Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-04
COACH TURNED OVER
TWO KILLED, MANY INJURED ON
w. n. r. r.
Broken. Rail Threw Passenger Coach
Down Mountain Side Between
Edgemont and Blue Mountain.

A special dispatch to the Baltimore sun
from Hagerstown last night says:
The st mail train on the Western Mary
land railroad which left Hagerstown this
afternoon at 4:1O o'clock for Baltimore
was wrecked on the mountain midway be-
tween Edgemont and the Blue mountain.
about twelve miles from Hagerstown. by
broken rail. The rear coach, containing
about forty passengers rolled down the
mountain, turning over twice. The coach
landed on it's top, the trucks crashing
through the floor. ~..
Many of those injured were hurt by
broken glass. spiintered timbers and loos-
ened car seats.
One woman was killed instantly and one
child so badly injured that she died tonight
in Hagerstown. About twenty-five persons
were injured. number of them only shght-
w. 1t is not known what caused the rail- TO
break. but it is supposed the below-zero
weather that prevailed on the mountain
caused the steel to contract 80 violently as
to make it too brittle to bear the weight OF
the cars.
The Victims were:
The Dead.
Unidentified woman, supposed to be Mrs
E. E. Roy of Philadelphia or Miss Mansley
of Wilmington. Del.
Katherine Beck Sener. seven years old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mandel Sener,
1913 West Fayette street, Baltimore.
The Injured.
The injured are:
Miss Zade Kemp, Kimball, Va, head cut
and body bruised.
Miss Eva Morgan, Bissell. Nd. hip hurt
and head cut.
Edward Martin, Hagerstown. hand, leg
and arms cut.
Coleman Anderson. Williamsport, Mo,
leg, arm and head cut.
Charles D. Besore. .Waynesboro', Pa,
hand cut and left side hurt.
Herman 8. Snader,' 1924 East 10th street,
Baltimore, head cut and wrist spratned.
Emory Baker. Crime Station. Md, right
arm broken and head cut
George Markell, Hagerstown, head cut
and injured internally.
Charles Markell. Hagerstown. head cut.
Miss Edith Rowland. daughter of ]. L.
Rowland. broker. of Baltimore, back hurt.
g. Burkhart Emmert, Hagerstown, scalp
wound.
Mrs. Carrie ,Sener.. wife of Mandel Sener,
reporter Of the Baltimore Sun. head cut and
bruised about the body. Both her children.
q boy and girl. were injured. The girl
died at the hospital in this city.
Miss Jessie Grove, Hagerstown. badly cut
and bruised; able to go to her home after
her injuries were dressed.
Miss Catherine Gambrill. Laurel Md.
back hurt. She is niece Of United States
Senator A. p. German.
Miss Bertha McHenry. 1860 North Fulton
avenue Baltimore, back hurt; taken to
Chewsville with Mrs. Sener.
Rev. ]. M. Tombaugh. pastor First United
Brethren Church. Hagerstown. leg hurt
Miss Eiva Baker. Hagerstown. head cut.
John Handy, Waynesboro, head cut and
arms bruised.
Joseph Sharer. Hagerstown, hand cut.
Joseph Shock, brakeman on fast mall
head cut.
Frank Cover of Thurmont, dispatcher of
Western Maryland at Hagerstown, left arm
broken and head cut.
H. @. Light Of Union Bridge. collarbone
injured.
Mrs H T. Light of Union Bridge. hip and
chest injured.
Mrs J. T. shiver of Union Bridge. skull
fractured.
Jasper Morningstar OF Union Bridge. chest
injured.
Mrs. Jasper Morninsstar of Union Bridge.
seriously.
Miss Emma Harbaush. 91s Broadway,
slightly.
II. j. Bostetter. Hagerstown. back hurt.
Frank L. Cross. Kenneth Square. Chester
county Pa. head cut
Miss Mary Weller, Shewsville. Nd. hip
hurt