Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1889 — FATAL MISUNDERSTANDING. [ARTICLE]

FATAL MISUNDERSTANDING.

A Bad Wreck on the Virginia Midland Road—Two Men Killed. A collision occurred on the Virginia Midland railway near Bull Run, Va., between two freight trains, caused by a misunderstanding of orders. The following were the casualities: Killed: Fireman James Murphy of Springfield, Va., and Brakeman F. L. Estees, of Orange, Va. Badly injured: Engineers Kemp and Fitzgerald. Slightly injured: Brakeman E. A. Payne, Fireman Frank Evans and Cattle-Shipper Joseph Higginbottom. Both engines, nine car loads of cattle and eight of- merchandise were wrecked.