The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Special Carrying Americans from Steamer New York
 Flies the Track
DOZEN ARE INJURED
 IN HORRIBLE CRASH
Express, Running at High Rate of Speed, Leaves Track and Beats Itself Into SpIinters.
 Scene of Horror.

Scene of Horror
 Salisbury, Eng, July 1.-Driving at a mad pace over the London and Southeast ern railway, the American line express, carrying forty-three of the steamer New York's passengers from Plymouth to Lon don, plunged from the track just after passing the station here at 1:57 o'clock this morning, and mangled to death in it's wreckage twenty-three passengers who sailed from New York June 23, and four of the trainmen. Besides to those whom death came speedily, dozen persons were injured, some of them seriously.
 The Dead.
 Following is the list of the first cabin passengers dead:
 Barwick, Walter, of Toronto, Ont Cassier, Louis, of Trumbull Conn.,
 Cossitt, Frederick H., of New York Elphyke, Mrs c. w., of Chicago.
 Harding, Dudley P, of New York. Hitchcock, Mrs. L. N, of New York. Howizon, Miss Mary F., of New York. King, Rev. E. L., of Toronto
 Koch, Frank w, of Allentown, Pa Mcdonald, John E., of New York.
 McMeekin, c. F., of New York
 Pipon, c. A.. of Toronto.
 Sentell, Charles E., of New York.
 Sentell, Mrs. E. w, of New York. Sentell, Miss Blanche M, of New York. Sentell, Miss Gertrude M, of New York Smith, Mrs. Walter w, of Dayton, O. Smith, Miss Eleanora, of Dayton, o. Smith, Gerard, of Dayton, O.
 Waite, Mrs. Hillias Hurd, of New York The following second-class passengers are dead:
 Goephinger, Leuis, address unobtainable. Keller. Joseph E. address unobtainable. ] Thompson, w. H., address unobtain- able.
 sengers injured:
 Allen, George H. ". Fair Haven, Vt. Critchell, Robert S., Chicago.
 Griswold, Miss I. S., address unobtain- able
 Hitchcock, Miss NJ, New York.
 Koch, Mrs, Allentown, Pa.
 Koch, Miss Anna E., Allentown. Pa. The following second cabin passengers were injured:
 Rask, Miss M, address unobtainable
 Many Lives Saved.
 The late hour of the New Yorks 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 Southampton in preference to the late landing at Ply ,ter,t yiI tla country.
 If the New York had made a faster pace, the roster of the dead and injured would have been longer.
 The big American line steamer reach ed Plymouth at 9:35 o'clock Saturday night, and half an hour later there was a tender along side to receive passen- gers for England. Several who had plan ned to debark and packed their baggage, decided at the last moment to remain aboard. It was a fateful decision, although rot dictated by any fear. The run across the Atlantic had been pleasant. There were cheery partings when the passen- gers for London transferred to the wait ing tender which steamed for the Devon- port landing, where the express was ly- ing made up.
 The train consisted of powerful ex- press engine, three first class corridor car riages, and one combination guards van and buffet. The passengers were soon en- trained and at II 30 the express pulled out. It was given a clear track on the run of 230 miles to London. on which the express generally maintains speed of a mile a minute.
 Speed Through Night.
 Driver Robins quickly gave the engine her head and the special was soon speed ing swiftly through the night. It ran on safely without incident until 1t entered the railway yard at Salisbury, when the messengers noted that the coaches be- gan swaying from side to side. Subse- uuently at the end of the long platform when the track begins to curve towards the bridge spanning Fisherton street. the engine seemed fairly to leap from the track It swung across the adjoining track with terrific force, and destroyed the guards van of milk train that was slowly steaming In the opposite direction, killing guard. Lurching forward. the locomotive plunged against the standard, and girders of the bridge. The bridge withstood the impact and rebounding the engine crashed into another engine. which was standing on a siding. and overturned. The wreckage of the two engines in- terlocked in a broken mass of twisted steel. Throughout the wild plunging of the engine, Driver Robins, whether alive or dead, remained in his cab. Hours af- rewards his charred body was found drilled over the firebox.
 Smashed Into Fragments.
 The first coach shot over the engine and careened onward until 1t was hurled against the parapet of the bridge, and smashed into fragments. killing or maim- ing almost every occupant. One man was shot through the window. cleared the par apet and fell to his death to the street below.
 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 collapsed.
 The guards van and buffet. the renr- most car of the train, was saved by the uuickness of Guard Richardson. With the first shock Richardson jumped forward and set the brakes The van ploug'hed forward, injuring some of its occupants but practically maintained it's equilibrium. The surviving passengers and trainmen describe the sound of the wreck as like the discharge of a series of heavy guns. When the crashing of the wreck was