The Washington herald., 1922-02-16
FOUR INJURED
In TRAIN WRECK
AT ODENTON
Three Coaches of Buffalo
Express Leave the
Track.
VICTIMS BROUGHT
TO HOSPITAL HERE
Striking of Switch Frog
And Breakdown of
Truck Blamed.

Three cars were derailed and four
persons were injured last night,
when the Buffalo express of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. due to ar
rive in this city at $3.50 o'clock.
struck a switch frog in front of
the odenton, Md, station.
The injured persons, who were
brought to this city in an emer-
gency train which was sent to the
scene of the accident from Union
Station here. are:
W. F. Baker, Baltimore. Nd.
compound fracture of the left leg
and bruises of the body.
W. Springman. wilIiamsport, Pa,
probable fracture Of the left shoul-
der.
Valentine c. Luppert, Williams
port Pa. sprainsd back and body
laceratlons
X. E Crooks. williamsport, Pa,
lacerations of the leg.
None I'm Critical Condition.
All of the injured persons were
rushed to the Emergency Hospital
ing the special train. Physicians
early this morning stated that none
of the injured are in a critical con-
dition.
The train. which was composed of
eight cars. was travelling at a speed
of approximately fifty miles an
hour. when the front truck of the
third car-the first Pullman car
was shattered by the impact with
the switch frog, throwing the car
from the track
As the wrecked car swung to the
left, the baggage car which preced-
ed IL was thrown from the track in
the opposite direction tearing up
the rails on the northbound road
and demolishing the station plat
form A Pullman car in the rear
of The Wrecked car was also de-
rallied 80
scores Are Bruised.
All Of the Injured persons were
occupying the smoking compart-
ment of the first car derailed, al
though scores of passengers in the
rear of the wrecked car and the
other Pullman car were bruised
slightly and suffered from shock.
First medical aid was given when
Capt. c. NJ. Reddig, stationed at
Camp Meade, Nd, arrived on the
scene. Efforts to locate a physi-
clan in the town where the acci-
dent occurred were futile.
The conductor of the Inflated
train was q +. Gessford, brother
of Harry l.. Gessford, former super
intendent of the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department. He and all other
members of the train crew es-
capped injury.
Trafne Is Blocked.
The relief train which was made
up in this city was rushed to the
scene of the accident, carrying with
IL DR.. J. P. Grier. physician for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, who gave
the injured persons first aid treat
ment en- route to this city.
Two of the injured persons-W
F. Baker and Valentine c. Luppert,
both of williamsport-were en-
route to Florida, where they were
planning an extensive vacation.
Among the passengers whose in
juries consisted of bruises and
slight decorations were a number
of women and children
Traffic on both the north and
south-bound tracks of the railroad
was blocked for nearly five hours.
Passenger service was. detoured
over the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road tracks to Baltimore during the
blockade.
Trafic was resumed on the north
bound track shortly after l o'clock
this morning, while wrecking crews
from both Washington and Baltimore
worked throughout the night in re-
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bound tracks
The wrecked train, one of the best
Of the Pennsylvania system, left Bal
timore on time at 1855 o'clock, ar
irving at the Odenton station at S:21
o'clock