The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
AMERICANS KILLED
FEARFUL WRICE OF PASSENGER
TRAIN NEAR LONDON.
srsciaI Train Bound for Lonoon
.Iunps the Rails-strlkes a Freight,
then Crashes into Bridge, "here
PASSENGER Car Is splintered-Dead
Number Twenty-three'

special. carrying 45 passengers VINO
| had debarked Saturday night from the
steamer \ York, from New YORK.
lime %. was wrecked at Salisbury
eight miles from London, at 2 o'clock
sunday morning. Twenty-three pas
sengers were killed and seven in
jured.
Following is the list Of the first cab
in passengers dead:
Barwick, Walter, Toronto, ont.
Cassier. Louis. Trumbull, Conn.
Cossitt, Frederick Henry, New
York.
Elphicke, Mrs. c. w. Chicago.
Harring, Dudley, 316 West Ninety
seventh street, New York.
Hitchcock, Mrs. l.. N, 261 Central
Park West, New York.
Howieson, Miss Mary f, 81 West
Thirty-frst street, New York.
King, Rev. L. L., Toronto, Ont.
Koch, Frank w. Allentown, Pa.
Mcdonald, John E, New York.
McMeekin, F. c., New York City.
Pipon, C. A, Toronto, Ont.
Sentell, Mrs. C. E. w, New York
City.
Sentell, mss Blanche NJ, New .ork
City.
sentell, Miss Gertrude M, New
York City.
Smith, Mrs. Dayton, Ohio.
C-;tL Nc, EI,opar noxvtDn ohio
Smith, Gerard, Dayton, OHIO.
White, Mrs. Lillian Hurd, 424 Fifth
venue, New York.
The following second cabin passen-
,ers are dead:
GeoppingeT Louis, address I'M
,nown.
Keeler, Jules, address unobtainable.
Thompson, Wan, addr SIS unob-
ainable.
The following are the first cabin
.,assengers injured:
Allen, G.. H.. ", New York City.
Critcnell, Robert s., Chicago.
Griswold, Miss L. s., Address unob-
ainable.
Hitchcock, Hiss NJ, New York
'ity.
Koch, Mrs, Allentown, a.
Koch, SIS Anna, Allentown, Pa.
The following second cabin rassen-
er was injured:
The train had passed the salisbury
rect platform at very high speed. At
sharp curve just outside of town
he locomotive jumped the track and,
lowing up the rails, crashed into a
estbound freight train. The engine
ounted the Orders of the railway
'ldge over the river Avon and turned !
rite. There were three passenger I
'aches in the train. The first of t
lese shot ahead of the locomotive
I'd crashed into the railroad bridge 7
Id was smashed into splinters. por- S
Dns OF the wreck being hurled COM T
etely over the bridge. The second '
ID third passengers were toppIed 1
'er on e~e line and completely de- f
royed. The conductors van. con- 7
ming a cooks kitchen, was saved v
the conductor, who promptly ap- h
the brakes. 3,
rescue parties set out working in ii
ahtiy' but to little purpose, and the v
Jured were forced to remain buried T
the debris a long time. AS the hod. +.
OF the dead were extricated they W
ire lald In rows on the station Mat
III awaiting Identification. All the r
yslclans in Salisbury were sum. "
and devoted themselves to at. r.
ldlng the wounded. IN
ne body of the engineer was found h,
Top OF the firebox charred beyond IL
soshltlon. 1t was necessary to saw
ay part OF the compartments of the q,
I"ay coaches in order IN ~reIeoso 90
survivors and to secure the bodies ar
u ueau' In one compartment all II,
'ne passengers except two were
ieu and the rescue of the SURVIVORS 90
; exceedingly difficult. -
ne injured were later removed n bo
lsbury infrmary. ~
me late hour of the New vor,,,u 0''
al at plymouth saved MANY 1ivos 10
carried more than 60 ~travelers Co. -
,,o Tn' Dut many of them elected to no
vel Oh comfortably to Soutbamnton Iii
peleience to the late landing Of
luIh and the long night ride Wi
me country. If the New YorL A.,
made a faster passage tbe son,IaH Wv
VI me dead and injured would