The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-22
FORTY-EICHT PERISH
IN TRAIN DISASTER
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led TO it, The crew Of the train is said
to be T. Reynolds, the conductor, Of
North Bay; IT, Teller, engineer, North
Bay; Thomas n. Holbrooke, baggageman.
The names Of the mail clerk and brake
man are unknown.
Excitement ut News.
Considerable excitement prevailed in the
Soc this afternoon when news OF the acct
dent was received. II was known that N
Burrows manager Of the Bell Telephone
Company, and John Boyd. q contractor,
were on the train. kilograms were re
cerved from each TO the effect that they
were safe. 8r. Burrows stated that he
had received slight injuries and that he
would be home on the first train 10 leave
500.
Joha OBoyIe, who was supposed 70 be
on the train, has not been heard from.
He was the prime mover in the dry-dock
/ scheme here.
A telegram from Wildwood says that
Magistrate Brodie, Of Sudbury, and MI
Bel were seriously injured
It IS impossible 10 obtain a list OF the
dead and injured tonight
Wildwood. a village of 800 inhabitants,
in the Argoma district Of Ontario, is on
| the Sudbury-Sault Ste. Marie branch Of
/ the Canadian Pacific. ass miles west Of
Montreal Il is surrounded by the Span
fish River, which few miles below the
village flows into Lake Huron.
Wildwood has meager telegraphic Ia
cilities, and the dispatches that have been
received there conflict One says the
wrecked train was the Mluneapolis-Saul,
Ste Marie train from Boston.
Another says that Ct was the second
| section Of the train which was bound
! from Montreal 10 Minneapolis. All aC-
| counts agree that the accident was the
worst in the history of the Canadian Pa
/ cific Railway.
Report from North Bay.
North Bay. Ontario. Jan. 2l-Between
twenty-five and forty may be dead as
the result OF the derailing Of the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad express No. 7 near
! Webbw0od this evening. Fourteen pas
/ sengers were in the dining car, but it is
! EAalE4 hllal kirf rll EAN 'HaN NtAANAt <Ah.N."s
/ twenty-five passengers were IN the first
class car. which is partially or wholly
submerged, and how many are dead will
not be known until a diver who is be-
ing rushed on a special train from Sault
Ste. Marie, arrives.
Twenty passengers at least were in the
/ second-class car, which was burned
There is no telegaphic communication
With the wreck.
Officials Make Statement.
Vice President McNicoH, Of the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. tonight issued the
following statement in regard 10 the
wreck at Wildwood this afternoon:
The latter half OF the train from Mon
treal to Minneapolis, which left Mon
treal on Thursday night, left the track
on Friday afternoon about four miles
west OF Marin, on the Algoma branch
lust east Of the bridge crossing tht
! Spanish River. The cause IS as yet un.
known.
zone coach struck the end Of the
bridge and was destroyed, the mex
coach going into the river. About twent!
passengers are reported injured three o.
four seriously. They have been takeI
to Sudbury Hospital. Several bOdie!
have been recovered from the wreck. anC
more are supposed to be in the coach II
the river. The dining car was only
!, partly submerged and the passengers es
capped. The sleeper turned over on IT
side
''The general superintendent IS upoI
the ground with large gangs OF men
clearing the wreck, and a diver IS o.
the way from Sault Ste. Marie"