Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-03
u DISTRICT COURT RE0ENNG OF SCHOOLS WRECK ON SOUTHERN
Express Messenger Dies From Irjur-
.es-Alcxandrians Escape Seri-
Gus Hurts

Hubert E. White, of Wash
ington. D. c., express messenger on
the Florida Special (No. BIZ, one OF
the Southern Railways fast TRANS,
died at the Martha Jefferson Sana-
forum, in Charlottesville Saturday
morning from injuries sustained al
11.4O Friday night when the south
bound passenger train ran INTO
through freight (No. 76) standing
a+ the north end of double TRACK
junction about two miles north OF
shipman and about "a miles so"5n OIL
Charlottesville.
The accident was due to the TACT
that the operator at Shipman threw
the wrong switch. The freight was or
the northbound main line awaiting
the Florida Special, which should
have been diverted to the southboura
main line. Instead, the oncomlng pas
seneer crashed hcad-on into the
freight.
Both engines were badly DAMAGE
By the impact. The express car oH
the Florida Special crashed thr'"S''
= dcad-hcad Pullman, which was next
10 the engine. Express Messenger
White was pinned under some tln'
bers which were held fast by an
iron safe three hours after the az
cident.
w. S! Angel, the freight eng!-
necr. and his fireman, Mr.. Clyde H.
Yowell both Of Alexandria, were al
most covered Up in the coal which
nearly filled the deck OF the engine,
The latter was buried almost to q
a depth of 4 feet, His cries for heIr
were heard by the engineer, VINO
pulled him cut after he himself hac
gained his feet.
Mr.. Ange! had both hands painfully
burned by being pinned against Inc
steam pipes. He sustained small
abrasion on the forehead and contus-
sions of the thigh and leg. Mr.. fo-
well had quite cash cut nhIs left
forehead and his neck was strained.
He sustained slight burns on the
right check, right hand and left leg
Two physicians who were passen-
gers on the Florida Special rendered
medical aid to the injured and about
$50 O'Clock relief train left Char
lottesvilie for the scene ar
irving there at $50. This train
brought four of the injured, the three
mentioned above and James NJ. Nobel,
of Alexandria, fireman on the Florida
Special. MIR. Nobel had his Jeff thigh
bone fractured and received lac
Grated wound on the forehead.
The relief train was met at Union
Station by Dr.. L. VI. Magruder, the
Company's surgeon. Fireman Nobels
wounds we're dressed by Dir. Magru-
der and the patient allowed to leave,
on the first traini north over the
Southern. for his home in Alexandra.
The other injured were removed to
the Martha Jefferson for treatment
Express Messenger White was
practically pulseless when he reach
cd Union Station and it was at once
seen that his condition was critical.
An examination at the hospital show
cd that he had sustained severe CON {
tusions of the pclvis and thighs and
that mis- left leg was broken.
Others slightly injured by the ac-
cidcnt were:
Miss Frank Hill, 225 South Pey-i
ton Street, Alexandria. )
Rio Hickman, with Swift and Co.,
at Charlotte, n. {.
Pullman ?orters Frazier and Sui
ton, CT New York City.
Tho Florida Special was il charge
# Conductor J. n. Small, oC Chariot
-, n. c.. while h. c. Laaum, .
of Alexandria. WAS. the freight con
tlmtor, Both escaped injury.