Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-06
THREE KILLED.
4 Bad Wreck st Shenandoah Junction. u aay
Injured Brought Here.

Inc %. q y railroad III this SEE
ton in years ,occurered half q mile west
of Shenandoah junction on Sunday
night last or rather Monday morning
nea O'Clock. The Duquesne limited
was the unfortunate train. The train
which is due here shortly after u
! o'clock at night was late and did not
leave here until about 100 and was
making pretty good time, Engineer r.
4 O. Pearrell, of Baltimore at the throt-
tie and III. Menges was the firemen
and when they reached the top of the
hill above Kearneysville, they started
down the grade ST lively gait. When
they reached the cross switches just
west of the N. & w. bridge the wreck
occurred. The cause was fret yht train
running into the rear of another on the
siding where they had been switched TO
permit the express train TO / ass. The
collision caused some of the freight
cars to land on the track Immediately
in front and along side the express.
Nearly the whole traen twas derailed
and the day coach was turned over On
its side and all the fatalities and about
all the injured were in that car. The
dead are:
Walter L. r. Hoffman, an employee
Of the B. & o. at Camden station in
the cashiers Office and formerly time
keeper at Cumberland, aged about 40
years.
Ella Hoffman aged IS years, daugh-
ter Of the above.
A Beveridge, of Cameron, w, Va.
The injured were:
Joseph V Duke, of Washington ID.
C. cousin of Prof. ". A. Duke, of
Hedgesville, head cut.
Lillian Hudson, about ten years oil d
Of Baltimore and travelling compan :
ion of Mr.. Hoffman and his daughter
badly praised over limbs and body.
Herald Williams, of Brooklyn, n.
Y. arm hurt.
Davis Tinell, of Myersdale, Pa. d,
shoulder hurt.
Jessie Cashen, of Portl nd, Connecti-
cut, head and hip hurt.
A. G. Fegsy @n, Washington, head
cut and bruises on body.
Joseph Epskart, Brooklyn. N. Y,
head cut.
B. c. Cook, of Hyndman, Penn.
and E. NJ. Rhodes, Of Hyndman, en-
ployed as craftsman and transitman
of the office OF j. B. Jenkin assistant
engineer at Mount Royal station, Bal
tlmore.
Patrick Corcoran, of St. Louis, Mo-,
| left shoulder hurt.
Tho.-as Hall, colored, of Baltimore,
slightly injured about chest.
Antonio Rescivo, Italian, Of Frost
burg, Md, seriously hurt about h is
legs.
( The news was sent 80 MartinsbHrg
and Drs. Myers, Baker and Henshaw +,
the company's local physician were
requested TO come at once on relief
train and took with them Drs. Sites,
Hedges, Andrews, Sponseller, Eagle
and McCormac'r The trains arrived
about one hour after the wreck and
the Drs. at onse did all in their powe I
for the injured. The dead were brough |
here by Undertaken Wilen and take n
10 his rooms where they were prepa red
Cor burial.
The injured were taken to the
Kings Daughters Hospital and were
given all the attention possible 10 re-
lievs their suffering.
Coroner w. R. Kline of this city
held an inquest at the rooms of
Undertsssr wiIen on Monday even
ing at O'Clock and large number ef
witnesses were examined. The Coro-
oner's Jury found verdict that the
accident in which Mr.. Walter z. L.
Hoffman and daughter, Miss Ella and
A Beveridge came to their death due
10 the negligence of Conductor Henry
Hill of freight train No. 1899 and flag
man Frank Powell of the same train
and engineer Edwards of freight train
No. 1seS.
According to the testimony Hill and
Powell were both asleep in their ca
boese whes the other freight train
struck it. Though the wreck occurred
in jefferson county Prosecuting At
torney Noll, after conference with
Judge Faulkner, ordered the inquest
and now since the jury lays the blame
on certain individuals it viii remain
fer the jefferson county authorities TO
move in arresting the accused.
Patrick Corcorsh, one Of the injured
passengers, is an intelligent Irishman,
veteran Of the Civil War and talked
abou1 the accident. He said he was sit
ting up wide awake, though nearly