A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34763 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 27 1878 Article Description: Criminal Carelessness in Virginia Article Text: Criminal Carelessness in Virginia Richmond, Va, April 26. An accident occurred between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning to last night’s mail train on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, near Clover, 96 miles from Richmond, which resulted in 5 persons being injured, as follows: B. F. GRAVELY of Virginia, fatally; O. E. PARKER of New York and a Mr. ZEUTMEYER of Virginia, both seriously; F. M. IRONMONGER, of Baltimore and Mrs. HEISER of Macon, Georgia, slightly. The train had been stopped on the main track to coal the box of the tender and the train officers had failed to signal a freight train coming from the same direction. The result was that the rear end of the sleeper attached to the mail train was telescoped by the engine of the freight train, badly mashing the sleeper and freight engine, and injuring the persons named. Other cars of both trains were also damaged. The railroad company immediately summoned medical aid from the neighborhood and this city to attend the injured. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com