New-York tribune., 1898-11-16
TWELVE CRUSHED TO DEATH.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO a GRAND TRUNK
EXPRESS TRAIN.

MORE THAN ! DOZEN l\jl KID ~ ~
SWITCH THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK
Trenton. Ont Nov. 15.-A Grand Trunk eX-
press train bound for Toronto crashed INTO
moving freight train near Murray hill cross
ing. two miles west Of here at J;jo O'Clock
ttis morning and severcl cars were smashed
almost to splinters SO far as known twelve
persons were killed and a dozen or more seri-
ously injured.
KILLED
BRADY. H.. engineer.
CASEY. John engineer.
GOODrHIlD James. Grover. o. Toronto.
HABRlCH George. native Of Russia.
HABRICH Katrinc. native " Russia
KERN Moru native of Ru.sia
II NESS. William. u Toronto.
MACpONAID John. fireman o, Montreal
Three other Russians-msn. woman and female 'h' al
Unidentified.
Unknown man legs and part trunk only recovered.
All the Russian party mad through tickets to
Cincinnati They arrived at Quebec last week
on the steamship Laurentnian
INJURED
BACKUS r. - BrockyiIe.
CAIN. Frcderics of wickand. seriously injured
CAREY. \ of ColourE severe scalp TsGnds s1r ,.c,,a
COHEN. Frederick. Germin immigrant tnish rao'u'e"'
KINNEAR william n Prescott. not seriously Injured
LEBLANc. l.. q Montreal. baggage man of passenger
train head badly crushed.
MNAMARA John fireman o' Brock'ile severe in
juries 10 head. die.
NEWMAN James Of Toronto. train hand scalp wound
and other injuries
rAULIN George catte-tcaier % Toronto. so'ere} in
TRACEY. Albert o. Prescott laborer. slight Injuries
WALKER. p. q Bcleyiile. scalp wounds and
Several unknown foreigners probably Pole. Including an
elderly woman ani child
\ misplaced switch was the cause of the aop-
dent the wcstbound train taking the Wrons
track on which the eastbound reigh''
The train. which left Montreal at O'Clock
last night. consisted or express. mail and hag-
gage cars. A second-class car. one hrst-class
coach and two Pullman seepers. The second
class car WAS next TO the baggage-car and
ahead NJ the frst-class coach and sleepers.
There were twenty or more passengers in H.
and hardly anv OF them escaped without in
jury
Retween Relleviue and the Murray Hill cross
ing the road is single-tracked. the only piece
OF single track between Toronto and Montreal
At Murray Hill crossing the wcstoound *
presS usually leaves the single track ana taxes
the double track and it was about mhe ana
a half west Of this point that the accident oc-
Cured
Whether the signals were right or not this
morning Will never be known from the engineer
or fireman Of the wrecked train. for they are
both dead. Both engines were totally destroyed
and the freight engine was thrown completely
yer he passenger engine into the ditch beyond
The engineer and fireman Of the freight engine.
Thomas Ivcns and Alexander Toppn, both Of
Toronto. jumped and escaped witn slight in
juries ". II. Brady engineer. Of Belleville
and John Mcdonald fireman. Of Belleville who
We're in charge Of the passenger engine. were
killed.
The greatest destruction was wrought in the
second-class car. which was full of passengers.
including a number Of cattlemen and party Of
Poles. Tho bagsage-car was driven into and al
most completely through il. the passengers be
ing crushed and manglcd underneath the tim
hcrs Of the car The macar was forced on top
Of the bageage-car. and the eXpress-car was
partially wrecked. The hrst-cass un-
injured. also the two sleepers. al
though the passengers were awakened by the
shock The york of taking out the dead and
injured began Immediately but II was late this
morning before all the bodies were taken out.
Some Of them horribly manged that
recognition was almost impossible. The injured
were taken to the hospital at Bclleville.