Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-07-05
TWENTY-EiGHT PASSENGERS
NORTH AMERICAN, KILLED.
FAST TRAIN WRECKED
Going a Mile a Minute 1t Flies
the Track at Salisbury Station
and Awful Havoc is Wrought
List of the Dead and the
injured.

London, July 1.-The American
Line express, heavily laden with pas
Sengers, mostly well-to-do Americans,
was wrecked near Salisbury Sunday.
The known dead number %, more than
dozen persons are seriously injured
and score narrowly escaped.
With the compartments of the
coaches filled with tourists from the
steamship New York, the train was
proceeding at a speed of mile a
minute from Plymouth to London.
The train passed the Salisbury station
platform at 1867 o'clock. 1t con-
sisted of three first-class coaches and
one combination van and buffet.
AT the end of the long platform of
Salisbury station where the track
begins to curve toward the Fisherton
street bridge, the principal thorough
fare of the city, the engine leaped
from the track with terrific force and
destroyed the guards van of a mink
train which was slowly steaming in
the opposite direction. The guard in
the van was instantly killed.
Lurching forward the locomotive
plunged against the Orders and
standards of the bridge, but the
bridge withstood the impact and the
rebounding engine crashed into an
other engine, which was standing on
a siding and was overturned. Through
he nlt nariT npity Dab
manned in his cab and hours later his
charred body was discovered grilled
on his fire-box.
THE DEAD.
Barwick Walter, kings counsel,
Toronto, Ontario
Casser, Louis, as years old, editor
Casters Magazine, the Electrical Re-
view and the Engineer, all published
in New York. Residence at Trumbull,
N. Y. Was in England on business.
Cossitt, Frederick Henry, New
York, son-in-law of former Judge
Dugro, whose daughter he married two
weeks ago. His bride escaped injury.
They were soon to have been joined
in England by her parents, who were
to sail from New York tomorrow.
Elphicke, Mrs. Charles W., OF
Evanston, wife of C. W. Elphicke, en-
gagged in the insurance business in
Chicago. A daughter who accom-
panied Mrs, Elphicke escaped injury.
Goeppinger, Louis, second-class pas
senger.
Hitchcock, Mrs. L. N, Central Park
West, New York.
Harding, Dudley p, 1916 West
Ninety-fifth street, New York.
Howieson, Miss -, supposed 10
be a milliner at 81 West Thirty-first
street, New York.
Keeler, Jules, second-class passen-
ger, said to be noted acrobat
King, Rev. E. L., of Trinity College,
Toronto, Ont.
Koch. Frank W., 81 years old, of
Allentown, Pa, where he was senior
member of the clothing firm of KOCH
Brothers and owner of the Hotel
Allen. Mrs. Koch and daughter Anna
were both injured in the accident.
MDonald, John e. (best known as
Jack McDonald), horseman, ZIG
West Seventy-second street, New
York.
MMeekin, c. F., Lexington avenue,
New York.
Pipon, c. A., agent OF the America
Line Toronto Ont
Robins, -, engine driver.
Sectell, Miss Blanche NJ, New
York.
Sentell, Mrs. E. w, New York.
Sentell, Miss Gertrude, New York.
Sentell, Charles E., lawyer, of 16
Exchange place, New York; residence,
271 Decatur street, Brooklyn.
Smith, Miss Eleanor, Dayton, Ohio.
Smith, Gerard, Dayton, Ohio.
Smith, Mrs. Walter W, Dayton.
Ohio.
Thompson, William, second-class
passenger.
Waite, Mrs. Lillian Hurd, milliner
at 424 Fifth avenue, New York.
Three unidentified women.