Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-02
HAD 4 F0REWARNINC New Workers Killed in England Dis- cussed Death Before Leaving
 On Their Trip
ONLY ONE LEFT OF SEVEN

journey from here of those New Workers who met such an appalling
 death in the wreck of the American line express on the London & South
 western railway at Salisbury, Eng, early yesterday morning. Forebodings that some calamity would oyertake
 them moved the Sentell family party of five to discuss the subject with
 friends on the pier just before they
 boarded the steamer and one of the party remarked with mucn solemnity that should the premonition come true the entire party would go into eternity together As matter of
 fact only one of the five survives the
 wreck. Again, seven of the others killed were old acquaintances and had travelled abroad most of them in So strong was this friendship that they had planned to hold fourth of July reunion and celebration in London. But to-day only two of the seven were alive. Still another of those whose lives were lost met his fate solely from devotion to his in- valid wife. It was the Sentens of Brooklyn who feared that they would never re- turn from their trip Charles E. Sen tell, a lawyer, with offices in this city, his mother and his father, MT and Mrs Edward w. Sentell, and his two sisters, the last named being teachers in the Brooklyn schools. made up their party. The elder MT Sentell alone escaped death.
 Many times before the family had made European trips, and there were few places on the continent they had not visited. Norway and Sweden, however, had been omitted from their former itineraries, and for year the travellers had been reading up on these countries and had made most complete preparations for the trip. On the day of sailing a large crowd of young persons. friends of the fam fly, went to the pier. Among them were something like score of teach CTS and as many pupils, to say noth- ing of large group of close acquain- tances of the elder Sentells. Some time before the cry "All for the shore" sounded a singular lull came over the laughing friends and the same thought seemed to be in the minds of all. That thought was What if something awful should happen?" Finally the silence was broken and the common thought <.~~<~n~sx,. ,,,k. ... <x., xk z. Misses sentell said with ill-feigned carelessness. Well, good friends. if anything does happen, we will all go together. It will be a family af- fair this time, surely" Talk of the premonition was kept up for some minutes and during it one of the fam lily told friend that each of them had made his or her will only few hours before. The Sentells are de- scribed as having been singularly af- fectionate and when their acquain- tances learned last night of the hor- TOT at Salisbury the conversation was vividly recalled.
 It was due to circumstances also that John E. Mcdonald, a wealthy turfman, was among the dead. That circumstance was devotion to his ail- ing wife. Two weeks ago Mir McDon- aid had planned for the voyage, but because of the illness of his wife he postponed the trip until her health was improved, when she accompan- fed him.
 When the New York sailed from her pier there were seven persons in a small group, all of whom were well known, and of all the happy crowd on the great liner no persons were more cheerful than they. Out of the seven two survive.
 Tn the party were Mrs Lillian Hurd Waite. one of the best known milli- ners in New York. and the wife of former Alderman Charles B. Waite; John E. Mcdonald and Mrs McDon- aid: Charles F. McMeekin. the Ken lucky turfman: Mrs c. w. Elphicke and her daughter of Evanston, III. and Miss Mary F.. Howieson. who conducted a millinery business in this city.
 They were all old friends and 1t was they who hoped to celebrate the nations birthday in the British cap ital. Mrs Mcdonald and Miss El- phicke alone escaped.
 Perhaps the saddest of all the an- nouncements which the cables brought to relatives and friends In New York yesterday was the message received by Judge Dugro at the Hotel Savoy from his daughter. Mrs Fred erick Cossitt. stating briefly that death had ended her brief honeymoon trip and that she would return to New York with the body of her hus- band.
 Attended by many of the supreme court judges of the city and persons prominent in New York's best so- cietv the Cossitts' wedding at the Sa- voy had been one of the most notable of the June nuptials. Miss Dugro was admired by a very large circle of friends, and her husband was one of the most popular men In Princeton. When the young couple sailed they were accompanies to the pier by many of those who attended the we'd ding. What adds to the severity of the blow is the fact that Judge Dugro and his family were to sail tomorrow to join their daughter and son-in- law fin London. All arrangements had been made for a trip on the continent together. and Judge DuEro vss ex- pecsing a message from his daughter announcing their safe arrival in Lon don when the cable was received tell s-- -r .N- ls C-Ifsnu~w