The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-30
BAD WRECK ON THE
SOUTHERN RAILROAD
New York and Augusta Express
DeFailed.
WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE RAIL.
All the Passengers Roughly Jolted
Near Red Hill, South of Charlottes-
ville-Many Injured, but Not Seri-
ously- Rail Split and Threw All the
Coaches to the Ties.

Charlottesville, Va. Especially. -
Northbound train No. "a, known as
the New York and Augusta Express,
on the Southern Railway, due at Char
lottesville at AIS A. NJ, was wrecked
at 4.10 A. M. in sight of Red Hill, a
small station eight miles south of this
city. This train was manned by the
same crew that was in charge of
southbound train No. SO, which was
wrecked last Thanksgiving Day at
Rangoon, killing President Samuel
Spencer and others.
The accident was due to defec-
tive rail, which is now in possession
of the crew. The rail split and threw
all seven cars of the train to the
ties, along which they ran the length
of the train, and then lurched over
on the side of the cut, the engine
and tender alone remaining on the
rails.
No one was killed and the follow
Ing were more or less seriously in
jured:
o. w. Loving, Charlotte, N. c.,
back and hip wrenched.
Calvin Cowan, colored, Salisbury,
laceration on the face.
v. w. Duval, Hyattsville, Md,
head clerk in mail car, injury in
breast and arm and wrist cut.
J. A. Boyer, Washington, D. c.,
mail clerk, injury to ribs.
Samuel Goodman, Salisbury, N. C.,
merchant, arm and wrist injured.
H. G. Coulter, New York City, knee
injured.
Among those shaken up but not
hurt was Byrd r. Robinson, presi-
dent of the Missouri, Jackson and
Kansas City Railway, whose private
ear, the Brunswick, was tossed against
the bank with the other coaches.
Mr.. Robinson was on his return
North from Knoxville, Tenn, where
he has just established bank.
Conductor Orville w. Loving, of
Charlotte, n. c., was the only officer
of the train who was hurt. His
back and hip were wrenched.
Everybody on the train was more
OF less shaken up, and several jump
ed through the windows while the
cars were still on the ties. Fortu-
nately, they selected the side opposite
that on which the derailed cars
were thrown.
Another fortunate circumstance
was that the derailed train left the
ties where it did, for a few yards
further it would have reached the
high bridge just south of Red Hill.
A special train was made up IN
Charlottesville, and on it DR.. E. M.
Magruder, the company's physician,
and DR.. Hugh T. Nelson and R. w.
Garrett were taken to the scene OF
the wreck and they rendered the
necessary medical aid. The train re-
turned to Charlottesville at TAO with
the passengers. Only one of the in
jured, Calvin Cowan, was removed
to the University of Virginia Hospital.
The others were in condition to pro-
coed on their journey.
The track was badly torn up for
a train length and some of the trucks,
detached from their coaches, were
thrown against the opposite wall OF
the cut. Traffic was blocked through
out the morning, the local train max
ing transfers and the through ones
going around by way of Basic City
over the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks.
The train consisted Of one postal
, car, one express. combination bag
gage and passenger coach, one day
coach, two Pullmans and the private
car Brunswick.