The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-10
Am AHEuL DISASTER.


IpIurSd-Thrss Priests Among the VIC
tins.
QuEREc, July GA terrible accident
occurred at 8 o'clock this morning at
CrRiR's Road Station on tho Grand
Trunk railway about fourteen miles
west Of LAyiI.
A very large pilgrimage from sher-
brooke, Windsor Mile and RlChmond
had lelt the lattar town about 10 o'clock
last evening for the shrine OF st. Ann de
Bsauprs. There were two sections ot
the train, ono running q few minutes
behind the other The first section was
standing at the CTalRs Road station
taking water, when the second section,
passing the semAphore, dashed into the
rear Pullman coach OF the hrst section,
smashing 1t to kindling wood, aud kill
ing, il was said at arlt everybody In
that car except the Pullman conductors
who jumped.
Engineer McLsod and Fireman Per
klnS, OF the second section, were both
killed outright,
The Pullman coach was teleScoped
into the Grst class OF the first section,
killing NUMBER of passengers riding IN
thom. Among the killed are three
MONTREAL, July 9.-Ths officials Of
the Grand Trunk Railway reported that
the number OF killed is thirteen aud that
twenty.nins is the number Of the In
jured.
The death list Is as follows:
Charles Bodars, mail clerk.
Miss Bedars, his daughter,
Hector Mcleod, engineer.
Richard Perkins, fireman.
Rev, Father J. L. MeTcier.
Rev. Mr.. Cogau, all OF Richmond.
Rev, Mfr. Diguan, OF Windsor Mills.
Miss Valln and her aunt, name un.
known, St Joseph do Lewis.
Miss Thaueut, st, JoIeph de LaviS,
MrG. CGysr, Danyille.
The two Misses De Lycourte, Of ShoI.
ford.
John OFarrell, Richmond.
Tho wounded, who were taken TO
Quebec for treatment, are as follows:
John Cadieu.
]. P. CayeE
SerAphim CayeL.
Joseph Cayer
Louise Cayer, all Of Dauville,
Virginia Sylvester, HanO.
Mrs. Francis Toutains, BrouGhton.
Louise Godette, ArthabaSkaville,
Patrick McHugh, OopolIon,
Rev. Father II Dc RoslOr, Cure ol
Broughton.
Pierre Allard, Richmond.
Antonio Barrie, ArthRbaskaville.
NJ. J. QuinlAn, travelling passenger
agent, Montreal.
The Pullman conductor, Mr.. Moore
Wood, had q narrow escape. He had
luckily Rtopped on the rear platform
lust in time TO SEQ the oncoming train
and jumped. He thus escaped injury.
Tho engine OF the train seemed to
rush up, then turued completely over,
plnning engineer Mcleod underneath.
Tho rest Of tho second train was derail.
cd and badly smashed up. In an in.
slant after the crash, tho air was filled
with tho shrisks and groans OF the In
jured aud imprisoned passengers, The
few train hands aud section employees
on the spot, sot to work maniully and
extrlcated the passengers as quickly aI
possible. Thirteen dead were taken
from tho WreckRgc.
Mr. n. ]. Quinlan, tho Grand Trunk
passenger agent, who was on tho first
train, is not seriously wounded. and In
conYoraAtion with an Associated Press
correspondent said he could not say
how he escaped death, az the Pullman
ho was In was completely shivored into
splintors. The porter Of tho Pullman al
tho time OF tho collision, Bennott Blaia,
ler. said he could not account for the
accident At the time he was putting
up berth In the Pullman.
Z. McHugh, one Of the injured, said
he was sitting In the car Ia front OF the
Pullman when tue accident occurred.
He saw the locomotive Of the second
train coming through his car and he was
only saved by irisnd named Shannon
White.
The scene ln tho Hotel Dleu after the
arrival OF the wounded was sad one.
Tho unfortunate pilgrims all occupied
beds In tho different wards OF the hos.
pital aud wGro attended by physicians
Of Lewis and Quebec. aud nuns aud
ladies Of Lewis.
The cries Of some Of tho wounded
werO fearful as they WerO attended by
tho physicians.
II may bs that several moro bodies
are still In the wreck and that tho
death roll will 10 further increased.
Tho wreecking train 10 still at work re.
moving tho debris and trying 10 reopen