The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-27
Mixed Train Pitched
Down Embankment
Near Bremo Bluff.
FIVE BROUGHT TO
LOCAL HOSPITAL
Three Men and Two Women
Hurried to Richmond on Spe-
cial Train, Though Their
Injuries Are Not Fatal.
Others Sustain Minor
Rr,,icec- Pale Coraod
Bruises-Rails Spread.

Three men and one woman were
badly injured and nearly 4 score sus-
tanned minor injuries yesterday after
noon at 12:lS o'clock when eastbound
train No. 3OS, on the Buckingham di-
vision OF the Chesa pealle and Ohio
Railway. was derailcd half n mile south
of Brcmo Bluff. causing one white pas
senger coach. one combination coach
ana three Hat cars loaded with lumber
TO pitch down Il twentyfoot ernbank-
ment. The more seriously injured were
brought to Richmond aboard n special
train made up here of n passenger coach
and caboose. 1t was accompanied by
Drs. Robert c. Bryan. a l.. Herring
and Charles B. Brock who rendered
emergency treatment to the injured as
the trip was made to this city.
Four Seriously Injured.
The most seriously injured were as
follows:
Conductor ]. C. boswell, of New
Canton, Va, ribs fractured.
BaSgagc Master Peter B. Patterson,
OF New Canton. ankle crushed.
IL. +. Allen. of Petersburg, employed
as salesman by the Corley Company,
Inc, of Richmond. broken leg.
Miss Lutte Davis. of Cumberland
Courthouse, left wrist broken.
All of these We're taken to Grace
Hospital imm mediately after the arrival
of the relief train at the Main Street
Station at $3.50 o'clock. Miss Winnie
Davis, of Buckingham, was also re-
| moved to the hospital. but examination
! there showed her injuries to be slight.
The others were Immediately operated
upon. and their condition last night
was reported as satisfactory. and 1t
was said all would recover.
Others who received minor injuries
were as follows:
Mrs. n. L. Stanley and her fourteen
year-old son, OF 2427 Vcnable Street,
Richmond.
X. +. Atkins, of Columbia, Va.
L. ~ Perdue, of Chester, Va.
r. S. Nuckols, of Johnsons, Va.
| Marion Pitts, of Scottsvlle. Va.
Z. c. Grant, of Camden, W. Va.
G. u. Grant, of Camden. w. Va.
| J. L. Jamison. of SiNMile Bridge.
| Lynchburg, Va
Miss Helen Page, of COS Washington
Street. Lynchburg, Va.
| w. j. Haywood. colored, porter.
Annie Gregory. colored, of Gold Hill.
| Va.
Orange Thomas, colored, OF New Cam
Randolph Gregory. colored. of Gold
| Hill. Va.
stephen Gregory. colored. of Gold
| Hill, Va.
L. S. scruggs. colorcd. OF Penlan.
| Va.
|
At the office of General Manager
! George r. johnson last night it was
! sa ID that the cause OF the accident had
| not been ascertaincd. General Claim
Agent L. L. Scherer said he had no
Idea what could have been the cause
| OF the derailmcnt.
In a special dispatch received by The
! Times Dispatch from its correspondent
at Bremo. the following explanation
| was offered:
1t was evident to practically every
person who visited the wreck that the
sole cause was the spreading of the
rails" Local railway officials offered
no other cause, but did not believe the
! ties were in bad condition.
! The engine was the only portion OF
F! the train which did not so down the
embankmcnt. and Engineer Hurt and
! Fireman Baber were the only persons
on it who were not in the wreck.
Coaches Splintcred.
AS a result of the wreck the passen-
! ger coaches were practically torn into
! spllnters. At the time. the train was
! said TO have been moving eighteen
! miles an hour. Many OF the passen-
| gers were caught under the ears, but
f! those who were lucky enough to es
| cape. speedily went to the rescue of the
| injured. and assisted in the work OF
/ dragging them from the wreckage.
| DR.. Perkins Glover OF Arvonia; DIR.
| w =. Petit. OF New Canton, and DR..
| John Randolph. of Arvonia, We're the
| first physicians on the scene. and rem
dercd emergency treatment until the
relief train fronssbichmond arrived.
As soon as wjR OF the wreck was
| received at the general offices of the
| Che esapcake and Ohio. the relief train
| was speedily made up. and as soon as
| it was ready Drs. Brock. Bryan and
! Herring boarded 1t, and the trip was
made without interruption, the lines
being cleared for the special
| When 1t returned to Richmond. Dos
we'll, patterson and Allen were re-
moved on strctchers, taken to ambu-
lances. which had been held in readl-
ness at the station, and removed with
out delay TO the hospital.
IT was 1T first thought that Dos
we'll had been fatally hurt, but ex-
animation on the operating table
showed that he had several broken ribs