Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Wreck One Of Worst in the History
of Canadian Pacific.
INJURED NUMBER NINETY
Many Lives Saved by Heroic Con-
ductor When Train Plunges Over
Observation-Disclosures
Pulled Through Holes
in Car Roof
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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SUDBURY. Ontario. January 22.-One
of the worst disasters I'm the history OF
Canadian railroads is being uncovered to-
day in the search of the wreck OF the
Canadian Pacific's Boston Duluth train.
which plunged from the bridge into the
Spanish river near Espanola yesterday
afternoon. The exact number of dead
and injured is not known, but may reach
40 and 80, respectively.
The official list of known dead issued
by the railroad company numbers and
the injured "a. The cars are still buried
In the river with only their ventilators
showing above the broken ice, and the
number of dead which they contain may
not be known for several days. although
the railway company is making efforts
to raise the sunken cars.
Eighteen Of those killed We're in the
second-class car and most Of them were
foreigners whose names are difficult. to
ascertain. 1t is known that there were
twenty passengers in the irst-class car
and it is believed there are five bodies
in the dining car. OF the injured four
died today and others are in a dying
condition.
Divers Recovering Bodies.
Divers are busy today removing the
bodies from the cars that went into the
river, drowning the passengers like rats
in trap. According to the last reports
from the scene. three coaches and half OF
another crashed through the ice and are
now submerged. The other cars compos-
ing the train were derailed. but remained
on the embankment. and the few passen-
IN,
ries.
The train. which was made up OF a To-
connective, mail and baggage car, express
Second-class coach, colonial, first-class
coach. diner and Pullman, approached the
bridge at q fair rate of speed. and the
engine, mail, baggage and express cars
had gone on to the structure when. from
cause not ascertafned. but thought to
be broken rail or axle, the trucks of
the second-class car jumped the tracks.
Striking the end of the culvert, this
coach split in two as clean as though
done with knife. and the momentum OF
the train carried one-half of the second
class coach with its passengers the colon
list car. irst-class car and diner. still on
their trucks. down the bank into the
river. the Pullman falling over on its
side on the embankment.
Every Passenger Drowned.
Every passenger on the half of the
second-class coach, colonist and first
class coach is believed to have been
drowned, and only the most heroic efforts
saved eight from the diner. OF the dead
who perished in the river it IS irnpos-
sibfe to compile any list. The cars are
there with only their ventila1ors sticking
out OF the water. The impact and mo-
mentum with which they We're hurled
down the bank cut a swath in the lee
covered river as clean as an Ice cutters
saw
The river is frozen to a thickness of
twelve inches. and there was no possible
chance of escape. Even if the passen-
gers came through the windows, they
were trapped under the ice. This is the
position of the half OF the second-class.
colonist and first-claSs cars. from which
only two are known to have escaped
In the dining was witnessed one of
the greatest struggles and almost super
human efforts that ever a man put forth.
Conductor Thomas Reynolds OF North
Bay was one of the diners. With him
were w. ]. Bell. a lurnberman of Sudbury
and David Brodie. police magistrate OF
the district OF Sudbury, besides several
others.
Saved by Heroic Conductor.
When the car plunged into the river all
were submerged above their heads. Rey-
nolds exhorted his passengers to suspend
themselves on the hat racks, chandeliers
and other projections. and diving down
through the icy water. broke through the
WINDOW and emerged on the outside OF
the car. BY the merest chance the car
had listed sufficiently to allow him TO
get between the ice and the car. Mount
ing the roof. he reached in and pulled out
little Alfonso Russell. six years old, and
Police Magistrate Brodie. a medium-sized
man. through the yentilators. The rest
We're too big.
man strength Reynolds actually tore on
a section of the cars roof and opened q
space through which he rescued eight pas
sengers single-handed all that came alive
out Of the water. with the exception or
Brakeman Morrison, who was on the rear
of the first-class coach.
Known Dead and Injured.
The known dead are:
Joseph Hemault. NJ. Spinkozum, Mike
Mikewickleuke: Laredo Hoppi. Jose Ma
rott, addresses unknown; John Roseback.
George McIlheny. and Will Lavery.
North Bay, fireman.
The first to be rescued was w. j. Bell
of Sudbury. He is resting at his home
today, but thirty stitches were required
to close up his wounds. and he has also
a severe fracture of his chest
Police Magistrate Brodie has three
broken ribs and his face and scalp are
terribly cut. He is confined to the gen.
eral hospital
Conductor Reynolds has bruises and
cuts innumerable. but after being fixed
up persisted in returning to his family
in North Bay today.
The chef and walters in the diner were
trapped In their little coop-like depart
ment, but all were rescued, although Sc
verely scalded and cut. They are in Sud
bury Hospital The dining car conductor
was about the only one to escape with
out a scratch.
Fire Adds Its Horror.
The half OF the second-class eoaah