Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-27
DIVERS SEARCH
RIVER FOR DEAD
FORTY OR FIFTY KILLED AND
SCORES HURT ON THE CANA
DIAN PACIFIC ny.
TRAIN RACES DOWN GRADE
Two Coaches Carry Their Victims to
Bottom of Recovered Stream
Cars Which Remain on Bank
Catch Fire and Burn.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.-It is
now believed between 40 and 90
persons were killed in Fridays wreck
of train No. Z on the 500 branch OIL
the Canadian Pacific railroad on the
bridge crossing the Spanish river SO
miles from Sudbury, Ont.
The train records show that when
the train left Sudbury at noon there
were approximately 100 persons
aboard.
Thirty bodies have been
and many more are known to be in
the tourist car. An unknown number
we're burned.
Many of the injured will die and 1t
is possible that the total death list VIII
reach close to so.
The exact number of dead will moi
be known for several days. Divers are
exploring the Spanish river, into the
icy waters of which three of the seven
cars Of the train plunged. In the burn
ed wreckage of the four other cars
undoubtedly are the bodies OF many
others.
Train Hit an Iron Bridge.
The train was made up of a locomo-
tive, mail and baggage car, express,
~second-class coach, colonist car, first
class coach, diner and sleeper. The
spanish river bridge is an iron
structure and the heavy train struck
it while going down grade at a high
.ate of speed. AS the train was cross
ing the bridge the trucks of the Sec
ond-class car jumped the track, pre-
sumably from a broken rail. The car
was cut in two against the abutments,
so great was the momentum of the
train.
One-half of this ear, with the colo
mist car, irst-class coach and dining
car, were hurled into the Spanish
river, crashing through the ice and
being swept half across the stream.
The Pullman broke from the rest
of the train and toppled down the
bank on its side.
Within a few minutes from inc
time the three cars fell into the river,
bodies began to float to the top. Sub
marine divers sent from the city in a
special train are now at work on the
river wreckage, but it is not yet stat
ed how many bodies they have re-
covered.
Conductor Thomas Reynolds OF
North Bay was the hero of the wreck.
To his nerve and bravery eight pas
sengers owe their lives. He dived in
the icy water, smashed a window OF
the dining car, crawled through and
rose to the surface, then tore the roof
from the car and liberated the pas
sengers imprisoned within.
Entire River Bed to Be Searched.
The entire bed of the river will be
searched, as some of the bodies may
have floated a great distance.
It was several hours after the wreck
before efficient relief could be sent &c
the scene, and the sufferings OF the
victims in the meantime was such as
to drive many Of the uninjured almost
insane.
Physicians finally reached the scene
from this city, Sudbury, Espanola anf
North Bay and a wrecking train from
the latter town was hurried to the
place with General Superintendent
Gutelius aboard.
1t is left to the imagination to pic
turn whether those who were trapped
in the cars that plunged into the rive
and drowned without any chance Q
escape suffered a worse fate thai
} those pinned in the wreckage of tn
forward cars, some of whom were in
, cinerated in the flames that starte'
: soon after the cars went down the en-
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