The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26
Prominent Physician OF High
land Springs Narrowly Es-
capcs Death
MAS DRIVING ACROSS
TRACKS IN AUTOMOBILE
lis Car Hurled Seventy-hve
Feet by Locomotive Now at
St. Luke X here Hopes
Held Out for Recovery

While passing over the Chesapeahe
nj Ohio HALLWAY Company tracks a.
he point on the road known As Iaun-
hry Road Crossing. located between
he Mechdniesvlle Turnpike and
Highland Park, a short distance from
hs American Locomotive Works.
pant. an automobile. driven by Dr. g
T. Collins, Of Highland Springs. one
* the MOST prominent physicians OF
Ienrico County. ard very well known
n Richmond Was struck by Chesa
peake aud Ohio train Ne ~ about
o4a O'clock Yesterday morning,
hfowins the physician from his ma
Iine and proba bly, fatally irJurins
htfa
lie su$tsi ned "a broken leg two shat
ered ribs and II is believed he was
Internally injured NJ s. Lakes Hos
tital to which institution he was
ushe1 as shortly as possible after
ne accident occurred physicians de-
Jared that his injuries were OF a Sc
Sous nature a4f chat hopes for mis-
eeeyerN we're entertained.
AUTO Hurled ~c> enty~ii,e Feet.
Ior. Collins was proceeding in a wee-
tsfs direction rg4 route 10 highland
a. *. ;,nd believing that ne could
'sSS the FaHWas tracks, ~ perfect
aiets, started across. However. Jnss
ais car bad reached fne tracks the
locomotive, struck it Hitting IL just
btet the center and carrying it dow u
~ TIA ks so58" hlng Ike seventy five
SCI. ACCORDING fo hose who VI
Es.sed 'he 1eeideat before the train
ane 80 "a hall
t.uGtns cr ~ Wood Of charlottes-
l4s, "a ma VA IN Charge nf the en-
Esne, declared tnat ne aid not see the
ar antil he came {" within few feet
# i94.s cFoaSsug He said that he i'm
nedisteiy applied the emergency
avakea and brought the train 70 a
tandstill. a short dtstanc. from where
had dashed into the physician car.
Physician Thrown To one side.
Dr Collins was thrown from The
Nachine just as il came in contact
kish-the engine, falling heavily to one
sde " the tracks. bavond reach Of
he engine. As soon as the engine Was
srousht 10 a halt Engineer Wood, to-
kcther with Conductor W Aff}f,aNe
nd Brakeman A. A. Gibson. rushed
q his side. He was taken into one OF
he coaches, aud the train proCeede ed
9 MaiR Street station, where Bliley' q
private ambulance was waiting to car
y the injured man TO a hospital He
sas placed on stretcher and rushed
o 81 Lukes
DIR Collins MAS never unconscious.
Ind directed every move made by
members of thss train crew until he
vas placed il3 tnr ambulance. Brake
han Gibson Who made him as COM
orth bio As possible on the train, ac-
fon4panist Inn. 80 he hospital a he
physician rcQiEesl
Rested Well Last Night
~ first i MS believed that Dr Col
ins had gusEl .n"d a fractured skull.
besides 10 al nef injuries, but an ex-
kniination disclosed that. while his
hcad was badly bruised. there was no
fracture. The examination was made
tt Dr. Stuart Mcclure and the tn
ured man has been under his con
liant treatment ever since he arrived
il the hospital, 1t was said las. night
hat the physician was resting easily
4 that time. but that he was ny no
means out of danger.
Train "A was ~ In Richmond yes
Ayday morning at aio5 O'Clock, but
owing to the large number of people
travelling over the road during the
holiday season it was an hour late. II
Ifrived in Main Street Satiou at 10:hs
81.
There was very little travel over the
horoughfare near the scene Of the
accident yesterday morning. and
there were only a few eyewitnesses TO
he accident An investigation is
being made by the Chesapeake and
Ohio officials. but il was said last
high hat 1t is not probable that any
Name WI - attached To any of the
y,