New-York tribune., 1907-09-26

Cherbourg Sept. 25.-The steamer Adratic
left here at 10 o'clock tonight for New York.
All the passengers who in the train wreck
were on board.
Paris Sept o5.-The rear coach Of the second
section of the special train carrying 11o first
class passengers from Paris to Cherbourg to en-
bark on the White Star Line steamer Adriatic
for New York was teIescoped to-day by the
regular Rouen express at the mouth of the Bre
val Tunnel. just beyond Nantes. No was
killed. and according to the latest information
seriously injured.
All the people in the last coach however. were
badly shaken up. and seven or eight
bruised One man had leg broken, and woman.
. it is feared suffered internal injuries All the
injured American passengers. with one excep-
! ton. continued their way to Cherhourg.
The officers Of the railroad and the White
Star Line in Paris were besieged this afternoon
with inquiries for details, bat they could supply
. TO definite Information. Up TO the time Of clos
ing for the day they had received neither the
: names of the persons injured definite news
. regarding the extent of the injuries All ac-
counts, however agreed that at the outside not
. more than ten passengers on the train were
hurt. and that their injuries were slight The
only thing TO be had ar the Office of the steam
ship company list of the passengers in
the coach that teIescoped This follows:
BARNES Mrs. Herbert H.
REDWAY Miss Eleanor
REDwAY. Miss Grace
BALDWIN. Mr.
JONES. Ny Mrs L A
DODGE, Mr.. ami Mrs. Walter Phep.
KEMP, Mrs. Emiline 4.
BELL. W
CONSTABLE. Mrs ?. a daughters
HARRIS. Mrs Lenore. and maid.
SHEPARD. Mrs. G Z. daughter.
EARNE. Mr.. and Msr. Harry ".
DAY. Mr. Nathaniel s.
WILSON. Mr.. and Mrs.
The accident was due TO the negligence of tho
crew Of the special train in failing to place
lights or torpedoes on the track behind the train
required by the regulations when a train
halts in a tunnel.
The train taking passengers TO Cherbourg for
embarkation on the North German Lloyd
steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. which was follow
ing the train having board the Adriatic's
passengers. proceeded to her destination by
other route
The Rouen train had only French passenger.
board. Several of this train left the
track. and nineteen OF its passengers in
1ured, one fatally.
On account OF the large passenger list OF
homegoing Americans the Adriatc special
run IN TWO sections Inc TfSl carried one nun
dred first class passengers 1t had cleared the tun
mel, which is eight hundred yards long, when it
came to a stop because of accident to the
locomotive. The second section. which
few minutes behind the first stopped by a
block signal 1t emerged from the tunnel.
This was the situation when the Rouen express.
running fifty miles hour, along on the
heels of the second section.
Percefving the red signal set automatically at
the entrance of the tunnel the engineer of the
Rouen train slowed down according to resula-
tions but as detonators had been placed
on the track to give warning of train ahead
he continued through the tunnel at the rate of
twelve miles hour and crashed into the rear
coach The engineer of the Rouen express did
not leave his post. After the accident he COM
plained that the special not carrying rear
lights, and that he could not see her because Of
the dense smoke in the tunnel.
The Rouen locomotive teescoped the last car,
but as the air brakes applied at the mo-
rnent of the collision Il cut its way only half
through
Every compartment in the special occu-
pied when the train left Paris and how the
passengers in the coach escaped instant
death. unless they received warning of the dan
ger and rushed into the forward cars. has not
yet been cleared up. A young American girl
who going hOm6 with her mother nau Il
miraculous escape. She caught In the
grinding wreckage of the coach and tightly
wedged in. 1t was an hour before the efforts OF
the trainmen and the other passengers could
free her Beyond bruises and contusons she
was not injured. Her mother escaped by jumping
out OF the door of their compartment Just as the
crash came.
There was panic amid the smoke and dark
ness Immediately after the collision. but the
American passengers soon recovered their heads
and became the leaders in the work OF rescue.
The authorities from Nantes early on the
scene OF the disaster and rendered every pos
sble assistance None of the Americans how
ever would accept the invitation to be treated
at the local hospital. and after two hours the
wrecked having been uncoupled the special
started for Cherbourg. Subsequently a dis
patch was received from Evreux saying the
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