Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-11
CRUSHED INTO LIVING MASS
ENGINE TELESCOPES TWO EXCUR-
SION CARS.
Twenty Killed and Forty Wounded The
Two Trains Were Loaded with Excur-
sionists- Heroic Work by the wom-
en- in Caring for the Wounded.

Craig's Road, Que, July AIN tho carly
| hours of this morning there occurred on
/ accident on the Grand Trunk road at the
station here that has seldom been cXcell-
| cd in horror by any similar event in the
! Canadian railway annals.
A. special excursion passenger train
crashed into another train of the same
kind, preceding it and kiled-just how
many is not clearly known at present
/ but some 20 persons are believed TO be
/ dead and the wounded are numbered in
the vicinity of two score. The trains that
came together in the collision were spec
ial excursion trains filled with pilgrims
en- route from Sherbrooke, Richmond and
Windsor Mills to Lewis, where they were
to cross over to Quebec and proceed to the
shrine of St Anne de Bcaupre and were
following one another with an interval of
- minutes between them. The forward
train was making good time, having left
Richmond at 10 O'Clock last night. on the
rear of this train was a Pullman car in
which were the priests and others in
charge of the party and it was in this
car that the most of the loss of life oc-
Cured
The first train reached this station,
which is II miles west OF Lewis, about .
o'clock and stopped at the tank to take
water. Due precautions were taken ana
the scmaphore was thrown to warn against
danger to the following train. only the
trainmen were oUt and about attending
to their duties. The Pullman car in the
rear was wrapped in silence and the
secpors were unaware of the terrible fate
that was rushing upon them.
Suddenly there was a crash. The second
train, coming at fun speed. had dashed
into the rear of tho Pullman of the first
section. SO great was the impetus of the
Coliding train that the engine embedded
itself i'll the palace car and the latter
plunged forward and partially tclescoped
the first class car Immediately in front
Every berth in the Pullman car was
wrecked and some Of the occupants who
were killed never knew what happened to
them They died sleeping. Others awokc
to their horrible surroundings and posi-
ton MANNED, bleeding and bruised. CON
Scious of little else but the agony that
racked them. 1t was an awful scene.
The cries Of the wounded and the means
of the dying and tho outpouring of pas
scngers from the cars that were not badly
damaged ana the hurryng forms of the
uniniurcd trainmcn with their pickering
lanterns, all combined to make distress
ing sight
The work Of rescue was begun as soon
IS possible. When the binding clouds Of
steam had subsidized the trainmcn. priests
and others got together and the dead and
wounded were taken from tho ruins of the
engine, the Pullman and the first class
car and removed to temporary quarters,
whore the women of the party ministercd
as best they could to the wants of the
manned pilgrims.
They tore eff their Undertaking and
made bandGEos for gaping wounds and
tried, i'm the absence of enough medical
aid, to 20 round, to stauuoh the flow Of
blood and properly cleanse the wounds
word was a. ou'c sent to Montreal and
IN ordor from There was sent to Lows to