The herald., 1895-07-10
Thirteen Pious Travellers Killed
in Canada
COLLISION WAS THE CAUSE
Three Priests Were Among Those Who
Died
A Pullman Containing Many People smssned
by an ngine-Twenty-nine Are
Severely Injured
ssociated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
QUEBEC. july 9.-Avery large pilgrim
ACE from Sherbrooke. Windsor Mills and
Richm ond left the last named town at 10
O'Clock last evening for the shrine OF st.
Anne de Baupre. There were two Sec
tiops of the train. one. running few
minutes ahead of t he other. The first
section was standing at Craig's ROAD sta
tion at 3 O. m. today taxing water, when
the second section, passing the sema-
phofe. dashed into the rear Pullman
coach of the first section, smashing it to
kindling wood and killing, it is said,
everybody in the car except the Pullman
conductor, who jumped. Engineer Nc.
Leod and Fireman Perkins, OF the second
section, were both killed outright. The
Pullman coach was telescoped into the
first class cars of the second section. kill
ing a number of passengers. Among the
killed are three priests.
The work of rescue was begun as soon
as the binding clouds VI steam subsidized.
The trainmen rallied the men together
and the dead and injured were taken
from the ruins OF Ethe engine, Pullman
| and frst-class coaches and cared for
wherever temporary quarters could be
found. The women of the party MIN
the manned passengers. They tore OFF
their underciothing and made bandages
for wounds and in the absence OF sur
geons staunched the flow of blood and
properly cleansed the hurts. special
train was soon sent to the scene and con-
where they were pla ced IN hospitals.
The arrival of the train at Lewis beggars
description. The sight of the unfortun-
ate people as they were carried from the
cars was one never to be forgotten. The
poor victims were covered with blood and
their clothing was torn to shreds. The
second person taken from the train was
Rev. DIR. Dignan, curate of St. Georges.
Windsor, who died as he was carried from
the cars.
The scene in the hospital after the ar
rival of the wounded was sad one. The
unfortunate pilgrims occupied beds in
the different wards of the hospital and
were attended by physicians. nuns and
ladies of Lewis. The cries OF some OF the
wounded were fearful as they were at
tended by the physicians. Coroner Belew
of Quebec crossed to Lewis to hold an in
quest this afternoon, when the bodies OF
all the killed arrived.
1t is hard to say upon whom rests the
blame forstnesaccident 1t has been sug-
gest ed that Engineer Mcleod might have
dozed off to sleep and thus missed seeing
the semaphore. A strict Investigation
the responsibility rests.
The wreck was frightful one. The
| engine of the oolliding train seemed to
| rush sup, then turned completely over,
pinning Engineer Mcleod underneath.
| The rest of the second train was deralled
and badly smashed up. Instantly after
| the crash the air was filled with the
snssens passensers. as0 The | train hands and sta
| ton employees on the spot set to work
manfully and extricated the passengers
as quickly as possible. Thirteen dead
| Qulnlan, the Grand Trunk passenger
agent, who was on the first Grain, was
| not seriously wounded. In conversation
with an Associated Press correspondent.
he said he could not see how he escaped
| death, as the Pullman car he was in was
completely shivered into fragments.
p McHugh, one OF the injured. said he
was sitting in the car in front of the Pull
| man when the accident occurred. He saw
| the locomotive of the second train COM
ing through his car. and he was only
saved by friend named Simon White.
, |, Following is full corrected list OF the
| dead and wounded:
Dead: Charles Bsdars, mail clerk Rich
mond; Miss Bedart; Hector Mcleod. en-
giner, Richmond; Richard l., Perkins.
! fireman. Richmond; Rev. F. P. Dinagn,
Windsor Mills; Mr.. Cogan. Richmond /;
| Miss dllh, Cbs JOoOPu OC liCVic, HAloo
| Pyaneuf, St. Joseph de Lewis; Mrs. j..
B. Cayer. Danville; Miss Delviourt,
Sheffield aunt OF Miss Valin. St. Joseph
de Lewis; John O'Ferrall, Capleton; Rev.
Injured: John Cadeux, Danville !;
]. b. Cayer. Danvile; Seraphine
Cayer. Danville; Joseph Cayer,
DanvilIe; Louise Cayer, Danville; !;
Virginia Sylvester. Ham; Mrs. Francis
Fountaine, Broughton; Louis Gaudet,
Athabarkerville; Patrick McHugh, Caple.
ton: Pierre Allard. Richmond; Antonio
Baril, Arthabarkavile; Hercules Deco
taux. wife and son, Danville; Rev. F.
Derreoscis, Broughton. leg and arm bro
ken; J. Quinlan, Montreal. badly hurt :;
Uyrile Emillard. shoulder broken and
slightly hurt Delipa Gosselin. Sherbrooke,
slightly wounded; Mr.. and Mrs. Hamell,
Danville, former injuries right leg and
latter's head and internal injuries: Mrs.
Louise MorIne and Evelyn, Windsor. face
and internal injuries; Mrs. Frank Csyer
and 6-year-old daughter, Richmond,
head injured; Mrs. Serephine. Lamelin,
| Windsor; Lasare Godbout. Windsor Mills ;
Joseph Richards, Brompron Halls; G. G.
Harris, Coatcoeke; Bennett Bassler,
Pullman car porter, Toronto. Probably
| one or two of the i n i1lred will die