The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-06
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Twelve persons were injured
Of n.oIn b. LauIy ..iAt ti4ey. IN
watas dieo, anu s.serAl Ds6psl
coac.ies were Jeauceu to kinoasn1 ~
yesse4uay morning At s:sU 9A41
nSn Norfolk anN " esteTR tram
49, Doanu from Roanoke 70 Not4
and moving At = hish rate of usp4I
Was deran4d cne-halt mile east 81 q
biOn, in Din~ idaie county.
That the wreck did not result t11A@
frientful less Of life was . miract9
the opinion u number Of Tho C
senxe5a. One OF the coaL hes tatGGosb5
another thMd Of Cur len&th -
others were hurled against An eosaon
ment with force That crushed tl1
The Dead. Mn
w. r. Grimm, coIored, Of Rfchn34 4
J. w. Brown. coicred, of Crcws, u1I2a
ter. xxEEs9j
a hey both died In the PetsEsod
Hospital where the more serlouest
jured OF tho passengers and crew Ny
taken. Grim aied at last ntoA n
and brown about halt an hour e
terwaTd. NJ
The Injured. sss3
The list OF the injured a. e3xq02
out by the Norfolk and Westefn
road authorities was, exclusive ~ st1l&
two who later died: sSs
Sam Holmes. coiored. hrAke1
Crewec. badly injured about b0dys -
C. Mcmahon. lineman, Cfewe, ogl9%g
" injured; Zach Price. colore6 n
Tunnel, Va. slightly injured: 1ASx
Moore. Lynchburg. left hip bro11
G. e Carper. express. nnesseaese.
leski. slightly injured: @. n. 03e$
mail clerk. Prospect. siightly mtnG
W. II. Murray, mail clark, WaNe S&]
siightly Injured: Lewis Ga1lAuog
Ian. strong. Pa, badly injured; 3.s N
Martin. signalman. Salem. slieAt5y II
jured: Milton Bones. signalman. Ct
tiansbur9. slightly injured. OF Sa
In addition to thu two y no died LA11
Moore. Lewis Gailago and J. r.. Mn& M
were carried 70 the Petershurg 4oe
tai. x$s nv
The breaking Of IN arch baf -
the front truck Of tho tender 49, IN
cause 'of the deraijment. teea Il
catching q crossing plank at = y HI
crossing dragging Il SONS 11es4s k;a
and jammins Il Into the ffse4 ~ a
H,sh Rass = spssd.
The train was composed - ~
c@rs. including three steepesA ssl
thing left the. track excoDt 49, q
ejns, the reAr sleeper and t. IA
end Of the second s1ooper IT. M
rear. The train WA forty M1a1M
behind and VS. r1nning q =
ef bstvesn any and sixty MI
hour. s s'asa
coaches rolling any consadefa1e4
tance Passengers who ca4Ae 60 III
| Richmond aftas IN accident eat4
| III the deraiIment had OGcoyge0 AM
yards east OF where u ~ eqe
outcome would have been raucA +
serious. a. thay The derailed ears y
! have rolled down an smha u
would have been muCA Wos0o 5s8
| tered than they were. W. "A
oupssiaoemdene - HuaE s.s2 OH
AZ II happened. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| A. Rjton, Of the EAaeern - d
was on board. He and CoM44 Il
| Douglas directed the work 81
out the injured. givinK than N
attention possible under ~ alS ~! & Il
II ~. Brown. the colorsd tsnln
| Ter. who stewards died. 49, e
| underuesth . car: how ~ ~
side Of L being one Of tne go
| thineu az the accident. Hi 49k
| waa fSrmlv ptnioned. J. ~. WA9
| and Senator n. r. Brock - R
| vile, and others went to - -
rescue. He was mashed d0WN
| the clay % that i Was 49,
| procure 49, . .n,n ~. s Sim - ~
racsssA 80 Wes4err e,,r1su /
- o.n,n- ~ nssrrstcns, snd 7ss
-. 80 1890 X Tsrrw.. !. fsaIs
~ =. - wsc,s tccai 6oc4nrH. "
s..a.. ~ - -" ,ntssred- IA, 81 'sss 81 s
sI, W.s.n - go 1870 80 y.Illll
| So 49, Nc-rc,H - cssness's
s.nnr :@v~r-i honrT WORK 0ein M
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~. Il. -. ,afer seen -
1870 vits, : sfrarmont AZ t. lIG
s.a,.. u s.. "a a. ~. =; -: 80;