Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-16
CARS TELESCOpED
KILLING OCCUPANTS
Most OF Dead We're Returning
Home From Fair In Quebec and
Were Instantly Crushed to
Dedth--All Wounded
VIII Recover.

White River Junction, VT, Sept. 10.
-Twenty-fiv lives lost and twenty
seven persons injured are the results
of the head-on collision yesterday be-
tween the south bound Quebec ex-
press and a northbound freight
on the Concord division of the b. e.
NJ. railroad four miles north of Ca
naan station, n. II. The wreck was
due to mistake in train dispatcher's
orders. The baggage car telescoped
the passenger coach behind it and
most of the killed and injured were
in this car Nearly all in this car
were returning from the fair at Sher-
brooke, Quebec.
The conductor of the freight was
given to understand by the dispatcher
that he had plenty of time to reach a
siding beyond Canaan, receiving a
copy of a telegraph order from the
dispatcher at Concord which confus-
ed the train numbers thirty" and
"thirty-four."
Identified Dead.
Those Identified up to o'clock to-
day:
TIMOTHY SHAUGNESSY, Castle
Bar, Quebec.
MRS. SHAUGHNESSY.
MISS ANNA ST. PIERRE, Isle
Verte, Quebec.
FRED Nj. PELL, Ochiltree, Texas.
MRS. A. E. WARREN, Haverhill,
Mass.
MRS. F. c. BLAKE, South Co.
rlnth. VT.
MRS. MARGARET LARGY. Man
MISS BARRETT, Manchester, N.
MRS, PHILLIP GAGoN, sher-
brooke, Quebec.
MISS ALvINA GIRoN, Nassau.
n. II.
MRS. WEBSTER. dressmaker, liv-
ing in Massachusetts.
j. l. CONGROTH, Sommerville,
INFANT CHILD of Irving Clifford,
Concord, n. II.
MRS. E. BRIGGS, West Canaan,
n. II.
JOHN C. DUNCAN, Bethel, VT.
Unidentified Dead.
The unidentified dead include a boy
4 years old; a man, 40 years old;
woman, so years old; a woman of
So. and a man of So. Five other bod
are so badly mutilated as to render
it impossible to estimate their age.
Injured.
The most seriously injured were
taken to the Margaret Hitchcock
hospital at Hanover, N. H. Among
the victims taken to the hospital are
an unknown boy, with both legs
DTOhcl, one arm NIenCneu from llS
socket, and badly injured about the
head, removed from the wreckage I'm
a dying condition. The names of the
injured as far as can be ascertained,
are:
Samuel Saunders, Nassau, n. H.,
legs and arm injured.
Mrs. S. Saunders, Nassau, head
and back injured.
Mrs. c. n. Saunders, Nassau; two
wounds on head.
Miss ID. Saunders, Nassau; internal
injuries.
Miss c. Saunders. Nassau. contus-
ion of face.
Fred Saunders. Nassau; shoulder
injured.
Miss Hester Saunders, Brauton.
Mass; head and back injured
Charles st. Pierre, Isle Verte, Que
bee; Internal injuries.
Arthur Jacques, Millbury, N. H.;
internal injuries.
e. A. Batchelder, Sommerville,
Mass; ankle broken.
Philip Gagnen, Sherbrooke, Que
bee; internal injuries.
John Barrett Manchester, n. H.;
head and breast injured.
Miss A. Jansen, Nassau; broken
frontal bone.
Injured VIII Recover.
Hanover n. H., Sept. 16.-Twelve
of the twenty-seven persons taken
to the Mary Hitchcock hospital in
this city suffering from injuries re-
ceived In the railroad accident at
West Canaan yesterday, had recov-
cred sufficiently to leave that instl-
tuition today and but fifteen still re-
main none OF these being in dam
gerous condition.