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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
7
Report details how dense fog and signals may have misled the local train crew near Takoma Park. Officials debate responsibilities as coroner and interstate commission prepare investigations into block-signal systems and running orders amid public demand for accountability.
The inquiry pressed Congress to mandate conditions for interstate traffic and to require an approved safety system to prevent future disasters. Lawmakers note air brakes exist but enforcement is lax, as big firms delay reforms. The incident followed by a Bell telegram to reporters signals cautious official handling.
A deadly wreck near Washington claimed the lives of John Wright his wife and daughter Magdeline all members of one family. The eight year old girl lay unidentified two days at the morgue before recovery and burial arrangements were made by fimble and Bayliss with bodies shipped to Baltimore aboard the relief train.
The Kunlo family suffers heavy losses from the Terra Cotta wreck. Anna seven and Francis eighteen months dead. Joseph four survives at Freedmen's Hospital with bruises. Mr Kunlo and Joseph to Providence. Mrs Kunlo delirious and likely to die. double funeral planned at Frank Geier's Sons.
Fannie Austin, a Black passenger, was misreported as killed but taken to Freedmen's Hospital where doctors said she would recover. The Terra Cotta wreck afflicted many Black riders. few were killed or seriously injured. Bodies at the morgue included John Wright of Baltimore, his wife, and daughter.
Eight people were seriously hurt and twenty four shaken after a Louisville and Atlantic Railway wreck forty miles from Richmond Kentucky today. The crash occurred when a broken range caused the engine and a coach to jump the track and overturn. Injured passengers were treated at Richmond Hospital, including Albert Wilson and his sons Edward and Crohsey, plus the wife and child of Edward Wilson and three unknown travelers.
The Baltimore and Ohio Terra Cotta wreck leaves nine injured at Providence Hospital in grave danger. Mrs Kunlo and her family endure severe injuries as salt solutions sustain her life. mayor Eckhardt and others show partial improvements while casualty updates warn of possible further deaths.
Louis W. Baldwin and his wife Mary Baldwin died in the Terra Cotta disaster while returning from a visit to a sick friend. They were married eighteen years and their daughter marked her sixteenth birthday. The couple, from East Orange, lived on 1 Street Northeast and attended Wesley Chapel. Baldwin worked at the Government Printing Office. Two government colleagues accompanied their bodies to East Orange for burial.
A vintage advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for serositis eczema eruptions catarrh rheumatism and dyspepsia promising prompt and permanent cures after other preparations fail It urges confidence in the medicine citing successful cases and notes Hood's Pills at 25 cents claim to cure constipation.
One unidentified victim remains at the District morgue after the Terra Cotta wreck. Despite searchers, the person cannot be matched to any family. Clothing fragments, a No. 8 shoe labeled Edmonston, and a Keen coat strap suggest a Washington area resident. The morgue holds the body awaiting a claimant to prevent burial.
Dr Edward Oliver Belt and his two young sons were buried in a single casket at St Pauls Cemetery near Point of Rocks Maryland. Delegations from medical and religious groups attended the funeral at the Belt home and in church. The service honored the physician and his family amid wide community mourning and tribute.
Washington and suburbs mourn as Terra Cotta wreck victims are shipped to distant homes for burial. Dr. B Howard Belt and two children led a day of services, with multiple funerals planned daily through the week. Notables include Commodore Perry Brown and wife Mary Virginia Brown interred at Glenwood, and Miss Mary Alice Bohrer buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Friends mourn the death of Miss Anna Washington Reading of 1820 Jefferson Place California native and daughter of Pierson B. Reading of California and Mrs. Fannie Washington Reading Her sister Miss Alice M Reading and brothers Richard W Reading and Robert L Reading survive along with her mother The family home is in Washington and the death is deemed instantaneous by many mourners
A New Year fireworks blast at the Officers Club in Mariana Havana caused panic among women guests. An explosion from mortar shells on the roof injured Capt. John W. Furlong of the 1st Cavalry, blowing a hole in the roof, as General J. Franklin Sell hosted the party with the American occupation forces.
A detailed weather bulletin reports the plateau storm crossing the Rockies bringing rain and snow from the west coast to the Mississippi River. Temperatures are above average east of the Rockies and below average in the far West. Northeast to Atlantic coasts see light to fresh NW winds, while Gulf coasts vary from easterly to southeast. Special forecasts warn of a cold wave in Utah, western Colorado, and northern Arizona with extensive temperature readings and rainfall data across the region.
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