The sun., 1906-12-31
33 KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK
Appalling Disaster on the
B. & 0. Railroad Near
washington.
TRACKS STREWN WITH DEAD.
Empty Train Crashes Into a
Local Passenger at Terra
Gotta Station.

The Engine OF tho Empty Train Pieughs
Through the Cars OF the Passenger
Train. killing and Manning Men.
women and children Most OF the Dead
and Injured were Residents Of wash
ingten-The Rescuers Attend 20 the
wounded Before Attempting TO Identify
the Dead-The Accident Due 90 Fog.
WASHINGTON, Dec. so.-Thirty-three are
known to be dead and more than thirty
| are more or less injured as the result OF
| wreck on the Metropolitan branch OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Terra Gotta,
a small station about four miles from WASH
| ington, at $40 o'clock this evening. The
wreck was the most disastrous that ever
occurred in the District OF Columbia. The
list Of dead is as follows:
HARRIS. Dr. f. GATHER. dentist, 1929 New York
| avenue, Washington.
DALEY, ELDER o. L., Newark. Ohio.
Boy with railroad pass In pocket for Mrs. ]. A.
McCAghey and son, account family chier CLERK
| to general superintendent"
PEERAAN. Mrs. M. S.. North TskOms, D. c.
McFRKED. JKAENErTs of Terra Gotta; employees
| OF Bureau OF Engraving and Printing.
LTpPoLp. MART. OF Terra Gotta; employee OF
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing.
HIoBBE. GEoRoB, years OF age Terra Gotta
Ro0BRs. NORMAN, OF Marion, Ind.
BROWN. Commodore p. ", address unknown.
Boy. name supposed 10 be Edward N. Belt.
| Lowe, A. LEE. 1912 street. Washington.
KELLEY. J. A.. Kensington. Nd.
KING, Prof. T. l., Washington
REKvNs. Miss TakomA, d. q.
Two colored women. unidentified.
| White man. mangled beyond Identification.
| White child. unidentified.
| Unknown white woman. about 20 years old.
| Unknown giri IA years old.
| Unknown woman, rs years old.
| Unhpown woman. white.
| Unknown woman. about = years old.
| Unknown white woman.
Gin. 10 years old. wearing Cornell pin.
| White child.
| Black child.
Two white girls about 20 years old.
| White child years old.
| Three white women.
The accident was caused by an empty
train Of seven coaches running into a local
train of three passenger coaches and a
baggage car which had stopped at Terra
Gotta to take on passengers. The empty
train was running at high rate Of speed
and crashed through all three of the coaches.
smashing them to splinters.
The bodies Of the dead were strewn along
the track for a distance OF more than a
quarter Of a mile. Many OF them were
horribly mutilated and II Is probable that at
least eight or ten will never be identified,
| as the bodies were distorted out OF all human
form
The scene OF the accident is a small sta
ton short distance outside the city limits =
Of Washington. 1t is a mere hamlet, in
habited only by workmen employed at the
terra Gotta works.
| Train SO from Fredericksburg is a local
which runs only on Sundays. 1t was COM
ing into Washington and was due here at
$50 o'clock, in charge Of Conductor Dick
Moore.
TRAIN WAS LATE
The passengers we're persons who had
boarded the train at various small stations
all alcng the line down from Frederick,
Md; whence it started at O'Clock this
! Il
late, and in view Of the fact that the night
was foggy and the tracks damp the engi-
neer made no effort to regain the lost time.
There is no station agent at Terra Gotta,
merely platform and SIZED where passen-
gers wait for the train. The train had
Just come to a stop when Engine 3l2O,
hauling seven empty passenger cars which
left Cumberland at O'Clock this afternoon
on the way to Baltimore and in charge Of
Engineer Harry Hildebrand and Fireman
j. T. Mcclellan, came down the track.
Red lights we're burning upon the rear
coach OF the local, but owing to the fact that
the fog wss 30 heavy they could not be seen
for more than few yards. In fact, Engi-
neer Hildebrand says that he was not aware
that the track was not clear until an instant
before the collision came. With a terrific
crash his engine dashed into the coach and
ran through all three Of the cars on the
local, demolshing them to kndling wood
and leaving death in its path.
Each one Of the three coaches was fairly
well filed with passengers, and with only
a few exceptions none escaped death OF
serious injury.
CARS THOROUGHLY SMASHED.
Had the three coaches been constructed
Of tinder their demolition could not have
been more complete, as the heavy engine
ploughed its way through and scattered
the unfortunate victims along the track
some were ground into horrible masses
beneath the wheels, while others were
killed by the flying debris.
For distance of fully quarter Of mile
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