The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
SCORE ARE KILLED
American. Tourists Victims Of
Train Wreck in England.
CATASTROPHE HORRIBLE
Nearly All the Dead Were Persons
Who Had Just Arrived At Ply
mouth on Steamer New York
For London.

For London.
Driving at mad pace over the
London Southwestern Railway, the
American line express, carrying 43
Of the steamer New York's passengers
from Plymouth to London, plunged
from the track just after passing the
station at Salisbury, England, at 1:57
o'clock Sunday morning, and mangled
to death in its wreckage % passe1-
gers who sailed from New York on
June 23d, and four Of the trainmen.
Besides those to whom death came
speedily, a dozen persons were in.
jured, some Of them seriously.
Following is a list Of the first cabia
passengers dead: W. BaSwick, Toron~
to; Louis Cassier, Trumbull, Conn.,;
Frederick H. Cossitt New York; Mrs.
G. w. Elphicke, Chicago; Dudley p.
Harding, New York; Mrs. L. N. Hitca-
cock, New York; Miss Mary E. Howie-
son, New York; Rev. E. L. King To
ronto; Frank w. Koch, Allentown,
Tenn; John E. Mcdonald, New York;
C. F. McMeekin, New York, c. A.
Pipon, Toronto; Charles E. Senten,
Mrs. E. w. Sentell, New York; Miss
Blanche NJ. Sentell, New York; Miss
Gertrude NJ. Sentell, New York; Miss
Elearora Smith, Dayton, O.; Mrs. Wal
ter w. Smith, Dayton, o.; Gerard
Smith, Dayton, O.; Mrs. Hillias Hurd
Waite, New York.
The following second cabin passen-
gers, address unobtainable, are dead:
Lewis Goephinger, Jose Keller, W. II.
Thompson.
Six firstclass cabin passengers were
more or less seriously injured.
The late hour of the New York's
arrival at Plymouth saved many lives.
She carried more than 60 travellers
for London, but many Of them elect
ed to travel On comfortably to South
ampton in preference to the Late land
ing at Plymouth, and the night ride
across the country. If the New. York
had made a faster passage, the roster
of the dead and injured would have
been longer.
The wrecked train consisted OF a
powerful express engine, three first
class corridor carriages and one COM
bira:ion guards van and buffet. The
passengers were soon aboard and at
11:30 the express pulled out. It was
given clear track on the run OF
230 miles to London, on which the
express generally maintains a speed
of a mile a minute. Engineer Robins
quickly gave the engine her head, and
the special was soon speeding swiftly
through the night. 1t ran on safely
without incident until it entered the
railway yard at Salisbury, when the
passengers noted that the coaches be-
gan swaying from side to side. Sub
seouently at the end Of the long plat
form VIXEN the track begins to curve
towards the bridge spanning, Fisher
ton street, the engine seemed fairly
to leap from the track.
Lurching forward, the locomotive
plunged against the standards and
girders of the bridge. The bridge
withstood the impact and, rebound1ng
the engine crashed into another en-
gine, which was standing on a sid
ing, and overturned.
The wreckage of the two engines
interlocked in broken mass Of twist
ed steel. The first coach shot over
the engines and careened onward un-
til II was hurled against the parapet
of the bridge and smashed into frag-
ments, killing or manning almost ev-
cry occupant.
The second coach lurched forward
and rolled towards a stationary train
and practically destroyed itself.
The third coach dashed forward
with the rest, overturned and col
lapsed.
The guards van and buffet, the
rear-most car of the train, plowed
forward, injuring scme Of It's occu-
pants, but pract cally maintained its
equilibrium.
When the crashing Of the wreck
was passed, there came the cries OF
the injured.
Relief came quickly, although 1t was
an hour before the last body was
dragged frcm the wreck.