Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
WRECK ON RAILROAD
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED IN
ACCIDENT AT BoYD's.
Pullman Conductor in Serious Condi-
tion-Car Knocked From Track
and Down Embankment.


| Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BOIDS. Nd. November 12-An accident
! occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio at
Boyds at two minutes past this morning
Train No. ~, the Duquesne limited. from
Pittsburg for Washington and Baltimore
was coming east and had orders to meet
train No at Boyd's-both due here about
O'Clock am. Both were about fifteen min
utes late. Train No. IL was drawn by en-
glne l3l2, with Engineer Hall of Baltimore
at the throttle and Conductor Henrik of
Baltimore In charge. and had about eight
cars to the train. No. 3, in charge of En-
gineer Zepp and Conductor Nathan Ham
mond of Baltimore. had arrived at the
switch, east of Boyds about 200 yards. and
was pulling in on siding for the Duouesne
hmlted 10 pass, and when train No II ap-
prodched Boyd's the engineer blew for the
piock target, and Operator Eugene Emer-
son. thinking train No. 3 had cleared and
passed onto the side track gave him a
white or clear target. Engineer Hall grad
ualiy gave his engine more steam. and soon
the train was running at the rate of thirty
miles an hour, and, to the horror of the EN-
glneer he saw two coaches ahead, which
proved to be the rear end of train No 3
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
eIhpahknHent and over a fence into an
orenard on the land of Mrs. Sara E. Boyd
Inere the sleeper righted itself. In this
car was George Conrad, conductor of the
Pullman car. of Jersey City who was badly
INJURED about the head He was sent to
washington. There were ten or Twelve ma q
sengers also in this car, including Mr. and
Mrs c. M. Palmer of 277 Broadway. New
york, Mrs. Palmer being bruised and Mr.
Palmer badly cut on the arm; Mr.. and Mrs
Stephen j. Burrows of 236 Ainslee street
New York, both bruised. and w. H. Golfer
or Meadville, Pa, bruised
Inc rear sleeper was jammed badly in one
end and sent down the track for "a wards
from the scene of the wreck The car was
padiy twisted and slowed from the tracks
NO one in this car was injured. The pilot
OF engine 1872 was broken and bumper
headlight and cylinders were battered. Az
.er Engineer Hall had patched the engine
aho agent Williams. Trainmaster Hobbs
and Assistant Trainmaster McCabe had
cieared the wreck this engine drew its own,
tram INTO Washington, with Conductor Con-
train. 'He
Others who We're hurt were Miss A.
JARVIS Philadeiphia. Pa, slightly injured
Elbon avenue, Cincinnati. Ohio, bruised;
r. J. Doran, San Francisco CAL, slightly
injured about head; L. c. Young. New
y YORK, cut about head: R. E. Pardew.
southport, Conn.,, cut about head Mr. and
Mrs Burrows are being cared for at the
home of Mrs Sara c. Boyd -
The injured who were sent west on No. 3
train were not In any serious condition,
DR.. T. n. White, who is a Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad .Company's surgeon, was on
the wrecked train, and was soon adminis-
tering treatment to the injured He, with
Agent Williams and others cIambered n,
the sleeper and rendered aid to the injured
The Wreckers train from Brunswick ar
rived on the scene at o'clock and brought
surgeons from Brunswick, but fortunately
their services were not required for many
of those injured.