Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
Thirty-eight Killed at Terra
 Gotta. D. C.
SEVENTY HURT IN COLLISION.
Baltimore and Ohio Express TeIe-
 scoped Local.
THREE CROWDED CARS SMASHED

Wreck So Close to National Capital
 That Dead and Injured Were Taken
 There by Relief Trains-Frederiok
 Local Had Stopped at Way station
 and While Waiting Was Crashed
 Into by Filler For Washington.
 Three Coaches Crowded With Pas-
 sengers Wore Completely DemoI- ishea-Wreck Reported Caused by
 Operator Letting Two Trains In on
 One Block-Engineer Under Arrest.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. - Thirty eight people were killed and seventy injured in collision on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Terra Gotta, a station about three miles from Wash ington. An express train ran into the Frederick local. Three cars of the To- cal were completely demolished The injured were brought to Washington as fast as they were taken from the wreck.
 Following is partial list of the dead: Elizabeth Pearman, Takoma Park; T. A. Kelly, Kensington. Md; Mary Leffold, thirty years old, of Washington; George Higbie, eight years old, Brookland, D. O.; Dr. E. Garther Harris, Washington; Miss Koll (Y. M. c. A. card was found in her pockeD; white girl. thirteen years old, unidentified; white girl. eighteen years old, unidentified; negro baby, unidentified; white baby, unidentified; Norman Rogers. Marion, Ind; Mrs. J. McCaghley and her fourteen-year-old son; Edward NJ. Belt, white, fourteen years old; Commodore P. Brown, six ty years old.
 Clarence Proctor of this city had his leg crushed. Proctor is well known amateur ball player. Mrs. Proctor. his wife, was badly shaken up. w. c. Johnson, agent of the United States Express company, Washington, had his arm broken and was slightly in- jured about the head. Frank Bodlitx, Frederick, Md, newspaper man, thir- ty years old, was Injured slightly. Roy Elder. Poolesville. Md. had a leg bro ken.
 Upon the relief train coming into the city an unknown white boy, about twelve years old. and an unknown nc ITO. about thlrty-dve years old, died.
 The report that Senator Proctor of Vermont was among those killed in the wreck at Terra Gotta was incor- rect. Senator Proctor was not on the train.
 The Frederick train had stopped at Terra Gotta station and was crashed into by freight. the rear cars of the into by the express, the rear cars of the passenger train being telescoped. The wreck occurred in a dense fog.
 United States District Attorney D. W. Baker was among the injured and sustained internal injuries.
 District Attorney Baker, despite his heel being cut o6. walked the one and quarter miles to Brookland and brought the first news of the wreck He was completely exhausted and aft CT medical treatment was sent to the city.
 George H. Burgess. . brother of Mrs. Barnes. had just put Mrs Barnes and her daughter on the train when the wreck occurred and was one of the first to join In the rescue work. His sister and niece were among the first to be found in the wreckage.
 The wreck is said to have been caus- cd by the telegraph operator at Silver Springs letting two trains in on one block. The engineer of the Frederick train has been arrested.
 Many dead bodies were found lying beside the track for considerable dis tance. A dense fog was prevailing and made objects perceptible but few feet ahead. It was impossible at first to determine the exact extent of the catastrophe.
 Mrs. II. F. Fisher of this city while responding to the call of a sufferer almost tumbled over the body of two-year-old child lying near the tracks. The baby was terribly bruis- cd. but was still alive.
 It was said that the mother of the infant had been killed.
 Frank P. Bodlitz. a newspaper man cf Eru-dsrirtr MA rho uss .rs~Asfr t~