New-York tribune., 1907-09-16
TRAINS in CRASH;
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD.
TWENTY-SEVEN INJURED
NE4R C4NA4N, ". HI.
b. s ". Freight Hits Express in
Morning FOg-Train Dis
pdtcher Blamed.

Quebec Express and a nOrthbOuHd freight train
on the Concord division Of the Boston & Maine
RAILROAD occurred four miles north Of Canaan
station. N H. early to-day. due to mistake IN
train dispatCher's orders. and from demolished
passenger coach there were taken out twenty
five dead and dying all of whom have since sue.
cumbed to their injuries. and twenty-seven other
passengers more or less seriously injured Nears.
" all of those who were IN the fatal car were
turning from a fair at SherbrOOke. Quebec, $50
miles north. The conductor Of the freight train
understood from the night operator at Canaan
Station that he had plenty Of time to reach a
siding. receiving according to the superintend-'
ent of the division. copy OF a telegraph order
from the train dispatcher at Concord which
confused the train numbers 30 and 3D. The
wreck occur ID just after the express had
rom 1ed curve on TO straight stretch Of track.
but owing to the early morning mist neitner
engineer saw the headlight Of the other train
until 1t was too late
The list of dead follows:
BARRETT Miss Manchester. " H.
RrAtlr Mrs L. c. Corinth. Vt. and West sonnsrviles
RorsvERr Mr., Adoiph. concord y h
BPTC3GS Mrs. z. s. West Canaan. n H
| CI.AR ".
CDNGDON John NJ. Bethel. VI. and Boston
DUNCAN. John @. Bethel. Vt
GAGNON. Mrs Philip Sherbrooks. Que
CLIFFORD infant Irving Clifford Concord y L
/ PHELPS Fred u, Ochiltree- Tex
| ROVER Austin. Manchester. y. H.
ST PIERRE. Miss Annie, Isle verte. Que
sHAUGHNEssET. Timothy. Manchester. y H
| sTIAUGHSESSEY. Mrs Timothy. Manchester y H
sOUTHwICK. George L. No Linden street. Wo-csssrs
WARREN. Mrs A. E. Hav-rhI1g Mass.
WEBSTER Mrs a dressraksr. living in Massachusetts,
The body bearing card marked ''Bridsss'
The BODY Of barring card marked Kiss Cod
Unknown boy eight years Old. died Mary Hitcn~
| cock Hospital Hanover.
Body Of man bearing receipt marked frank H Loves.
/ -Four unidentified bodies
| All the bodies with the exception of that OF
| Mrs Briggs, which was taken 10 her home, and
! that of Mr. Duncan. which is here, were re-
moved TO Concord during the day
| The following injured persons were taken
| To the Mary Hitchcock Hospital. az Hanover
\ y. H:
BARRETT. John. Manchester y H. head and 'reass
| RATrHELpER. E A. soaerviHe Mass. ankle broken
CUNNINGHAM; william Hamilton Mass. back ans
DEWEY. Mrs Carrie A. Manchester y. H. right side
GAGyox. Philip. shsrbrooke. Que internal injuries
| JAf,or-F.s Arthur Nfillbury. injuries
| JAMESON. Miss Jennie. Nashua y H hip wrenchsd-
JANsoN Miss Abby Nashua. \. H. broken frontal bone
| MORAN Miss Della Manchester. y H. bruised face
| MORAN Henry. Nashua. y n. wrist brlsed
| MORAN Mrs. Nashua " H. eoncussion Of head
MOVES Miss June North Vt. hssd and back
REAGAN. Miss Rosa. Manchester n H. face bruised
RYAN Frank hrak'1a9 man l.. White River Junction. W.
ST PIERRE Charles verte. Que. internal injuries
sAr-<pERs Miss c. N cont1sions fAo-
| SAUNDERS. Mrs. 9 y. Nashua " H. scalp ~oundS
SAUNDERS. Miss d. Nashua n H. Internal INJURIES
c. H
SAUNDERS. Mrs Hester Brockton- Mass head ant
back injured
SAUNDERS. % Mrs s. NAshau' n H. head and BACK n
SAUNDERS. -7. Nashua n H. left Les and w-iss
vINTJNEN Miss Ella. Lisbon. N H. cav1cls-oroksn-
Unknown man broken. torn out and head
Three children cut and bruised suE
the hospital
FATAL TRAIN FORTY MINUTES LATE.
The southbound train originated at Sher-
brooke last evening. where 1t picked up two
sIeepers from Quebec. Two more were taken
the way down The train consisted Of the bag
gage car passenger coach and smoking car. in
that order. with the sleepers in the rear. The
train left White River Junction $50 a
to-day forty minutes late. and was followed
twenty minutes later by the Montreal Express
over the Central Vermont Railroad The Quebec
train is known as No. 80 and the Montreal train
No. 81
In the mean time A northbound freight train
known as No. 267 had arrived at Canaan. ". H.
eighteen miles down the road at 40 a. m.
time. According to W. F. Ray. the division super
intendent j. a. Crowley, the night train dis
patcher at Concord. sent a dispatch TO John
Greeley the night operator at Canaan, that No
81 was one hour and ten minutes late. The
order which Mr. Lawrence. conductor OF the
freight train. showed after the accident dis
tinctIy states that No. 80 instead of No "a was
an hour and ten minutes late. Lawrence be-
lieving that he had sufficient time in the hour
and ten minutes to reach the side track at West
Canaan four miles beyond before No 50
reached it, ordered his train ahead The super
intendent declared that the accident was dus
10 the mistake in placing a cipher after the
81 in the number Of the train instead of a a.
The morning a dull. misty in the
western New Hampshire mountains, and the
long freight train with score of heavily loaded
cars Numbered up the long grade toward West
Canaan at the usual speed on the other side
of the curve was the Quebec Express. sliding
down the single track with its heavy load OF
passengers and the four heavy sleepers in the
rear The freight train straight piece
of track about mile in length. and the Quebec
Express had rounded curve on this stretch
when the two engineers the headlights OF
the opposite trains burst out of the fog
BOTH ENGINEERS JUMPED
Both engineers set their brakes and jumped.
while the two great locomotives crashed into
each other and. locked in firm embrace rolled
into the ditch The baggage car in the rear was
hurled back into the passenger coach like a
great ram and tore it asunder from end 10 end
AS IL did so the rear end OF the car went UP. so
that when it stopped at the forward end of the