The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-19
BAD PASSENGER WRECK

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 minutes to spare to get on to side track further down, which led to gravel pit where some of his cars were to be kicked off. He thought that he could reach that point before, the ex- press arrived, and went full speed ahead.
 One of his trains crew had set the switch of a "cross-over" in such man. ner that when the freight engine struck it 1t was turned on to the main track Engineer Sheldon did not notice this switch quickly enough to enable him to stop his train, and before he released itr the express dashed past on the other track.
 The engine of the express and the baggage car succeeded in getting by be- fore the freight engine reached the train but the second car of the train, the smoker, was struck squarely in the middle and turned over, being thrown down the steep embankment, landing on it's side in some soft, thick mud The third car on the train, a passenger coach, was dragged over by the force of the compace and likewise landed on its side in the ditch. The last car on the train stayed on the track. The trucks of the third car were torn from the bottom and remained several feet away from where 1t landed.
 The collision came with such sudden ness that the passengers in the three cars were thrown with great force from | their seats. The cars were well filled and every seat was occupied. As the cars were instantly thrown upon their sides many passengers fell upon each other, and those underneath were fore ed through the windows into the mud beneath. The broken seats and the l l e, wy pieces of timber pinned them down. Many were forced entirely through the windows by the sudden shock and the quick overturning of the cars. and fell to the ground They were unable to extricate themselves before the great cars rolled over on top of them.
 The air was filled with flying cinders and debris. The cylinder on the right side of the freight engine was torn off, and escaping steam added to the hor- TOT. For a moment every one seemed dazed, but it was only for moment. The intense pain of the wounded and the terror of those who could move be- came voiced in terrible shrieks, which, mingled with the sound of the escap- ing steam and the groans of the dying, made scene the horror of which can- not be described. The noise caused by the accident attracted crowd immed1- ately. and it was only a short time be- fore hundreds were assisting in the work of rescue. Those of the wounded who could assisted in recovering the bodies of the dead and in aiding those of their fellow passengers more seri- ously injured.
 | Before the arrival of the ambulance the injured were taken to the baggage room of the Avon station On the train was Dr. R. A. Elliott, of Avon, who was assisted in caring for the iYl- iured by Edgar Davis, of the c. A. Eaton Shoe company, MT. Davis was | slightly hurt and his face was covered with mud, which, in his anxiety to care for the wounded, he had not time to re- move.
 Conductor Cushman was missing at first, but was found later under the car and badly hurt. He said he knew noth- ing or the dCClu6II dHu Coulh Iot CNCii tell which car he was in. He was | knocked unconscious by the shock and did not even know there was an acci- dent until he was revived. His injuries were on the face and left shoulder, and he was taken to the home of his son in | BrockLon.
 All those who were killed outright seemed to be In the rear car, while most of those who were injured were in the car which was struck by the en- zine.
 One pathetic incident, and one which showed true bravery, was the case of the young woman whose body is one of those yet unidentified. She was very badly injured, but when assistance was offered she looked at her would-be ben- efactor and said Help that man over there. He's injured worse than I am." The words were hardly cut cf her mouth
 when she fell back dead.
 Miss Tomkins was eighteen years of