Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18

rallied. Nine persons We're injured. no
one Killed. \ special train carried the
injured persons /" Richmond. arriving
there at noon, where they are being
given every possible attention.
The cause OF the acciden, has not
yet been definitely determined. put
the railway officials are on The ground
making full Investigations"
LOCAL. OFFICIALS SAY MACE
DROPPED AND CAUGHT SWITCH
Inc following statement was issued
from the local Offices OF the Scaboard
MT Line Railway last night:
From the Information AT hand in.
uicatlonS are that Il brace on the riyhl
'front.' tender cam. down and caught il,
:, switch, ami dcrailed the tender truck
which caused the rails to spr.ad TN.
irain ran about 500 feet from The point
where the nrsi car was deraiIcd
lra!ns were dctourcd from Richmond
ny MAJ of TIL Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad as far as Weldon. where they
We're returned to our tracks
The Seaboard Air Line RAILWAY viii
c"nduet vigorous Investigation into
the cause Of ,hc wreck under thc al
rection OF Il. : Marshall. division SIM
erintendent, probably Saturday"
LINE IL CLEARED HoR
TRAFFIC. BY MIDNIGIr
Work Of clearing the line was he
TN by the railroad by 1 O'Clock The
Sonboard toolCars were at work near
Ea!eish ON wreck which occurred
the day before, so the coInpany
cured the Richmond. Frederick sbur,r
and Potomac Railroads wreckinc train
This arrived shortly after the relief
'iaIA had returned 10 Richmond. ana
brought win II more than 100 track
hanus
Work was besun on the south side
OF ihe bridge. IHd the trucks OF he
overturned coaches. With scattered ain
tanks. sto.nG" batteries and othey
equipment. We're dragged of the en-
hnnkm"ut. The broken and twisted
rails were thrown down the cInhank-
memt after them and the right Of way
!o"eltu up on tn New ties ana ncw
rams were !hii specify. ana then he
t'achmrn turm@h Their attention TO the
olb,r side %: :hc S..dgc. The same
II ocess waS 20 'owr... :,ud the bridge
its.!f was rep.,.icu.
i;clogc dark, ne d"ra ed coachcs ,n,.t
hpi rcmH;uyd u'a. 'hr tracks aad been
,"iftcu further dun.m the cmbankIn"ni.
IL" i.ioktu :-j ."'StGu rams haI ac,n
removed. ana At'h the Iamagcd II l.ks
and loose tlattered equipment, were
left If the cat next TO the wood>. sy
80 o'clock last night All OF the da':l-
.rsd track had been relaid. ana the
bridge had been strengthened. ard
beard between Richmond and Peters
hlrg. Evidences OF the wreck. hn"-
ever wil! probably toe seen 4. The
,,oiut for several days. one Of the
coaches was hurled into the woods, a
distance OF nearly nifty feet.
\. Il. HELLWooD -
EYEWITNESS or DERAILMENT
A. H. Hc!lwond was one OF the eye
witnesses Of the wreck. lie was re
liz t-nr N
he saw The train approaching. and
thought he would watch il pass. MIR.
HcIlwood thought il waS proceeding
rather more rapidly than usual. aud
was not SURPRISED when he noticed
dense cloud OF dust and dirt dying
from the tracks lie thought nothing
OF ms until as the engine cleared the
trcstle lac saw il suddenly dart away
from the remainder of the train. Then
he watched, Spcllbouud, as the baggage
car hcsiiatcd on the edge OF the en-
bankmcut aud finally disappeared from
view lie saw the other coaches fol-
low and FASTENED down 10 the scene
"C the wreck. lie did what he could
for the injured and assisted in drawing
several OF the passengers from the
coaches.
Three minutes after the accident oc-
Cured. a car DER the electric line
passed. The motorman, George fIar-
ris. stopped Immediately. and he with
his conductors, Joseph Robinson and
w. s. Wilson, hastencd over TO the
wreck. Preparations were made for
conveying the injured 20 this city on
the electric car. but the speed with
which the railroad provided for this
made 1t Unnecessary The car crew
assisted In The rescue work however,
and several OF those who had been in