Evening star., 1914-11-14
LIVES CRUSHED OUT
BY ASPEED|NC TRAIN
Three Little Sons Of Mr.. and Mrs
Clement T. Robertson Victims
of Accident.
Mother Is Seriously Injured, Also,
When B. & o. Express Smashes
Surrey at Crossing.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| HYATTSvILLE, Md. November IA
Three little sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
ent T. Robertson were instantly killed
and Mrs. Robertson was seriously in
1ured yesterday afternoon at the Brent
| wood crossing of the Baltimore and
| Ohio railroad, near here, when a surrey
| in which she was driving with the chill
| dren was struck and crushed to pieces
| by an express train.
The mangled forms OF two of the chill
dren were carried $50 yards from the
scene of the crash, and the other child.
as we'll as the mother. was thrown
forty feet from the railroad track by
the impact.
| The dead children are:
| Frank Robertson. five years old;
| Donald j. Robertson, six years old
land
| Clement T. Robertson, jr.. three years
old.
| Mrs Robertson is a resident of Cot
tase City, 200 yards away from the
scene of the accident. She is the wife
Of Clement T. Robertson. an employe
of the bureau of mines, Washington.
Takes Charge of Her Dead.
Notwithstanding the fact that she was
Iseriously injured. Mrs. Robertson as
|sisted those who rushed to her aid in
lplacing the bodies of her dead children
lin a passing delivery wagon and car
eried their crushed forms into her house
lunaided.
The accident happened about o'clock
in the afternoon. Mrs. Robertson and
lher children had gone to Mount Rainier
n1yo
lchases.
when I neared the crossing" Mrs
Robertson said, ION our return from
Mount Rainier, I listened for the gong
which serves as a warning of APP
nroaching trains. The gong was not
sounding, and I proceeded to drive
lacross the tracks. Some freight cars
were on the siding north of the cross
ing. which obstructed the view As
soon as the horse stepped onto the
railroad track 1 saw the engine rushing
along, but 1t was then practically upon
; us and it was too late to turn back
l tried to urge the horse ahead. but
when the surrey got directiy on the
Idren screamed out: oh. mamma" By
THAT time it was all over. and when
gathered the children up they were all
dead"
Children Beyond Aid.
DIR. Thomas E. Latimer of Hyatts-
Vile was in the Brentwood neighbor-
hood when the acciden happened and
was called to the aid OF the injured.
Following an examination. he said the
children were beyond medical or sur
rical aid. DIR. Charles r. Luce Of Wash
ington was summoned. he said today
he believes Mrs Robertson will re-
cover from her wounds, as well as
from the shock.
r. A. Van Horn. who was driving the
delivery wagon referred to; Raymond
c. Cole, Charles F. Myers and several
others went to the assistance of Mrs.
Robertson following the accident. The
baby, Clement. had been occupying the
front seat of the surrey with Mrs.
Robertson and the other two children
, the rear seat
was the New York and St. Louis ex-
press. was travelling at the rate of from
forty to fifty miles an hour. A private
car of one of the officials OF the rail-
) road was attached to the rear of the
train AS soon as the surrey was struck
, the emergency brakes were applied, the
train brought to standstlil and the
train crew did everything possible to
assist Mrs. Robertson.
Coroner's.Jury Summoned.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison
summoned a coroner's jury to view the
bodies of the children and an inquest
will be held this evening at Z o'clock
at the store of r. A. Van Horn in
Brentwood. before Justice Of the Peace
A. H. Dahler. acting coroner.
Hervey C. Machen of Cottage City 1.
foreman of the jury. the other mem.
bers being NJ. q. Grosh, Ernest F
} Gasch, r. Ryon, F. A. Dunnael. J. A
. Brashears. H. Xander. C. r. Clark, j
F. Delaney, r. c. Cole, Thomas Uns-
. worth and r. Newman. In case Mrs