Evening star., 1938-12-31
Is Hurt as {. & 0.
Flyer Is Wrecked
In West Virginia
New York Man En- Route
TO Capitol Loses
Right Arm

Twelve persons were in Charles
ton, w. Va, hospitals today with
injuries suffered last night when
Washington bound Chesapeake &
Ohio flyer left the rails about 10
miles east of the city.
One of two passengers, said by
the Associated Press to be most
seriously hurt, was on his way to
Washington to meet his wife before
returning to their home in New
York City. Scores of persons were
shaken and bruised.
Running an hour behind sched-
ule, the train, c. & O's crack George
Washington limited struck what
officials said they believed to be
either a split switch or split rail.
Hits CaboOse on Siding.
The locomotive, tender and bag
gage car passed over the breach,
but the first coach left the tracks
and plunged into coal train ca
boose on a siding The next three
cars piled behind it off the rails.
Altogether hospitals reported they
treated 10 injured some of whom
we're released during the night.
Jacob Yates, 35, New York construc-
,tion company employe, who was to
join his wife. visiting friends at 1919
Queen street NE. had to have his
right arm amputated early today as
a result of the accident. He also
suffered severe shoulder and scalp
injuries.
Among the passengers was John
Walker Barriger, Sd, chief examiner
in the legal division of the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. He and his
party were in one of the coaches
which was not derailed.
Wreck Near Marmet Dam.
With Mr.. Yates on the most seri-
ously injured list is John Ray of
Beckley, w. Va, who suffered chest
and pelvic injuries.
Others injured:
Floyd Straughn of Charlotte, N. c.
Miss Frances Gress, 18, of Hunt
ington, w. Va.
Miss Josephine Carr, IS, of Charles
ton.
Mrs. Frances Kelly, 26, Norfolk,
Va.
Orvy Kelly, 7, Norfolk, Va, Mrs.
Kelly's son.
Miss Virginia Kyle. %, Charleston.
Mrs. Velma Perison, SO, Gascoine,
N. Oak.
T. V. Rankin, 25, Cambridge, Mass.
Malcolm Bell, %, North Bergen,
N. J.
L. J. Drumheller, Al, Hinton.
Those treated and discharged were
George Bowie, jr, %, Huntington;
w. P. Sumner. "A, Portsmouth, Va;
Mrs. Harriet Speck, %, of Chicago:
Mrs. Martha Gebensleben, 80, of
Chicago and her daughter, Dolores,
8; Mrs. Frieda Compiona, 81, of
Chicago.
The wreck occurred at 11:33
O'Clock last night about two blocks
from the big Marmet Dam on the
Kanawha River.
There was no panic after the
coaches left the rails, passengers re-
ported.
Sailors Aided Rescues.
At first. Miss Betty Hart of IRON
ton. Ohio. who was visiting relatives
nearby, related, all was quiet, then
the groans of the injured shook
stunned passengers into action.
There were two Sailors" she said,
who helped carry the injured from
the cars and girls and women tore
their dresses to provide bandages
for the injured
: The right of way was torn up
for several hundred yards and
another main track was blocked by
two coal cars which turned over
and spilled their contents over the
rails. Normal operations on the
west bound tracks were resumed
early today.
Miss Hart said emergency crews
worked for more than an hour try
Ing to free two women and a man
trapped in one of the coaches.
: Hundreds of automobiles bearing
q crowd estimated at 1000 persons
collected within an hour after the
crash.