The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
VICTIMS
IDENTIFIED
TODAY
Bodies Recognized
by Relatives at ImprO-
Vised MOrgne.

HANOVER. N. H., Sept. 16.-Twelve
of the twenty-seven persons who were
taken to the Mary Hitchcock Hospital
suffering from injuries received at the
railroad accident at West Canaan early
yesterday, which caused the death of
exactly twenty-five persons, had re-
overed sufficiently to leave that insti-
tuition today and but fifteen persons
still remain at the hospital. None of
the injured persons still at the hospital
were in a dangerous condition, the in
juries in the main consisting of slight
conclusions, bruises and sprains.
An investigation of the terrible dis
aster viii be made probably under the
direction of NJ. D. Cobleigh. of Leb-
non, the county solicitor.
At the rooms of the undertaking firm
in Concord, where most of the dead
were removed immediatel after the
accident, twenty-five bodies were laid
out in long rows early today. OF these
sixteen were considered as positively
identified by relatives, while the iden-
tity of several others was believed to
be sufficiently known.
oNdllOI A6Gh dittiCN VI 10
through whose hands passed the fatal
orders for the freight train to proceed
on the passenger trains time. was
temporarily removed today. Greeley
was regarded highly here as a capable
agent and operator.
The revised list of identified dead is
as follows: Timothy Shaughnessy,
Manchester; Mrs. Timothy Shaugh-
nnGdu M~onnhncfor. CanrUn T. SnIlth-
wick, 6 Linden street, Worcester,
Mass; Fred M. Phelps, ochiltree,
Texas; Mrs. M. E. Warren. Haverhill.
Mass; Mrs. Adolph Boisvert, Concord,
N. H.; Miss Annie Barrett, Manches-
ter; Augustine Roger, Manchester;
Richard F. Clarkson, Lebanon, N. HI;
F. H. Lower, Barton Landing, Vt; Mrs.
E. S. Briggs, West Lebanon, N. H.;
John M. Congdon, Bethel, VT; Mrs.
William ventinnier, Robinson, Que;
Miss Lillian V~entinnier, daughter of
above; I. Howard Warren, Haverhill,
Mass. This is the boy who died at the
Mary Hitchcock Hospital last night.
His mother. Mrs. M. E.. Warren, of
Haverhill, was also killed in the wreck.
Joseph M. Congdon. former District
Attorney of Cattaraugus County, was
one of the unfortunate passengers, and
is among the dead. A telegram an
nouncing Mr.. Congdon's death was re-
ceived by his son Robert E. Congdon,
of Gowanda, a few hours after h ac-
cident, and he hurried East to take
charge of. his fathers body.
The cause of the accident, according
to a statement given out by the rail-
road officials here. was the misunder-
standing of orders sent to the crew of
the freight. An Original order had
been issued giving this freight a clear
| right of way north of Canaan, but this
order was rescinded by a second one,
which called for the freight taking q
siding at Canaan and allowing the pas
senger train the right of way. In some
unexplained manner the orders were
confused, the freight crew getting the
first one and going on through Canaan,
while the passenger train got a clear
ance from White River Junction, VT.
on the north.
The two trains came together in a
dense fog. So thick was the fog that
the engine crews of both trains say
they did not see each other until they
were only 200 feet apart.
Both engine crews escaped by jump
ing, the engineer of the passenger train
being the most unfortunate by sprain-
ing his ankle. Both trains were going
at high speed, the freight on a down
grade of fifty feet to the mile. The
impact was terrific. The engine of the
passenger train telescoped the baggage
car, day coach and part of a smoking
car arranged behind it. in this order
The engin and six cars. of the freight
were piled in a heap and smashed.
The greatest loss of life occurred In
the day coach of the passenger train
the coach being right behind the bag
gage car. The occupants of this coach
We're for the most part French Cana
dams bound for Manchester, Nashua
and Lowell, where they work in the
mills.