Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-28
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fkIOhIFUL WkEUA
ON GRAND TRUNK
Iore Than a Score of Persons
Are Killed.
AS MANY OTHERS INJURED.

Trains Running At High Rate of Speed
Come Together With Appalling Re-
sults-Raglng Blizzard Adds to the
Horror.
London, Cont, Dec. 27.-tA frightful
collision occurred last night between
passenger and freight train on the
Grand Trunk railroad at Wanstead, a
station on the Sarnia branch Of the
road and according to the latest re-
ports "a persons were killed and IS
injured.
The passenger train was the Pacific
express No. 8, westbound. It was
running at a high rate of speed and
the freight which was proceeding east
under slow headway was to have talk
en- the switch at Wanstead to allow
the passenger train TO pass. Appar'
emily neither engineer saw the danger
in time to avert the accident, for the
two engines came together near the
west switch with a frightful crash,
overturning into the ditch. The bag
gage and express telescoped into the
smoker with appalling results.
The wreck was complete, and Il In
thought hardly q single passenger In
the smoker escaped injury. The
other cars of the passengers train re-
NAMED on the track. Word was
quickly sent to this city and doctors
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removing the dead and injured was
then proceeded with.
Among the known dead are:
Edward Boyse, Of Prescott, Ont.
Miss Nellie Geddes, of Sarnia.
Mr.. Barrell, of London.
Nicholas Jeffries, of London, Ont.
Mrs. ]. B. Barnes, of Woodstock.
Gillies, Sarnia Tunnel, en-
gineer of the express.
Alexander Cameron, Petrolia.
Mr.. Smith, trainman.
J. H. Lawrence, of Watford.
Fireman of the passenger engine.
The injured are
Alexander M. Stewart. Ewingham,
Ontario.
J. j. Cuthbertson and wife, Port
Huron, Mich.
Flissie Cuthbertson.
James =. Ramblin, of Toronto.
Mrs. Samuel Cummings. OF Port
Huron, Mich
Hattie Northey, of Petersboro, Ont.
James r. Northeey, Petersboro, Ont.
Nellie Coutts, of Chicago.
Frank Baker, of London, Ont.
w. N. Morse, wife and three chill.
dren, of Sarnia.
Thomas Coutts, of Chicago
George Stacy, of Wanstead, Ont.
Edward Deevans. of Prescott, Ont.
DR.. Basil Harvey, Chicago.
Mrs. J. M. Stewart and child, Of
Oshkosh, Wis.
Robert Quinn, Of Chicago.
james Ranes, Of Woodstock, Ont.
Beatrice Setides. OF Sarnia, Ont
Lottie Lynch, OF Port Huron, Mich.
John Bierd Of Chicago.
AIbettHimont. of Wyoming, Ont
Mrs. w. Cott and Margaret, of Lon
don, Ont
J. f. Shawles Strathroy. Ont.
w. H. Cole and wife, of Flint, Mich.
B. X. M. Mcdonald, of Strathroy,
Ont.
Mrs. r. N Byrnes, of Sarnia.
Annie Sinclair, of Komoka, Ont.
Mrs. Pugsley, of Oshkosh.
Carl Stewart, of Oshkosh, Wis.
OF the trainmen. the fireman OF the
express was killed, the engineer, Nc.
Kenzie. escaping TIE engineer and
fireman Of the freight are missing
The illfated express consisted Of two
baggage cars, smoker, two flrst-class
coaches and two Pullmans. The
smoker had the sides knocked out OF
It, the roof falling and imprisoning
the passengers 1t was in this car
that most Of the awful havoc and loss
of life occurred The wreck shortly
after the collision caught fire, and but
for the help Of passengers, led by an
old man, himself a passenger on the
Inflated train. the disaster might have
been more disastrous. BY heroic Of.
forts this brigade put out the fire by
throwing snow on the flames with
their hats and hands. They then
turned their efforts to getting out the
wounded, who had their suGerings in.
creased by binding snow and the
thermometer near zero.
A Miss Cuthberson, OF Port Hu'
ron. was imprisoned under the wreck
rwo hours hut Was not O0g1vugTy Ys~
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ms dead and injured are arriving
in London by special train this morn.
ing, and the work of identifying the
dead and cs@ing for the sufferers is
beng hurried as fast as possible.
The accident 10 gafa to have been