The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-06
AMERICANS DIE IN
WRECK NEAR LONDON
They Had Just Left a Steam
ship and Were Speeding
to English City.
ENGINE JUMPED A
BeIated Arrival of Vessel Saved Many
as Several Who Planned to Debark
Remained on Board at the
Last Moment.

Salisbury, Eng. July 3.-Driving q
a mad pace over the London South
western railway the American line ex-
press, carrying forty-three Of the
steamer New York's passengers from
Plymouth to London, plunged from the
track just after. passing the station
here early Sunday morning and man
gled to death in its wreckage wenty-
three passengers who sailed from New
York June %, and four of the train
men.
Besides those to whom death came
speedily a dozen persons were injured,
some of them seriously.
The Death List.
Following is the list OF first cabin
! passengers dead:
BARWICk. WALTER, Of Toronto,
Ont
CASTER. LOUIS, of Trumbull,
cossITy, FREDERICK HENRY, of
PHICKR, E. L., and MRS. c. W.. of
Chicago.
HARDING, DUDLEY p, of s1s West
N%inety-f1fth street, New York.
H1TCHCoCK. MRS. L. N, of ZIG
Central Park West, New York.
HOWIESON, MISS MARY f., OF 81
S'SSN AiSS W. aOths
KING, REV. E. L., of Toronto, Ont.
KOCH. FRANK w, Allentown, Pa.
M'DoNALD, JOHN E.. New York.
M'MEEkIN, c.. F., New York.
PIPON, G. A, Toronto. Ont.
SENTELL, CHARLES E, father of
E. w. Sentell.
SENTELL, MRS. E., New York.
SENTELL, MISS BLANCHE NJ,
New York.
SMITH, MRS. WALTER W., Day
SMITH. MISS ELEANOR, Day
sMTrL GERARD, Dayton, O.
WAITE, IRS. LILLIAS HURD, 424
Fifth New York.
GOEPPINGER, 19UIS, address I'M
obtainable.
KELLER, JULES, address unobtain-
lble.
THOMPSON. w. H, address unob-
.ainable.
The injured:
Allen, c. ", of New York.
Kitchell, Robert S., Chicago.
Griswold, Miss l. S., Borough Heath,
oear Epson.
Hitchcock, Miss M, New York.
Koch, Mrs, Allentown, Pa.
Koch, Miss Anna, Allentown, Pa.
Cockburn, W., London, probably rail-
way employee.
Rask. Miss NJ, Norfolk street, Park
Lane, London.
Eelated Arrival Saved Many.
The late hour of the New York's ar
.ival at Plymouth saved many lives.
She carried more than sixty travel
srs for London, but many of them
elected to ave on comfortably to
Southampton in preference to the late
landing at Plymouth and the long
night ride across the country. If the
New York had made faster passage
tho Somhar roster of tho dead and in.
1ured would nave been longer. The big
American line steamer reached Ply
mouth at 9:35 o'clock Saturday night,
and half an hour later there was a
tender alongside to receive passengers
for England. Several who had planned
to .debark and packed their baggage
decided at the last moment to remain
on board.
The train consisted of a powerful
express engine, three first class cor
ridor carriages and one combination
guards van and buffet. The passen-
press pulled out. 1t was given a clear
rack on the run of 230 miles to Lon
don, IN which the express generally
maintained an average speed of a mile
1 minute.
Driver Robbins quickly gave the en-
CINE her lead and the special was soon
speeding swiftly through the night. 1t
ran on safely and without incident until
It entered the long railway yard at Sal
lsbury, when the passengers noted that
the coaches began swaying from side
to side. Suddenly at the end of the
long platform, when h track begins tc
curve towards the bridge spanning
Fisherton street, the main avenue OF
the city, the engine seemed fairly tc
leap from the track. 1t swung acros
the adjoining track with terrific force
md destroyed the guards van of a
milk train that vas slowly steaming in
The opposite direction, killing a guard
Plunged Against Bridge.
Lurching forward. the locomotive
plunged against the standards and the
yirders of the bridge. The bridge with.
Stood the impact and, rebounding. the
engine crashed into another engine
standing on a siding and overturned
The wrecl,age of the two engines inter.
locked in a great broken mass of twist
ed steel and iron. Throughout the wil6
plunging of the engine Driver Robbins
whether alive or dead, remained in hit
cab. Hours afterward his charred body
was found grilled owe the firebox.
The first coach shot e the engine
and careened onward until it wa:
hurried against the parapet of thu
bridge and smashed into fragments
killing or manning almost every occu
pant. One mar was shot through tn
WlIlOOW, CiGdISo l1lS par hPGl LIN ASAA "
his death to the street below.
The second coach lurohed forward
and rolled towards a stationary trai1
and practically destroyed itself befor
!ts wild flight vas ended.
The third coach dashed forward
with the rest, left the rails and encoun
tered some Instructions. overturned
and collapsed.
Guard Saves His Car.
The guards van and buffet, the rear
most car of the train, was saved b.
the courage inc %quickness of Guar
Richardson. With the first shock Rich
ardson jumped forward and set tn
brakes and saved himself and his com
rades. The van plowed forward, in
turing some of it's occupants, but prac
t.caily maintained it's equilibrium.
Relief came quickly, although it wa
en- hour before the last body wa
dragged from the wreck.
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