Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-16
TWELVE KILLED IN A WRECK
Dosen Others Are Injured, Several Of Them
Seriously.
EXPRESS CRASHES INTO FREIGHT TRAIN
Serious Collision ON Grand Trunk
Railway Ncnr Trenton, Ont, Is
Attended by Great Loss
of Life.

TRENTON, Ont, Nov. 15.-A Grand
Trunk express train bound for Toronto
crashed into moving freight train near
Murray Hill crossing, two miles west OF
here, at $3.50 this morning and several cars
were smashed to splinters. So far as known
twelve persons 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 eastbound freight.
Tho train. which left Montreal at O'CLOCK
last night, consisted Of express. mail and
baggage cars, a second class car. one first
lass coach and two Pullman sleepers. The
seconded car was next to the baggage
car and ahead OF the first-class coach and
seepers. 1t was pretty well filled with peo-
pie. there being twenty or more passengers
in it. and hardly any Of them escaped with
out injury.
Between Bellevile and Murray Hill cross
ing the road is single tracked. the only piece
OF single track between Toronto and Mon
trcal. At Murray Hill crossing the west
bound express usually leaves the single
track and takes the double track. and 1t
was about a mile and a half west Of this
point where the accident occurred.
Whether the signals were right or not
this morning will never be known from the
engineer or fireman OF the wrecked train.
fos they were both dead. Both engines
were totally destroyed and the freight en-
gne was thrown completely over the pas
senger engine into the ditch beyond.
The engineer and fireman OF the freight
engine. Thomas Ivens and Alexander Top
pen. both of Toronto, jumped and escaped
with slight injuries. w. IL. Brady. en-
gineer, Of Belleville and John Mcdonald.
fireman. of Belleville. who were in charge OF
the passenger engine, were killed.
Passengers Are ManGled.
The greatest destruction was wrought In
the second class car. The baggage car was
driven into and almost completely through
1t, the passengers being crushed and
mangled underneath the timbers Of the car.
The mail car was forced right on top of the
baggage car and the express car was
wrecked. The frst-class car was uninjured,
as were also the two sleepers, but the pas
sengers were awakened by the shock.
The work of pulling out the dead and in
iured was commenced Immediately, but 1t
was late this morning before all the bodies
were got out. Some Of them were so horribly
mangled that recognition was almost i'm
possible. The injured were taken to the
hospital at Belleville.
The dead:
WILLIAM LuNNEss. cattle drover.
Toronto.
CHARLES cooDcHlLD. cattle drover
Toronto.
JOHN CASEY. engineer. of duty, Bellies
vile.
WILLIAM BRADY, engineer Of Montreal
express. Belleville.
JOHN ,M'DoNALD, fireman Of Montreal
| express. ,Bellev!lle.
MERLE c. KERN. native Of Russia.
GEORGE HABRICH, native Of Russia.
KATRINE HABRICH, native of Russia.
THREE OTHER RUSSIANS, man, woman
and female child, all unidentified.
UNKNOWN MAN, legs and part OF trunk
only recovered.
| All Of the Russian party had through
| tickets to Cincinnati. They arrived at Que
bee last week on the steamship Lauren
tian.
The injured:
William Kinnear. Prescott. wounded abou
the head.
| James Newman, baggageman. Torontoi
bad scalp wound.
Leon La Blanc, baggageman, Montreal
slightly injured.
John Mcnamara, fireman, Brockville; con
dition critical.
Albert Tracy, Toronto, legs injured.
A. p. Walker, fireman, Belleville; fact
injured.
Frederick Cohen. German immigrant
thigh fractured and skun thought to bt
crushed.
G. Paulin, Chesley. ILL.,, injuries slight
A. Carey, Coburg. shoulder fractured.
B, Backus. Brookville face lacerated