New-York tribune., 1907-08-20
TABLET At SALISBURY.
Memorial to american Wreck Vic-
tins UnUeiled by Mr. Reid.

Salisbury. England. Aug. 19.-In the ancient
and beautiful Salisbury Cathedral Ambassador
Reid this afternoon unveiled a handsome mar
bic tablet in memory of those killed year ago,
when. by the wrecking of the American line
boat train twenty-eight persons. mostly Aneri-
cans. lost their lives. The ceremony. the I'M
presslveness Of which was emphasized by the
presence q the widows and children Of the
trainrnen killed IN the disaster all in the deepest
mourning. was attended by many dignitaries OF
the Church, the Mayor and members Of the
corporation in their robes OF Office. Mr.. Swain.
the American consul at Southampton: Mr..
Main, the consul at oortsmouth; many visitors
and a large congregation of citizens OF Sails
bury through whose generosity the memorial
made possible.
After the formal ceremony Of tho unveiling
for which the tablet draped with American
and British flags. Bishop Wordsworth. OF Sails
bury dedicated the tablet in a short address.
closing with the words:
May God accept this gift our hands and
bless IT as a token OF the love that binds our
kindred nations one TO another"
In his address to the congregation in behalf OF
the American nation, Mr.. Reid recalled the in
cidents Of the calamity by which ''of forty-seven
passengers to London half were stopped here
to await the final trumpet" making special
reference to the "hapless young BRIDE (Mrs.
Dugro. OF New York; whose bereavement was
specially mentioned in the Queens message OF
sympathy He referred to the sympathy shown
on every hand" and ''the nultitudes of mani
festations from all classes and conditions
They reach fitting climax to-day" he said.
in closing "in the memorial you are setting up
IN this cathedral TO bear testimony while these
walls endure that quick community OF feel
ing which in spite of distance and circumstance.
binds us together as almost one great family
still. We do not understand IN the least the
terrible event record. yet 1 persuaded
that not even its mystery awful severity will
keep a people OF one blood from clinging still
TO a single faith. The American poet John C.
Whittier says:
u as know trS not where naS,E His ), Islands sian lift
only know cannot drift
Beyond lis love and care
The body OF the tablet is OF Hght yellow
Sienna marble 1t is surmounted by ala
baster pediment with plain Greek cross. The
pedment is held up by two pilasters- On the
right is an angel of white statuary marble hold
ing in her arms a figure of America On the
left is a similar angel holding figure OF the
United Kingdom in her arms. The centre space
is filed with an inscription. as follows:
This tablet was erected by the citizens OF Sails
W.
mourners in England. America and Canada in
memory of those who lost their lives through the
accident on the railway. within this city. in the
early morning of Sunday. July l. 1906, and whose
names are here recorded
Twenty-eight names follow, and beneath then,
are the words:
In the midst of life we in death
OF whom may We seek Tor Succor but OF Thee, o
Lord!
The accident to the boat train. which carried
forty-seven OF the passengers OF the American
July l. 1906. shortly after the train had passed
Salisbury station. the London & South West
ern Railway. after leaving Plymouth. and was the
mcst serious in England in a long time. The cor
oner's inquest into the cause OF the disaster re-
suited In a verdict. July 16. that the accident wa,
due the high speed at which the train was run
ming. contrary to the company's orders. Counsel
for the London South Western Railway, at the
beginning Of the inquest. accepted full RESPONSE
blity for the accident and all the legal conse-
quences resulting from 1T.
Among those who lost their lives by the disaster
were John E. Mcdonald, of New York a well
known racing man; c. F. McMeekin. proprietor
of the Oal1wood Farm. Lexington. KY. one of tho
best known Kentucky breeders of thoroughbred
horses; Frederick II. Cossitt. of New York son-in-
law of Justice Dugro; Edward W. SentelI his
son. Charles E. Sentell, and his daughters, Blanche
n. and Gertrude NJ SouteIl, all Of Brooklyn.