The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-10
PILGRIMS MEET DEATH.
Terrible Accident on a Canadian
Railroad. T..
THIRTEEN OF THE VICTIMS DEAD
wwsnty-nvs others Seriously Injured, and
Some of These May Die--The Accident
Probably Ibue to the Caretessness of an
Engineer who Is Dead.

Some of These May Die--Ths Accident
Probably Ipue to the Careiessness of an
Engineer who Is Dead.
QUEBEC, July 1o.--A terrible accident
occurred on the Crank Trunk railway at
Crags Roads Station. about fourteen
miles west of Lewis, at 0 o'clock in the
morning, as the result of which thirteen
persons were killed and twenty 0ve others
more or less seriously injured, two Of
: whom may die.
A large pilgrimage from Sherbrooke,
Windsor Mills and Richmond had left
the latter town for the famous Catholic
shrine Of ST. Anne de Beaupre. The train
carrying tho. pilgrims was divided into
two sectiona, one running few minutes
behind tho other The first section reached
Crags Road about o'clock. and stopped
at the tank to take water. Due precau-
tions were taken, and the semaphore was
thrown to mark danger" against the fol-
lowing train.
Only the trnlnmcn were nstlr. The Pull
man In the rear was wrapped In silence,
the sleeperB all unconscious OF the ter
rible fate that was rushing upon them.
Suddenly the second section which had
passed the aemnphorc at full spsed, dashed
Into tho rear Pullman Of the first section.
Tho engine embedded itself in the sleeper
and the latter plunged forward and par
italy telesdoped the ncxt car in front.
Every berth In the sleeper was filled,
and many of tho occupants were killed as
they slept. Others awoke TO their horri-
BILE Surroundings maimed, bleeding and
bruised, conscious Of little elso but tho
agony that racked them. It was terri
BILE scene. The cries and moans Of the
AL l..l Irtr ID
all Sides while as u canopy that served as
veil to the tragedy the steam from tho
shattered engine rose in clouds that
blinded all observation for the time being.
The reason why tho second section did
not OBSERVE the danger signal will proba-
bly, never 10 known. as both the engineer
and flremdn were killed. II Is believed,
however, that tho engineer, Mcleod, had
fallen asleep at his post. No other expla'
nation seems possible, as there evidently
had been no attempt to stop the speed Of
the onrushing train.
Tbe Pullman conductor, Mr.. Moore
Wood, hAs a narrow escape He had luck.
ily stepped out on the rear platform Just
In time tp see the oncoming train and
jump. He thus escaped injury. The en-
gine of the colliding train seemed to rear
ur, then turned completely over. The rest
Of the second train was derailed and badly
smashed up. In an instant after the crash
the air was filled with the shrieks and
groans Of the injured aud imprisoned pas
sengers. 1rhe few train hands and station
employees on the spot set to work inanfully
and extricRted the passengers as quickly
rs possible.
Mr.. N. j. Quinlan, the Grand Trunb
: passenger agent, who was on the first
train, is not seriously wounded, and in con
versatlon with an Associated Press cores
pondent said he could not say how he es
capped death, as tho Pullman he was in
was completely shiverod into splinters
The porter of the Pullman at the time o
the collision, Bennett Basler, said ht
could not account for the accident At tn,
time, he was putting up berth in tn,
! Pullman. P. McHuSh, one OF the in
jured, said he was sitting in the car IL
front Of the Pullman when the accident
occurred He saw the locomotive of the
second trAin coming through his car ant
he was only saved by friend.
The arrival at Lewis of the train bearing
wounded passengers from the scene of tht
accident beggars description. Hundred.
had oongEognted nt the station nt Levi.
and numerous express wagons containing
mattresses and pillows wore awaiting the
arrival Of tho train The poor victim.
were covered with blood and their clothes
were torn to shreds.
The scene in the Hotel Dlcu after tn,
arrival ofthe wounded was snd one. Tn,
unfortunhte pilgrims nll occupied beds IL
the different wards of the hospital, ant
were ATTENDED by physicians of Lewis ant
Quebec, and nuns and ladies Of Lewis TIL,
cries Of some Of the wounded were fearfu
a. they were attended by the physicians.