Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18
jured but slightly were brought to
Richmond on the electric car
SECTION HAND TELLS
OF, SEt:ING CARS TIKN UNEK

jured but slightly were brought to
Richmond on the electric car
SECTION HAND TELLS
or SEEING: CARS TURN OVER
David Jones. a colorcd section baud
for the 81 .ctric line. living a. 53S Gill
mer street, was AN eyewitness and was
standing directly opposite the Kings
Iand Bridge when il occurred
The hrst thing l saw" ne syid. was
III. dens" fog OF DIRT that few out
from under tho train. J VAS standing
on til. electric tracks looking at II
when tn" cars turned over. cohld
hardly see the train for the dirt and
rocks. but ii looked as il il was bob
biny up and down considerably TheS
all OF a sudden the engine Jumped
u way from the cars and they began I.
turu over. Some OF them kept the
tracks. but IL looked 10 me like most OF
them just natnrall" disappeared
kept on working"
Dr. I.angtord, ono of the injured pas
s.ngcrs, told u story that. in its chie'
details, was the same rs those told
last night by others injured in the
wreck.
DIR. LtNGlOKD GIVES
VIVID DESCRIPTION
Mrs. Laagford and myself were
seated on the west side of the car and
Malcolm was asleep on n seat oppo-
i-angford said yesterday. The porter
had just announced that we would ar
rive in Richmond in about ten minutes
and had begun collecting the baggage.
| noticed that il was 1910 o'clock. I
glanced out OF the window and was
dirt lying from the tracks The
coaches began TO carecn in an uncer-
tain way. Then there was a vio-
lent lurch. ] could feel something snap
and theN---I had the sensation OF be-
ing rolled down an endless cmbank-
mcnt with all of the weight OF hun
drcd upon me.
Il Know that Mrs. Langford had
risen and seized Malcolm just before
things began 70 turn topsy -turvy and
all became dark. think ] must have
been Knocked unconscious, and. upon
recaining my senses. began 20 call
my wife. She answered me and
started to tNtricate myself l crawl
ed from the car and back into II be.
fore | succeeded in locating my wife
and child. They had been assisted out
by others My wife was injured and
treated her.
MALCOLM LANGFOID
AIDS THE INJURED
Little Malcolm Lansford was one Of
the livclicst rcscucrs Ut the scene. Il
looked everywhere for YOU, father he
said when his parent had joined he and
his mother but couldn't lind YOU
anywhere. So | stayed with mother
ana helped her" Malcolm assisted his
father in treating his mother and then
duo what he could for the other in
Jured.
Ne rs Of the accident Travelled quickly
IL iichm"nd. and during The early AZ.
."inrpn. Il continuous stream of motors
;u:tCr he trip 10 the scene OF the acci-
dent. They augmented the crowd OF
lyrs"ns living near The scene and ov
lat" afternoon ii is estimated that AZ
Least Z ,oho persons w"iT. at the yreci;
Many Of them made the trip on the cleo
mi" line. but line Of motor cars
nearly mile long. was parked close
TO the scene OF the accident
RAILROAD AGENTS FIND
PEOPLE STEALING FROM CARS
After loca! police left the scene. hav-
ms turned everything over To rail
ROAD agents, several men were detected
ia IN" act OF stealing from the over
turned coaches. one Of thu. agents
caught man in the act Of leaving the
wreck with pocket full OF electric
*i"heS. stolen from one Of the Pun
mans. They were taken from him hut