Connecticut western news., 1906-07-05
Iwenty-three Tourists Kill- ed In Railroad Disaster.
FAST TRAIN LEAVES RAILS
Curve Near Salisbury Fatal to
 American Line Express ID
MAY0R M'QELLANS CLOSE SHAVE

New York Executive Decided at Last Moment to Remain Aboard Steamer New York. From Which Victims Had Debarted - Death of Young Bride groom Pathetic Feature of the Wreck. His Wife Being Among the uniniured - Cause of Accident Not Yet Positively Known, but Racing Speed Is Blamed.
 Salisbury. England. July 4.-Driving at a mad pace over the London South western railway the American line ex- press. carrying forty-three of the steamer New York's passengers from Plymouth to London, plunged from the track just after passing the sta ton here and mangied to death in its wreckage twenty-three passengers who sailed from New York June 2S and four of the trainmen. Besides those to whom death came speedily about if teen persons were injured
 Following is the list of the first class passengers dead:
 Barwick. Walter. of Toronto. Ont Cassier, Louis, of Trumhull. Conn Cossitt, Frederick Henry. of New York
 Elphicke. Mrs c. W. Chicago.
 Harding. Dudley P, S16 West Nine ty-fifth street New York
 Hitchcock. Mrs, L. N., a16 Central Park West. New York.
 Howieson. Miss Mary F., S1 West Tnirty-first street, New York.
 King. Rev. E. L., Toronto. Ont.
 Koch. Frank w. Allentown. Ia. Mcdonald, John E., New York.
 McMeekin. c. F.. New York.
 Pipon, c. A.. Toronto. Ont.
 Sentell. Mrs. E. w, New York
 Sentell. Miss Blanche NJ. New York. Sentell. Miss Gertrude M-. New York Senteli. Charles E., New York.
 Smith, Mrs. Walter w. Dayton, O. Smith, Miss Eleanor. Dayton, O.
 Smith, Gerard. Dayton. O.
 Waite. Mrs. Lillias Hurd, 424 Fifth avenue. New York.
 
 gers are dead:
 Goeppinger. Louis. address unobtain- able.
 Keeler. Jules. address unobtainahle. Thompson. w., address unobtainable- The following are the first class pas sengers injured:
 Allen. c. H. ". New York city.
 Critchell, Robert s. Chicago.
 Griswold. Mrs l. s. Borough Heath, Epsom. England
 Hitchcock, Miss M., New York city. Koch. Mrs. Allentown. Pa.
 Sentell, E. w, New York City. The following second cabin passen- ger was injured:
 Rask. Miss M, London
 Four members of the train crew also met death. and about fifteen persons were seriously injured. It is feared that several of the injured may die.
 Late Arrival of Ship Saves Lives. The late hour of the New York ar rival at Plymouth saved many lives. She carried more than sixty travellers for London, but many of them elected to travel on comfortably to Southamp- ton in preference to the late landing at Plymouth and the long night ride across the country.
 The train reached Salisbury at o'clock in the morning and passed the station platforms at very high speed. Just outside the station the locomotive jumped from the track at a sharp curve and. blowing up the rails, crash rT~1,y engine mounted the girders of the rail- way bridge over the river Avon and turned turtle. The first coach shot past the locomotive and crashed into the railway bridge and was smashed into splinters. portions of the wreck being hurled completely over the bridge. The second and third passenger cars were toppled over on the line and complete- ly annihilated. The conductors van. by the conductor, who promptly ap- piled the brakes. The scene was ap- palling.
 Deepest sympathy has been express ed in parliament. The inquest has been adjourned for two weeks. Per sistent reports are being circulated that the accident was due to the high speed at which the train was running and that the reason for this was the competition between different lines practically q race being in progress.
 Every independent effort 10 discover the cause of the accident has thus fIi failed. and the officials say they alSC are in tho dark. Railroad engineers experts and representatives of the cor oner and board Of trade have examin ed. inch by inch. the rails on which tho disaster occurred. but apparently witt no result The confusion is acceltu3r ed by the death of the engineer anC fireman.
 By thc merest chance Mayor Geo-S,