The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17

tor was hurled against the side of his
ssr AZ It came TO a sudden stop and
every tendon in his right arm was cut
through, Others beside him escaped
harm. Conductor Mari In charge of
rho Pullman, WAS uninjured.
Help Rushed TO Scene.
AS soon as news OF the accident was
received In Richmond by the railway
officials. Or. ST. Julien Oppenheimer
assistant chief surgeon of the COM
pany, and other physicians were dis
patched on special engine to he
scene of the wreck. Cots and other
necessities were sent behind them. and
within a short time the wounded We're
brought to Richmond and conveyed to
the Retreat for the sick where DR.
Oppenheimer and others administered
all the medical attention that was ne
cessary. Engineer Koontz had sus-
tanned. besides a broken arm. inter
nal injuries, and he suffered severe
shock TO his system II was seen at
once that he could not survive. and
he died at 10 o'clock.
Every car except the diner at tho
end LETT the tracks The two pas
senger coaches remained upright, The
engine ran straight for about fifty
yards then turned at almost RICH.
angles TO the main track. jumped an
intervening side track, hurled Itself
over ditch. and then fell on 1T,
side. like a huge wounded beast
crumpled torn and dismanued. GOV.
cred with torn-up rails earth and ties.
ties.
AS The engine made its flying leap
the mail coach was hurled across the
northbound track. and lay at almost
right angles 10 the engine. with its
front part TANNED in telescope form
upon the tender. Somehow the bag
gage coach cleared the space left by
the mail coach. and lay on its side
close beside the still painting engine
Trucks were scattered far and wide
The under portions OF the wrecked
cars were twisted into shapeless
masses.
Fearful Force Twists Rails.
In its mad course the engine lost
the cowcatcher burying it deep in the
earth between the tracks and cleared
1t at a bound Caught under the
nxles and lying between the four giant
wheels, lay a rail, twisted double, a a
man twists piece of wire. Another
rail, with part of 1t sticking out. lay
beneath the engine. Ties which had
been torn up, lay scattered all about
1t. The forward trucks We're buried
deep in the ground, and round about
Were heaped up mounds of earth and
ties. The engine rested with one-half
lying across the ditch and the other
half in the plowed field, its nose
against a telegraph pole. The pole
was smashed at its base. out still
stood supported by the wires.
Both the Pullman and dining car re-
manned upright, the former off the
rails. Fortunately for it and the TWEEN
tyfve OF more passengers It contain
ed, the forward part of the train broke
away from the coupling, and the last
two cas- came TO q sudden halt as
DIE wheels OF the first car dug down
Into the ties and refused to revolve.
Passengers Rcnssured.
AS the train slowed suddenly the
passengers thought that II was but a |
minor accident, something like the
breaking of an air hose. and at first
were not possessed of any fear. Then
the cars halted with a sudden stop.
and the people were thrown forward
IN their seats. An old railroad man
coming back home yelled to them not
10 become excited and 10 keep their
seats He knew that so long as the
cars rested on their wheels the pass
ensers were safe. They needed his
warning. and though they rushed pell-
nell from the doors as the porters and
brakemen opened them, 1t was re-
markable that there was no undue
excitement
Had it not been for the former rail
road mans warning. though. some OF
them would havo probably been in
5ured In the crush They had heard
the crash of the fallen engine and the
grinding of steel on steel and the ter
rible noise OF splntering wood. and
they knew that something serious had
hap oened in front. EIt their own cars
We're safe. and not a single passenger
was seriously injured.
II is said that the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad ha.
record OF operating for seventy-fve
years without killing a passenger
such record as probably no othe-