Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-02-06
Wreck near Wilmington.

The Delaware division express train
leaving French street station. Whining.
ton S.2S o'clock Monday morning crash
ed into the rear end of a freight train
just south of the bridge over the Christ
tiana River. at $40 O'Clock the same
morning. p L. Cooper of Philadelphia
the engineer of the passenger train,
was killed and E. G. Mccoy of $40 East
Ninth street. the fireman. was thrown
from the engine and sustained bruises
on the head. body and arms, but was
not seriously hurt. So far as could be
learned, nobody else was injured, al
though the passengers were shaken up
by the sudden stop and some were jost-
led against seats.
The locomotive which was drawing
the passenger train and seven cars of
the freight train were derailed and the
engine turned over. Hot Goals from the
locomotive are supposed to have been
scattered about when it left the tracks,
for two of the freight cars soon caught
fire. Several other cars were wrecked
and the north and southbound tracks
were blocked for some time.
The exact cause of the accident is In
doubt II was learned at the office of
General Superintendent Brooks, that
the fiagman was out and the presump-
tion is that he had the proper signals
set
Mrs Cooper. the wife of the unfor-
tunate engineer. was ON the train
which her husbands engine was draw
ing, and it is said that she saw the
engine turn over and feared that her
husband had been killed. She was on
her way to visit relatives at Cayton.
She wanted to go to the wrecked engine
but was prevented by friends from do
ing so. The friends took care of her
and also interested themselves in car
ing for the body, which was turned
over to Deputy Coroner kilmer after it
was gotten out from under the wreck
age
Engineer Cooper's body was badly
mangled and also burned. l is believ-
ed that he was crushed to death when
the engine went over and afterward
scalded by escaping steam.
Mr.. Cooper had just recently been
transferred to the Delaware division.
He formerly ran on the MARYLAND divi-
sion. II was his run that Engineer
William Bennett was taking when the
latter was killed at the entrance TO
French street trainshed several weeks
ago by the overturning of an engine.
According to rotation Mr. Cooper would
have had that run, but he and and Mr..
Bennett had an agreement under which
Mr.. Bennett was to take that run on the
day of the accident aud Mr.. Coopef
was to return the favor ON the following
day.
A large force of men was sent out to
the scene of the accident Immediately
after it was reported and an effort was
made TO clear the tracks as soon as pos
sble The accident damaged the tracks
rails being torn up for some distance.
THE CHRISTIAN Churches at Con-
stantinople. Turkey. and Ynkahoma,
Japan. have loug used the Longman 81
Martinez Paints for painting their
churches.
Liberal contributions of l.. & NJ.
Paint will be given for such purpose
wherever church is located.
+. NJ Scofield. Harris Springs, ). c.,
writes. II painted our old homestead
with L. & NJ. twenty-six years ago.
Not painted since; looks better than
houses painted in the last four years y
W. b. Barr. Charleston. w. Va.
writes, painted Frankenburg Block
with L. & NJ. shows better than any
buildings here have ever done; stands
out as though vanished, and actual
cost of paint was less than 81 20 per
gallon. Wears and covers like gold =
These Celebrated Paints are sold by
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