The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-26
A HEAD-ON
COLLISION. |.
Locomotives Locked Together
Roll Down Embankment.
ONE MAN BADLY INJURED ] !,
Most Of the Train Crews Jumped, and
Though Some Were Badly Hurt
None We're Killed Heavy Oes-
truction Of Locomotives.
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X CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Sept. 2e.-- 2e.--s
1r head-on collision between two freight
trains on tho Southern Railway at IliclS-
ory Hill. small station, four niles
south of Charlottesville nt 7:aO O'CLOCK
this morning. one person was probably
fatally Injured and several other railway
employees badly hurt. Two engines were
almost completely demolished, third
badly damaged and seven or eight boX Don
cars torn In splinters, their contents :eEr!
strcwn In every direction.
The ,accident occurred on an embankt:-
ment Just few yards north Of the stu
ton. Northbound freight No. e, q dou-'
ble- header. left Monroe. the southern end
OF the division, at o'clock last evening
with instructions to meet southlbound oltt''lle
freight No. ia at Charlottesville There
were q snumber8of delays. and It was $50
this morning before the train pulled into 10
the siding at Arrowhead, four miles south
Of Hickory Hill.
After waiting there two hours9to allow
several trains to pass Conductor Charles
Nankin, OF Alexandria ordered MS en-
clneer to proceed north, overlooking 8 the
fact that in the mea nwhile twelve hours
had elapsed and that the orders that ne
had received the evening be fore had been been
annulled va ai !4i' w l$ EfEH "
+. southbound train No. "a. which left
Charlottesville u at 7:15 A. NJ. reached
E1irkorv @ sIIillEabo 7::so satt, the enginasr.
looking out fof HIS ca b WI dow, l, saw; q
mile away the smoke from tho engines Of
the northbound freight HI put on the
brakes and when the crash came M tho
southbound train WAS almost at q stand
still. The heavy double-header, however,
was coming at full speed, and the crash
was terrific The engine Of the south
bound train and the front engine OF the
northhound one locked together and
rolled down a thrty-nve foot enlhank-
ment into Hickory Hill Creek, both COM
plete wrecks. The second engine Of the
northbound freight was thrown across
the track, the tender going over the en-
.tankment. s4A5 y sNa&a4 sse.,ii5Ji II t.Ss. Is
CREWS JUMPED.
Engineer G. o. Snyder and Fireman g.
B Snow, who had charge OF the front
engine OF the northbound train, both saw
the impending danger and jumped In time
to save their lives. Both were thrown
violently to the ground, The former had
his nose broken and his right arm and
right leg bruised. Fireman Snow had
both ankles sprnlned and received In
juries about the head. l,5
Conductor Charles Mankn, who was In
the cab OF the front engine, was perhaps
the worst hurt of the three. He was
thrown forward on his. head. receiving
bad cut on they crown. His right knee
Is Injured. and 1t Is feared that his right
arm is fractured He was unable to walk.
and was brought to this city III buggy,
being the first Of the injured to reach
here from the scene Of the wreck. Wnen
seen at tho .Clermont Hotel before being
trea ted by DR.. u. M. Magruder, the
Southern Railway physician, he talked
frankly about tho accident, saying that It
was all his fault, and that he should
have remained on tho siding at Arrow
head to await further orders. Ele had.
he said. entirely overlooked the fact that
twelve hours had elapsed since he had
received his orders In regard to meeting
No. 81. Mankn Is an old railroad man,
having been employed on the Southern In
various capacities for ten years past, Ills
hcme is In Alexandria, where he has q
family. Engineer snyder and Fireman
Snow also reside In Alexandria, The two
last named were brought to this city on
the first train which came In from the
| wreck.
STUCK TO THEIR POSTS.
Engineer A. Potts and Fireman j. w.
Fisher, OF the second engine OF the north
bound train, unmndful of the approach.
| ing disaster, stuck to their posts. The
| former went down tho embankment with
| tho tender, and was bruised beneath tho
coal. Ills face and head were skinned
and bruised and his hack was wrenched.
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