Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-11-18
Wreck On Railroad,
A dispatch from Boyd's, this county, dated
10Nb

Adispatch from Boyd's, this county, date,
November 18th, says:
An accident occurred on the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad al Boyd's at twt
minutes past 2 this morning. Train No. 10
the Duquesne limited, from Pittsburg fo
Washington and Baltimore, was coming
east and had orders to meet train No. 8 al
BoYd's-both due here about2 o'clock, A. M
Both were about fifteen minutes late. Train
No. 10 was drawn by engine 1919, with En-
gineer Hall, of Baltimore, at the throttle and
Conductor Henrik, Of Baltimore, in charge
and had about eight cars to the train. No.
8, in charge of Engineer zepp and Conduc.
tor Nathan Hammond, of Baltimore, had ar.
rived at the switch, east of Boyd's about 200
yards, and was pulling in on siding for the
Duquesne limited to pass, and when No. 10
approached Boyd's the engineer blew for the
block target, and Operator Emerson, think
ing train No. 8 had cleared and passed onto
the side track, gave him white or clear
target. Engineer Hall gradually gave bis
engine more steam, and soon the train was
running at the rate Of thirty miles an hour,
and, to the horror of the engineer, he saw
two coaches ahead, which proved to be the
rear end of train No. 8, that was at that
time pulling in on the side track to clear.
He hit them, driving the second sleeper
clear over and down an embankment and
over a fence into an orchard on the land of
Mrs. Sarah E. Boyd. There the sleeper
righted itself. In this car was George Con-
rad, conductor of the Pullman, of Jersey
City, who was badly injured about the head
He was sent to Washington. There were
ten or twelve passengers also in this car, in.
GLIDING Mr.. and Mrs. G NJ. Palmer of 277
Broadway, New York, Mrs. Palmer being
bruised and Mr.. Palmer badly cut on the
arm; Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen ]. Burrows Of
1856 AL nsee street, New York, both bruised,
and w. II. Golfer of Meadville, Pa, bruised.
The rear sleeper was jammed badly In one
end and sent down the track for 200 yards
from the scene OF the wreck. The car was
badly twisted and slowed from the tracks,
the body being much splintered in the ends.
No one in this car was injured. The pilot
of engine 1919 was broken, and bumper,
headlight and cylinders were battered. Al
ter Engineer Hall had patched the engine
and Agent Williams, Trainmaster Hobbs
and Assistant Trainmaster McCabe had
cleared the wreck this engine drew its own
train into Washington, with Conductor
Conrad and Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer aboard
the train.
Others who were hurt were Miss A. Jar
Wis, Philadelphia, Pa, slightly injured about
head Mrs. Chas. E. Carter, 965 Elbon ave-
nue., Cincinnati, Ohio, bruised; e. j. Doran,
San Francisco, Cal. b, slightly injured about
head l.. g. Young, New York, cut about
head; r. e. Pardew, Southport, Conn, cut
ing cared for at the home Of Mrs. Sarah G.
Boyd.
The injured who were sent west on No. 8
train were not in any serious condition.
DR.. T. II. White, who is Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Companys surgeon, was on
the wrecked train, and was soon admins
tering treatment to the injured. He, with
Agent Williams and others, clambered In
the sleeper and rendered aid to the injured.
The wreckers' train from Brunswick ar
rived on the scene at A o'clock and brought
surgeons from Brunswick, but fortunately
their servic, we're not required for many
of those injured.