Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-07-07
LOSE LIFE ON
ENGLISH RAILWAY
London Southwestern Express Runs
Into Freight al Salisbury, Eng.
CLAIMED TRAIN WAS RACING

Minute Express Jumped the Track |
at Sharp Curve, Crashing Into a |
MIX Train Going In Same Direction,
Rebounding and Striking Another
Engine On a Siding, the Two Inter
locking In a Great Mass Of Broken
Iron and Steel.
bury. Fr~. July Driving at
mad pace over The London Sou D.
western rgtaay. the American Line
| O., press. carrying t3 OF the steamer
! New NCrl-'s pass Myers from Plymouth
90 London, plunged from the track just
faltcr passing tho station here at L57
| 10 cock Sunday morning and mangled
70 death in It's wreclsage % passen-
gers who sailed from New York June
% and four of the trimmer. Besides
those to whom death came speedily.
"a dozen were injured. some Of them
| seriously.
IRE Dead and Injured.
! Following is the list OF the first
cabin passenger dead: Walter Bar
wick of Toronto. Ont. Louis CASTER
OF Trumbuu. Coma. Frederick Henry
Cossitt. OF New York Mrs. c. ". FL
I phicke Chicago. Ul. Dudley p Hard
i ing. West s5th street. New York; Mrs
IL. Y Hitchcocs 261 Central Park
| West. New York. Miss Mary +. How
lesson. 81 West Slst street New York;
/, Rev E L. King Toronto, ont; Frank
b w Koch. Allentown. Pa; John +. Nc
i Donald. New York; c. T. McMeekin.
! New York city; c. A. Pipon Toronto.
a Ont: Charles C. Sentell. New York.
s Mrs. T. w. Sentou. New York city;
4 Miss Blanche N. Sontell. New York;
q Miss Gertrude ST. SentelL. New York;
: Mrs. Walter W Smith. Dayton. o.:
: I Miss Eleanor smith. Dayton. o.: Ger
y ard smith. Dayton. o.: Mrs. Lillias
Hurd Waite. 42f Fifth avenue. New
q York
The following second cabin pssseu.
Z gers are dead. louis Goeppinger. ad
f dress unknown: Jules Keller. address
% unobtainahle. w. VI. Thomas. address
p, unobtainable.
d The forlo~i-~ Gro The first cabi-
r. passengers ir-4r.f. C.. IT, Y. Alic1
S New York. RIB SO s.. C-tcheu c..
caro-. Miss T. g clt sv-rl3. address IN
ortoinahle. 'se ST. Hitchcock. New
York city: Ngs Koch. Allentown. Pa.
4 Miss Anna +. Koch. Allentown. Pa
3 The following second cabin passen
ger was injured. Hiss NJ Rask. al
dress unobtainahlo.
" The late hour of che New York's ar
m rival az Plymouth saved many lives
IN She carried more thRn 60 traveller
10 for London. but many % them electe
10 travel or comfortably 60 SouthamI
ton ia nrcfcrence TO the Kate landin
20 az Plymouth and the long night acros
l. the country. ~ the New York ha'
o made a faster passage tbe sombr
roster OF the dead and injured wouh
4 have been longer. The big Emerica
A., line steamer reached Plymouth at IS
o'clock Saturday sight. and BALI a
hour later there wss a tender alOnl
p" side 90 receive passengers for Ems
: land.
-e The t-ain consisted OF a powerfl
o- EXPRESS ercire. three arst class co
,r ridor CMche sand one combinatio
guards rar aad buffet The passci
gers we've soon entrained. ana at IT..
'o the express pulled out IT, was given
'd clear tract on the run OF $50 miles
On London ga which the express gene
te ally maintains an average speed OF
m mile a uinrtc. II ran on .mfely wit
"A out incident until Il entered the Tor
railway yard M Salisbury. whom q
passengers noted that the Coaches u
gan swayiug from side TO side. Su
ey denly at the end OF the long platforl
he when the. track begins 10 cur
he towards tLp bridge spannirS Fish'
ire ton street. ,he main avenue Of the cit
the engine. seemed fairly TO aeap fro
the track II swung across the q
Joining track with terrific fvrce a
destroyed ne guards van or mi
on train thai was slowly steamiEg In Z
ne opposite direction. killing a qua
-he I.urching forward the loGomoUi
ing plunged against the standards n
mel girders Of the bridge. Thy brid
tho vithstood the impact, and rebound:
tn engine. crashed into another
CINE which was standing or a si3i
ina sld overturned. The wreckage Of I
the wo engines interlocked ia a gT
broken mass of twisted ste,3t ana in
If TIL Toughout the wild plugging OF
hen engine. Driver Robins. whether al
oro or dead. remained in his cab Ho
efterwara his charred bs>dy WAS FOL
grfIled over the frebox.
ihs' The FIRST coach shot over the eng
can and careened onward until IL
nile hurled against the parapet OF
hisi bridge and smashed into fragme
,rrv killing or manning almost every o.
and pant One man was shot through
window. cleared the parapet and
to his death To the street below.
The second coach iurched forv
and rolled towards a stationary {
20 and practically destroyed itself be
its wild flight was ended.
The third coach dashed forward
the rest. left the rails and encount
some obstruction. overturned and