The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
TRAIN
IS WRECKED
Southern Limited Crashes In
Freight Near LynChburg.
HEENCINEER WAS KILLED
The Accident Occurred on Curve In
Deep Gut Between Winners and
Durmid-Freight Had Backed
on to the Main Track.
(speclal to 1,he T.mes.Dlspatch.)


LYNCHBURG, VA, April 23.-Another
disastrous wreck occurred on the South
ern Railway early this morning about two
miles south Of this city, by which the
engine and two postal cars OF the north
bound fast Washington and Southwestern
Limited, were destroyed as were three or
four cars of northbound freight train.
Engineer Charles r. Kinney, Of the linz
tied, was instantly killed, and his fire
man, Harden. had his arm spraiied. while
Postal Clerk NJ. s. Tealey, Of Washing
ton, was badly bruised. Charles r. Kim
five years Of age. and his homo was IN
Thomasville, N. c., where no leaves a
young son, his wife having died two years
ago. He was man of splendid physique,
being about feet tall and proportlonately
built having the limbs and chest OF AL
athlete
The accident occurred on curve in
a deep cut between Winners and Durmid
A little while previous to the time when
the fast train reached the cut. there were
two northDound freight trains standing
on the siding at Winners. John Bradley,
engineer, and James Lankin, conductor
OF the foremost Of these two trains, it is
said were IN the office at, Winners getting
orders, and on the engine were the front
brakeman and q colored fireman, the
latter having charge of the engine. 1t
is thought the air brake leaked, caus-
ing the train to separate, and the train
then moved down grade on the main
track. The fireman thinking that his
train was being pushed out by tho other
did not at first give the matter much
concern, but in a few minutes he saw that
there was mis- take somewhere and
brought the train to standstill. At about
go o'clock, before tho mistake could be
rectifed or the train tagged, along came
tho passenger train. The freight could
not. because Of the curve and the cut be
seen by Kinney. the engineer Of the
He may have put On tho brakes or he
may not have had time to do so, prob
ably this will never be known, but at
any rate Kinney and his fireman, col
ored man named Harden. jumped. the lat
ter to the LETT, alightins on
u big rock and sustaining only
sprained arm and bruise or
two, while Kinney, who jumped to the
right was caught by wreckage Of his
tender and the postal car next to 1t,
and was instantly killed, almost every
bone In his body being broken.
The passenger engine when 1t struck
the rear of the freight train came in con-
tact with a fiat car loaded with big
blocks Of building stone, next to which
was a car Of flooring lumber, and be-
hind this car of scrap iron. Tho force
of the collision was SO great ns to cause
tho engine to mount the flat car of
stone. and then to turn 1t over on It's
side, the tender in turn being thrown end
ways against the engine, thus blocking
the track at that point from bank to
bank. The lumber then caught fire from
the engine and In the intense darkness
of the early morning made blaze which
could be seen a long distance
Next to the tender were two postal cars
and q combination car. In tho two for
mer were nine postal clerks. and when
the collision occurred all were terribly
shaken up, but only Mr.. M. S. Fealey
jumped, and his injuries consist OF
bruises and cuts from contact with rocks
and sticks in the place where he fell.
Part of the forward postal car was par
TALLY wrecked, but the other was not
hurt, and when the first car caught fire
from tho intense heat of tho burning
lumber in 'front.' every effort was directed
towards saving the mail. and In endeav-
oring to uncouple the second postal car
from It, Tho coupling must have been
disarranged by the collision for 1t would
not come apart, and SO the mail bags
and sacks were thrown hastily out Of
both cars to the side of the track, where
they were piled. While this was being
done the combination car and the Pull
mans behind 1t were removed from tht
wreck, and were taken back and PLACED
on the siding ut Winners.
Not single passenger was hurt.
large force Of laborers was put to worl
on the wreck, but the track was not clear
cd until o'clock this afternoon. a mum
Der Of through train were held north ant
south of the wreck and were thus delay
ed about twelve hours.