The Morris County chronicle., 1906-07-03

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Howieson, Miss Mary f., 81 West
Thirty first street, New York.
King, Rev. e. L., Toronto, Ont.
Koch, Frank w. Allentown, Pa.
Mcdonald, John b., New York.
McMeekin, @. f.. New York.
Plpon, O. A., Toronto, Ont.
Eentell, Mrs. q. W., New York.
Eentell, Miss Blanche NJ, New York.
Eentell, Miss Gertrude NJ, New York.
Eentell, Charles e., New York.
Smith, Mrs. Walter w, Dayton, o.
Smith, Miss Eleanor, Dayton, O..
Smith, Gerard, Dayton, o.
Waite, Mrs. Lillias Hurd, 424 Fifth
avenue, New York.
The following second class passen-
gers are dead:
Goeppinger, Louis. address unobtain-
able.
Keeler, Jules address unobtainable.
Thompson, W., address unobtainable.
The following are the first class pas
ssngers injured:
Allen, G. H. ", New York city.
Critchell, Robert ST. Chicago.
MA WOANs MIS- L. ~, 11OlQQf3l l1Ctt
Epsom England.
Hitchcock, Miss M, New York city.
Koch, Mrs, Allentown Pa.
SenteN, b. W., New York City.
The following second cabin passen-
ger was injured:
nask, Miss NJ London
Four members OF the train crew also
Vrank Inr%h and oI,oe.% af4on,, ,,owaox,s.
were seriously injured. 1t is feared
that several Of the injured will die.
Robert s. CritcheIl Of Chicago and
Miss l. S. Griswold of Borough Heath,
England, are still in a critical condi-
ton. q. w. Sentell Of Brooklyn, four
Members Of whose family We're killed
4 IN The wreck, is in serious condition.
partly due to the shock on learning Of
his loss.
Late Arrival Of Ship Saves Lives.
The late hour Of the New Yorh's ar
rival at Plymouth saved many lives.
She carried more than sixty travellers
for London, but many of them elected
to travel on comfortably to Southamp-
ton in preference to the late landing at
Plymouth and the long night ride
across the country.
The train reached Salisbury at 2
o'clock In the morning and passed the
station platforms at very high speed
Just outside the station the locomotive
jumped from the track at sharp
cnrve and, plowing up the rails, crash
cd into westbound freight train. The
engine mounted the girders of the rail-
way bridge over the river Avon and
turned turtle. The first coach shot past
The locomotive and crashed into the
railway bridge and was smashed into
splinters, portions of the wreck being
hurled completely over the bridge The
second and third passenger cars were
tOppled over on the line and complete
" annIhiIated. The conductors van,
containing q cooks kitchen, was saved
by the conductor, who promptly APP
piled the brakes. The scene was APP
palling.
Deepest sympathy has been express
been adjourned for two weeks. Per-
sistent reports are being circulated
that the accident was due to the high
speed at which the train was running
and that the reason for this was the
competition between different lines,
practically a race being in progress.
Every independent effort to discover
the cause Of the accident has thus far
failed, and the officials say they also
are in the dark Railroad engineers,
experts and representatives Of the cor
oner and board of trade have examin-
ed, inch by inch. the rails on which the
disaster occurred, but apparently with
no result. The confusion is accentuat-
ed by the death of the engineer and
fireman.
By the merest chance Mayor George
b. Mcclellan of New York was not on
the. wrecked train. He had an early
appointment to keep in London, and,
although the steamer was late in arriv-
ing at Plymouth. he decided to come
direct to London instead of going to
Cherbourg with Mrs. Mcclellan, who
was booked through to Paris.
Bridegroom Loses Life.
The death Of Frederick Fl. Cossitt OF
New York was perhaps the most pa
thetic feature Of the disaster. He and
his bride, who is the daughter Of
Judge p. H Dugro Of New York, were
on their wedding tour, and after visit
Ing the principal points Of interest in
Europe expected to return to New
York IN October They Travelled 10
company with friends, who on the ar
rival Of the New York at Plymouth did
their best to persuade the young cou-
pie not to leave the ship at such a late
hour, but to proceed to Southampton,
Mr. Cossltt being a bad sailor in
sisted on landing He was only twenty
one years old. AIRS cossitt was nm
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