Evening star., 1907-08-19
ADDRESS BY MR.. REID
At UnveiIing of Memorial Tablet
at Salisbury.
tn mrTIMc NJ DISASTER
| TO VICTIMS OF DISASTER
Impressive Ceremonies in the Cathe-
dral This Afternoon.
INCIDENTS OF WRECK RECALLED
Erected by Citizens as Pledge of Sym
pathy With Mourners in England,
United States and Canada.

SALISBURY, England, August 19.-1n the
ancient and beautiful Salisbury cathedral
today Ambassador Whitelaw Reid unveiled
a handsome marble tablet in memory OF
those killed in the terrible accident year
ago when, by the derailing Of the Ameri-
can Line boat train. twenty-eight persons.
mostly Americans. lost their lives. the
ceremony, the impressiveness of which was
emphasized by the presence OF the widows
and children Of the trainmen killed In the
disaster. all in the deepest mourning. was
attended by many dgnitaries of the church.
the mayor and members Of the corporation
in their robes of office; the American con-
sui at Southampton. Mr.. Swain; the United
States consul at Portsmouth, Mr. Main;
numerous visitors and large congregation
of citizens of Salisbury, through whose gen.
erosity the memorial was made possible.
AT the conclusion of the formal ceremony
of the unveiling for which the tablet was
draped with American and British flags,
the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Wordsworth,
dedicated the tablet in a short address. con-
cluding with the words: May God accept
this gift at our hands and bless 1t as a
token of the love that binds our kindred
nations one to another"
In his address to the congregation in be-
half Of the American nation Mr. Reid re-
called the incidents OF the calamity by
which "of forty-seven passengers to Lon
don half were stopped here to await the
final trumpet. making special reference to
the ''hapless young BRIDE MRS Frederick
Henry Cossitt. daughter Of Judge Dugro of
New York;. whose bereavement was spe-
cially mentioned in the queens message Of
sympathy. After a reference to the SYM
pathy shown on every hand and the null
titudes Of manifestations from all classes
and conditions" the ambassador concluded
The Community Of Feeling.
They reach a fitting climax today in
the memorial you are setting up in this
cathedral to bear testimony while these
walls endure to that quick community of
feeling which. in spite of distance and
circumstances, in our deepest sorrows as
In our highest joys, binds US together
as almost one great family still. We do
not understand in the least the terrible
event we record. yet 1 am persuaded that
not even Its mystery or awful severity
will keep a people OF one blood from
clinging still to a single faith. Ths Amer
lean poet Whittier says:
81 know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
only know cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
The Memorial Tablet.
The body of the tablet is Of light yellow
Sienna marble, surmounted by an alabaster
pediment containing plain Greek cross.
The pediment Is upheld by two pilasters.
On the right is an angel of white statuary
marble, holding In her arms a figure Of
America On the left Is a similar angel
holding a figure Of the United Kingdom In
her arms. The space Is filled with an in
scription as follows:
This tablet was erected by the citizens
of Salisbury, as a pledge Of brotherly SYM
pathy with the 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 those
whose names are here recorded"
Twenty eight names follow and beneath
them are the words:
"In the midst of life we are in DEATH"
"Of whom may we seek succor but Of
Thee, Q Lord
The train carrying to London passengers
who had landed from the steamship New
York was wrecked on a curve at Salisbury
station at 81 am, July l. subsequent
official Inquiry showing that the engineer
had tried to pass the curve at speed for
bidden by the railway company's regula-
tions Twenty-Five persons lost their lives
by the accident. In the following Septem-
Der President Roosevelt sent to the au-
thorities of the Salisbury hospital q letter
of thanks for the care they had bestowed
upon the American wounded, all of whom
recovered except Edward w. Sentell of
Brooklyn, n. y.