The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-02

left Plymouth by a special train at mid
night Saturday. were the victims Of one
OF the most deadly disasters in English
railway history at Salisbury, two hours
later, when the locomotive jumped the
rails and dashed first into a milk train
on a siding and then against the girders
of a bridge.
The whole train was literally demol-
ished out OF 81 passengers. % were
killed and 10 injured. Only nine escaped.
Three railway employees were killed In ad :
diton TO the passengers.
THE DEAD.
BARWick, WALTER. Toronto. Ont.
CAssIER, LOUIS, Trumbull. Ont.
cossiTT, FREDERICK HENRY, New
York.
ELPHIck, Mrs. c. W., Chicago.
HARDING, DUDLEY p, New York
HITCHCOCK, Mrs. l.. r., New York
HoWIEsON, Miss MARY r., New York.
KING, REV. e. L., Toronto.
KOCH, FRANK W., Allentown, Pa.
MCDONALD, JOHN e., New York.
MMEEKiN, c. r., New York.
PiPON, c. A., Toronto, ont.
sENTEIL, Mrs. W., New York
sENTELL, Miss BLANCHE NJ, New
York.
sENTELL, Miss GERTRUDE M. New
York.
sENTELL, CHARLES &, New York
SMITH, Niles ELEANOR, Dayton. o.
SMITH, GERARD, Dayton. o.
WAITE, Mrs. LiLLiAs HURD, New
York.
The following second-class passengers
are dead
ooPPINoER, LOUIS, address unobtain-
able.
KELLER, JULES. address unobtain-
able.
THOMPSON. w. p. address unobtain-
able.
The following are the hrst-class pas
sengers injured:
ALLEN G. H. ", Fair Haven w.
CRITCHELL. ROBERT s., Chicago. H.
GRISWoLD, Miss I. s. address un-
obtainahle.
HITCHCOCK, Miss NJ. New York city.
KOCH Mrs, Allentown, Pa.
KOCH, Miss ANNA e., Allentown, Pa.
sENTELL. f. w. New York city
THE INJURED.
The following second-ca passenger
was injured:
BASK, Miss NJ. address unobtainable
The engineer and fireman OF the boat
train were among the trainmen killed. ana
Walter Passmore and n guard named
Chennicour were injured.
DELAY SAVES MANY
The New York. with full passenger
list. had a slow voyage. She should
have arrived at Plymouth in the middle Of
the afternoon. In that case all the Lon
don bound passengers would, according
10 custom. have landed at that port.
They had the option, however, OF con-
tinuing the voyage TO Cherbourg and
Southampton. as Mr. and Mrs. Longworth
did in similar circumstances a month ago.
A majority OF the passengers decided Sat
~ xyh
lateness OF the steamers arrival would
necessitate a long night journey. TO stick
TO the ship and make a more comfortable
daylight trip from Southampton this af-
ternoon.
Each passenger in making this appar-
emily unimportant choice literally decided
the question OF life or death.
Mayor Mcclellan was one Of the last TO
choose the Southampton route. He had
decided 10 go To London by the quickest
way, and It was only at the last moment
that he yielded TO the persuasion of his
wife 10 remais with her until she reached
Cherbourg, where she was to disemoark
for Paris.
1t was a comparatively small company
who bade their fellow passengers ecod-by
when the tender went alongside the New
York inside the Plymouth breakwater.
About an hour was occupied In the Gus
toms inspection and preparations Tor de-
parture on the wharf at Davenport ana
the train pulled out jus, after IL O'CLOCK
HIGH SPEED.
1t is customary TO run these boat spe-
clas at an average speed OF 90 miles an
hour for the whole distance OF $50 niles
to London. and the engineer, with clear
track before him, Saturday night put his
locomotive TO its best pace from the start
He had light train OF only three pas
eenger coaches and a baggage van. lie
reached Salisbury, IS miles from London,
at Just 2 o'clock. The signals were set
at safety and the train dashed through
the covered station at a speed reported
10 have been no less than 20 miles an
hour
Nobody Is able TO explain what nap
pened next Just at the eastern exit
OF the station the locomotive leaped the
rails To the left a milk train on an
adjoining track was drawing slowly on,
In the same direction as the boat special
and the derailed engine dashed frst into
he guards van at the rear OF the milk
train. This was demolished in twink
ling and the guard within was instantly
killed.
passing through this wreckage the en-
gine struck diagonally the heavy IRON
srIneipa nete TiIe street tot Of the town over which
the railroad passes -, -
The giancing blow threw the great ma.
chino In a rebounding semi-circle against
an engine standing on an opposite track.
and both were reduced to a steam -clouded
wreck, The engineer and hremen OF the
second engine were ecalded 10 death.
The Arst passenger coach also dashed
against the girders. and its whole left
side was torn out. "a II Il were paper.
in fact, the car was literally CUT IN TWO
iengthwise half OF IL falling In bits 10
The road below one OF the passengers
was ehot from the car through the bridge,
landing dead and terribly mangled IN the
shrubbery
NARROW ESCAPES
There were several miraculous escapes
among the occupants OF this carriage.
The second coach swung TO the right.
shot over the other and landed on top or
the wreck OF the two engines, where "
collapsed like n paper box. Its passengers
were all damned IN the centre, and here
most Of the fatalities occurred.
Tho third coach dashed into the general
wreck but 4. was not entirely destroyed,
and three or four Of It's occupants escaped