Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-06
CAR DOWN EMBANKMENT.
Rear Coach On B. & 0. No 6.
Thrown From Track.
TWENTY PEOPLE ARE INJURED
Accident Occurred Near Garrett, and
Passengers Are Hurled About
the Car.

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most peculiar, surprising and thrilling
wreck, of the Abuckling" sort, ON the
i Baltimore and Ohio railroad about
noon Friday Certainly because the
! track spread on sharp curve, and
! probably because of the sheer heat
of a 90-degree temperature in ne
shade, and about dozen degrees hot
ter in the radiating sunshine, which
caused the rails TO buckle, the OBJ
seryation parlor car on No. 6, the
Royal Blue limited express, bound
from Chicago to New York, left the
rails two miles from Garrett. Pa,
and plunged down an embankment.
That none was killed was consider
ed miraculous. The injured were
placed aboard special train and hur-
ried to Cumberland, where hospital
accommodations had been prepared by
/ the railroad
Owing to the warm weather condi-
tons prevailing the observation par
lor car was taken advantage of by as
many passengers as could secure ac-
commodations. When the train reach
ed a point two miles east of Garrett,
and while rounding the sharp curve,
the observation car swung from the
tracks. Like the crack of whip the
couplings snapped, ana this exclusive
car rose in the air, plunged out of its
place in the train and tumbled ano
careened to the edge of the high en-
bankment above the river.
The passengers were scattered pell-
nell. A number who were seated on
the platform under a wide-spreading
awning were pitched far into the air,
alighting clear of the wrecked car,
but among stones and cinders, caus-
ing painful injuries to all. Others
were thrown in heap to the floor an
showered with broken glass.
Immediately calls for physicians
Wtic sent w VIE, SuiuOCi-
land, lockwood and other surround
ing places. A special train was start
ed from Connellsville within a few
minuteHefter word of the accident
had beers received.
The injured were given hasty medi-
cal attention and placed aboard the
special train.
Their Narrowing Experience.
The wreck train sent out from Cum
berland with physicians and the pas
sengers from the wreck came on to
Cumberland, nearly all going on to
their destination.
James Kane and A. J. McHale, of
Port Jarvis, ~ Y, stopped off at Cum
berland with Frank Sweeney, also of
Port Jarvis. Mr. Kane, in speaking of
the wreck, stated that, while running
at a good rate Of speed, the rear truck
of the parlor car was apparently sud
denly jerked out from under the
coach, and the car, riding on the front
truck, with the rear bouncing up and
down on the ties and rails, threw the
occupants about until the coupling
broke, and all went over against the
embankment.
1t did not go more than about 80
feet from where the rear truck rested;
but Mr.. Kane stated that it seemed
to him as if it were many minutes,
and would never stop.
He said if the train had gone a
short distance further the car would
have gone down into the river.
Among those slightly injured was
Miss Marion Madore, of Aspinwall,
Pa. Persons on the train gave it as
their opinion that the track spread
under the engine and train, causing
the wreck, while trainmen stated that
1t was thought the heat caused the
track to buckle at that point The
tracks were badly twisted and torn by
the derailment
Immediately following the derail-
ment the engine was detached and
carried the news to Garrett, from
which point it was wired to Cumber-
land.
The following believed to be seri-
ously injured, proceeded to Baltimore
for hospital treatment: S. M. Johnson,
Connellsville; L. r. Sanford, La
Grange, H.; Mrs. A. " Owen. NO.
1900 West Fsyettte street, Baltimore,
The last named was bruised on the
shoulders and arms. Mr.. Sanford was
said to be the worst off of any of the
injured.
Mrs. David Chadwick, OF Morgan
town. daughter of Congressman Geo.
| G. Sturgiss, was suffering from shock.
| When the car rose from the rails she