Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-12-08
Another Railway Wreck

Passenger Train NO. 81, NOrthbeund,
Crashes Into n Freight Train Near
Danville-Four People Killed-Train
on Fire.
Washington, D. G, Dec ga sec
ond fatal wreck within ten days occurred
early tb Is morning on the SCuthern Rail.
way, when passenger train struck the
rear end Of freight train near Dan
willie, Va. Four persons were killed,
according to the early reports receved
here, but officials Of The SOulhfrn we're
inclined to deny from the f'sl that The
loss OF life bad been so great Fire
starred Immediately after the COLLISION.
Much excitement was crra'ed all slong
the lines of the Slu.hern on account of
The accident following so closely The
wreck in which President pencer LIST
bis life On THANKSGIVING Day
Engineer G. Z. KINNEY had charge OF
the engine puilIog the passenger Irsin.
All reports here say that he was Killed.
and it is believed the fireman received
fatal injuries 1t was first reported thar
the engineer killed was the man who
figured 10 the Thanksgiving wreck, but
this resnlttd from the similarity in
names The engineer of the en- CINE that
struck Spencer's train YVES G, A. Kin-
ney.
During the morning the officials Of
the Southern gave out the following Of
lic al report of the wreck;
AT 4:l0 this morning train No. 81,
eoeine 1910, struck rear Of freight train
lust south of D,nville, Va, derailing
engine and several freight cars. Freight
cars caught fro from engine and the
Danville fire company was called t.
exlingush the flames. 1t is reported
that engineer Of train No. 81 was slled
and his fireman injured, but on accoun,
of interruption to telegraph service this
report is not verified. No passengers
Injured"
Richmond, Va, Dec s.--Psssenger
lrain No. "a of the Southern Railway,
northbound, ran into the rear Of a
northbound freight train just south OF
DanyiIle, at an early hour this morning.
Engineer 0eo-ge Kinney, of the passen-
ger train. was killed, AMI his fireman
badly Injured TS0 others are reported
killed, but their identity is not yet
known. The accident Was remarkably
similar to that of Nov m5er 20 on the
same road about 80 miles north Of Dan
vii 10 which President Samuel Spencer
was killed Il is said that The operator
at the first block south of Danvilie, be
fore thp freight had cleared, gave clear
block for the passenger train. The col
lision followed in a few minutes. The
areckage is 90 fire. OF the other three
men supposed TO have been killed, one,
The fireman, was orl' injured, snd the
other two, couple Of ,ramps, are miss
Tor. II is not known, however ths;
they we're killed
Tho body of another traiuman VS.
later taken from the ruins, making tao
dead 10 the wreck. Engineer George
@. Kinney, who Was killed, is brother
Of Engineer G. a Kinney, who Was
running lbe engine that crT-h d iaiO the
tain at Lawyers a fe. days ago and
klllet President Spencer, of the ) nth
ern Rulwsy, and other members Of hi
plFiy.
Ousids the coaches The passengers
were further lsrrorized by the flames and
he rosr of steam az they stood shiverin7
~ the cold. MANY were taken to near
by farm houses whore they we're cared
for.
Scenes attending the wreck were pa
thelc ard excruclatirg. Men, women,
md children we're all but paralysed with
fear when hey were thro@n from their
seats aud berlhs and awakened to hear
the roar Of escaping steam from the burst
ooler aud saw volumes OF James leaping
high in the air. Passengers leaped
through the windows 10 their night
clothes.