The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
IN WRECK "a DIED
v,NY OTHERS injured IN HEAD
ON COLLISION.
TRAINS CLASSIFIED TOGETHER
.,,TrR PASSENGER RAN THROUGH
AN OPEN SWITCH.

wreck Occurred on the Southern
railway Mt ROckfish, Va.-Passen-
,..r Train Was No. 30, from Wash
inrton for AtlantH-Freight Was
sanding on the characterization
S,encs Followed the Collision.
Same Narrow Recommendations
nrubeck Became insane.
charlottesville, Va, July 7.-Southern
Railway passenger train No. IS, south
hound. ran into an open switch at
pockfsh depot, twenty miles south of
This CITY. at 8 o'clock this afternoon,
s,nashing into local freight on a sid
ms.
The passenger engine and express
coaches were demolished, and the bag
gage coach telescoped through the sec
ond-class passenger car in the rear. In
rho latter was a party of immigrants,
oil If whom were killed or injured.
The dead number twenty-four and
the injured number thirteen. Traffic
was suspended for eight hours.
List of the Dead.
The dead, as have been identified,
are:
Engineer James Mccormick of Char
lottesville: Engineer Charles Davis of
Alexandria, Va; Thomas Sheppard of
Charlottesville, brakeman on freight;
Charles T. Gay of Charlottesville, fire
man on freight; ]. E. Lowe, cOlored, of
baltimore; Charles I. Leitch, colored,
dining car waiter; c. o. Owen, Phila-
5elphia, boiler Inspector; Adam Vicos-
svlievich. Austrian boy; Barilani
Gngalmo, Austrian woman two un-
Lrovn Austrian women; unknown mu-
iatto woman
List OF the Injured.
The injured are:
Engineer Hale of Charlottesville, in
iuries to spine, serious; H. A. Sharpe
of knoxville, Tenn, head and legs
bruised and back hurt; Turner A. Hen
~ of Bentonvine, Va, injuries to legs,
head and shoulders; Walter Jackson,
colored. OF Charlottesville, passenger
fireman, legs broken; four Austrians,
all painfully. but not seriously injured;
T. c. Harrison, colored, Chattanooga,
Tenn, serious wounds on head; +.
Mercer, colored, Washington, arms and
less cut and probably injured inter-
nany; J. B. Sterett, colored, Pullman
porter, of New York, hands, arms and
face cut; ]. w. Payne of Alexandria,
baggagemaster, internal injuries.
Work of Rescue started.
The work of rescuing the injured be-
gan immedia tely. DR.. William A.
Lambeth of the University of Virginia
was on the train and at once organized
measures of relief. The trainmen, un-
der the doctors direction. cut through
the panels of the baggage car and ex-
press ear and took out twenty of the
dead Probably a score of injured were
removed
w. A. Ward. the Union news agent
on the train. whose home is in Wash
ington, was in the fatal coach, but es-
capped. The shock of the collision
threw him through the window, break
ing his left arm.
The special train which went from
here to the scene of the wreck return
ed to the city about 8 o'clock, bringing
some of the dead and most of the
wounded. Thirteen of the injured
we're taken to the University Hospital
where their wounds were dressed. Most
Of the immigrants were Austrians and
We're bound for points as far distant as
California
From Their wedding Trip.
Il A. Sharpe of Knoxville, Tenn,
narrowly escaped death He and Mrs.
Sharpe We're returning from their bridal
Trip having spent their honeymoon
IN Washington. Mr.. Sharpe was in the
smoker, engaged in conversation. with
e o. Owen when the collision occur
red. Owen was killed instantly his
body falling on Sharpe.
w. B. Brubeck of this city, conduc-
Tor of the local freight, is reported in
a critical condition. After witnessing
the awful sight he is said to have be-
come suddenly insane, and when found
was ha