The Washington times., 1910-01-23
Company Admits Fifty Are
Dead; Others Say
Seventy-fve.
DELAYS
WORK OF DIVERS
River Is Frozen and Storm IS
Raging, Causing
Suffering.

SUDBURY, Ontario. Jan 2S--In the
frozen depths Of the Spanish river, COT
fined in the marred and wrecked cars
Of the Canadian Pacific. rest the bodies
Of an unknown number Of wreck VIC
Tins. which divers are today seeking to
bring 70 the surface.
Officials Of the Canadian Pacific to-
day admitted that at least fifty persons
met their death in the terrible catas-
5rophe. but survivors declare the death
list viii reach seventy-f1ve- IN spite
OF the efforts of the divers and the
rrrecking crew, who are today vainly
Seeking to fasten chains around the
submerged cars 10 bring them to the
surface, II is thought the fun extent of
the loss Of life viii not be known for
week
The river Is frozen about two feet
deep. and the divers can remain IN the
water but a few moments Time and
tine again they come up numb with
cold and without having been able to
force their way into the cars of death
Added 10 the terrible cold is the storm
which is sweeping over the ]. axe region.
Great bOndres have been constructed on
me bank OF the river 10 aid the WORKERS
Frozen At. Cribbage Table.
The divers succeeded IN getting into
the smoking compartment Of the first
elaSs coach. where were found the
frozen bodies Of four travelling men,
IA sitting position around a table. just
Is they were playing Cribbage as the
car smashed through the Ice or the
frozen river
It was pointed out here today that
en- the 100 miles on the Chapleau divi-
son Of the Canadian Pacific, the scene
Of the terrible Sudbury wreck. there
have been more wrecks annually than
on all the rest Of the SEQ miles Of the
great system II Is the weather COndi-
tons which bring about these wrecks,
railroad me-, say. The Thermometer Of
ten falls as low as % degrees below
zero, causing the rails 70 split as IN the
present instance There have been on
an average of three or four wrecks on
this division every winter
Il vas hours after the last wreck be-
tore relief trains with surgeons and
nurses reached the scene Men and
women sat on the hanks Of the river
= the terrible cold with the blood from
rheir injuries freezing their clothes 10
leir bodies The suffering was In
desCrlbable, according 70 Witnesses
Nearly All Lost.
nsIf OF the second class car, the colon
st car and the first class car, all OF
which plunged into the river, are dead
\ few saved themselves and are being
cared for BY hos7ttahIe residents.
Most Of the people in the half Of the
second class car which remained on the
bridge. were stunned and burned 70
death when the wreck caught fire Con
duCtor Reynolds saved most of the OC-
-Upants Of the diner by tearing a hole IN
tha roof and pulling them through Il
one woman slipped out OF MS hands
and was drowned
Tho passengers in thu Pullman were
Jared and stunned but none OF them
nero killed IN the first class car one
man vas saved He hung By his hands
10 the TOP OF the car for three hours
until a hole vas chopped through He
5reaThed the air which remained at the
top OF the car which was almost sub
merged
Some Thrilling Rescuez.
Fhe occupants % the second class car
which was torn In two parts by the
accident, one-haIf remaining on the
bridge. the other half pIImginE into the
1iver. we're burned OF drowned They
had 10 chance Of escape and only a
rev were pulled out Of the burning half
on the bridge, their faces and bodies
tom, cut and scared It was the rear
trucks Of this car which first left the
track as the swift train sped down the
incline and started across the bridge.
AS the trucks left the track the car
vas thrown against the stone abut-
ments Of the bridge and the massive
car vas tom apart as though Il were
paper.
One young Norwegian woman was
rescued from the half that remained on
the bridge. It was burning Hercely |
when she vas pulled out OF the wreck
age with terrible wounds on her head |
and face and with the flesh OF her right
leg cut 10 the bone. She walked I'D the I
track and sat down 70 watch the res
CuerS and wait five hours Tor the COM
InE OF the surgeons.
Conductor Reynolds Is today being
hailed as a hero because Of his rescue
OF the imprisoned occupants OF the
diner. When the CT plunged into the
river he scrambled out Of q broken win
dow and swan to an opening In the /
ice Climbing 10 the top Of the car he |
tore 4 hole IN the roof with his hands
and pulled the occupants out