Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-07-06
TWENTy-THREE
Americans DEAD
TERRIBLE RESULTS OF A r. A
WAY WRECK IN ENGLAND.
NEW Works PASSENGERS
Had Landed at Plymouth and Were
speeding to London BY Train
When the Horrible
Crash Came.

Crash Came.
Salisbury, England.-Being driven
at a mad pace I've the London &
Southwestern railroad the American
line express, carrying 43 of the steam
er New York's passengers from Plym-
outh to London, plunged from the
track just after passing the station
here at 1857 o'clock Sunday morning,
and mangled to death in its wreck
age % passengers who sailed from
New York June % and four of the
trainmen. Besides those to whom
death came speedily a dozen were in
jured, some of them seriously.
List Of the Dead.
Following Is a list of the first cabin
passengers, dead:
Walter Barewick, of Toronto, Ont.
Louis Cassier. of Trumbull, Conn.
Frederick Henry Crossitt, of New
York, on his wedding tour.
Mrs. G. w. Elphicke, Chicago.
Dudley p. Harding. BIG West Nine
ty-fifth street, New York.
Mrs. l.. N. Hitchcock, 2G1 Central
Park west New York.
Miss May r. Howieson, 81 West
Thirty-flrst street, New York.
Rev +. l.. King, Toronto. Ont.
Frank w. Koch, Allentown, Pa.
John r. Mcdonald. New York city.
C. F. McMeekin, New York city.
c. A. PipOn, Toronto, Ont.
Mrs. T.. w. Sentell. New York city.
Miss Blanche NJ. Sentell, New York
city.
Mrs. Walter w. Smith. Dayton, o.
Miss Eleanor Smith, Dayton, o.
Gerard Smith. Dayton, o.
Mrs. Lillias Hurd Waite, 424 Fifth
avenue, New York.
The following second cabin passen.
gers are dead:
Louis Gceppinger, address unob-
tainable.
Jules Keeter, address understandable.
William Thompson, address unob-
tainable.
The Injured.
Inc arc tHe HTSt CdUlu
passengers injured:
G. II. v. Allen, New York city.
Robert S. Criticized. Chicago.
Miss |. s. GriswOld, address unob-
%tainable.
Miss NJ. Hitchcock, New York city.
Mrs. Koch. Allentown, Pa.
Miss Anna Il. Koch, Allentown, Pa.
Il. w. Sentell, New York city.
The following second cabin passen.
ger vas injured:
Miss NJ. Rask, address unobtain.
able.
Train Was Waiting For Them.
The run across the Atlantic had
partings when the passengers for
London transferred to the waiting
tender. which steamed :Or the Daven.
port landing where the express was
lying made up.
The train consisted Of a powerful
express engine, three first class cor.
lidor carriages and one combination
guards van and buffet. The passen.
gers were 500 entrained and at 1880
the express pulled out. II was given
a'clear track for the run TO London.
Scene Of the Wreck.
Driver Robins quickly gave the IN.
CINE her head and the special was sOOn
speeding swiftly through the night. 1t
ran on safely without incident until
the long railway yard at Salisbury
was reached, when the passengers
noted that the coaches began swaying
from side TO side. Suddenly at the
end of the long platform. when the
track begins to curve towards the
bridge spanning FishertOn street. the
main avenue. the engine seemed fairly
to leap from the track. 1t swung
across the adjoining track with ter.
rife force and destroyed the guards
a of a milk train that was slowly
steaming in the opposite direction.
killing a guard. iurching forward
the locomotive plunged against the
.tandards and the Orders of the
bridge. and the entire train. save the
guards van, was smashed.