The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-06-22
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD
IN MARYLAND WRECK
SCORE OF OTHERS INJURED

worst wreck In the history Of the West
ern Maryland railroad occurred at .
point about . quarter Of mile from
Patapsco. . small station between
Westminster and Finksburg. Twenty
i've persons were killed and Q score
more injured.
Those taken from the wreck dead
and who have since died Of their in'.
turies are: George D. Covell. engineer:
John St Leger, fireman; Fireman
Knipple, Fireman McNanamee. Fire
man Stott. all of Baltimore: John
Grouse, engineer. Taneytown, Nd:
d. d. Rise, engineer. Haserstown; v.
O. Derr, conductor Of freight. Hagers-
town; John Groshon, Charles Kelly.
Charles r. Miller, Frank Sweeney.
Harry Sweeney, Mcclellan Sweeney,
William T. Sweeney. J. Woolard, e.
mer Miller, Nelson Fraley, Charles
Gooble, ]. w. Shupe. George Stimmsl.
all railroad laborers. of Thurmont. Nd. /;
Joseph Sutely. Catoctin. Md; Daniel
Meyers. Highfield, Nd; Calvin Ben
uer. Catoctin, Md; Edward Martin,
| Thurmont. Md.
The injured, some Of whom will die
include: Elmer Miller, Columbus vii
liar. George Stimmel, Charles Grabill
William Shur, Calvin Benner. Thoma,
Hahn, John Whitmore. John Davis. Z
Fuss. VIM. Sweeney and Milton STAN
baugh, all of Thurmont; d. Myers
Highfield; Peter FREEZER. Union Bridge
Ed Diebert, employe Union News com
pany; w. Zeigler. employe Union New
company; C.. D. Miller, postal clerk
Hagerstown; B. Frank Tierney. ex
press messenger, Hagerstown.
Passenger train No. s, west-bound
was running at a very high rate
speed when at the point named
crashed into a double-header freigh
running east. All three Of the engine
were reduced to scrap iron, the e1
press and baggage cars OF the pal
senger trains we're smashed and . nun
ber of the freight cars were splintere'
The passenger coaches sustained litt
injury and almost without exceptio
their occupants escaped with nothin
worse than a bad shaking up. The Il
. talities and injuries were to the crew
of the engines and to workmen en-
ployed by the railroad company. 1t
q remarkable coincidence that the
latter should have been at work
pairing the damages caused by q
cent small freight wreck that Occurr'
at Mount Hope station. near this CIT
They were on their way to their hom
In small towns along the Weste
! Maryland to spend Sunday, Not bei'
! regular passengers, they had board
the baggage car and engine. When t
crash came the more fortunate, W
we're on the engine, jumped or we
! thrown from the train and were on
injured. Those in the baggage c
4 were terribly mangled and the ere
! of all three engines were killed. Th'
4 bodies were under the wreckage OF
4 engines.
( The fearful impact drove the p'
= senger tender into the baggage car
! demolished 1t and the mall gar. In
4 instant the peaceful country scene
Z changed into the likeness OF q sha
! bles. Along the tracks on both si'
4 were scattered dead and friEhtfu
mangled men, these latter more I
< tnnate than those who lad been
I the baggage car and on the Angin
4 tor most OF them were still piniol
/ In the wreckage out OF the immedi
Z reach of helping hands. BY what see
well-nigh a miracle, the damage to
4 other cars of the passenger train
4 confined :, almost entirely TO brol
Z windows and doors and the injuries
their occupants to bruises 'from
- shaking up ana minor cdts'from fly
- glass.
There was an instant rush TO esc'
= and for 4 moment none seemed Z
= to think what to do ip the presence
II the carnage into the midst pf WI
y they stepped upon leaving the coac
= Heartrending shrieks from the injt
p quickly brought to the scene the
~ habitants Of all the farm houses vii
4 considerable radius, and these Inn
diately set to work to do what
4 could to ease the suffering. Farm
~ wives made bandages Of their clou
- and household linen and worked b
J: !: ; : : ]; !: !: :
= ically amidst the blood and Crime.
L or two physicians. who had been
x sengers on the wrecked passe'
~ train, directed their efforts.
The disaster seems to have been
4 fault Of those In charge OF the frcl
The wreck occurred on . curve "
- the Patapsco river is crossed.
....noor tr~fp vas running at n q
~ of at least 30 miles an hour. and
~ freight, an extra. made up chief!
III heavy coal cars. was also rnh