The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-30
ractured jaw, bruises considered Sc

j. A. Lamont, wyoming, Ont, frac-
tured leg and lacerated body.
Mrs. ". Colt and daughter, London,
slightly injured.
w. H. Cole and wife, Flint, Mich.
slightly injured.
R. K. Mcdonald, Strathoy, slightly in
jured.
Mrs. I. n. Byrns, sarnia, Ont, slightly
injured.
Anime Sinclair, Komoka, Ont, slight
~ injured.
Miss Flossie Cuthbertson, Port Huron,
slightly injured.
Mrs. Pugsley, London. slightly injured.
R. Jackson, slightly injured.
CARING FOR THE INJURED.
Opiates were administered to lessen the
agonies of the wounded, aggravated as
they were by the unavoidable Earring and
jerking Of the car. AS soon as news of
the wreck was received in London, the
Grand Trunk officials began arranging
for caring for the injured at Victoria
Hospital on South street. The tracks Of
the Delaware and Lake Erie Railroad
within 2 block ami n half from the hos
pital and the hospital car was transferred
to them and run as closely as possible
to the hospital. Twenty eXtemporizcd
ambulances were in waiting. Strong arms
carried the wounded and torn people
kindly, carefully and they were hurried
to the hospital. I. was $50 o'clock when
they arrived and il an hour all had been
put to bed tcmp ora"ily awaiting cNa1ni-
ration and surgical treatment. CHtll
noon the surgeons worked over them.
Ed De Beuss, of Prescott, Ontario, and
Lottie Lynch, of Port Huron, Mich, died
soon after they were received at the hos
pital. Several of the lesser injured per-
sons left the hospital this evening. To-
night all those still there are expected
to recover although internal injuries or
failure to recover from the awful shock
may result fatally in one or two cases.
When the second Pullman car arrived
in the city at 10 o'clock it was met with
undertaker's g instead of ambulan-
ces. Twenty-Five bodies were in the
berths behind the closed curtains. The
broken forms were placed in collins in the
freight sheds and then removed to the
morgue, where the work of Identification
was begun. At 10 o'clock tonight only
one unclaimed and unknown body still re- |
manned at the Ferguson morgue.
Tonight at Waterford, DR.. \. E. Har-
cey, county coroner, impanellcd a jury to
investigate the wreck and decide if pos
sible on it's cause. After electing a fore
man the jury adjourned until MonIay.
when the investigation will be begun. Up
TO a late hour tonight Andrew Carson, the
at Waterford, whose mistake,
TrainmaSter Price says caused the wreck,
had not been placed under arrest. Con-
Iuctor McAuliie, of the express said to-
that the freight crew had opened the
switch and that train had
to move into it when the collision
A minute or two moro and the
train would have been safely side
racked. Trainmaste Price says that
10000 will cover the loss to rolling stock
nd equipments. The line was cleared
Don after noon and tonight the she'll of
he baggage car lies on one side of the
rack, surrounded by the wreckage of
he telescoped day coach. On the other
the two engines are piled in q heap.
FAILED TO DELIVER ORDERS.
Master of Transportation Price of this
says it was the agent and operator
t Waterford, the next station east of
who failed to deliver to the ]
rain crew of No. 5 their orders to pass
ne freight train at Wanstead. Train t
raster Price says that in explanation of i
lie mistake that brought such terrible /
ssults, the operator says he understood {
lie dispatcher to kill the orders for No.
to pass the freight at Wanstead, but ;
is denied in the dispatcher's office :
ere that the order was killed. :
The Pacific Express, which was late c
I'd endeavoring to make up time, was q
adc up of two Pullman cars, two day j,
and two baggage cars. The en- t
neer opened wide his throttle as he n
llled out Of Waterford at 9:5S o'clock. t;
blizzard was raging and the air vas +
lick with snow sWirls. The train was r.
DIVIDED with people returning from holt
y trips. o.
Number five was running fully fifty t
an hour through the blizzard when Il
the Wanstead siding the headlight of +
e freight engine doomed up through the o
ow. 1t was impossible to see a hun r;
ed feet ahead, because Of the snow, a,
d the trains crashed together almost in
fore the engine crews realized thu a Ii
llision was imminent. The impact a.
rev the two engines clear off the track u,
the right hand side. tt
The two day coaches of the express sc
re between the heavily loaded bag p
cars and the weighty Pullmans
it'll a terrific grinding crash the rear W
ggage car was driven into the coach {
three-fourths Of its length. and in a al
inkling q score of the occupants were "a
I'D and two score more We're pinned
Wn in the wreckage crushed and CO
lngled. The horror of fire was merci-
~ spared the suffering persons buried
the wreck. A little flame broke out,
t the uninjured passengers e~xtinguish-
it with snow before it could gain any
dWay. The occupants Of the two ,
cars and the Sunday coach II
armed out of their cars to the rescue. -
perfect bedlam of noises greeted them. W
g hiss of escaping steam from the
ecked engines mingled with the pite- ~
cries of the unfortunates pinned down cil
the ruins. The bitter cold wind and
wv added to their suffering. Volunteer OF
cue parties were Immediately formed ~
l did heroic work. e
de
'ELIEF TRAINS RUSH TO SCENE. "a,
a brakeman had rushed
ough the storm to the telegraph office lis