Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-28
COLLISIONISTERRIDLE
rrightful Railroad Accident Occurs
on q Canadian Road.
DEMOLISHED
II Was In This Car That the Great
est Havoc Happened. the bag.
gage and Express Cars Be
lag damned Into u.

London. ont. Dee. IA head on
collision occurred at wansiead. twenty
miles west ~ this city. between a west
bound passenger train and fast east
bound freight on the northern division
OF the Grand Trunk railroad. The ex-
press was an hour behind schedule
time when Il left this city. II was Pa
cihc express No. and running at high
rate OF speed. The freight was Prov
ling slowly and was to take switch a,
wansiead to allow the passenger train
to pass
Apparently neither engine saw the
danger in time TO avert an accident.
for the two engines came together near
West switch with a frightful crash.
overturning Into the ditch. The bag
gage and expr'-'s cary telescoped into
the smoker With appalling results The
wreck vas conpleta and hardly a pas
sengor ir the smoker escaped injury.
The other cars orthe passenger train
remained on the track. Word was
quickly wired here and doctors .ere
soon on the scene. Amonk the dead
are Engineer GiIiles and fireman Of
passenger train.
The Inflated express consisted cf
two baggage cars. a smoker two frst-
class coaches and two Pullmans. The
smoker had sides knocked out OF II. the
roof falling and imprlsoning the pas.
sensers II was In this car the most
awful havoc and loss Of lie occurred /
The wreck shortly after the collision .
caught are. and but for the heroic ef-
forts ~ the passengers. led BY an old
man. himself a passenger on the train. .
the dlraster might have been more aw- 4
iul lly the heroic efforts N this brig
age they put ont the hre by throwing
snow on che flames with their hats and
hands They turned their Efforts m
ward getting out the wounded who had
tnclr sulcfings Increased by the blind /
Ing snow and the Thermometer AZ zero
Miss Cuthertson Of Port Huron
hours. but not seriously hurt
Following Is partial death list:
Edward Debeau. Edward Boise. Pres
colt. Ont: Miss Nellie Gedds. sarnia: i
Mr. Burrell. London. Nicholas Jen. 4
ries. London: Mrs. 81. r. Barnes.
Woodstock: - Gillles. sarnia Tunnel:
Alex Cameron. Pctrolia: Mr. Smith.
trainman sarnia tunnel. II " Law
renee. Waifurd. SIR and Mrs Alex
Stewart. London.
The accident h. said TO have been
due 10 the failure of the operator %
give orders 20 the express train 20
meet the freight at the station.
One Of the passengers described the
accident a. follows
I'VE were running about forty miles
an hour. when without the slightes.
warning the two trains met with ter
rife force. on examination IL was
found the two engines were In the
ditch The baggage car thrown on top
of the frst-class coach. instantly kill
ing a great many and pinnlng ahaut
fifty other passengers In the debris.
The screams. means and prayers OF the
injured were henrt-rcnhlng One wOni-
an begged for her child % be saved as
rhe was dying The little one was care
fully taken from the wreck and prob
ably will recover. The mother was
afterward released. only 60 die in few
About thirty people were
killed and forty badly injured Some =
well as every passenger did all they Z
could 20 relieve the suffcrings Of the {
Victims"
Injured are. Alex NJ Stewart. Wing. /
ham. Ont. J Cuthbcr;son and wife
Port Huron. Mich Flossla Cuthbert ]
son. James r. Ramblin, Toronto: Mrs
Samuel Cummings. Port Huron Hat
he Northey. Petersboro. Oht James
r Northey. Petershoro, Ont: N6ille ,
routts. Chicago; Frank r Baker. Inngi {
ion. Ont: W n. Moorse. wife and
'hree children. Sarnia Thomas Z
routts Chicago: George Stacey. Wan. ]
stead. Ont Edward d, Evans, Pres. I
,ott Ont. Dr Basil Harvey. Chicago. q
Mrs J NJ Stewart and child. Oshkosh,
Wis. Russell Quinn. Chicago: James =
Games. Woodstock. Ont Beatrice G
jedds Sa sia, Ont. I.ottie Lynch. ,
Port Huron. Mich: John Bierd, Chi. q
ago, Albert Limont. Wyoming. Ont. a
Mrs w. Colt and Margaret, London.
)nt; j r shawlcs. strathroy. Ont.
W H. Cole and wife. Flint. Mich.
!. X. Mcdonald. strathroy. Ont; Mrs n
+ N. Bynes. Sarnia: Annie Sinclair. :
tomoka. Ont; Mrs. Hugsley. London; =
'arl Stewart. Oshkosh. wis. \
Injured were brought 20 London.
Superintendent McGnlean OF the 4
irand Trunk NJ Montreal has unofi- :
'ial Information of twenty-five killed !,
md thirty injured.
II appears the operator. who has .
ieen with the road since 1877. failed 10 :
lotlfy the passenger train 10 meet the \,