The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
BRIDAL PARTY HURT
Couple We're on Station Plat
form at Terra Gotta.
MERRYMAKERS ARE CRUSHED
Miss Mary LIppOId and George HiS-
bee Die from Injuries Received
and Groom with Rice-Sevcrnl
Others Painfully Injured.

Fight residents of Terra Gotta and
RupliviHe an adjacent hamlet were
killed in the wreck They had been the
nucleus of a merry crowd assembled on
/ the narrow platform to greet bridal
party expected on the train from Ken
sington Edward Jarbo was to bring
/ home his blushing bride, and, as is al
ways the case in small villages, this was
an event over the whole countryside.
/ The young men were on hand with rice
and old shoes. Their merry voices and
! laughter combined with the noise of the
/ local, drowned all other sound, and none
Of them was aware of the approach of
| the dead-head equipment, so that when
/ the rear car Of the local was split in
/ twain and the right half swung out and
swept the platform away the merry
makers were crushed against a pile of
terra Gotta
Saved by Baby's Cry.
The crying Of baby is all that saved
the life Of the newly-married couple, and
few of their relatives. The party had
1 planned TO return on the train. but owing
to the insistent crying Of the baby Of the
brides sister it was decided not TO wit
\ for the train. which was late, but TO tal;e
the electric cars and get home as soon rs
possible. They had just reached their
front door when they heard the crash and
the agonizing cries Of their friends
! Ii is said that ordinarily there is no one
on the platform az Terra Gotta when the
local comes through, and II seldom stops
there.
Martin Cady. thirty-one years old. Of -
/ Ruplivile a teanIster at the Soldiers
Home. who was in the midst of the crowd,
was one OF the first 10 release himself
from the wreckase and lend aid 20 his
/ companions He suffered decorations Of
the hand. head hip, and back, none OF
which is serious. When asked II he saw
the crash. he said:
What Martin Cady saw.
q didn't see it. no; but / saw as much
as anybody. / was standing on the plat
form beside Miss Lppold, who was killed,
with a handful OF rice. 10 greet Ed and
his wife The train had just come 10 a
stop when there was a smash. I WAS
thrown back against pile of terra Gotta,
and pinned down under a post l dom
know just what happened. but 10 my
mind there were TWO distinct collisions.
The first blow split the rear car and shot
the local about goo yards down the track,
when the deadhead equipment again hit
her blowing right through
John Dickens, twenty years old, Of
Terra Gotta. had his chin nearly severed
from his face and received other minor
injuries. lie was taken TO Garfield Hos
pital, and his condition is not consid-
Z cred serious
Alfred York, twelve years old. of
WoOjburn. ID. c.. sustained two severe
cuts on the head that required eight and
three stitches respectively TO draw them
together. After receiving treatment al
GARFIELD Hospital he was taken home.
When asked by the doctor who attended
b him. what happened. ne said: we were
waiting for the train and the last two
ears exploded II is said he was not the
only one who imagined this upon recover
Ing consciousness.
Two Dead from Injuries.
Harry Higble, thirty-ive years old OF
Terra Gotta, was esc0rting his sister-in-
10 law, Miss Mary Lippold. twenty-threC
e years old, of Brookland, to the train. His
s little son George, seven years old. accom-
20 panied them. The three joined the merry
e makers on the platform. Miss Lippolc
| and the little boy were both crushed about
p the head and chest and died about three
quarters Of an hour after the accident
Neither of them regained consciousness
> Higbe's leg was broken and his bacH
. was injured. Mrs. Barbara Higbie, nj,
L wife, and a baby girl were at home. Mrs
{ Higbie took the remains Of her child anC
o her sister to her mothers home, Twelfth
9 and Otis streets. Brookland. \ double
/ funeral viii be held from the family home
: in Brookland either this afternoon or to
u morrow, and interment Will be made il
g Rock Creek Cemetery.
6 Henry Krebs, seventeen years old, Ot
Terra Gotta, was taken to Garfield Hos
T. pital Immediately after the wreck suffer
- ing from decorations of the face a mash
! ed leg and broken toes. His injuries ar,
not serious When questioned about Tn,
u wreck he said that he had just put hi;
+ foot on the step of the second car, anS
. remembers nothing after that.
I. Fred Hiser, eighteen years old, Of Terra
Y Gotta, a companion, had his hip injured
{ He IS with krebs at Garfield Hospital
o and his condition is not serious.