The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-16
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT.
September ia fearful head on coll
lision between the southbound Quebec
express and a northhouud freight
train on the Concord division OF the
Boston and Maine Railroad occurred
four miles north of Canaan Station
early to-day. due to a mistake in;
train dispatcl,ers' orders, and from a
demolished passenger coach there
were taken twenty-four dead and dy-
ing and twenty-seyen other passen-
gers. most of them seriously wound
ed Nearly all those who were In the
death car were returning from a fair
at Sherbrooke. Quebec. $50 miles
north.
was given to understand that he had
plenty of time to reach siding by the
might operator attCanaan Station, re.
ceiving, according to the superinten-
dent OF the division. a copy of the
telegraph order from the train dis
patcler at Concord. which confused
the train numbers 80 and 81.
The wreck occurred just after the
express had rounded into a straight
stretch of track. but owing to the early
morning mist neither engineer saw thal
others headlight until 1t was too late.
Th. Dead.
Those identified up to o'clock to,
night were as follows:
Timothy shanghnessey. Castle
Bar, Cue.
Mrs. ShnuEhnesscy.
Miss Annie st. Pierre, Isle verte,
Que.
Fred NJ. Phelps, Ochiltree.
Miss A. Il. Warren, Haverhill,
Mass.
Mrs. Il. G. Blake, South corinth,
Mrs. Margaret Lnrsy. Nlanche.-
ter, N. III. 5f
Mrs. Philip Gngnon, Sherbrooke.
Miss Alvlnn GIron, Nashua.
Mrs. Webster. n stiresAmnker, 3ltv-
Ing In massachusetts.
j. L.. ConSr0n, Sonlcrvtlle, Mass.
Infnnt child Of Irving Gi1ordb
s Concord, N. II.
N. IL.
John G. Duncan, bethel, VT.
L The unidentified include boy four
years old a man forty years old, a
woman of thirty years. a man of fifty
five, man thintyNfive, and four 9th
ters. Twenty-two of the bodies We're
removed to Concord during the day.
The Injured.
The most seriously injured, who
were taken to the Margaret Hitchcock
Hospital, at Hanover, N. FL, include
an unknown boy With both legs
broken, arm torn out and head In
Sjured, dying.
Mrs S Saunders, Nashua. head and
back injured
Mrs. 6. N.fsaunders, Nashua. wound
ed on head. @
Miss c.. saunders. sashna, contusions
on face.
d Miss G.. Saunders. Nashua, contnslons
injuries.
Fred Saunders, Nashua. shoulder in-8
iured.
Mrs. Hester Saunders Brockton.
Mass, head and back injured.
Charles st, Pierre, Isle Verte, que
abes internal injuries
d. 4, Batchelder, somerville. ankle
,snh!lip c,agnon, sherbrooke- Internal
injuries
John Barrett. Manchester n H.
head aud breast injured,
Miss Abby Jansen. Nashua, broken
frontal bone
story or Wreck. I.
,rhe southbound train was made up
NJ Sherbroote last evening. where II
naked IN two seepers from ouebec
and two more on the way down.
consisted OF the baggage car, pass on ger
coach and smoking car, In that order,
with the sleepers in the rear, llhs
train left White River junction at
3.SG A.. NJ. to-day, forty nlinutes late.
and followed twenty minutes later hy'
.the Montreal express over the Central
Vermont The quebec aeN press Is know
as No, 80 and the Morf'feal ain as
No 81, III IA .3a. 81 85 !. s
Meantime d northbound freight train
tl4 z !.