The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-22
DEATH LIST
INCOMPLETE
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branch of the Canadian Pacific on tn,
bridge crossing the Spanish river
thirty-eight miles from Sudbury, on
tario.
The rain record show that when tbs
train left Sudbury AT noon there wer,
Approximately 100 persons aboard.
There are twenty-five injured being
cared for in Sudbury, and a score OF
injured in this city and other nearby
towns. Only few escaped injury OF
Death
Many of the injured will die. and il
Is possible that the total death list
will reach close to fifty.
The exact number OF dead will not
be known for several days as divers
Will have to thoroughly explore the
Spanish river into the icy waters of
which three of the seven cars of the
Inflated train plunged. In the burned
wreckage OF the four other cars are
undoubtedly the remains of many
others, making a complete list of the
casualties almost impossible.
The train wbs made up of loco
motive. mail and baggage car, ex-
press, second class coach, colonist car.
first class coach. diner and Pullman :.
The Spanish river bridge is an iron
structure and the heavy train struck
1t on the down grade, while going at
high rate of speed. AS the train
was crossing the bridge. the trucks Of
the second class car jumped the track.
presumably from n broken rail. The
car was cut in two against the bridge
abutments so great was the momen-
teum of the train One half of the
car, with the colonlsts car, first-class
coach and dining car were hurled in
to the Spanish river, crashing through
the ice and being swept half across
the stream.
on its side.
A more terrifying death than those
who were thus trapped in the waters
of the river could scarcely be imagin-
cd and was only matched by the fate
that befell the helpless victims who
were pinned in the wreckagc of the
cars that escaped the river. but which
were attacked by flames almost inn
medately.
Some of these victims were lncinera-
ted and will never be identified.
Passengers in the submerged cars
foukht like madmen to escape. Many
of them succeeded in breaking through
the windows only to find themselves
imprisoned by the ceiling of ice Eight
of those in the diner succeeded in es-
Gaping but so far as known not one
of those in the second class coach
(the half that went into the river)
colonists and first-class coach escap-
ed .& nSy a
The dining car was not Immediately
submerged which fact enabled Con-
ductor Reynolds ana others of the |
train crew to pull eight OF the i'm f..
prisoned passengers from the windows
and through "a hole torn nj the roof
Sault Ste arie, Ont, Jan. 22.-
"The most horrible and at the same
time the most pitiful sight i'm my
quarter of century of rairoading'
was the brief summary of railroad
man who came intoday on a freight |
that had just come from the scene of |
the wreck of the Inflated Canadian |
Pacific railroad passenger train No. |
west of Sudbury, Ontario. For |
obvious reasons affecting his emplo-
men he refused his name.
According to this Canadian Pacific |
employe and others of the crew of the
freight the fellow passengers of the
killed and injured rendered heroic
aid in the rescue work. Some suff-
cred serious burns trying to extricate
the passengers from the burning
second class coaches. while others
plunged into the Spanish river, maxi
ing their way between great cakes of
ice, broken by the fall of the day
coach. as they tried 10 reach men and
women who succeeded in breaking
out of their submerged prison.
The freight crew says that only the
roof of the day coach is visible above
the surface of the river, and that
the open water where the coach
broke through. is fast freezing over,
making the work of the divers ex-
ploring the coach most perious.
Without any fire ngnting apparatus,
the other passengers fought the fire
the two second class
coaches with snow. According TO
the freight crew the day coach was
the only one that went into the water
the diner going part way. Its few
occupants escaped. The sleeper
turned over ana lay on the brink of
the river. Eighteen are said to have
been killed in one of the second
class coaches alone. On account of
the blizzard 1t Is difficult to get into
direct communication with the scene
of the wreck, the wires being in bad
shape.
Sault ste. Marie, Ont. Jan. 22.-It
Is impossible at this time to give the
accurate number of dead in yester-
days wreck Of train No 7 ON the 500
branch of the Canadian Pacific, bound
from Montreal to this city and Minne-
apolis.
Until divers have searched the
Spanish river, into which a diner and
one day coach plunged, and a search
has been made through the partially
burned wreckage of the baggage, mail
and express cars, one second class
passenger coach and sleeper. II will be
impossible to tell how many were
killed. The railroad officials still
stand by their estimate of twenty-five
dead. They say there were but few
persons in the two cars, including the
diner, that went into the river. The
OF injured is also in doubt.
AT least a score of persons we're dan
eerousy injured and twice this num-
ber painfully or seriously hurt. Many
Of the injured have been brought to
Ibts f.ifv and nthara talan to Ifona |