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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-01-27, Page 7DREADFUL WRECK; MANY WERE KILLE C. P. R. Train Crashes Into Bridge Over Spanish River Near Webbwood. Many Passengers Drowned, and Burned. -.Some of the Dead and Injured. TUE /MAP. • Montreal, J an. 23.—lhollowing is, the official list of the dead in the Wreck at Spanish River, issued by the.C. P. R. to- night: thither Malloy., Dorval, Qae d. Henault, Matheson} Ont., died in Sud- bury Hospital, Jan. 22, Tataforf Hoppe. Mrs, C. Houde, "Soo,' Out., drowned in 'diner. George McIllienney, North Bay, Ont., C. P. R. fireman. George McLaeghlin, Barrie, Ont., farm- er, 22 years old, nom .A.ntoneMills, Out., several ribs fraetured on right side, suffered from shock. Died night of Jan, 2e in Sudbury Hospital. Nick Nikolaaki, 150 Welley' street, Lawrenee, Mass,. died on way to hospital. John Reebok,. North Bay, Ont., C, P. R. fireman. S. J. Saunders, Ont., commercial traveler, arowned in diner; body taken to Sudbury, Zomium Spinkzie, going to .Ohishohn, Man., died in Sildbury Hospital, Jan. 22. T, If. Watt, Renfrew, or SOW place in Montana; drowned; body taken out of diner and sent to Sudbury. Unknown man, Italian or French. Bosenza, foreigner. Po'. Mr. Childerhose, North Bay, Out., Superintendent of Presbyterian Missions. R. A. Booth, 13 Laurier avenue; Tor onto. C. 3, Robertson, Arnprior, traveling auditor, C. P. R. Patrick Kinehan, Bruce Mines. Clara Tees, aged 4, Bruee Mines. Id G. Benunels, Lisbon; North Dakota. Elderly Woman, unidentified. Thomas Aussant, Blind River, Ont.. • Unidentified - boy, 12 years old. Hiram Johnston, MontreelaPresident of the Hiram Johnston Co., Limited. Unidentified woman. unidentified woman. Unidentified boy, 10 years oId. Dr. Whitehead, Powassap, Indian, medi- cine vendor. George McDougall, Copper Cliff. - Mrs. Staakie, Shaw•ville, Que. Joseph Kelly, Leavenworth, Wash. MISSING. C. Carey, Montreal, 0. P. R. air brake inspector. Win. Lavery, C, P. R. fireman, North Bay. Sudbury, Out., Jan. 23.—The total dead accounted for 'in the wreck at Spanish River, near Webbwood, is now 38. How many bodies remain in. the river is unknown. _ The efforts: of the wreckidi crews to- day were directed towards the removal of the • dining car from the river, This was successfully- accomplished., and et dark to -night the first class coach had been pulled out. The workers are now engaged in grappling for bodies in the icy river, TWO CARS RAISED. Saturday morning an unsuccessful at- . tempt was made to pull out the dining ear with cables, as all the coaches had settled on the bed of the riyer oat of sight. The attempt had to be abandon- ed. Later in the day efforts were re- newed and the diner raised to the batik, seven bodies being found therein. 'Sun- day afternoon the first class car. was • partially raised, and the divers succeed- -- cd• in removing the bodies of about a dozen other victims at dusk. It was feared ithat several others •remained in the oar,. but at 9 o'clock to -night the car • was raised. cleat of the river, when it developed that all of the victims hail been previously.. removed, the car being 'empty'. The divers are still searching -11K)' the river for bodies which may have been dislodged from the coaches, LOONING FOR RELATIVES. ear are believed to le. still beneath the surface. CRITICISING C. P. R. OFFICIALS, In the excitement officials of the C. P. R. are coining iu for much criti- cism from relatives of the trapped pas- sengers, some of whom, it is said, were refused permission to view such bodies as were recovered. All persons alike, those drawn to the spot by morbid curl- osity aud those in search of relatives or friends, were. it is alleged, for a long time kept at a distance from where the work was being carried on, Reporters in search of information were also held at a distance. STORY OF THE DISASTER. Shortly after I o'clock ou Friday eh temooa.the Sdo express from Montreal, running on time, at an estimated speed of thirty miles an hour, approached the big steel bridge spanning the Spanish • River between the towns of Nairn aud Webbwood. The engine mail and ex- press ear, beggage and' colonist cars passed safely over part of the bridge head, but the second-class eciaeli, twat in the malce-up, suddenly left the rails and crashed into one of the diagonals of the upper works of the structure. Be- hind this ear came the first-class coach, almost filled with passengers, the dining ear and Pullman. The second-class coach buckled almost instantly after striking. Part of it hung saspenhed over the stone abutments, and the tear portion dropped thirty feet on the lee in the river, with the result that