The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-05
GRAPHIC STORY
I. QE AN EYE WITNESS
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for the people to take their time, as the
danger was all over. f5ls5 H
Engine in Ditch
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..The engine had left the tracks, and
was lying on its side in small ditch
about three feet deep. There were three
cars attachcd---a combined postal and
n baggage car, a combined colorcd and
4 smoking car and a ladies' car. The first
4 two cars had left the tracks, and were
leaning over decidedly, but the ladies'
car was hardly tipped ut ALL.
1.-THE engineer and fireman had stuck
4 to their post. and by so doing tho latter
saved his 4life, for if he had jumped he
would have been crushed beneath his
engine. The engineer had turned on the
4 emergency air brakes at the first realiza-
.ion.sof the. trouble, The. engine stayed
3#on the crossoverS rails until 1t struck the
& side stra ok. Here the switch was turned
& for q straight away on the sidetrack and
7 the train jumped the rails" &E
The accident happened at what train
4 men call a crossover SWITCH 1t consists
n of two tracks running parallel with each
other joined by n switch which allows
a. train to cross over to the other tracks
or to proceed along a straight course, rs
1t chooses. According to n report from
Suffolk the switch on the main line was
open
The train took the crossover track all
right, and would have kept the rails If
the second switch had been open for It.
to jump the track.
Plowed Thirty Yards.
''The engine ploushed along for only
about thirty yards after It left the rails,
went on Captain Hawks, Luckily the
track is on a level with the ground here
md prevented further damage. Steam
was escaping s,rtely.5,
4 The engineer, ,1n. spite Of his crushed
j leg, was able to crawl ont over his
side of the locomotive, followed by tho
fircman. The postal car was burning,
p but of course the first attention was
y paid to the injured. Mr.. NJ. w. Noble,
of Petersburg, he engincor had his left
leg broken below the knee and received
several severe bruises. but his condl-
ton Is not considered serious, He did
not know how he broke his leg. @
Mr.. IT. Wood, of Church Hill, the ex-.
press and baggage man, is thought to
E be hurt internally.
b Mr.. Webster, the fireman. got off with
a small scratch on his head T.. Davis,
< the colorcd postal clerk. had n small
cut on his chin. The others postal clerk
In the car did not receive q scratch.
z Ono lady iand II girl from somewhere
out Nest ut first thought they We're
hurt. DR., w, w. Murray. Norfolk and
Western physician from Suffolk, who
& happened to be on the train, examined
4 scared than hurt. a man, whose name
L could not be ascertalned, also claimed to
& be hurt, but the doctor soon convinced
him otherwise. There were no other in
iuriea worth mentioning
a After the injured were looked after.
the fire IN the postal car was extin-
2 guished with the aid Of Are extinguishers
and water tarricA from the ditch A
email amount of mail was lost.
Eeroines of the Wreck.
Captain Hawks refused to be attended
4 to as the doctors were III demand by
i all The others injured He was sitting
bleeding on the ground when one 81
two herones, which the wreck produced.
came to his assistance. She was Miss
. Minnie II, Mickey OF the 'I'orkshire,
lA2 Chapn Street, Washington, y G.
She boufr. his wounds as best she could,
and aided all the other sufferers with
great energy and presence of mind
The other WAS lady who failed 70