Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-01
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A RAILROAD DISASTER.
A Passenger Train Goes Through a
lr.dge Near st. George, Ont.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
The Terrible Accident Caused by . De-
fective Tire Spreading the Rails-An
Appalling scepe-List of the
Killed and Injured.

ST.. GEORGE, Ont. Feb. 2S.-The st.
Louis express, passing here eastbound
about 8 o'clock in the evening, went
through a bridge just east of the station.
A broken tire in the engine wheel caused
the rails to spread, and the first pas
senger,a Pullman car and the dining
car went through the middle section of
the bridge. The Pullman car, which
contained most of the passengers, was
thrown clear off the bridge. turning
completely ovcr and landing right side
up. The dining car stands on end against
u pier. The passenger car remains on the
bridge, having stripped theties ahead Oft.
Supper had just been announced and IN
Il few minutes the car would have been
filled and all must have persisted. Fol
lowing is . list of the dead and
wounded.
GEORGE LEGITTof Mitchell.
WILLIAM wEMP, London,
DIR, SWAN FRANCIS, Woodstock.
MR. MCLEAN, OF the firm Of Mclean q Beach,
Detroit. Mich.
= HAMS, London.
CAPT. MOORE, a Salvation army lass from
Brnntford.
Mr.. PIERS. Woodstock.
HARRY q fireman.
o or less severely wounded:
Thomas l. DoUTSEy, temperance lecturer.
MISS ANDREWS OF Snnibeth.
Mrs and MAY JENsiNo of Paris.
Mr., and Mus. BunprE OF Dorchester.
IS i~iIGGiSs, Rossin house, Toronto.
Mrs. MGLEop OF IngersoH.
MIST CHAFPEE of Pontiac, Mich.
JAMES HYsror of Goderich,
DAS PfAcocR OF Woodstock. Z
j. w. Wright OF Woodstock.
JoHN McliiSLEy of Detroit,
FRED HANCOCK OF London. E%ssESi
GsonGE F.iRBEs of New York.
j. r.. MAnsHAIL md MRs. J, r.. MARSHALL Cd
Regina.
II. WILSON (colored) OF Chatham.
AIRs EVANS of Hamilton.
6EoRon MARoorrA, dinning car conductor, Of
Magra.
Ronfnr HrLros of st. GATHERINGS.
Mn. MoLASoHI.AS OF London.
rCoSDutToR REvEII, seriously injured.
ID. w. KAas of Woodstock.
WILLIAM Bennett OF samiac, Mich.
DIR. A. LEqpEasSE OF Cleveland, o.
A, w. Frances OF Woodstock.
Mas. A. SENDALL of Detroit.
This town Is wild with excitement,
and special trains have brought a large
number OF people from various towns.
When THE news OF the accident was
learned the people Of the town turned
OUT en- ihasse anl ulu all thpy could tC
administer TO the wants of the wounded
and dying. Doctors from here and
~neiglsboring villages rendered their
sersieel promptly. The wounded wara
taken to hotels, private residences and
halls to be cared for.
Engineer Brown stuck to his engine
and passed over the bridge safely. The
fireman who jumped has since died.
LONDON, March about thirty tick
cts wore purchased at the station here
by passengers on the st. Louis cypress
on the Grand Trunk road, and when the
accident was reported it caused great
excitement throughout the city. The
news spread rapidly. and the telegraph
office was SOON besieged by anxious ,fn.
quirers. Nothing whatever could be
learned at the depot about the accident,
the railroad officials being very reticent.
All the Injured are progressing nicely.
The bodies of those killed have been for.
warded to their homes. The coroner
opened the inquest. The evidence SO
far goes to show that the disaster was
purely accidental and could not have
been prevented.