Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-05-31


q don't think they rushing away from the blast ALL
There al of dirt everywhere but this train passed right
through of and idea that the climbed up
ledge of the mountain side the hurry and the rumbg of the
train and the undulation the ground this ledge slide
and dump the whole crowd right the tracks They did not have
show for their alleys devils The dirt just must have roll
ed them and the train and they mutated
fashion most terrible If they had been running from the
blast of them least would have had time laid down
the gueys alongside the track in all probabilities and saved
their lives but they did not have second and they lust piled
down with several tons of mountain the track and simply
grounto death the terrible fashion they had been
running from the accident the railroad people of
them would have had time with their lives AS it is
there hardly enough of any of them left funeral with
There does be anybody to blame the because
the ledge which these thought climbed appeared
fecty SAFE simply the tremendous of the that
caused the earth to give away beneath them and dump them
the track and they were killed like sheep in
Merry Engineer.
at to be little short of preposteou talk about
twelve hundred running directly in
the path of an express train going lightning speed
Mr. Evans declared that the engineer pros
trae But his fault he said in moment with
the usual Of engineer he resumed his throttle and the
train proceeded on its way still making up time
II think many, said Mr. Evans three four hun
rd work there along Most OF them stop
ped working then and standing along the line looking
the train with of horror their faces that afraid
am going to my dreams for the next six months
he accident did excitement the
and the conductor told that the accident caused by the
getting out OF the the blast didn't anything wasn't
OF my business but have told frankly what version
OF it. Every has idea of sepresevaon if
isn't anything but poor Italian aboer and can't tell that
dozen of them would herd themselves track death
the those fellows did, OF all accidents that
life read of this OF the most curious and be wrong
surmse but that's the have happened
body know really did happen there
little path leading to this ledge of which speak, and seemed
me that it very natural vantage poit of these
take get out of the Like many other accident shows
ever just how it really occurred may be known"
Around the depot all railroad people that the men ran
front OF the train This is possible but not all probable
Senator McIntre's idea
Senator a. c. Mcntre said today that he the Baltimore
and Ohio line Just few days and that there three four
hundred men at work at this poncung the side the
mountain He told that there would be six
men at work this morning lie explained that just the
leaves tn eunne at this end the road abrupt
which at points there elevation of inches
to relieve part of this abrupt curvature in the tracks that
part of the $S00000 recently appropriated Baltimore apu
Ohio being expended this point and make the line
safer.
The bodies of the dead Italians to Cumberland on
train fftyfve and prepared for burial.