Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-31
Headquarters registered the age at forty
three irstead Of twenty-nine.
Pleasure and Business Trip.

three irstead OF twenty-n1ne.
Pleasure and Business Trip.
Two young men who were passengers on
| the Inflated train and who escaped with
slight injuries are Charles T. Pagan and
Camden Ramsburg. residents Of Frederick,
| Md. who were on their way to Baltimore.
1--WE were going to Baltimore on a
pleasure and business trip" said Ramsburg
| to Star reporter. after he and his friend
| had received treatment at the Casualty
Hospital for scalp wounds. But" he add
| ed, I'VE are little undecided about our
trip at present..
The young men were in the middle car
and occupied the same seat They were
| conversing about the prospective visit 20
| Baltimore when the accident occurred
After leaving Frederick, Messrs. Fagan
| and Ramsburg became acquainted with a
! number of other passengers who were In
| the car in which they were riding, even
learning the names OF several OF them:
| Pagan occupied the end Of the seat next
| to the aisle and his companion was seated
! next to the window.
1T was like this" Pagan said to a Star
reporter. "the top Of the car fell in and
out"
And here we are," Ramsburg added.
! AS soon as the crash came Pagan ex
planned, II found lady holding me about
the neck and crying Mother got her out
and she begged me to find her mother. l
searched for her mother, but did not sue
LETT me after I had rescued her and she
started down the track in search of her
mother, but l believe her mother was
| killed"
II got Mrs. Clarence Proctor from the
| wreck Ramsburg said. Her head was
| fastened between two seats and 1t was
| necessary for me to separate the seats be-
| fore l could assist her. She was calling
for her husband, Kenny, and she was
| screaming much that nobody could have
resisted going to her assistance My
friend and myself had met Mr. and Mrs.
ment was at the highest pitch l got a
| torch and went along the line looking for
the mother of the young woman, but l am
| sorry to say, / did not find her and be-
| lieVe she was killed
Sad Scenes Witnessed.
| The young men told of the sad scenes
| they witnessed just after the wreck oc-
| Cured, and they also told of the anxious
inquiries that were made by some of the
| injured.
| gether," of the young men remarked,
but the crashing of the engine into the
| train had separated them. Their father
| was near them when the accident occurred
but he was unable to find them after the
| heavy engine struck the rear end of the
| passenger coach.
And" he concluded, Il suppose both
| boys were killed.
| The young men were taken to the Casu-
| atty Hospital and given treatment. Be-
| cause of the trivial nature of their injuries
| they were able to wait until those who
| had been more seriously injured had been
| looked after. While waiting to be treated
they discussed the affair with other sur
| vivors of the wreck. After leaving the
| hospital the young men in question went
| to hotel for the night. Their baggage
had disappeared, however, and they COM
planned of lack of cash, most of their money
having been locked in their suit cases.
| And another thing one of the young
men remarked before he retired, Il prom
| Used to call upon Mrs. Proctor before l left
| the CITY,"
| Escaped Serious Injury.
| Benjamin Maynard of Fostoria, Alex
| andria county. Va. was among the few
| who escaped serious injury in the wreck
| He was bitter in his denunciation, both Of
the train crew and the company. He said
he spoke to Hildebrand. the engineer Of
the equipment train after the accident and
asked him why he had not needed the
| danger signals behind the local Mr. May
nard says that Hildebrand replied that he
had not seen any danger signals.
| Maynard was accompanied by his cousin
Catherine Hughes of 1888 Corcoran street
| He said:
| accompanied by my cousin boarded
| the train at Frederick Everything went
| well until we reached kensington, when the
| danger Signals were OlSplayeQ. AT ROCK
| vile the same signals were in view and the
| same at Takoma. After we left Takoma
| II became very misty. Our train went at
a pretty lively clip to Terra Gotta. The
were just pulling out of the station when
| all at once the rear train hit the last car
| with terrific smash.
THE car was knocked to splinters, and
| the middle coach was telescoped, the smok-
| er being the only car that escaped destruc-
| ton. There were about fifteen persons in
| our car, and every one of them escaped,
| with the exception of cuts inflicted by fly
| ing glass.
| Il Immediately left the car and went in
| quest Of my cousin. whom I found lying
| on the bank a few yards distant. She was
! cut about the head and her right shoulder
was dislocated 1 put her into the coach
and went around trying to aid those who
| were suffering.
Il was standing on the bank. about three
| feet from the train. when l saw a woman
| toss baby from a window In the second
| coach. With another man. who was
| me, 1 hurried to the spot and picked the
| infant up to find that it had not received a
| scratch We took the baby to Mrs. Fishers
| house. in Brookland. and left it.
THE whole place around the wreck was
one of awful disorder. l saw a woman
rear with both legs and head cut off
and three men in pretty nearly the same
condition.
Was in Second Coach.
| One Of those who escaped from the second
coach was I. ]. Cooley Of 215 New Jersey
| avenue northwest.
| Just as we were leaving the station,
he said something hit us and the next
| thing 1 knew 1 was lying beside the rail-
| road track. with a piece of wood in my
| leg. doctor quickly dislodged this and
was put aboard the wrecking train.
| 1T seemed to me that at least thirty
| persons were killed and scores injured.
| Il saw a mother. with a little babe in
| her arms. making her way out of the
| wreckage. The woman was fearfully cut
| about the head. and her clothes were lit
orally torn from hef back. The baby was