the ear sud- denly disappeared. This ear is said to have carried abeut twenty-five -passen- gees, chiefly foxeigners, and but a few of these have been accounted _for, The first-class coach, next in line, left the tracks, and from the momentum of the following ears plunged down the em- bankment and out upon the _ice 19116 failed to withstand the shock, allotving the ear with its oecupents to siek in the icy waters until completely hidden train view. The coupling between this and the dining car held, and the dining ear follewed its leader. PULLMAN CAR TCRNED OVER. The Pullman end the last of the train, turned completely over in going dove' the embankment, but did not go into the water, The rear trucke of the colonist ear, last of the that section of the train, were torn off, and it bumped across the ties until the engine eame to a standstill. The colonist ear is supposed to hnve containeh only three or four passengeas, the second -dims between twenty and twenty-five, and the first-elass ear about forty or forty-five. Only three persons are known to have escaped from the first-class coach, and one or two from the second-class. But seveeal made a safe exit through the end of the diner. Only one or two per-. sons in the Pullman escaped feee. But,. although many were injured, their. plight was not serions. In this coach Mrs. H. L. 'Line% now residing in Winnipeg, a daughter of William Ward, of Ward's. Island, Tod ronto, was travelling -with her little boy, Harold. She was only slightly in- jured, and she devoted herself to the ea/a of the more• seriously hurt. The sleeping car was trausformed into a temporary hospital, and. many will bless in later years the unfaltering devotion of Mrs. Linali. Conductor Toin Reynolds and Dining 'Car Conductor Irwin, al- though suffering severely, brought to her such injured as they could reach, and ehee after bathing their wounds, aa - plied bandages made .from the linen of the ear, and latterly from some of her own apparel. `4444 -'44;;4` 4,4.4 4•44-444,:4444 -4+04•44 .44004. victim of the firet inresh of water. Con- Passengers in tide cat hare been ate uact.or Reynolds,. working near, heard counted for. his steady but feeble knoehind and "Wheu the Pullman. went down the hint out to safety. embartkmeut I was thrown into a cod, Iteynolde ohm seved front this ear lit- nee, and uext thing I :membered d was tie Alphonse Russell, who was travelliug covered with debris, including; glass from aunt and uncle, Mr. Ana Mts. the windows, which cat my.' facie severe - Charles Routh?, of the Soo, Halal eti,- I made my Way from under it and Mimi& but his wife was drowned after proeeeded down the car. Mr. Mau - the repeated efforts of her hadeanit to. lane had escaped unhurt. We found a save her. Ile brought her to the SittIftee woman lying the floor of the ear and t wive, only to have her go limier through pirated. under the seat, We endeavored being struck by the lee. to- get her out of the car, but she could not riee and asked for her huebautl. We 'llus afternoon Mr. .T. W. Leonard, fieveral Manager of the eaetern three made her as comfortable RR we collide for the company, nuked en the scene and. left the car. We found. out later duet her 'husband -was deed. When we front Montreal, and aesieted in &reeding the Anion as they searched the waters went beck later, she also wee dead, her of the river for the bodiee of the vie. spine being broken'. HELPED OTITER.S tune of the tragedy. INJURED DOING WELL. "About tlus 'time I got in touch with one of the nerviest women I ever met. Dr. II. A. Ileatty, thrief eturgefin of -We heard a pounding on stateroo the company, made a, careful niedie,al door at the front of the. car, and ein examination of the injured confiaed deavored to open it. The door being to the hospital. ILO does not look for blocked, we picked up a portion of one any further fatalities. Ha would eot of the seats and broke it hi, We say that all were out of danger. Thair found a lady end a boy in the room. injuries might not be serious, but there The lady said she had' not been injured. might be danger following upon the We endeavored tG plaee her in safety, shock and imuteesion in the icy water, but she insisted upon helping others not On Saturday an inquest on the body so fortunate ae she. For that reason -of six of the victims wile held by Dr. she devoted her ettention to the injured. te. F. Jones Webbwoofi, The jury We found out later that she had re- in the verdict said that the pereona. ceived a bad wound on the head. After came to their death es the result of making our way from. the car we went the accident, and that the cause of the upon the embankment, and 'found the same was unknown. To -night these rimed