Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-16
MISTAKE N FIGURE
COSTS q LIVES
Head-On Collision on Boston 4
Maine Road Kills or Injuries
Fifty Passengers
EXPRESS TRAIN HITS FREIGHT
pispateher's Error Cause. One Of tho
Worst Disasters in New Ensland's
history-Twenty Seven injured, All
Of Whom Will Reoover-officia' In
vestsation in Progress.

vestigation in Progress.
Concord, N. H., Sept. 16.-It is of
ficially related today at the office OF
the superintendent of the Boston q
Maine railroad that the number OF
deaths resulting from the collision at
Canaan, N. H., yesterday, was twenty
Ave. or these thirteen have been iden-
titled.
The only official list of the injured
includes twenty seven individuals TAX
en- to the hospital at Hanover, tho
many others received minor wounds.
OF twenty seven patients at the hos
lpital twelve were able to leave for
their homes today. No deaths are an
ticipated among those remaining. Of
fetal inquiries into the accident were
in progress today, both by the railroad
company and county authorities.
White River Junction, VT, Sept. 16.
Mistaken train orders. an early
morning mist, sharp curve on the
Concord division of the Boston &
Maine railroad, contributed to cause a
fearful head-on collision between the
southbound Quebec express and q
northbound freight, Sunday morning.
From the demolished passenger
coaches Of the express train were TAX
EN- twenty-four dead. among them
many worhen and little children. and
thirty other passengers. most of them
seriously injured, many Of whom will
die Nearly all the dead In the car
were returning from the big fair at
Shellbrook, Que.
The conductor Of the freight train
was given to understand that he had
plenty of time to reach the siding, by
the night operator at Canaan station.
receiving, according to the superin-
tendent of telegraph, an order from
the train dispatcher at Concord which
confused train Nos. 80 and "a.
The wreck occurred just after the
express had rounded a sharp curve to
a straight stretch of track, owing to
the early morning mist neither engi-
neer saw the others headlight until
; too late.
The dead are:
Timothy ShaughnesseH Castlebar.
Que.
Mrs. I. shaughnessey. Castlebar,
Que.
Miss Annie st. Pierre. Isle varte.
Que.
fred M. Phelps, Ochiltree, Tex.
Mrs. A. E. Warren, Haverhill, Mass.
Mrs. f. C. Blake. South Corinth, Va.
Mrs. Margaret Largy, Manchester,
N. H.
Mrs. Philip Gagnon. sherbrooke,
Que.
Miss Alvina Gernon, Nashua. N. H.
Mrs Webster, dressmaker.
J.. L. Congrot, Somerville, Mass.
Infant child of Irving Gofford. Con-
cord. n. H.
Mrs. E. L. Briggs. West Canaan.
N. H.
John q. Duncan, Bethel, vt
Unknown boy. 4 years old.
Unknown man, 40 years old.
Unknown woman, 80 years old.
Unknown man, 55 years old. IS.
Unknown man, 35 years old.
Unknown girl. Is years old.
Unknown boy, is years old.
Unknown man, badly mutilated.
Unknown man, about 25 years OF
age.
The most seriously injured were
taken to a hospital at Hanover, N. H.
They include an I'M 1entified boy, who
has both legs broken, an arm torn out
and head injured. He is dying.
The south bound train was made up
at Sherbrooke, where 1t picked up two
sleepers from Quebec, and two more
were added on the way down. It con-
sisted of a baggage car, passenger
coach and smoking car, in the order
named, with the sleepers in the rear.
The train left White River Junction
at $50 a. M, forty minutes late. 1t
was followed twenty minutes later by
the Montreal express over the Central
Vermont r6dlroad. The Quebec train
was known as No. 80 and the Montreal
train as No. "a.
In the meantime a north bound train
arrived at Canaan, eighteen miles
down road at 4:1O a. M, on time. Ac-
cording to w. r. Ray, the division SUI
perintendent, ]. R. Crowley, night train
dispatcher at Concord, sent dispatch
to John Greeley, night operator at
Canaan, that No. "a was one hour and
ten minutes late. The order which
Conductor Lawrence of the freight
train showed after the accident dis
tfnctly states No. 80 instead of No. "a
was one hour and ten minutes late.
Runs on Mistaken Orders.
Lawrence, believing he had sufficient
time in the hour and ten minutes to
reach side track at West Canaan,
four miles beyond, ordered his train
ahead. 4
The s,iherintendent declared the ac-
cident is due to the mistake in plac-
ing the cipher after the three in the
number Of the train. instead of the
four.