15 September 1908
THROWN INTO CEMETERY
Engineer Tossed in a Wreck at Manassas
FIVE TRAINMEN ARE INJURED
Freight Train and Detached Engine Collide with a Crash Near the Coal Bin
Manassas, VA, Sept. 14--There was a head-on collision this morning between the Manassas branch freight train and a detached engine about half a mile west of Manassas.
The engine had been ordered to the coal bin for coal and was returning over the Manassas branch track. The freight had been ordered out,with instructions to keep a lookout for the engine, but apparently the caution was not heeded.
K. D. DeMasters, the engineer on the detached engine, was tossed into the Manassas Cemetery when the crash came. He had his left foot sprained and his nose cut.
The following members of the freight crew were injured:
Charles Mankin, engineer; back injured
John W. Cross, conductor, right foot injured
W. D. O'Hiel, fireman, left foot mashed and face and knee skinned.
---Kneff, brakeman, injured about the body
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