colonist car woe hi, a blazed it bodied were brought to Stulbury, end was impossible for us to get to it, as repose in local blowing in all direetions, relatives are remaining in town in the undertaking rooms. The the wind Was and we could not cross the river to ap• hope that they may be able it/ seeure Preaeli it from the other side. We mold and ship them home. . hoar women and childreu screaming in :A. DiSTRESSNIG INCIDENT. The day was clear and bright, and hundreds have visited the wreck from points all along the line. On the rails, toweling high above the wreck, two im- mense derricks have the first elan coach anchored hi its present position by their immense cables, while the diner, after delivering up its dead, has been pulled back off the bank. To Sudbury and the wreck hundreds of friends and relatives of the known dead, missing and injured have come on the first train that could brieg them. Some of these have had the courage to go to -the actual scene of the disaster, while the balance remain in Sudbury =loudly awaiting for every bit of news or for the remains as they are brought in and submitted for identification and to be -claimed. SEARCHING FOR. VICTIMS. Early this morning men with pike poles commenced prodding about in the icy waters of the 'Spanish River for the victims of Fridey's,railway catastrophe, whieh oceurreh near Nairn, on the Soo branch of the C. P. 11., but which has become known as the Webbwood wreck. The gruesome hunt was continued until 'darkness rendered the taak almost abor- tive but some fifteen or sixteen bodien were secured before the men desisted. of the diner, and safety. Knowing that THE SEARCH CONTINUES. in my littrised condition I eould not Already. thirty dead paesengere of the ill-fated Soo express have been account- ed for, end the local undertaking estille lishments are overtaxed. Ae the search was seeking, pulled myeelf ont, cut- eontimies it becomes apparent that the I ting my. wrist on something in the at - toll of death will be ameh greater than tempt. Runting along the roof of fide wee at fleet imagined. While one heel- ear again, I asked aid of a trainman. latee to say anything that would cause He told rite to AN? MI top as / was safe, unneeessary alarm, it would not be stir- But finally lie helped me down. prising if the total list of dead approaeh GIVES Tun ATARNI. eft eloeely to the sixty mark. Stories of • Neeengeee who (heaved would seem to di got itp the emblutonent to the hear this out. tracke atm only Redwine. that aid eidured, stArt..1 tas the five Many bOttie, it is thought. eeill never IN' , • eeeoverid. Some were burned in fire "illy "11 bat'k b • br" till"' e'""t Welded after striLing the brhipa, ond the enginter, diet NO. 7 was in th MR. PEARCE'S STORY. Another Toronto man who, after a most thrilling escape from the first, - class coache distinguished himself, was' B. j. Pearce, 809 Queen street west, a traveller. Pearce had gotre for a glass of water and had it in his hand .when the trash came. To a Globe reporter he gave the following statement: • "As I was taking a drink heard a series of bumps., and realized at once that the ear had left the rails. I threw both arms about the water tank, blindly, for' support. The mirror in the alcove seemed to•turn in towatds me. Then came a dreadful crunching ahd rolling, and I felt water rising about my feet. The flood came higher, and at hest I was totally submerged. Open- ly my mouth, to breath I had it filled' with glass and bits of debris. "L.etting go of the tank, and the des. perate nature of my plight coming home to my senses, I rose tO the surface. The cat could not have been totally trader water, because I eame up near fain light and could breathe. Seeing a piece of floating wood. I mashed the win- dow only to be confronted with a wire screen. I drove my fist through this, and putting my head sideways, pushed my way out. I managed to get my head and shoulders through, and seeing the fire consuming a part of the second- class ear I was seized with a frenzy. Al- most &wild of eeeson, I pulled and strained until finally I was clear. tip on the roof of the each I clambered, tied mining- along this found. epee° of about els feet between myself, the Toot the cars. The pessengers in this die all died by the fire. It Is believed thet Mr. S. J. Saunders, of Oahe, was one passengeee 'were preparing their own of thoee tp perish in the dining red his meets tit the time ef the wreck, and that body being recovered this morning, lie was a- thareller for a London, Waldo. firm, and. one of the popular men of the town, His brotther-halaw, J. Gray, of came to -chain the body, Deer- ing that one of the victims had been pulled ashore, he wished