The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-06
TWO ESCAPE DEATH
ON S. A. |. TRACKS
Engine Strikes Buggy, Throwing.
James E. Hart and Frank ].
Hill Ten Feet III Air.
HORSE GALLoPs HOME
Wife Learns of Accident When
Animal, Drawing No Vehicle,
Comes to House.

James L. Hart of 912 East Leigh
Street. member of the City Democra-
tic Committee, and Frank ]. Hill, Il
machinist, of 2 Hill Street. Chelsea
Hill. had Il narrow escape from death
early yesterday morning when n buggy
they occupied was struck by q yard
engine on the Seaboard Air Limo Rail-
way ut the crossing at Seventh and
Hospital Streets. Both were thrown
nearly ten feet in the air and struck
the ground with great force. The We
hicle was demolished. Hill. who was
removed to the Memorial Hospital
escaped with q fractured hip. while
Hart, who was taken home, was hurt
about the face and leg. The exact
extent of his injuries. it was said.
could not be determined until to-day.
when it may be necessary for an
N-ray examination to be made.
Hart was on his way home from his
saloon 1T 1925 North Seventeenth
street. and had with him ut the time
about $1,000 i'll cash, which was in
small handbag. 1t had been his Gus
tom to drive home each night.
Horse Goes Home.
Mrs. Hart was awaiting the arrival
OF her husband. and when he did not
arrive at the usual time she became
worried. When she saw his horse,
which had escaped injury in the ac-
cident and broken away from the
buggy, Sallop up to the house har-
messed. but drawing no vehicle. she
became alarmed She hurried through
Leigh Street to Seventh and to Hos
rital, and arrived just as her hus-
band and Hill were being removed into
the shops OF the American Locomotive
Company. DR.. j. =. Roy and Dr. Il. II.
Terrell, who had been summoned by
telephone. soon arrived, and after rem
dering emergency treatment ordered
Hart taken home and Hill removed to
lNc hnS n hn lot cot a
that while badly hurt, his condition
was not regarded as dangerous. AT
Harris home IT was said that he was
considerably, and that he was
complaining of pains in his side
Money Intact.
The satchel containing Harris money,
which was thrown some distance
away, was recovered and taken to his
home with its contents intact.
Hart told his friends that he was
driving rapidly through Hospital
street, and that the gates at the cross
proach Of the engine, which was draw
ing two cars. as his view was OBJ
by the shops of the Locomotive
Company. The buggy was in the mid
die OF the track when the engine
crashed into It. That the occupants
We're not instantly killed is regarded
as remarkable. The horse, which had
crossed the tracks, escaped injury. 1t
did not stop running until il reached
Harris home and aroused the suspicion
Of Mrs. Hart. The engine was said to
be moving ut II swift rate OF speed
when II struck the buggy.
Thief Adds to Excitement.
II was nearly O'Clock when Hart
was taken to his home, but. despite
the early hour, many neighbors were
attracted, and there was much excite
mcnt. This was added to by the dis
covery of n negro chicken thief in the
back yard. a son of the injured man
heard n commotion In the henhouse.
shotgun, he ran out and
olaZed away into the darkness. 1t is
believed the thief was struck, as
there was a stified yell as figure
quickly scaled a paling fence and dis
lppeared. However. the thief WAS not
in getting away with any
fowls.