The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
NEWS GATHERED
FROM SOUTAS|D|E|::..
Serious Wreck Occurs on Atlantic
Coast 1.-the Near Matt
chester.
EIGHT CARS ARE DERAlLED
Carnival Has Good Opening.
Holland Receives
Pardon.
EIGHT CARS ARE DERAlLED
Manchester bureau, Times. Dispatch.

Manchester Hareau; ,ob ,., a. pnet
Al thc result or Il rear end collision
between two freight trains near the ltich-
n,ond Woodworking Conpany's plant
lust outside Of Manchester, Yesterday
nfternoon. eight cars were derailed and
totally destroyed and about ten or Twelve
ware badly damaged. The scene, after
the wreck, presented one Of indcscr'n-
able confusion; some Of tho cAre were
Fp,led two deep. and MI the others were
turned completely bottom upward one
had been thrown clear of the track, ana
was still standing on It's trucks on-
harmed. Another was hurled on top Of
one Of the sheds of the wood"orhili,s
tnlant, which It had completely deinol-
iahad rrhc track was rather less dam
npcl, only about twenty or thirty feet
~ ~ having been torn UP BY the de-
rallied cars. o,o.
i Richmond Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac freight train was backing down IRON
&Clopton when the train accidenAA!s ,, e.
came ,,ncoupled near the engine and my
"a 70 came down the track. gathering l''o-
,nentum with every second, and crasneu
into a few cars Of the Coast Line me.
were standing on the track J''s1 f'po.o
Manchester The standing cars were con-. -.
pletely demolished. being reduced -
splinter wood.
Line Closed Several Hours.
The line was closed until late last night.
owing TO the piled up wreckage ana me
Cannon Ball to Norfolk and all otlel
trains had to so round by way OF the
Bet Zine: but only about thirty-five mn
utes were lost in the schedule time. -
wreckine train was Immediately sent 70
the scene and by this morning the me
will be clear. for all trains.
The colored people living around me
ncighborhood of the scene OF the "re .,.e
were given carte banche WI" VII ..,st ad
wrcckage, and they materially ass,steu
IN clearing away the broken timber NllS
of them will have enouG.. old WOOD 20
carry them through the winter one OF
the cars was loaded with crates OF peer,
and 1t Is said that one man secu i
enough ice to stock him for the el.lrs
summer. The beer, however, was stored
away in some place of safe keep,ils' a''u
most of It is probably intact.
No ono was injured in the wreck ne
damage will probably amount to ABOUT
$4,000 or $4,000.
Carnival Opens.
The Pierce Amusement Company open
ed its carnival last night with an en-
tremely large crowd for the first nisht,
and the outlook Is promising LOT even
larger crowds during the other nish's ol
the week
There is n large variety Of shows. and
nj, of them are clean and refined. Inc
shows are ali Of the latest type, and some
novel performances are given. The usua
aerial swing is in evidence. the Ferris
wheel and merry go.round. and every
thing to attract the attention OF tne
amusement lover. The company has :,
fine band OF eighteen pieces, which Will
discourse the latest popular airs seVera
times day. Confetti throwing adas
greatly to the merriment of the crowd
and It was in great evidence last n's ''.'
Holland Receives Pardon.
Harry Holland. who was convicted in
the chesterfield Court and sentenced to
one year In the penitentiary for STAB
hing Conductor Hawkes., Of the inter-
urban Line, has received q pardon, ana
has left the. State.
Holland was tried about three nlontnS
ago, and was kept In the Chesterlelo Ja, :, :,
after his conviction, until he received his
pardon.
TO Open Clear Water Bids.
a joint meeting Of the clear water
committee and the wafer commissioners
viii be held to-day for the purpose OF
opening bids for the altering plant to
be built in the city. It Is hardly PROB
able that the bids will be let tonight,
nc n will take some time to compare them
all The meeting will be open TO the pub
lie.
In the Police Court.
Mr., n. Mann. who has been running
some sort OF chance game on Mayo's
Island, and at the aerial swing IN Man,
chester, was yesterday morning ',nea
$40 by the Mayor and all of his parapher'
MALTA was conflscated.
Len Tatum, Isaac and Buck Itahn were
each fined s. for trying to prevent a. 3
| C;uilette, Of Richmond, from getting or
| n car at O'Clock on the morning o.
| April 18th.
Abraham Gibson and Sarah Graves
both colored, were UP yesterday morning
| the first on a warrant sworn out pS w
latter. The man was given SIX month'
! in jail and Sarah and her ch'ldren "er'
ordered to leave the city at once.
Henry I;hepperson, John C'ark ans
many other colored men and women were
nrras,cd nv Police Officer w. F. Way
MACK early Sunday morning on tn'
charge az fighting In n brickyard. Az TN
rcn,,es, of the officer the case was con
tinucd until Wednesday, 80 as 70 ai,op
him time to round up some OF the ONE
of the 1ghters.
Personals and Briefs.
Mr.. and Mrs 1T. Powell. OF Emporla
arc visiting their son, Mr.. T. NJ. fo"el'
nt No. 406 West Fifteenth street.
Mrs. j, ". Hardaway ana ne, ~,
son. OF blackstone, are Visiting AlIs' .
W. Foese. OF No. sos Everett Street.
The Young Ladies' Society OF ba,n
bridge street Baptist Church VIII NEE
Friday night in he home of Miss Mann
Goodman, No, 1i1b Porter street, a.
O'Clock, The mecIlng Is a most i'npof