St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-10
AWFUL DISASTER DETAILS
TRAINLOAD OF CANADIAN
PILGRIMS.
MORE THAN A DOZEN DEAD.
SECOND SECTION OF A SPECIAL
PLUNGES INTO PULLMAN
COACHES AHEAD.
OVER THIRTY INJURED ONES
Narrowing Scenes at the Wreck
while the Dead and Dying
Were Being Removed.

QUEBEC. P. O., July "a terrible
accident occurred at o'clock this
morning at Craig's road station. on
the Grand Trunk railroad. about
fourteen miles west of Lewis. A
very large pilgrimage from Sher-
brooke and Windsor Mills had left
those towns last evening for the
shrine Of st. Ann de Beaupre There
were two sections of the train, one
running few minutes behind the
other. The first section was stand
ing at the Craig's Road station TAX
ing water, when the second section.
passing the semaphore, dashed into
the rear Pullman coach of the first
section, smashing it to kindling wood
and killing most of the occupants.
The Pullman conductor ESCAPED bv
jumping. Engineer Mcleod and Fire
man Perkins, OF the second section,
We're killed outright. The Pullman
coach was telescoped into the first
class cars of the first section, killing
a number of passengers riding in
them. Among the killed are three
priests. The total number of killed
is now placed at fourteen and the
number injured at thirty-four.
DEAD AND INJURED.
CHARLES BEDART, mail clerk,
Richmond.
MISS BEDART. Richmond.
HECTOR M'LEOD, engineer, Rich
mond.
RICHARD L. PERKINS, fireman,
REV. T. L. MERCER, Richmond.
REV. F. P. DINGAN, Windsor Mill.
MIR. COGAN, Richmond
MISS VALIN, st. Joseph de Lewis.
MISS PIfANEUF, st. Joseph de Lee
Wis.
MRS. J. D. CAVER.
MISS DE LYCOURT, Sheffield, aunt
of Miss Vain, of St Joseph de Lewis.
JOHN O'FARRELL, Capleton
The injured are: John Cadieux, of
Danville; j. b. Cayer, Danville; Sera-
phine Cayer, Danville; Joseph Cayer,
Danville; Louise Cayer, DanvilIe; Vir-
ginia Sylvester, Hamilton; Frank Fon-
tame, Broughton; Louis GauGet, Arth-
abaskeville; Patrick Ntzhugh, Caple-
ton; Pierre Allard, Richmond; Antonio
Baril, Arthabaskeville; Hercules des
Coteaux, wife and son, Danville; Rev.
f. Deri Rosters, Broughton leg and
arm broken; ]. Quinlan, Montreal, bad
ly hurt; Cyrilie Emillard, Sherbrooke.
slightly wounded; Delina Gosselin,
Sherbrooke, slightly; Mr. and Mrs. Ha-
mel, Danville, the formers injuries to
right leg and the latters head and in
ternal injuries; Mrs. Louis NORM and
Divine NORM, Windsor face cut and
internal injuries; Mrs. Frank Caker,
DanVille, and SiX-year-old daughter.
head wounds; Mrs .Zephrim Lamelin,
Windsor; Lazre Godbout, Windsor
Mills; Joseph Richard, Brompton Falls;
Clophas Charest, Coaticooke; BENEFIT
Bassler. Pullman reporter, Toronto.
Probably one or two of the injured will
die.
HORRORS OF THE SCENE.
The work of rescue was begun as
soon as possible. When the binding
clouds of steam had subsidized, the
train men and priests rallied the men
together and the dead and injured
were taken from the ruins of the en-
CINE, Pullman and first-class coaches,
and cared for wherever temporary
quarters could be found. The women
Of the party ministered as best they
could to the wants of the manned
pilgrims. They tore off their under
gaping wounds, and tried in the alb
sence of surgeons to staunch the flow
of blood and properly cleanse the
hurts. Word was sent to Montreal
and orders from there were issued to
Lewis to send out a force of doctors
from Quebec to attend the wounded
and a force of men to clear up the
track. The special train reached the
of o,>1r- in ha
and all of the wounded that could be
moved We're placed on board a car and
sent east to Lewis, where they were
ca I'd FOR in the hospital. The second
Victin talen from the wreck, Rev.
Father Gignan, cure of st. Georges
of Windsor, died just as he was re-
moved from the cars. The other
wounded were Immediately driven to
the Hotel Dieu, at Lewis. The Pullman
car was totally wrecked, and it is a
miracle that every soul on it was not
killed.
The scene in the hospital after the
arrival of the wounded was a sad one.
The unfortunate pilgrims all occupied
beds in the different wards and were
attended by physicians of Lewis and
Quebec, and numerous volunteers of
Lewis The cries of some of the wound
ed were fearful.
AN ACCOUNTING SPECTACLE
The arrival of the trains bearing the
wounded passengers beggars descrip-
ton. Hundreds had congregated at
the station at Lewis, and numerous ex-
press wagons, with mattresses and
pillows were awaiting the arrival of the
train. The wounded had all been made
as comfortable as possible who had
been sent out from Lewis at an early
hour The sight of the unfortunate
victims was one never to be forgotten.
They were covered with blood and
their clothes were torn to shreds.
Bruises and cuts on the head were
everywhere visible.
1t is hard to say where the blame for
the accident rests. 1t has been sug-
gested that Engineer Mcleod might
have dozed off to sleep, and thus missed
seeing the semaphore and was uncon-
scious of his whereabouts. A strict in
vestigation will be held at once to de-
termine where the responsibility rests.
NARROW ESCAPES.
The Pullman conductor. Morhood.
out on the rear platform just in time
to see the on-coming train and jumped.
thus escaping injury. The engine of
the colliding train seemed to rush I'D.
then turned completely over, pinning
Engineer Mcleod underneath. The
rest of the second train was derailed
and badly smashed. In an instant
after the crash the air was filed with
the shriels and groans of the injured
and imprisoned passengers. N J.