Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-25
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Rochester, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Chicago
Buffalo train No. on the Lehigh Val.
ley railroad is reported to have gone
through trestle at Manchester, On
tario county, New York. Twelve per
sons are reported killed. The train
was loaded with returning Grand Army
veterans.
A telephone message from Cananda
igua, reports 25 killed and so injured
The train jumped the track near a
bridge which spans Canandaigua out
let in the heart of the village of Man
| chester.
Special With Doctors and Nurses.
A special train carrying doctors and
nurses has been sent to Manchester
| Four Cars in Ditch.
/ Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. pa long dis
tance telephone message to the LIE
high Valley here says that four O
the cars left the track and ran abou
so feet down an incline to a puml
house on the creek bank.
The bed of the stream is about Il
feet below the tracks. The stream il
dry during the summer months.
| A telegram to Superintendent
iO'Neal from Manchester states tina
seven were killed and ct least 25 in
jured, many seriously.
| Four cars went into the ditch. Th'
G. A. R. veterans were in two O
the cars of the train which did no
leave the tracks.
| Thirty-six Killed.
| Rochester, N. Y, Aug 25.-A Ions
distance telephone message from
Rochester. says that train No. a., the
Chicago, Buffalo and New York Elk
press, on the Lehigh Valley was de
rallied on the bridge near the village
at 1870 o'clock. Thirty-six are report
ed killed and fifty injured.
Twenty Bodies Taken Out.
Three cars fell into Canandaigu<
outlet and one hung over the edge
Up to 8 o'clock, twenty bodies ha(
been taken from the wreck. The in
jured number only about twenty, most
ly women.
Plunged Sixty Feet.
Manchester, August 25.-The thir
and fourth cars plunged over the side
less bridge to the outlet, sixty fee
below. The third car struck fiat O.
it's side in the water, while the fourt
landed on its front end. The remain
ing five cars left the rails but did nc
| go off the bridge. The concussio
threw every passenger from the seat
and scores received slight injuries
The cars in the creek were crowde
and it was in these the casualties o.
Cured.
Dead in Dining Car.
Several passengers in the dinin
car were killed but the largest nun
ber of dead were in the last tw
coaches.
Z A number of veterans returning frol
the Grand Army encampment {
Rochester were on the train.
Special trains bearing nurses an
doctors were rushed here from Gen
wa, which is nearby, and from Roc
ester and Canandaigua, as soon 6
word could be dispatched to thos
places.
MangIed Bodies.
At 2:45 o'clock twenty-five bodie
had been taken from the wreck. Ma
gled bodies were in plain sight pi
toned under the debris.
Most of the victims are old men ar
, women.
Making Up Time.
The train was forty minutes la
and was running fast, hauled by tv
powerful engines, in an effort to NAL
up lost time. The train does not ste
in Manchester. Two hundred fe
, east of the station after the engin,
and two coaches had passed, the trai
buckled and lurched into the creek
The train was in charge OF Condu
tor J.. B. Hillock, Of Geneva, N. J
and Engineer Fred Callen, Of Buffal
. None Of the train crew were injure
: The train consisted Of two engin,
and ten cars.
Astor Kept Harem, Says Pennypaeke