The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-10
FATAL CRASH ON THE RAILS.
rus SECOND SECTION OF A TRAIN
DAsHEs INTO THE FIRST.

DAsHEs INTO THE FIRST.
rourteen Persons Probably Killed
outright and the Injured Believed
IN Number y-Eight-NearIy
Everybody Asleep When the Dis
oster Overlook Them-A Pullman
car in the Rear of the Iu-Fated
+ Train.
Craigs Road, Quebec. July 9.-In the
klry hours of this morning there oc-
srred an accident on the Grand Trunk
toaI at the station here that has seldom
cen excelled in horror by any similar
tyent in Canadian railway annals.
q spiceal excursion passenger train,
tushing in the darkness of the early morn
ng. crashed into another train of the
ame kind preceding it and killed-just
low many is not clearly known at pres
nt. but some twenty people are believed
H. be dead and the wounded are num-
kbered in the vicinity Of two scores. Al
his writing the exact figures are i'm
ossible to obtain, nor can the full list
|lL lLt ldlAtS OL lllc NlGllluS Dt naQ.
The trains that came in collision were
Special excursion trains filled with pill
grims en- route from Sheerbrooke, Rich
suond and Windsor Mills TO Lewis, where
Ehey were to cross over to Quebec and
proceed to the shrine of St. Anne De Bau-
pre-, and were following one another with
an interval of some twenty minutes be-
tween them.
The forward train was making good
time, having left Richmond at 10 o'clock
|the night before. on the rear of this train
|was a Pullman in which were the priests
|and others in charge of the party, and it
was in this car that most of the loss of
pfc occurred.
The first train reached this station,
which is fourteen miles west of Lewis,
about 3 o'clock and stopped at the tank
10 take water Due precautions were TAX
en- and the semaphore thrown to danger
against the following train. only the
were out and about, attending
10 their duties. The Pullman in the rear
was wrapped in silence and the sleepers
We're unaware of the terrible fate that
was rushing upon them.
Suddenly there was a great crash-the
second train coming in full speed had
dasAANQ AlAlO the rear IuAALudn OF the llfSL
section. So great was the impetus of the
train that the engine embedded
Itself in the palace car, and the latter
plunged forward and partially telescoped
the flrst-class car Immediately in front.
Every berth in the Pullman was wrecked
and some of the occupants who were
killed never knew what happened to them.
They died sleeping. Others awoke to their
horrible surroundings and positions,
mod h1aadfpor nd
OF little else but the agony that racked
them.
II was an awful scene. The cries of the
wounded and the means of the dying and
the outpouring of passengers from cars
that were not badly damaged, and the hur-
rying forms of the uninjured trainmen
with their Pickering lanterns, all combined
10 make sight seldom exceeded in its
tragic horrors.
The work was begun as soon as possible.
When the binding clouds of steam had
subsided. the trainmen, priests and others,
got together and the dead and wounded
We're taken from the ruins of the engine,
the Pullman and the first class car and
removed to the temporary quarters, where
the women of the party ministered as best
they could to the wants of the manned
pilgrims They tore off their undercloth-
ing and made bandages for gaping wounds
and tried, in the absence of enough medical
ald, to go round, to staunch the flow of
blood and probably cleanse the wounds.
Word was al once sent to Montreal and
an order from there was sent to Lewis to
send out force of doctors from Quebec
10 attend to the wounded and force of
men to clear the track.
The special train from there reached
here at an early hour and all of the
wounded that could be moved were placed
on board and sent east to Lewis, where
they could be cared for in hospitals
1t is hard to say where the blame for
the accident rests. 1t has been suggested
mat Engineer Mcleod might have dozed
OF TO sleep and thus have missed seeing
the warning semaphore, and was uncon-
seious of his whereabouts. Indeed, this
would seem to be the only theory that
can be advanced, but strict investigation
VIII be held at once to determine where
the responsibility rests.
dead:
Charles Bedard, mail clerk, Richmond.
Miss Bedard Richmond.
Hector Mcleod, engineer, Richmond.
richard L. Perkins, fireman, Richmond
Rev. ]. L. Mercier, Richmond.
Rev. F. p. Dignan, Windsor Mills.
Mr Cogan, Richmond
Miss Valin, St. Joseph De Lewis.
MISS Phaneuf, st. Joseph De Lewis.
Mrs. J. b. Cayer, DanviIle
MISS Delieourt, Shefford.
AN aunt of Miss Lima, unknown, st. Jo-
seph De Lewis.
John O'FerreH, Capleton.
me injured number twenty-eight, all
having French names, and belonging in
the province of Quebec.