Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-07-05
GENERAL NEWS.

- N"S ihont appalling rd1lrOa
disaster known in this country In tn
last 30 years. TIE victims are al
Americans.
IWenty-three out Of the Al passen
gers who had landed at plymouth
from the steamship New York lat,
Saturday night were instantly killed
mere early yesterday morning as tn,
lying express train which was rusn
ing from that town to London was de
moilshed In a collision. Five Others
besides the Americans were almos,
Killed and "a injured seriously.
fhere were some shocking Incl
dents. A New York millionaire and
bridegroom Frederick Cossitt, who
was sitting beside his bride, was de
capitated. The bride was the daugh.
ter of Judge Dugro OF New York.
The train was the finest in Eng.
land II was most luxuriously equip.
ped and runs at 60 miles an hour.
There was curve near here, the
train usually slackening on turning.
ms train did not. 1t jumped the
track and plowed its way over the
roadbed into great freight train.
The mixup was awful The list of
Killed totaled 2S. In one compart.
nfent only one person escaped. All
: the trainmen were killed
The slaughter will cost the railway
S2,o0O,Oo0 in damages because the
English courts compute the earning
capacity as the value of male lives
destroyed.
LONDON, July AT the hospital
in Salisbury it is stated this morning
that the injured III the wreck of the
London Southwestern Boat train from
Plymouth are progressing satisfact
orily with few exceptions.
The condition of Edward Sentell OF
Brooklyn is serious. Both limbs of
Miss Rusk have been amputated.
Physicians express the opinion that
the death list will remain at 27. All
excepting four trainmen were Amerl
cans who landed from the steamer
New York.
Railway men generally have come
ia the conclusion that a broken axle
caused the wreck An official in
quiry has been ordered.
The following is the list of dead
all Americans:
BARWICK WALTER, kings coun-
sci, Toronto, Conada.
CASSIE LOUIS, Toronto. proprie.
tor of Casslers' Magazine.
CoSSET FREDERICK, Henry, N.
Y.
MRS. C. w. ELPHICKE, Chicago.
GEO. PHERING LOUIS, New York.
HARDING DUDLEY, New York.
MRS. MARY HITCHCOCK, New
York
! JULES KELLER, New York.
REV. e. L. KING, Toronto
FRANK KOCH. Allentown, Pa.
JOHN f. M'DONALD, New York
Vanderbilt's racing agent
C. F. M'MELLIN, New York; turf.
man who bred famous race horses.
c. A. PIPON. Toronto.
MRS. SANTELL. Dayton, o.
BLANCHE SANTELL. Dayton, o.
GERTRUDE SANTELL, Dayton, o.
MRS. SMITH, Dayton, o.
MRS ELEANOR SMITH, Dayton,
GERALD SMITH, Dayton. o.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, New York
MRS. LILLIAN WHITE. Hurd, N.
Y.
DETROIT, July 2.-The advocates
of equality Of the sexes in regard to
postofilce appointments have received
al EoI i,, .fa
of Postmaster Busse of Chicago.
Postmaster Warren of this city thinks
the women are united for the work
in Uncle Sans big building here.
Twenty new clerks are to be added
10 the staff. and all will be males.
Why2 The postmaster thinks. in
the first place. that the women. ply
cically, are snot adapted to the work
In this position he Is backed by his
secretary, Louis e. Wilson, who says
while women may be able to stand
eight hours at a case" and distrib-
ute mail, wnen it comes to lifting the
huge sacks they lack strength for the
operation. For feeding envelopes
into the lightning stamping machine
women might also do, but Mr.. VIII
son doubts it; while as for work at
the distributing pigeonhouses, ne de-
clares, rather unchivalrously, that
the women don't seem to have mem
ories retentive enough for successful
sortation."
Mr.. Wilson boldly adds that there
are too many women in the postof-
fee now for the good of the service;
that they are kept there mostly for
purely sentimental reasons" and he
accuses not only postoffice women,
but women workers in general of de
manding all the easy positions sim
ply because they are women"
Postmaster Warren says ne canno
help. it If the equal rights exponeat'
criticise his decision to discourage
any woman who desires to take thu
civil service examination.
OYSTER BAY, July 2.--The presi
dents vacation has begun in earnest
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