The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-06
q AMERICANS
KILLED IN WRECK
ENGLISH TRAIN CARRYING AMER.
icAN PASSENGERS TO LON.
DON Is WRECKED.
TRAVELS At A MAD PACt
ENGINE JUMPS THE TRACK AND
COACHES ARE DEMOLISHED
MANY INJURED.

Salisbury, England, July 3.-Travel-
ing at a mad pace over the London q
Southwestern railway, the American
line express, carrying forty-three OF
the steamer New York's passengers
from the track just after passing the
station here at 1857 o'clock yesterday
morning and mangled to death in it's
wreckage twenty-threc passengers
who sailed from New York June 23
and four of the trainmen. Besides
those to whom death came speedily, a
dozen persons were injured. some Sc
riously.
Prominent Americans Dead.
Among the dead were Walter Ber-
wick, prominent lawyer of Toronto,
Ont; Louis Cassier, Trumbull, Conn.,,
editor of the Electrical Review and
The Engineer; +. II. Cossitt New
York; Frank w. Koch wealthy man
of Allentown, Pa; Charles E. Sentill,
wife and two daughters of New York.
The late hour of the New York's ar
rival at Plymouth saved many lives
She carried more than sixty travellers
for London, but many of them elected
of Allentown, Pa. Charles Z. Sentell,
ampton in preference to the late land
ing at Plymouth and the long night
ride across the country.
A Mile a Minute.
The i'll fated train consisted of a
power express engine, three first
class corridor carriages and one COM
bination guards van ana buffet. The
passengers were entraned and at
11:3C the express pull"d out. 1t was
given a clear track on re run of 230
miles to London, on which the express
generally maintains an average speed
of a mile minute.
The train ran on safely and without
incident until it entered the long rail-
way yard OF Salisbury. when the pas
sengers noted that the coaches began
swaying from side to side. Suddenly,
at the end of the long platform, where
the track begins to curve toward the
bridge spanning Fisherton street, the
main avenue of the city, The engine
seemed fairly TO
Leap From the Track.
1t swung across the adjoining track
with terrific force and destroyed the
guards van of a milk train that was
slowly steaming in the opposite direc-
ton, killing 4 guard. Lnrching for
ward, the locomotive plunged against
the standards and girders of the
bridge. The bridge stood the impact,
and, rebounding, the enSine crashed
into another engine that was stand
ing on siding and overturned. The
wreckage of the two engines interlock-
ed in great broken mass of twisted
steel and iron. Throughout the wild
plunging of the engine Driver Robbins,
whether alive or dead. remained in
his cab. Hours afterward his charred
body was found srilled over the fire.
box
All Killed or Manned.
The first coach shot over the engine
and careened onward until it was
hurled against the parapet of the
bridge and smashed into fragments,
killing or manning almost every oc-
cupant One man was shot through
the window, cleared the parapet and
fell to his death in the street below.
The second coach lurched forward
and rolled towards a stationary train
and practically destroyed Itself before
it's wild flight was ended.
The third coach dashed forward
with the rest, left the rails and en-
corntered some obstruction, overturn-
ed and collapsed.
Guard Saves Van.
The guards van and buffet, the rear
most car of the train. was saved by
the courage and quickness of Guard
Richardson. With the first shock
Richardson jumped forward and set
the brakes and savel himself and his
comrades.
The surviving passengers and train
men describe the sLcck of the wreck
as like the discharge of heavy guns of
varied caliber, and when the crashing
OF the wreck was passed, then came
cries of the injured, some shrieking
with pain and fear and Others moaning
as if bewildered by the shock
The darkness and incre iible de-
struction made the work Of rescue ex
ceedingly difficult Several of the
dead and injured We're imprisoned in
compartments and it was necessary to
saw away the partitions in order to
effect their release Others were
caught under heavy wreckage. Sew
eral of the bodies were badly mangled
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