June 1903
Events that took place in Fairfax County in February, 1903:
- June 10 – 30-year-old Charles D. Keyes is fatally injured when local freight train number 62 crashes head-on into a work train near the Ditchley and Ravensworth stations. Keyes is pinned under the wreckage of one of the engines and it takes between 2 and 3 hours to free him, after which he is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where he dies.[1][2][3]
- June 22 – John Cubbage, a laborer working on the double-tracking of the Southern Railway line, misunderstands a shouted warning and steps onto the main track, where he is struck by the southbound number 9 train and fatally injured near Edsall's Station. Cubbage is placed on the northbound number 40 train and taken to Alexandria, but dies during the trip.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Bad Railway Wreck."Evening Star, 11 Jun. 1903, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 30 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "FATAL WRECK IN VIRGINIA." The Sun (1837-1992): 10. Jun 12 1903. ProQuest. Web. 30 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "FATALLY HURT IN COLLISION." The Washington Post (1877-1922): 9. Jun 12 1903. ProQuest. Web. 30 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "ALEXANDRIA NEWS IN BRIEF: Mistook Cry of Warning and Stepped in Front of Train." The Washington Post (1877-1922): 8. Jun 23 1903. ProQuest. Web. 22 Feb. 2017.
- ↑ "Struck by an Engine" The Washington Times.:9 (Washington [D.C.]), 23 June 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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