Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
THIRTEEN KILLED.
frightful Rear End Railroad Collision
at Craig's Road, Quebec.
Train Load Of Pilgrims Crashed intq-Ovcr
Forty Badly Hurt.

South Quebec, Quebec, July "a
dreadful accident occurred Mt Craigs Road
station at 5. TO- this morning. Apilgrim
excursion train from Sherbrooke was le.
ing run in two sections The first section
stopped at Craig's Road to have an up
train pass, when the second section rai
into it, the engine ploughing through the
Pullman and tirst-class cars.
So far as can be ascertained now, 90
persons were killed and about 40 wounded
The trains that came in collision were
special excursion trains filled with pill
grims en- route from Sherbrooke, Rich
mond and Windsor Mills to Lewis, where
they We're to cross over to Quebec aud pro
coed to the shrine at St Anne de Beapre,
and were following one another with an
interval of 20 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 in which were the priests and
Others in charge of the party, and it was
in this car that most of the loss of life oc-
cured.
The first train reached the station, which
is II miles west of Lewis, about 3, and
stopped at the tank to take water Due
precautions were taken and the semaphore
thrown to warn the following train.
Only the train men We're out and about
attending to their duties Suddenly there
was crash, the second train coming at
full speed had dashed into the rear Pull.
man of the first section.
After the collision the rescue began as
soon as possible. When the binding
clouds of steam subsidized, the trainmcn,
priests and others got together and the
dead and wounded Were taken from the
ruins Of the engine. Pullman and first
class car and removed to temporary quar-
tiers where the women of the party minis
tered as best they could to the wants of
the manned pilgrims They tore off their
undertaking and made bandages for the
gaping wounds and tried, in the absence
of enough medical aid to go around, to
staunch the flow of blood and properly
cleanse the wounds.
Word was at once sent to Montreal and
an order from there was sent to Lewis to
send out force of doctors from Quebec to
attend the wounded, and force of men
to clear the track. A special train from
there reached here Mt an early hour and
all of the wounded that could be move d
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
that Engineer Mcleod might have fallen
asleep and thus missed seeing the warning
semaphore, and was unconscious of his
whereabouts. This would seem TO be the
only theory that can be advanced. A
strict investigation will be held at once to
determine where the responsibility rests
The following Is correct list of the
dead: Charles Bedard, mail clerk, Rich
mond; Miss Bedard, Richmond Hector
Mcleod, engineer, Richmond; Richard
l.. Perkins, fireman, Richmond; Rev j
Il. MERCER Richmond; Rev +. p. Dig
nan, Windsor Mills, Mr.. Cogan, Rich
mond, Miss Valin, St Joseph de Lewis
Miss PhaDeuf, St. Joseph dc Lewis; Mrs
j. b. Cayer, Danvilo; Miss Delicourte
Shefford; aunt of Miss Vain, name I'M
known, st. Joseph dc Lewis; John O'Far-
rell, Capleton.
Father Dlgnop, Windsor Mills is
thought to be fatally injured. Rev
Father Des Rosters had a leg and arm
broken and was otherwise badly injured
The colored porter of the Pullman car
Balmoral" received fatal Injuries and |
has since died