The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09
Ran Into Freight at Dan
Vile. Killing Engi .6or
Kinney ard BrdAemIn
SEVERAL MN
Arc INJURED
Fire Breaks Out in Wreck and
the Danville Fire Department.
Extinguished the Flames.
The Block System
Again Failed to
Protect Life.
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Especial 10 The Times DisDatchI
DANNILLE, VA December s.-Ths
same train 20 which President Samuel
Spencer. OF the Southern Railway, had his
private car attached when be and his
guests went TO their doom In the fll-
fated wreck at Lawyers nine days ago,
figured in another railroad horror In the
Southern yards nere to-day which re-
suited tn the killing outright Of two
of the employees OF the company. and tho
injury TO half dozen more, one Of whom
may die
No. 81 mixed passenger ana Pullman
train. crashed into No. 50, a freight train
Of thirty cars. which was at a standstil
on the main line about half a mile be-
yond the Southern passenger depot.
The dead are Engineer George c. Kin
ney Of No. 81; Brakeman w. B. King
Of No. So
The injured are Robert Ford. Of Spen-
Ger. coored. O. o. MAILER. Of Washing
ton, postal clerk on No. 81: o. J. Null,
hagman on No. So.
Like Wreck at Lawyers.
Both Of the trains were running behind
time. and the freight train had stopped
in the yards when the passenger came
around curve and ploughed through the
caboose. The collision was almost ex-
actly Ike the one at Lawyers
The engine OF the rear train seemed
c1n0nEo
and then continued It's Journey OF death
and destruction through the cars ahead
Flre broke out. and for several hours il
looked as II both Of the trains would be
enNeloped in flames. The blaze could be
seen from oll parts Of the city. and the
fire departmFlt FASTENED to the scene
and after hard work the flames we're got.
ten under control
The cause OF the wreck is laid AT tbe
door Of Flagman Null. OF train No g9
who was injured while IN the cahsose ~
his train He had been given orders bv
both the engineer and the conductor NJ
his train 10 90 back and place n sfcnal
OF warning for No. "a The facts so fqr
do not show that he did this. as ho was
In the caboose when the crash occurred
Block Operators Blamed.
The operators at Jara and Ncapoiis
two block stations three miles apart
also come in for n share Of the blame
but between the two, who acted wrong
Is not known. The Jaffa operator avers
that h. had been given a clear track
from Neapolis. "a suburb of Danvills
while this statement is denied b. the
operator ~ the last station-SFenille-
who formerly dispatched at Rangoon. and
was succeeded by Mattox who is held
responsible for the wreck at Lawyers.
General Superintendent f H. Coanrnan.
/ Of the Northern District OF the Southern.
/ and Superintendent Andrews OF the Dan.
| Vile Division. are engaged in an investl-
/ cation leading up to the cause of the
wreck. and Will probe the whole affair 10
] the bottom.
Engineer Kinney. who was killed ~
! day was one Of the oldest employees Of
} the Southern. and comes from a family
( OF railroad engineers. He was a broth,r
| Of VIII A. Kinney. the same engineer
who was In charge OF tho locomotive
Iva
private car. W. A. Kinney had a mot
rom0 rSahle escape from, death
Like his brother George Kinney stuck
to his post. and when his body was
found it was in the cab. and the knob
on the throttle was reversed showing
that he had done everything possible 10
prevent the wreck.
Tumned for His Life
+ Robert Ford. the negro fireman. Jumped
when he realized what was going 10
/ happen. fifty yards above the scene OF
I the accident. Several bones were broken.
/ and when he was carried 70 tho hospi-
tai here he was unconscious. Tfis c0ndi-
. ton is critical. and death viii likely re-
/ suit from Internal injuries.
w B. King. who was learning the
business of brakeman. mot a frightfm
I death He was in the caboose or the
freight train. and his body was burned
. 90 a crisp
Rescuers who drsgsed the charred and
T 01urled remains from The engine found
+ it hard to realize that the ashes were the
/ last Of "a human being His hea and
arms and legs were missing. an tho
! ashes ana heap Of coagulated blood were
/ thrown into a mailbag and carried to
/ the undertaNng establishment
Hundreds Of citizens viewed the wreck
/ to-dav and the scene was most vivid and
/ remarkable Fou~ freieht cars loaded