Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-09
TRAINS IN COLLISION;
.22PERS0NS HURT
Two Westinghouse Among
the Injured in Southern
Railway Wreck.

Twenty-Five persons were injured In
head-on collision of passenger trains
near Arlington, Va. on Tye river;
about thirty miles south Of Charlottes-
VILE, on the Southern railway at 1885
o'clock this morning.
The solid vestibule train. No. 38.
known as the New 0rleans-New York
limited, crashed into No. 10. running
between Charlottesville and Danville.
The most seriously injured is T. O.
Hughes of Lynchburg, baggagemaster
Of train No. SO, who was removed to
the Lynchburg Hospital for treatment
and whose injuries may prove fatal
The others were not seriously injured
Two Washingtonians were among
| those reported as injured in the list
given out by the railway company
They are L. Ellis and John Barnett.
Miss Irene Tinsley, sister-in-law OF
Eugene Adams. 1861 Columbia road, was
passenger on train No. 38, but as far
as could be learned today was not in
jured in the collision.
Others on Injured List.
A list Of others reported injured fol-
lows: ]. H. Long, Lynchburg; E. E.
Banfield. Eldora, Va; Roy Johns, Char
W. Webb. Charlottesville: J. A. Kelly
Arlington. Va: J. McKinnie. Lynch
burg; ]. F. Mcbride, Arlington, Va;
John Rosson. Charlottesville; Clarence
Porter, w. NJ. Singleton, Samuel Pope,
J. Anderson, Mack Thompson. Chat
tanooga, Tenn. all passengers of train
No. 10. and the following members of
fireman; j. B. 1seman, conductor; H. NJ.
Edwards, baggage master: H. Buford,
f1agman. all of Charlottesville.
officials of the interstate commerce
commission and from the Southern rail-
way are investigating the collision to
determine where the blame rests.
According to reports received by rail-
way officials. failure of the air of train
collision. Immediately following the
collision a force of doctors and nurses
from Charlottesville and Monroe went
to the scene and gave treatment to
those injured Most Of the, seriously
injured were taken to Lynchburg for
treatment and others, after getting
f1rst-aid treatment. proceeded on their
journey. The wreck tore up the track
and knocked down telegraph wires.
Traffic was tied up only a short time.
Escaped by Jumping.
The crew of train No. 10. whose en-
CINE was derailed, escaped serious in
jury ny
]. w. Keith, Alexandria. was engi-
neer Of train No. SO and o. W. Loving,
Charlottesville. was conductor. Re-
ports received here up to noon did not
indicate that any of the passengers on
train No SO were injured.
The official statement gwen out by the
passenger office of the Southern rail-
way here today follows:
"Train No. 10. engine 1907. Conductor
J. B. Iseman. Engineer Ponton. head
on collision. Baggage car Off trucks,
not seriously damaged. Express car Off
trucks, seriously damaged. Two
coaches, doors and glass broken. not
seriously damaged. Southern dining
car BIAS, doors and glass broken out,
not otherwise seriously damaged. J.
III. Long, Lynchburg, passenger, in
jured about mouth and teeth, not seri-
ous D. q. Banfield of Elders, Va,
head and arms slightly injured. Rsy
John. Charlottesville, nose cut, not
serious. ]. L. Davis, Charlottesville.
breast hurt, not serious. W. Webb.
charlottesville. side hurt, not serious.
I A. Kelly, Arlington, Va, head and
arm injured, not serious. J. A. McKin-
new Arlington, Va. mouth hurt, not
serious. j. F. Mcbride. Arlington. hurt
shout neck, not serious. John Rawson,
Charlottesville, side and back hurt, not
serious, All Of the above passengers. A
few members OF din ng car crew slightly
scratched Train SO, Baggagemaster T. o.
Hughes, seriously injured.