Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-28
FELL THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Terrible Railroad Disaster on
the Grand Trunk.
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II Lands Right side Up-Another stood
on End--Nine Passengers KILLED and
Many wounded-yiilaec Poppiaee to
tho Reseue--Awnui scenes.
ST. GEORGE, Ont. Feb. as.--A terrible ac.
cidant, with great loss Of life attending it. oc-
CURED about 500 yards east Of this station al
o'clock last night The St. Louis express,
due TO pass here az 5:57 O'Clock, was late be-
cause Of SHOW on the tracks near London Al
Paris, five miles west Of here, it stopped for
water, and then the engineer and a man al
the station, whose only duty it Is to examine
the car wheels, found nothing wrong with the
train.
The train thundered past here very fast.
The moment it struck the bridge over creek
that runs under the Grand Trunk road. 500
yards east Of here, tire Of one Of the en-
giues driving wheels cracked, aud the lar Of
gong on 70 the trestle structure tore it OIL
the wheel. The result was calainitous.
Before the engineer could realize what had
happened his engine left the rails which
spread, tore all the ties up as If they were
toothpicks and tore itself away from the
train behind it, taking with it the baggage
ear and tender and express car
The Pullman in which were most Of the
passengers, was next IL and the dining car,
which Immediately followed, went clear
through che middle section Of the bridge.
The Pullman, according 10 the stories Of eye
witnesses, seemed to hang in the air a mo-
ment and then It began 60 toppe over,
In its descent 10 the creek or rivulet un-
derneath, it turned a complete somersaut,
lighting thirty feet below right side up II
was smashed into thousand pieces, the roof
falling in upon the passengers within the car,
who in the descent had been turned upside
down and thrown about tho interior Of the
car without a moments warning of what waa
going 10 happen.
The dining car, which was nearly full Of
people eating, followed the Pullman. but. m
stead Of turning completely over landed be-
low on its end, spillmg everybody, tables,
crockery and cooking stoves in heap in the
end OF the car which was bottommost
The first class passenger car which followed
the dining car was kept on the bridge by the
ties, which in tearing up had piled before it,
completely stopping its progress. The shriels
Of the dead and dying were fearful The
dining car stove set fire TO tho woodwork
with wonderful presence of mind, left the
wounded while he extinguished the flames.
There was help had almost Immediately from
the station and the surrounding houses. and
the work began Of extricating the dead and
wounded
Il was just getting dark when the accident
occurred, and this made affairs more serious
Than they otherwise would have been. Lam
terms were obtained and hundreds Of peopIe
under the superintendence Of the Grand
| Trunk agent at this place, worked like heroes.
The first dead body taken out was that Of
woman, whose head had been crushed IN the
Pullman out Of all reception A boy was
taken out of the Pullman next unconscious.
He died within ten minutes after. Two men.
oSe Of them with both legs broken at the
thigh, the other with his chest crushed in.
were dragged out Of the dining car
The following is list Of killed and wounded
as far as known:
George Leggatt, Of Mitchell.
W. NJ. Wemp, OF London.
Dr.. Swan,
A. w. Francis, Of Woodstock.
Mr.. Mclean, Of the firm Of Mclean &
Beecher, Detroit Mich.
Bains, Of London
Capt. Moore, Salvation lass from Brantr
ford.
MIR. Peers, Of Woodstock.
Harry Angle, fireman.
The following are more or less severely
wounded: Thomas l.. Doutney. tanper-
ance lecturer; Mrs. and May jennings, Paris;
Mr. and Mrs. Buddin, Dorchester; Mrs. Hlq-
gins, Rossin house, Toronto; Mrs Mcleod.
lngursoll Miss Chaifee, Pontiac, Mich. .
James Hyslop, Goderich; Dan Peacock.
Woodstock; r. w. Knight Woodstock .
John Mckinley, Detroit; Fred Han
cock, London; George Forbes, New York ;
J. r. Marshall and Mrs j. r. Marshall.
Regina; John p. Wilson (coloreh, Chatham
Mrs Evans, Hamilton; George Margott,
dining ear conductor. Niagara; Robert Hilton,
| St GATHERINGS; Miss Andrews Of Lambeth /;
Mrs Mclaughlin, London; Conductor Rev
ell, seriously; d. w. Kafn, Woodstock; w.
NJ. Bennett Sanilac, Mich. Dr. H. Lequesne,