The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-08
THREE INJURED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Mrs. Richard Palmer, of Chester
field, Suffers Brain Conclusion.
Richard Palmer, Her Hus-
band, and Edward Clary
Are Badly Bruised.

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one person was perhaps fatally in
jured and two others were more or
less seriously hurt in two railroad ac-
cidents. one of which followed closely
in the wake of the other. on the Belt
Line Railway just out of South Rich
mOnd yesterday evening.
The injured are:
Mrs. Richard Palmer, of near
Hopewell Church, Chesterfield
county; conclusion of the brain
and fracture OF the left shoulder
blade.
Richard Palmer, husband of
Mrs. Palmer; minor bruises; sur
fCring from shock.
Edward CIary, fOrty-fiVe years
old. of BranchS Church, Chester
field county; minor bruises; bad
~ shaken up.
The Palmers. while attempting to
cross the tracks of the Atlantic Coast
Line where the New Road crosses the
Belt Line" were thrown from
wagon in which they were seated and
which was struck by the engine.
The horses had cleared the rails, as
had all but the rear end of the
wagon, when the locomotive crashed
into il and turned it completely over.
The occupants were thrown out and
landed in the roadside some distance
from the wrecked wagon.
Mrs. Palmer landed on the left side
of her head and her left shoulder and
was rendered unconscious.
Her husband. who was the lesser
injured of the two, hurried to his in
jured wife's side, and upon learning
the seriousness of her condition
hailed a passing buggy and rushed
her to the residence of Emmett Grid
die, who lives on the Southside, where
she was treated by DIR. J. G. Loving.
The physician, upon examination,
found that Mrs. Palmer was suffering
from conclusion of the brain and that
the left shoulder-b blade was fractured.
1t was said today that her condition
was serious.
In speaking Of the accident, Mr..
Palmer said:
The train that struck us was a
freight. y curve in the track pre-
vented us from seeing it's approach.
The train was bearing down almost
noiselessly upon the crossing at which
the smash occurred.
The first intimation 1 had of the
approach Of the train was when ii
was rounding the curve, and as we
were about TO make the crossing. Hop
ing to avoid a collision, / dashed the
horse vigorously, and we had all but
cleared the track when 1 was conscious
of the wagon being struck.
The wagon seemed to be suddenly
jerked from beneath me, and the next
thing 1 knew 1 was being propelled
tum. i landed with considera BILE force
in the middle OF the road, possibly
fifteen or twenty feet from the spot
where the wagon lay, a wrecked and
almost unrecognizable mass of broken
and twisted iron. and timbers.
Il did not lose my presence Of mind,
but hastily looked around for some
trace of my wife. did not know but
what she had been ground to death
beneath the wheels of the engine. 1
sent up a prayer TO God when l dis
covered her a short distance away.
Il hurried TO her side and found
her lying unconscious in a pool of her
own blood. Blood was streaming
from a wound in her head and her
neck appeared to be broken.
at first feared that she had been
killed, but my distraught feelings
were relieved when l discovered that
she was still breathing. 1 rushed her
TO the home Of a friend where she
was treated by DR.. Loving"
The horse escaped practically un-
scathed. Flying bits of splintered wood
inflicted slight flesh wounds.
Mrs. Palmer has several sisters re-
siding on the Southside.
A few hours before this accident a
wagon, drawn by two horses, and in
which was seated Edward Clary, a
Branch's Church, Chesterfield county,
was struck by a train where the Broad
Rock Road crosses the tracks of the
Belt Line" Railway. near Clopton.
about a mile and a half out of South
Richmond.
Mr.. Clary was thrown out Of the
conveyance, but escaped with Slight
bruises. The horses were badly in
jured and the wagon was wrecked.
Mr.. Clary was on his way home,
about four miles out of South Rich
mond. He is a brother of James w.
Clary, of III East Eighth Street, the
Southside