Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-02
Al PEOPLE KILLED
IN B. 6 .. WRECK
Frightful Scenes IFollc- Crash
4 of Trims.
tIsr.oF INJURED REACHES FIFTY
Danger Signals Were o5seUrsd by
Foa-Train Passed Signal Board
Running at Speed Of 50 Miles an
Hour and Crashed in Rear End.

Running at Speed Of 80 Miles an
Hour and Crashed in Rear End.
Washington, Jan. THE tota!
number OF killed in the rear-end col
iIsIon ON the Baltimore and OHIO
railroad at Terracotta. ID. c., a block
station three miles from Washington.
Sunday night, is estimated a. abou'
AZ and the number Of injured at -.
The wreck was caused by an en-
CINE drawing eight empty cars run
ming into Local No. &c, known a. 'ae
Frederick express. just as the passen-
ger train had pulled OUT from The sta
tiOn bound for this city. Engineer
Hildebrand, who was In charge OF the
dead" train and who was arrested
shortly after the disaster, declares
that on account OF the dense fog h.
was unable 10 distinguish the sigma.
light at Takoma Park block station.
Tower Operator Philips declares that
the danger signal was in It's proper
place and that Engineer HildvDranis
train passed the tower station going
at a speed Of from 80 TO 90 miles an
hour.
At s O'Clock Monday morning there
were eight unidentified bodies at the
morgue.
Scores OF persons visited the morgue
Sunday night, and early Monday
morning 10 assist in the Identification
of the unknown dead there.
The total number Of bodies carried
into the morsue shortly after mid
night was thirty-two, but several
OF the identified have been turned over
90 undertaking establishments Ia be
prepared for burial. Most of the
victims were residents OF Washing
ton and suburbs.
Coroner hewitt, who went 20 the
scene OF the wreck 10 view the re-
mains OF the dead and to secure state
ments from injured passengers will
begin the inquest.
The members Of the crew OF the
train causing the wreck were placed
under arrest by the local police. They
are Harry Hildebrand. engineer. +.
Hoffmler. conductor; J. c. McCul-
lon. fireman: Robert Rutter, brake
man. and W. A. Norris, baggage
master. All were taken 10 The Tenth
precinct police station.
The officials OF the Baltimore ant
Ohio railroad. who were unable TO
fix the responsibility for the disaster
! Sunday night began Investigation at
Baltimore Monday.
The scene after the accident was
sickening. Bodies had been hurled
on every side and IL was after mid
might before all the dead had been
collected and placed on the special
train TO be brought 10 this city. III
was only few minutes after
the collision until nearly all the res
tdents OF Terracoita. a sparsely set
tled village. had gathered at the scene
of the disaster and begun the work
Of removing the dead aud rescuing the
injured from beneath the masses OF
debris. The workers labored under
great difficulties, for many OF the in
1ured we're wedged beneath the wreck
age and numbers OF them died before
they could be rescued.
Many acts OF sacrifice were per-
formed which will never be known
A detachment OF forty policemen were
sent from Washington and nearly So
physicians from this city and the sub
uros responded 20 a general call but
fully three quarters OF an hour had
elapsed before the docDrs were On
hand to relieve the Injured For
more than three hours al er the fata' I
crash occurred the police and citizens I.
were still taking bodies from under .
The great pile OF Wreckage. which
was sirewn for fully a quarter OF . /
mile along the track. As the in
Y 1Gred we're taken from under 'h,l
4<khEis sna Ehils the physicians We.c,
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