to get a elew of the body and was refueed penelesion. A friend Who knew Mr, Saunders well said: "Mit Gray told me that the body was the one he was seeking and deeerila ed him to me. ,He leavee a wife And five -children, 'The day of his death 13 one to he well remembered in hie fam• ily,' said Mr. Gray, 'asi Althea', a da- ter, and an made peewit. away in dif- ferent years on that (Wee", 'NO BURNED BODIES, Acearding to information received by the C, P, R., four dead •were taken out of the dining' ear, all of them drown- ed. Nineteen more victim of - drown, ing were teken out of the firet-claes car, and nine died front injuries receiv- ed in the second-class ear, which was smashed by colliding _with the bridge, It is Aided that noue of the vietinis or their remains were injured by the fire which 'hestroyed this ear, ahd that earlier'reports to -this effect were incorrect. Outside of this pee - mut -class ear all the victims of the WIWI; were drowned when the ears sank in the river. MAIL CLERK'S STORY. 44••••••••••••• Was on Car Which Crossed Bridge Safely—Aided Work of Rescue. Sault Ste. Marie, Sao. 23.—William Derides, a mail clerk on the ill-fated train, arrived here this morning on the special train which conveyed sur- vivors of the accident from ;Sudbury. Describing the accident, he said; "We left Nairn Centre on Friday at 12.42 p. and nothing. unusual oc- cm•red until we approataed the bridge at Spanish River. 'When about four car lengths from the bridge I fen the train behind me 'pulling' in a ragged way, and realized at once we were off he rails. For a few yards the train went ahead. Then suddenly the air brake was applied. Our car, however, crossed the bridge in Safety, ana when the other side was reached jumped. The second-elass ear, which Was im- mediately behiad the mail ear, jamped the track the moment it struele the bridge, the weight of the cers behind telescoping it, then, with the first- class coach and diner, all plunged down the 30 -foot, embankment and into the river, carryleg its vietims with it. We could hear the shrieks of women and children, but eould see no one. There were only three of us On the opposite eide of the river. We finally managed to get back to the other eide, and assisted in' calming the fears of those who ching to the roofs of the dining car and first -oleos cerich, several of \thorn we wete able to take out a later.".. hir. Dioxins related several talea of heroism on the part of the. trainmen, wbo worked lik.e demote, although themselves in several instances cet and bleeding from their injuries. One young woman, a Norwegian, whose skull bad been laid open an inch or more, and whose right leg wee terri- bly torn .frmn the ankle to the knee, laying bare the bone, set for five hours waiting the. ,arrivid of the doetors, and then went Spartiaalike through the operatioh of 'laving her leg amputated witbout moving a, man& or uttering a sound, she having declined to allow an anaesthetic to be administered, jump the gap, took to the ite. It gave way, dowit I went a. eettple of times, and theit catching hold of the other ear upon a freight train there. and told eortion of the eeerneheless coach white . the swift cement of the deep tmining „„e„ ,e,„ „, „ liver Inay also have swept away lire ANOTILE it 1. 11 It I "1'4 *N. tenth the ice done of those who pedislied This Rimy of the (merle, of Mr. Peirce in the tele. as the doors and wnsloWS typieal of the wredk. but it tate mad. open meg, timid when the alOane by that of an Ranee pireadger ivitade Awl first cies* olia.lt wine drawn ! TiTennen 'Was w;zilin the body • net it 1 two ewer- ' th‘ fitetelemee order se well. For two •• we • war ••••••,,•.- ••••. THE:BRITISWELE.CTIO How tne Struggle is Progressing Throughout Great Britain. 441•••• •.•••,* London, Jan. 23. --The Liberals »iater- 1 thine:Ts had gone better in some places. 1 ally laereased their score, aceordiug to A ing majority Was Wailtvii to enable thia morning's returns from Saturday'e the Government to deal not on•ly with elettione for members of Parliament. the budget, but to maintain the power flay retain fifteen seats previously held • of the people in repellieg usurpation by out of a total of seventeen contests Of the Lords, the other two seats one went to a,Union- Mrs, Chamberlein says Mr, Chem- ist and the other to a Nationalist. - berlain is rejoieing in the trend of the The position of the parties this after- elect:on, and glad to have lived long noon Was as f011ows;• enough to see Ids fiscal palicy so widely Government coalition— adopted. . . Liberals .. 4 • • • • • 4 • • 200 WILL ASQUITH RESIGN? Laborites.. ... ..... , 33 The report was aireulated to -day that Irish Nationalists ...... ' 09 Premier Aequith would res and. re- quest the King to sununon a Coneerva- Opposit ion— 'Unionists ..... . 