Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-11-23
NEW TERMINAL ACCIDENT
Southern Trains Crash together
at Mouth Of Tunnel.
TWENTY PERSONS HURT
Accident Supposed To Be Due to the
Fact That Men Were Not Yet
Familiar With New Tracks.


Twenty persons were injured, both
engines demolished, and the track
torn up 100 yards or more, In head
on collision between trains 10 and is
OF the Southern railway at the mouth
of the new terminal tunnel. New Jer-
sey avenue, Washington, between d
and + streets southwest, about $50
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. The re-
sponsibility for the accident has not
been fixed, but it is said to have been
due to the confusion resulting from
the opening of the new Union station,
and the fact that switchmen and op-
orators, as well as train crews, have
not become familiar with the new
tracks and the dispatching OF trains
through the new tunnel.
Moderate Speed Codsend.
Train No. Is was bound for Char
lottesville, Va. while No. 10 was due
Sin Washington from Danville, Va, at
5:35 o'clock. Just as the former
emerged from the south terminal it
ran head-on into the locomotive draw
ing train No. 10 coming in from the
south The incoming train had been
stopped several hundred yards from
the mouth OF the tunnel and had only
started, and wasn therefore, running
at a moderate rate OF speed when the
collision occurred. 1t was this fact
a'one which prevented more disas-
trous catastrophe.
Saunders and Mitchell were buried
beneath the coal of their tenders, and
had to he dug out. Goodwin and Carr,
who were about to leap from the cab
when the crash came, were thrown
into a ditch and badly bruised and cut
on body and head. When finally lib
Grated from their perilous positions.
both Saunders and Mitchell we're un.
conscious. Carr Is believed to have
been the most seriously injured, but
is thought he will recover. The major
ity of those injured were on the
southbound train, their injuries hav-
ing been sustained by being thrown
from their seats against the side OF
the cars and by flying glass.
The Injured.
Jame3 j.. Goodwin, 3S years old,
Alexandria. Va. Head and body in
jured.
Wayne T. Carr, % years old Alex
andra. Va, fireman on train 10.
Limbs and head injured.
James S. Saunders, 40 years old,
lAlexandris, Va, engineer on train Is.
Head and shoulders injured.
Rufus L. Mitchell, 26 years old,
Alexandri. Va, fireman on train Is.
Head and limbs injured
Miss Mary E. coIlhig, % years old,
Casanova. Va Head and body injur-
ed
Miss Elizabeth collhig, 20 years
cd. Casanova. Va. Head and body in
iured.
Mrs. r. N. Burgess, wife of con-
ductor OF train 215. Head and body
injured; also shock.
r. H. Pondexter, SO years old,
Clifton Station. Va, mail clerk on
train 10 Limbs injured
3. 2. Wright, % years old. afindus,
Va, mail clerk on same train. Left
leg injured.
Ashby L. Malone, Harrisonburg,
Va. Body and limbs injured
Luther X. Armstrong, 81 years old.
Washington. Head ana body injured.
William |. Mullen, 25 years old,
Alexandria. Va. Limbs and hands in
jured.
David Bailey, Washington Head
and face injured.
Nellie Ramsay, colored. Al years
Washington. Head and body injured.
Alexander Johnson, colored, 80
years old, Culpepper. Va Body limbs
and face injured.
Or. John w. Morse. colored, 90
years old, Washington Face In
jured.
Elias Harris, colored, fifty years
old Fairfax Court House. va Body
injured.
{. r. Blake. Head and body bruis-
ed.
w. L. Miller, Alexandria. Va. Face
and limbs injured.
Nellie Collins. Slightly injured.