, 1881-09-30
Five People Killed, Several Miss.
ing, and Twenty Badly
Hurt.
Extraordinary Circumstances Under
Which tho Two Trains Came
Together.
Fourteen Fishermen OF Massachusetts
Schooner Supposed to DO
fust.
Loss Of Lifs and Property in Iowa by r.
Storm Of Wind and Light
ming.

,p+t,oi nt,oa,eh to n. Ch,eaos 1ri,,r.
AytMglt, Ont, stpt, ap.-Thls morning MI *.
c,,rstpn train hound FIR tho rtoyInctni r. yhiht.
tion ut Lonlou co1tllcd with n.fruight-tratu on
tho Air Iiuu Of the ront Western Hallway ,,enr
orwell, II station nbn,lt two md II half miles
from this nnco. Tho railway authorities nro
very roticout about II. but tho following onrrur
to 10
THE FACTS;
Tho excursion trnln t,al or,!ora to cross Nh. i,
freight Mt this station. They nrriyou here
ten n,iul,tos afosd Of tlmo, ar,d. thinking
to mike orwell before tho freight rcaehed
tf,orc, went oil their way, with tho abovc ru.,.lt.
Tho plnee wl,erc tho collision occurred ,yns on
perfectly straight and level nicco OF tho ron,,
md It seems Incredible that they
nID NOR sEE THE Ft,EItaltr.TuAty
Inpproachtng Yut s,,ct, sectns to uo Tim ease. as
they kupt On Mt fult speed. Tho engineer or tho
frcjxbt.tratt, notIrrd tho cxcurslot1. trim whrm
II was fully IL milo. uway, md ,yhtst1c down
brakes, bringing Ills trntn 10 staiidstlt Just us
tho tuttcr rcnched them. lie also ifuring tho
wto1c Of tho distance kept uD
\ CONTINUAL wiI1sTLtNo
In ortlar IN warn them Of thoIr t!anxcr Tho ms
scuxcr train consisted Of nine conptes. 1.-Two ur-
which wcrp completely wrcckoll. E[yo ncrsuns
nre Known to ho killed nnd soyurnl moro miss.
Ing, who arb Thought to he buried in tho wreck,
About twonty wcrc wounic,l, aomo Of them
Aurous!y. The following IL a list Ut tho killed
and Injured, ns fnr a. known: '>'~"
Killer.
William cook. nassnnvnr A v,ru,r o,+
Apr,bor unssrrvor rn,no ,,rtnCw, Do,,,,
t,,,,. 1''
Hichnrti WnI,nslcy. eno,ncnr of the nnssoruor
trim. NJ. Thntnus. md tho t,ro,nan.
rt,r ,ixt,,,,r,,
rhon,o. ,bc.ohoro,,eh nnvlnoor n, t,,o fro,r,,
trnin. IT. Tbn,nus. tntalIy. 0' 0 ''e'7A'
r. stau1ov. nnssonucr. t,oocnhorcn: Ont. fa.
tallr.
.rrnnk Morrison. passcnpor. Ay1nor. Ont. so.
rIu,,sIv. Int tnnv recoycr.
Mr. Dennis and wlfr. m ssenvcrs. Of Hav t,ttv.
Mich, surtoas,, hut viii rocoyer,
IL young jatly Of Duy City. Mich, hut w1,ose
nnu,c could mt To ascartujucJ: f:,!ns Adams
and wifo. Malahldc, Oht.; Chnrles brown and
daughter, stutahft,o: Il. P, Black. YIennu. mt.
nil pnssGl,gcrs, slightly jp1,,rct
,r ~ r,., r,,, r,, ,,r -,r,,,.,o ,,.,,.,
- 40 ''A'''N ~, ~, '' """F' i'ET'S
nj one cor rms ,,ot vot t,on, roocboa by .ho
rcspuIur party. which was u,tickiv aent tn tho
xccno ~ tho dIanstar. Tho slInnrinton,on, ~
tho road. Mr., j. l., Du,yson. Ia on Inn snor. nnI
every uuins ts being tukc,, nv tia rn,ftnad n,,-
ihorltirs to mike tho Unfortunate sufferers cor-
rortuble. The i1nua hnyo hnn,, tro,,vht t,rrc
uwa,tlur tho tnaucst. wt1ecb will bn onnnctt In,
,uorrow,
A1YAlEIs, Ont, aopt. .g.-Tho excursion. train
on tho AIR Line to tho. Exhibition Grounds Mt
London came lit Gollfaton tosiay with II freight
train at Orwell, two md oue- bnlf miles from
this plado. = :
FIVE OF TIFF NINE ErAssESGE1s-coAt4Es
wpru completely wrecked, Two passengers worn
killed outright. Borornt arc missing, and aup.
posed to hnye been buried In tho wreck. About
twenty wero aevorcly wounded, and largo
number slightly.
THE DEAD.
:. willie Cook, Ut Aylnler.
W. AInsloy nnd sou, driver md flrouiau of tho
exc,lrs[on-tra1n.
Two young .non, nnnos unknown.
THE EXCURSION TRAIN
w0s ordered to Ayltucr 10 urose Nm. 4, frniuht
tratu. Arriving thcro ten minutes nhenl nf
:tln,o, Conductor Mnywcll went Into tho telc-
grnph o1lcc for orders, but tho operator, busy
selling ticKats, pnld no attention. to him. though,
ho afterwards sald to Engluoor Walmsley, I" All
right"
TIE LArrEt srAnrEp.
intending to oross tho fretght at Orwell, two
lnIlcs further ons Tho collision OCCURRED nonr
that station, on q strAfRnt b.cce of road. whorn
tho trnus could oaslly 10 seu,, two ,uilos,
ENGINEER cuEsEltuRou0ld, or.rliE FllEtoiIr
TRAIN,
saw tho other approaching, whlstIcd down
brakcs. aud hal altiiust brought tho truin to /.
stautlstjtI whsn tho crash cutDe. 1t tbat mn.
suent he Jumped. bit wus caught by tho snoku-
lilo Il probably fatally Injured.
snyed hlusolr by 1unplug wnllo tho trims vero
still sotne tlistunca nuirt Nulthnr rim e,,p,nrnr
,u,r tho t,remup Of tho excursion upnnara ,t,h
hnys saou tho freight, though, tho o,nInncr nr
tho latter kept up a furious whistIing to warn