The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-06
WRECK ON ENGLISH RAILROAD
Express Train From -Plsmouth- o
London Observation-Disclosures Pas
sengers From American Liner New
York on the Train-Seventey-Three
Killed. Dozen Persons Injured
Many of Them seriously.

Killed. Dozen. Persons Injured
Many Of Then seriously.
Salisbury. Eng, July driving a
a mad pace The London South.
western railway, the American Line
express, carrying i3 OF the staame:
New York's passengers from Plymouth
10 London, plunged from the track Just
after passing the station here al ISL
O'Clock this morning and mangled 10
death in its wreckage % passengers
who sailed from New York. June %,
and four of the trainmen. Besides
those 20 whom death came speedily. a
dozen persons were injured. some OF
them seriously.
Following is the list Of the first Gao
in passengers dead: -
THE DEAD.
Barwick. Walter, Of Toronto, Ont.
CASTER, Louis, OF TrumbuII. Conn.
Gossi1t- Frederick Henry, ~ New
YORK.
Elphicke, Misc, ". Chicago.
Harding. Dudley P. SO West Nine
ty-ffth street, New York
Hitchcock, Mrs, In. 261 Cea.val
Park, West, New York.
Howieson. Miss Mary F. 81 Wes-
.Thirty-drst street. New York.
King, Rev. Z. l., Toronto, Ont,
Koch, Frank W, Allentown. p.
Mcdonald, John E. New York city.
McMeekin, c. F. New York city.
Pipon, ca, Toronto. Ont
sentell, Miss Gertrude, N, New York
city -,
Smith, Mrs. Walter W, Dayton. o.
Smith, Miss Eleanor, Dayton, D,
Smith, Gerard, Dayton, o.
Waite, Mrs. Lillias Hurd, 424 Fifth
avenue. New York.
The following second cabin pass-n
gers are dead:
~Goeppinger, Louis. address unob-
obtainable.
Keller, Jule, address understandable.
Thompson. W. H, address unObtain-
able.
THE INJURED,
The following first cabin passengers
we're injured:
Allen, G.. H. ". New York.
-. CritchelI, Robert S.. Chicago.
Griswold, Miss l. S., address unob-
tainable.
Hitchcock, Miss NJ. New York.
Koch. Mrs. Allentown, Pa.
Koch, Miss Anna E. Allentown, Pa.
The following second cabin passer-
ger was Injured
Rask, Miss NJ, address unobtainabe.
SHIPS LATENESS SAVED MANY.
The late hour of the New YOTk's
arrival plymouth saved many lives.
She carried more than SO travellers for
London, but many of them elected TO
travel on comfortably to southampton
in preference t the late landing al
Plymouth and the long night ride
across the country IF the, New York
had made a faster passage, the SOmbro
roster of the dead and injured would
have been longer. The big American
Line steamer reached Plymouth at 9:35
O'Clock Saturday night, and half al
hour later there was i tender along
side to receive passengers for England.
Several who had planned to -debark
and had packed their baggage, decided
at the last moment TO remain aboard.
It was a fateful decision, though Hot
dictated by any fear. The run across
the Atlantic had been pleasant. Their
were CHEEKY partings when the 'Dassen-
gers for London transferred to; the
waiting tender, wlfich steamed fer tie
Devon port landing, where he express
was lying made UP. The train consist
ed of a powerful express engine, three
first class corridor coaches M one
combination guards van and buffet.
The passengers We're soon .~entra5Aed,
and at 11:30 this express pulled out. 1t
was given alclear track on the r71l3Of
230 miles II London, on which the ex-
press generally maintains an average
speed of a mile a minute I9-@, .ty-7
}HURLS ITSELF AGAINST BRIDGE.
- Driver Robins quickly gave the en-
CINE her head and the special was soon
speeding swiftly through the night. 1t
ran on safely and without incident IN
til it entered the long railway yard at
Salisbury, when the passengers motel
that the coaches began SWaying from
side to side. Suddenly at the end OF
the long platform, when the track be
gins to curve towards the bridge spar
ming FishertOn street, the main VENUE
of the city, the engine seemed fairly to
leap from the track. It swung across
the adjoining track with terrific force
and destroyed the guards van "of a
milk train that Was slowly steaning
in he opposite direction, killing Il
guard. Lurching forward. the locomo-
tive plunged against the standards ana
girders of the bridge. The bridge
withstood the impact, and the rebound
ing engine crashed into another en-
cine which was standing on a siding.
and overturned. The wreckage of The
two engines ~interlocked in a great bro
ken mass Of twisted steel and iron.
Throughout the Wild plungang Of the
engine. Driver Robins, whether alive
or dead, remained in his cab, Hours
afterwards his charred body was found
drilled over the freb0x. D.
ONE COACH LIKE 4 MISSILE.
The first coach shot over the engine
and careened onward unnI it Washarl-
ed against TIE parapet Of the bridge
and dashed into fragments. killing. o. |
manning almost everyescclpant One
was shot through the window.
cleared the parapeI aRI srfeh to- his
death in StAe street below. --a.-~r
The second coach lurched forward