentress of Norfolk. Both Golden
and young Fentress We're caught under the
platform of the shorebound car which Dill ed
up on the other, and were killed outright.
Colden's head was almost torn from his
body, and both legs were cut off The Fem
tress boy was crushed to death.
The cars were crowded and a panic en-
sued. Many were cut by flying glass, and
on the floor afterward were combs and
hairpins and even ladies' rings Several
were injured by falling rafters of the cars
roofs
The wounded were removed to the bushes
beside the road, ambulances and physicians
were summoned and relief car brought
the injured into the city. Traffic was COM
pletely blocked and the wreckers have yet
failed to get the bodies Of young Fentress
and Motorman Golden out Of the wreck
Conductor James White was badly in
jured internally and is suffering fearfully
from shock.