The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-30
Twenty Eight People Killed in
a Collision.
MANY INJURED MAY DIE
An Express and a Freight Engine Running at
High Speed Meet on the Sarnia
Branch Of the Grand Trunk
Railway.
Railway.
(By the Associated Press.)

II u loiii dCClueul III the annals OF tn
II past decade happened a short distance
from the little town Of Wanstead on thu
Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk Rail
G way, last night. The trains in collision
S were the Pacific Express and a freight
Il The express was running nearly two
hours late and was making fast time. The
y freight was endavoring to make a siding.
( to get clear Of the express, but failed
= by a minute or two.
There was a dreadful crash. the loco
{ motives reared up and fell over in a
5 ditch, the baggage car Of the express tele-
scoped the smoker and in an instant the
shrieks and cries of the wounded and the
dying filled the air. The loss of life
is twenty-eight. The injured Will number
considerably more, and many of these
may die.
Many of the dead were terribly muti;a-
ted. Heads were cut off, legs wrenched
from the bodies and the level stretch of
Snow became crimson with the blood of
the victims.
The responsibility for the accident has
not been definitely fixed, but it is be-
lieved to have been due to a telegraph
operators error.
The operator at one of the stations
where the two trains stopped gave an
order to the freight to pass number five.
the Pacific Express at Wanstead.
In the system of the Grand Trunk. this
order should have been duplicated, a copy
being given to the conductor of the ex-
press. Instead of this the conductor of
tho oynrncc roao;-yol
telling him to run right through. The
freight train in the meantime had stop
ped at Wanstead to side track and was
telescoped by the express. The binding
storm which was raging rendered objects
invisible at the distance of a few feet.
The operator at Wanstead is not usually
on duty at night, but last evening he
happened to be in the office for a short +,
time. He was going out at the door when
he heard the telegraph instrument click /
repeatedly the message stop number
five stop number FIVE
WARNED TOO LATE.
Selling a lantern the operator dashed !
for the door and as he closed it behind
him, he heard the crash Of the collision
Up the track.
There was not a house at hand to
which the injured could be carried. For
tunately however, the two Pullman cars
on the train did not sustain any dam
age. They were warm and comfortable
ana were converted into a temporary hos
p:tal. The Injuries were placed in the
berths and everything possible lone to
ease their sufferings.
Following is the list OF killed:
ALEX STEWART, Petrolia, Ont.
MRS. STEWART, Petrolia, Ont.
CorDio rT,o,o11 4a# /
J. c. GILLIES, Sarnia Tunnel.
MRS. TROTTER, Petrolia, Ont.
Fl. B. LAWRENCE, Watford, Ont.
p. S. FREEMAN, Oil Springs, Ont.
JEFFREY, London, Ont.
GLEN ROALEY, Port Huron, Mich.
GUY ID. PENCIER, Lacrosse, Wash.
DIR. PENNWARDEN, Petrolia, Ont.
RS PENNWARDEN, Petrolia, Ont.
j. II. BROCK, Brucefeld.
o. 3. BURWELL, Port Huron. Mich.
WILSON MORTON, Chicago.
MISS NELLIE GEDDEs, sarnia, Ont.
Alley 3. CAMERON, Strathoy. :
EDWARD BEUSS, died in London Hos
+,
MISS LOTTIE LYNCH, Port Huron, died !,
in London Hospital. :
EDDIE BAUS, Prescott, Ont, died in
London Hospital. /,
J. b.. BARNES. Woodstock, Ont.
n. p. LAWRENCE, Watford, Ont.
ARCHIE DOUGLAS, Alvinston, Ont. !,
MRS. RODLEY, Port Huron, Mich. :
BURKHOLDER, Sarnia. !,
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ROBERT STEVENSON, of Wyoming. |
VIOLET BROCK, aged II, of Chicago, !,
formerly of Brucefield, Ont. =
Following is a list Of passengers injured y
n the accident: u
Alex M. Stewart, business address 500 :.
Jackson avenue. Chicago, face slightly :,
has gone home. Y
Mrs. j. j. Cuthbertson, Port Huron :
Mich, face, head and hands bruised. possi. y
ply injured internally. :
Jas. j. Ramplin, Toronto, bruised ana !,
heck. -
Mrs. Samuel Cummings, Port Huron, :,
Mich, slight cuts, not serious. :
Mrs. Hattie Northey, Peterboro, Ont. !,
injured. :
Jas. r. Northey, Peterboro, Ont, bad =
y bruised, not serious. :
Mrs. Cool. Chicago, shock. possibly in
~ernally injured.
Frank E. Baker, London, dislocated
shoulder and other injuries. II
W.. NJ. Morse, wife and child. Sarnia: a.
ir. Morse fractured arm, chest injured. OF
rot serious: Mrs. Morse, shock, not Sc W
ious; child slightly injured. Il
Thomas Cool. London, business adj OF
lress. Chicago. hip injured. ii
Geo. Stacey, Wanstead, Ont, slightly q
went to his home in Waterford. CO
DR.. Basil Harvey. Chicago. lacerated L
Wound in head, some bruises, not Sc g
ious. ST
Mrs. J. NJ. Stewart and two children. 81
)skosh, WIS. Mrs. Stewart fractured back ca
nd lacerations. not serious; Earl. broken pc
Tm and collar homo IJoIo-4 e.4--
lip. ri
Russell Quinn. Chicago, burns on hand. at
calp wound, considered serious. &c
James Barnes. Woodstock, Ont, in W
lIred, not serious. n,
Beatrice Geddes. Sarnia, Ont. slightly wi
INJURED. III
J. J. Cuthbertson, Port Huron. Mich. w