The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-11
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EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED
NEAR NATIONAL CAPITAL,
And Fifty More Were Injured on Bal.
timore G. ohio Railroad Near Wash.
ineton, D.c.-Train of Eight Empty,
Passenger Coaches Crashed Into
Loaded Passenger Train.

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Loaded Passenger Train.
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Washington, Jan ,1.-An appalling
disaster, resulting in the death of %
persons and the injury of about 50
more, occurred about 6:2O O'Clock
Sunday evening on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad at Terra Gotta, a suburb
of washington. Frederick City Md ,
local train mo. &c, on III point Of
starting fran the station, was run into
by a train made up Of eight empty
passenger coaches, bound from the
west for Washington.
1t is said the engineer of the empty
train had failed to see the red signal :
indicating that another train was IN
the block. and plunged ahead. on his
mission of death.
A dense fog and a drizzling rain pre- e.
vailed during the day n the might;
and to the inability of the engineer
of the rear train to see the signal.
showing that another train was in the
| block, is attributed the cause Of the
.laccident. The grade at the place:
where the tragedy occurred is down
ward and the tracks were slippery.
i The Frederick train, which is runton.
Sundays only, is largely for the &C
commodation of those who have gone
into the suburbs on Sunday and for {
u the benefit of church goers who de.
sire to attend services in Washington
, at night. Presumably a number of.
/, the latter were on the train. The
train is scheduled to reach Terra Cot
ia about '6:15 O'clock, and was about,
4 on time when the crash came.
8 At first, owing to the impenetrable
fog, 1t was impossible to determine
S the extent Of the disaster, and early
Q rumofs placed the number Of killed
h at higher figures than those which
proved later to be accurate. When
the news reached Washington people
began to go to Terra Cottas and many
r who had relatives killed and injured
q remained at the scene of the wreck.
until the special train conveyed the
d dead and injured to the city. An
early train. that had been dispatched
to Terra Gotta brought the injured,
O whose wounds had been hastily
If dressed. and they were sent to vari.
/ GUS hospitals. Threaded on the way
to the city and one death occurred IN
If one OF the hospitals. -
The; engine of the rear train is said
A. to be one of the largest and latest
types Of passenger engines used ION
the road. The fact of its size. prob;
IS ably saved it from total destruction,
ID the principal damage fetit being con
fined to the front of, the. engine, ,t.
IL Because of this, Engineer Hide
brand and his" fireman escaped.
Hildebrand is said to have been a sub
stitute. He and his fremen- were ar
rested. No forms charges have been
g. placed against them, pending an in
lg v~estigation.
Coaches Reduced to Kindling.
Of The wrecked train was composed OF
ee an engine. a smoking ear and two day
,e coaches. The two rear coaches were
reduced to kindling wood and the rear
Of the smoker was, t~elescoped,
in So great was the impact that the
w local train was scattered along ue
to track for a considerable distance; For-
ct tunately the wreckage did not take
Ii. fire. = .
n. Traffic was delayed by the accident
We and it was after midnight before tfe
bodies of the dead could be sbreugHs
to the city. There was an entire al,
sence of any attempts at theft Al
IT. son as possible the bodies were COW
he cred and laid aside to await the COM
a ing of the trains from the city.
Nearly All Killed Outright
!, From the appearance of the BODIES
it is believed that nearly all Oh ths
q victims were killed outright or dleu
70 within a few minutes after the accf
od dent. OF the dead bodies some WeLe
"a buried beneath debris. with the Teslls
that they were recovered with alm'
Guilty.
90 DR.. E. o. Bolt, one of the most proI
.nent physicians of Washington, any
his sons, Edwin, aged z years AM
Sinclair, aged 8, were passegers ~
The train. Edwin was killed and u
=. father and son are missing. HtI
=. feared they are among the list Oh ~
Identified dead. .
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