Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-07
THREE KILLED
4 IN A WRECK
TwelveInjured, Near Shenandoah
Junction on B. & @. R. R.
FLYER CRASHES INTO FREIGHT
How 1t Happened.

How II Happened.
Extra engine 1926. Conductor C. J.
Barger, OF Brunswick aud Engineer
W. Edwards. Of Harpers Ferry, having
brought freight here from Bruins
wick. Sunday night, were ordered to
takea train east, leaving here at 1880
with as loads This train followed one
Of so empty cars billed to the Mt.
Clair shops for repairs and was drawn
by engine 2697. W. c. Mastin, of
brunswick. engineer.
The latter train was standing on the
freight track about mile west or
Shenandoah Junction waiting for the
first and second sections of the Du-
quesne express from Pittsburg to pass
The first section containing number
Of Italians returning home TO italy
had passed in safety. leaving here at
f:f5 a. m. threequarters Of an hour
late A few minutes later 1926 came
laundering down the grade west Of
Shenandoah junction. and his air fail
ing to work, il is said crashed into
the rear of 2697. buckling a freight
car and throwing il across the main
track The engine WAS thrown over
into a field.
The second section OF the Duquesne
express drawn by engine 200, Con
ductor Thomas Allen and Enginee' r..
G. PearreI. was flying by when the
freight crash came. The engine. post
al, baggage and smoking cars got by
safely, but the ladies car struck the
freight car with such force that it
was thrown over on its side and the
three Pullmans telesc ped over II.
blocking the four tracks. The engln-
Ger and fireman of freight engine 1926
saved their lives by Jumping. The
only railroader hurt was Brakeman
Frank Powes ll.chit ETAOlSn222to
Frank Powell, this city who jumped
from the caboose of 2697 just before
the crash
The killed and injured were all in
the ladies' coach which WIS crushed,
and the wonder is that more persons
were not killed or more severely in
jured
Wreckins Crew Arrives.
The wrecling crew was sent down
to the scene al once and one track
was cleared by 9:15 a. m, SO that
train No. AZ westbound. due here at
80 a. M. arrived here at $40 a. IN.
No 10 from Pittsburg and No. from
st. Louis were sent around over the
Cumberland Valley to Hagerstown
thence over the Baltimore and Ohio
branch 10 Weyerton before the track
was cleared Likewise passenger
trains Nos. II and westbound were
detoured By way Of Hagerstown
thence over the Cumberland Valley to
Martinsbmg
Coroner's Inquest.
Coroner w. X. Kline viii hold an
inquest this evening az seven o'c'ock
al w H. W.len's undertaking estab-
lishment 1t VIII then likely be re-
yealed as to who was at ault for the
accident--wh Their the engineer OF
1926 failed to see the b ock light. or
his air failed, or whether 2697 proper
~ tagged the other train.
Notes.
Mr. Hoffman, who was killed in the
wreck, was formerly time keeper for
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
Cumberland and from which place ne
and his daughter were returning to
Baltimore from visit when the fatal
crash came. Lillian Hudson, the little
girl who was severely injured and who
Is now in the Kings Daughters hos
pital. was accompanying them to her
home in Baltimore.
coroners jury Finds g., and o. Men
Guilty Of Negligence.
Following the terr be accident that