The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-16
A MISPLACED SWITCH.
Cause Of Terrible Accident on the
Grand Trunk.
TWELVE KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND
DOZEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
EXP ess Train Da,hes Into a Moving
Freight Near Trenton, ont.-whether
sigma Wore Right WIN Never Be
Known.

Freight Near Trenton, Ont.--whether
| sigma Wore Right WIN Never Be
Known.
Tronton. Ont, November Is "A Grand
Trunk express train bound for Toronto.
crashed into moving freight train near
Murray Hill crossing, two miles west of
here at $50 this morning and several cnrs
were smashed almost to splinters. So far
as known twelve were killed and dozen
or more seriously injured.
A misplaced switch was the cause OF
the accident, the west bound train taking
the wrong track on which was the east
bound freight. The train which left
Montreal at eight o'clock last night, con-
sisted of express, mail and baggage cars,
a second class car, one first class coach
aDd two Pullman sleepers. The second
class car was next to the baggage car and
ahead Of the first class coach and sleepers.
1t was pretty we'll filed with people there
being twenty or more passengers in it
and hardly any of them escaped without
| injnry. Between Belleville and Murray
Hill crossing the railroad is single track
the only single place of track between
Toronto and Montreal. At Murray Hill
crossing the west bound express usually
leaves the single track and takes the
double track. and 1t was about mile
and half west of this point that the ac-
cident occurred.
Whether or not the signals were right
will never be known from the engineer or
fireInen of the wrecked train, for they are
| both dead. Both engines were totally
destroyed and the freight engine was
thrown completely over the messenger
engine into the itoh beyond. The engi-
neer and fireman of the freight engine,
Thomas Ivans and Alex Ioppin, both OF
Toronto, jumped and escaped with slight
injuries w. II. Brady, engineer Of
Belleville, and John Mcdonald, fireman
of Belleviile, who were in charge OF the
passenger engine were killed, The
Qreatest destruction was wrought in the
second class car which was full OF passen
gers including a number Of cattlemen
and Poles The bag sage Car was driven
| into and slost completely through 1t.
the passengers being crushed and manaled
underneath the timberS of the car. The
mail car was forced right on top OF the
baggage car and the express car was
partially wrecked. The first class car was
injured, as were also the two slespers,
although the passengers were awakened
by the shock. The work Of pulling out
! the dead and injured was commenced Inn
mediately, but it was late this morning
before all the bodies were got out.
Some of than were SO horribly mangled
that recognition was almost impossible.
The injured were taken to the hospital at
Belleville.
Dead William Luness, cattle drover.
Toro to; Charles Goodchild, cattle
drover. Toronto; John Casey, engineer,
off duty, Bellevills; William Braliy, engi
neer, Montreal express. Bellevillo; Mario
G. Kern, native of Russia; George
Habruch, and Katerine Habruch, natives
of Russia; three other Russians, man,
woman and female child, all unidentified; !;
unknown man, legs and part OF trunk
only recovered ALI the Russians had
through tickets to Cincinnati. They ar
rived at Quebec last week on the steamer
Laarcntian.
Injure William Kinnear, PRESCOTT
| wounded about She head; John Newman,
baggagsmaster. Toronto, bad scalp
| wounds; Leon La Blanc, baggagemRster,
Montreal, slightly wounded; John Mo
Namara, fireman, Brockville, condition
critical; Albert Tracey. Toronto. legs in
| jnred; A. 2. Walker, fireman. Belleville,
face injured; Frederick ohen, German,
thigh fractured and skull thought to be
crushed; G. Paulin, Chesley, injured
slightly A. Carey, Corburg. SHOULDER
fractured; B. Baokus, Brockville, face
laoerated.