Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-14
-FOUR DEAD AND
-FOUR INJURED
Death List of Yesterdays
Week Swells-Fire-
man and Agent Die
of Injuries

Since press time yesterday the
death list resulting from the wreck
OF President Johnson's special train
at Delorme, ninety one miles west OF
here. has been swelled to Z men dead
and four injured. o. II. Hughes. tho
agent at Delorme who was sitting at
his desk in the Office at that place
died enroute TO the Miners hospital
at Welch. Hia head was almost sever.
ed from his body. The remains OF
the agent were brought to this city
and taken to the Bluefield Undertak.
ing parlors.
Fireman Don Roland was the last
victim OF the wreck to succumb. He
died in the Miners Hospital at Welch
this morning at one o'clock. An effort
was made to get Roland to tho Blue.
vised the officials OF the rail road to
have him taken to the Welch hospital
as Hatfield thought 1t was stated, Ro-
land needed immediate attention.
hp pOuiNo Va dyttlt NOOlN anu
70. ID. Burton were extricated from the
wrcrkage about ten o'clock last night
They were placed on board of a spec
: ial train and brought to this city ar
irving here at four o'clock this morn
ing. A delegation Of engineers met
the train at the depot. Burton was
mangled and scalded beyond recogni-
ton. Railroad men who have seen
many mangled bodies state his body
was in worse shape than any person
they had ever seen Woolwine's body
was cut In twain at the waist and his
face was horribly burned. The Blue
field Undertaking Company's ambu-
lance me tthe train this morning and
one by one the bodies of the dead
were removed TO the undertaking es-
tablishment.
OF the injured Joseph Gillespie. q
brakeman on q local freight, who was
standing at the depot when the fatal
crash came, is considered the most
seriously hurt. His injuries consist
vi a DlOhth ilDt tIItt llCn BdSn III lilc
head and several bruises about the
body.
Conductor Ben Crumpler who was in
charge OF the ill-fated train arrived in
the city last night on No. 16. He sus.
tanned a dislocated knee and was
slightly buised about the hips. Harry
Weller the trainmaster OF the Poca-
hontas division who was reported seri-
ously injured was only slightly hurt
about the head. j. j. Barry master
mechanics of the Bluefield shops, who
was on the trfN7 Is considered the
most fortunate one OF the party. He
was riding on the engine, according to
report received last night from the
time the train left Williamson until
1t reached Hatfield tunnel point
about two miles west OF the disaster
The train stopped here for some rea
son. Here Barry got off and went
back to the rear coach, probably saw
ing his life. Nevertheless he was
hurled through a window, according
to the report, when the engine jumped
the track and sustained minor Injuries
about the body
The most miraculous escape was
that Of woman, whose name could
not be learned. She was standing on
the platform of the depot near Brake
man Gillespie when the tank Of tho
engine smashed into the structure
She escaped without a scratch.
On account OF the numeous wrecks
on the Pocahontas division yesterday
the bodies OF the men pinioned un
der the engine we're not removed foI
nearly seven hours. The Bluefeld
wreck cars were clearing a wreck al
Finney on the Clinch Valley while tho
Williamson and Vivian wreck crews
we're clearing a fourteen car derail
ment between Maybeury and CoaldaIe
when the disaster at Delorme occurred
The remains OF operator O. n
Hughes who was killed in the wreck
at Dolorme yesterday afternoon were
taken to his home at Gladys, Va. or
No. this morning. He was unmar
ried.
Don Roland who died at the Miners
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