The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-27
Engineer Hall and Fire
man Snyder Killed.
NO PASSENGERS
SERIOUSLY HURT
Combination BaggageE Express
Car on Verge Of Embdnkm't.
TRYING TO SAVE
LAD ON THE TRACK
Chesapeake and Ohio Local Train De-
rallied by Sudden Stop to Avert Kill
ing Boy Near Charlottesville.
Engine Plunges Down as
Foot Embankment-De-
tails of Wreck.

Late yesterday afternoon informationl
reached Richmond that eastbound local
passenger train. No. IS, due here at 7:1h
p. NJ, had been derailed and wrecked
just after leaving Charlottesville, a mila
and half east OF that city. and that
Engineer Thomas D. Hall had been killed
and the fireman hurt. Just how the
wreck occurred was not then learned, nor
whether any one else was hurt
The following official statement Of the
wreck was given out by the Chesapeake
end Ohio Railway:
Local passenger train No. 16, which
left Charlottesville on time. was deraied
one mile east 5of Charlottesville. Engine
No. 1T and express car turned over;
other cars derailed, but remained upright.
'Engineman T. D. Hall and Fireman l..
c.. Snyder fatally injured. No other per-
sons injured.
Passengers on train transferred with
little delay to equipment from Gordons-
VILE Through passengers on train leav-
ing Richmond at p. NJ. were handled to 4
Orange and transferred to through train
from Washington, which was detoured
delay.
"cause of the accident has not yet been
| determined"
1t was subsequently learned through
special kilograms to The Times-Dispatch
| from Charlottesville that Fireman Lewis
C. Snyder. of this city, had died soon after
being removed from the wreck, and that
the wreck was caused by the engineers
effort to avoid striking a small boy cross
Ing the track. e !, =, a,,,,
A small but curious crowd gathered Mt
the Main Street station last night. ex-
pecting the wreck victims to be broug MT
in on that train. made up from that point
to this city This train, sent out as q
substitute for No. l6. was made up at
the wreck to remove the passengers.
II was expected at 1920, then reported for
1O:45, and finally arrived at II :45. It con-
sisted OF an engine and combination
car and passenger coach, and was IN
| charge of another conductor. Captain
| George w. Taylor. of this city; Brake
man Taylor, and others from the wrecked
| train were on board, but We're able to
walk home or to the trolley cars.
CAPTAIN Taylor. the conductor. stated
| to reporter that he had no idea whar a.,
caused the derailment and wreck.
was in the second class car" he said
ncol,ectInp tickets. We had lust LETT
| charlottesville, Suddenly the car wa
In gave jerk. throwing mo violently
against a seat. At that moment reached
nm for the bell cord and pulled It.
,.The car was In was not completelys
| .overturned hut was careened somewhat
| ~ one side The combination baggage
| and express car started down the ems
bankment, but plunged only oyer thaS
| edge and stopped. But for that the oag.
| ,yaremaster brakeman AMI drummer
Who we're in 1t would have been killed,
Tho car in which I was swerved some>
! y,hnt across the track. The passenger
| coach was not overturned nor damased.
| "The engine pulled down hfty-root
| embankment. and turned over three umeA
| as II rolled
..rhere were three colored' women,
man and a boy in the second class car
! with me. None of them were hurt, though
| they might have been bruised like tbs
brakeman, bagga gemaster and myself
am sore In the back and side from nelna
thrown against the car seat the oas~
gagemaster's injury was about the same
| Tho brakeman was about the worst hurt.
| but no came In with me- No, did NOT
work coming down; Just came down deadt
| head"
In answer to question the conductor
! stated that there was long curve at tha
! place where the wreck occurreS put nov
| a sharp one. He reiterated that he dld no1
know how the wreck occurred. some OF
| ING pdSScHBoId WSAo " $500 N@'
! all escaped injury, except the traVeilna
| salesman. who was In the baggage car.
Captain Taylor after alighting and maxi
| ing n report. took a car from the sta
! ton to his homa. next to the corner OF
Twenty-eighth and Main Streets.
| STORY FROM CIIARLOISTESVlIILF.
| Here Is the story OF the wreck, teie-
| graphed to The Times-Dispatch by Its
special correspondent at Charlottesville
| last night.
Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train,
| No 15, east bound from Clifton Forge
/ TO Richmond, was wrecked Just eaA OF
Charlottesville at about o'clock this af-
! ternoon, with the following results:
ENGiNnRR THOMAS D. HALL. OF
| Richmond,
| mond.
/! InJured!
mond, back. hip and groin.
| Baggagemaster Joseph w. Smith. oe
| Richmond, legs cut and bruised.
u. D, Fox. travelling salesman. repres
senting Stern s. Co.. Richmond. side and
| limbs hurt.
Conductor George W. Taylor, OF Hich-
| mond, side and leg hurt
| The train left charlottesville TWENTY
minutes late. but was running az orfi~
nary speed when near the Charlottes-
| yille Woollen Mills q mile and bali
east of this city. Engineer Thomas -.
| Hall nut on the emergency brakes 70
! keen from running over y ten-Tear oiet