The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-02-19

officially determined tonight. At
Grand Central station there was in
clination to blame the accident to
spreading rails, but later it WAS said
that it was believed that the axle of
The fist passenger coach broke.
Dismembered bodies were strung
along for distance of 100 yards.
One woman was impaled on huge
pplinters from a railroad tie. Al
though the scene Of the wreck was.
10 the heart Of thiekly populated
section, it was sometime before res.
idence reached the scene. For
tins only one physician could be
secured. Later aid ca me without
stint. ,Hags. Z. +-ts.-is q ~ = .
A sheet of electric flames that
originated from the disaster envel-
oped the rear car and for moment
thr. atened to roast the victims pin
ioned in the debris. The flames did
not, however, spread and the hor-
ror of a holocaust was averted. As
the cars fell they smashed the third
rail and Caused much danger.
In the crash, however, there was
death for many, while practically
every one in the four coaches re-
ceived injuries of some sort. Many
we're ground to pieces and for hours
Identification was almost hopeless.
As the cars went over, many of the
pa ssngers were thrown into or
through the windows and cut and
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Myron E. Evans, one Of the kill.
ed, was president of the Cape Bre-
ton Railway, Ltd, and one of the
best.known consulting engineers in
the country. He was CONSIDERED d
the greatest expert upon Canadian
railway property In the country.
Shortly after midnight Coroner
Schwannecker made a statement
in which he said: - e:~ies,.s 81.
} II have taken possession of one
of the rails and shall hold 1t for a
technical examination. In my pre-
lininary Investigation I found a
defect in this rail which indicated,
in my opinion, the place where a
big wheel, probably one of the drive
wheels of the engine, hit the rail at
point almost directly under tht
Woodlawn bridge. This rail- has a
cl:arly defined indentation which
shows where some heavy object
dropped on it. The theory. is the
dropping of this heavy object or
the rail caused 1t. to spread. One
witness said that, while passing al
) a point almost under the bridge, hs
felt the train rise up off the. tracks
and it seemed to fly through: tn,
air." .t
The coroner ordered the arrest d
Engineer Williams and his assist
ant, Stansfeld. The engineer wa,
held without bail and his assistar,
was paroled. Speculation as 10 the
speed of the train when it struck
the curve was general among sur
vivors of the wreck to base theil
estimate. According to railroad
men who have watched the trair
pass this point, the express usually
reaches the curve ten minutes after
drawing out of the station at One
Hundred and Twenty.fifth street
Ths distance between the two poinie
Is about six miles. -
Washington, Feb. 16.-The Ad.
min!stration plan to settle the Cali.
fornia Japanese situation was ap'
proved in the ser ate today by the
adoption of the senate committee
report on the immigration bill. This
report continues a provision which
authorizes the president to exclude
Japanese laborers from the United
States at his discretion. The re.
port will now go to the House foi
its approval, which is assured.
The entire day was devoted te
debate on the report. The opposi.
ton presented an alternative
plan a resolution instructing the
conferees to bring In a provision
positively prohibiting the entrances
Of japanese laborers. It was de.
clared not in order, and on motion
of Lodge an appeal from this ruling
was defeated, As to "a, being prac.
tically party vote. The conferee
report was then adopted without q
rollcall.
Toxic, Monday, Feb. 1S.-The
! Nichi Nichi, which is looked upon
as an authority in diplomatic af.
fairs, discussing the San Francisco
echool incident, says that the plac.
Ing of a restriction by the United
states on the admission Of Japan.
ese immigrants from Hawaii, which
practically seems unavoidable, ap'
pearssto be- too high priceto pay
for the solution of the school trouble
| which it says Is only q side issue. 4
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