214) Gee to organize the Govenuneet of the Liberate tailed to eteure a majority of David Lloyddlearge, Chaneellor of the Eivahekhiet giueedi• tmoindoefIllgtehnoerrwol f tlellettioillisu,d‘gyeats, p(iirucootrwitgi eitialartilehrtis 1.11)sool4t ilintieehssast ee-eleeted fermi Carnarvon borough, but however, do not credit thie report, and hie. nmjority Was 140 Wes III the none of Mr. Aequith's utterances fur- lasItw gethilrant oemiefeoteirdivision of Esse; ni4hea any renollation for it- Dycke Ackland, .Vinerwild See. where tho Liberals in the lest election yeranetio the wad office, was defeated received a majority of 6,05-5., Sir J. IL in Yorkshire, At the last general thee - Bethell, the Liberal cauditlate, only Ine otic11184-.11411eWilis8 t11;:tsTtirMebnyibear euTretidiritay-eieccottilsotnitbuyel.ileelle587 oitt.trae totealLytiiint: 0.r the .present. ministry to iose.coostito. of 44,40h, membetee to the new House to -day. The elit'ehilemse' surprise of the campaign has same constituencies were represented in been that the manufacturing centres, with a few exceptions, have gone for free trade, while the squireerchies shifted to the protection party, NEW MEASURES. London, jan, 23,—(Globe- Cable). — Rural Englandeethe England of the ca- thedral towns, feudal castles, modern ceuntry houses, clustering tittle geoups of red -tiled cottages, batten, coachmen, grooms,.cheuffeurs, gamekeepers, depen- dent trades people and tillers of the soil—has proved. itself as Tory as the Lords themselves.'In the past 'four days the Dniouists have marched from vie - tory to victory, If they maintain the -same ratio of gains in the 102 English eeate. etill to be heard from, the conn binerl Libeval-Labor-Nationalist major- ity wilt be less than 120. TO SETTLE WITH THE LORDS. ' However, the Lords will lutae to Pay just as they would if the inajority against them was 300, for.Redmond has announced that it is not. the intention of the Nationelista to embarrass the Governmeut by demands for home Tule for Ireland, or anythiug else until the Commons have •settled with the Lords ,for the rejection of the Budget. It is certain therefore, that the immediate cauee Of the crisis, namelye the proposal to alter the baeis of land tradition by taking a portion of the unearned incre- ment for the State, will triumph. Be- yond that point all is dark, and specie. latioa is vain. the last Parliament by 10 Liberals, 8 the fire tool; place in this way. 'Unionists 2 Laborites and 4, Nationaliste, The gains of the reepective parties in REMOVAL OF THE INJURED. Saturday's 'elections, complete, remain "The dining ear was about half as announced on Sunday morning. They were: Unionists 190, Liberals 1,1, Labor. itee 1, ASQUITH'S DILEMMA. Asquith's own doubts are clearly marked in. a speech last night when he made his programme dependent upon the quiet return of an adequate number of the Liberat party to the next House ofICt ouiskinoanlms.osit certain that the next House will now contain a Liberal ma- jority *dependent of the Nationalists and Asquith's words, taken literally, eeem to beat, only one construction, mamely, that lie is preparing to retire from the premiership. The Ring would probably then send for Sir Edward Grey who surprised' even Ids friends by his senLtlocoydn,Citeesotige, persistent radicalism during the pre - the foremost Liberal figure and man of ambitions, might refuse to serve under Grey, and might elaim the premiership as his own. What, however, is causing the greatest anxiety among moderate men of both parties is the highly embarrassing position in which the eovedeign may be placed whim a Radical premier asks him as to the direction of the effective share. of the Lords in legislation. Altogether, the .faddists of every de- nomination, whether pro -Indian, pro - Egyptian, Fabian, socialists and others, have had a rough time of it. Witness the defeat of Dr. Rutherford Arnold. Lupton, Sir Henry Cotton and others. I deal has been made of the influence of' wealth and even of intimidation throughout this election, more particul- arly in counties where the unionists have in many instances had ten times the number of motor cars at their dis- posal, many a oareless yokel being ready to give his vote for a Tide in a motor car. In addition to this influencer the Liber- als themselves admit the recrudescence of the feudal spirit amnog the agricul- tural population. The attachment of cen- turies to; the lord of the manor and the country squire has come to life again. Also the laborer know sthat small hold- ings ere now within his grasp and that old age pensions aro safe. The threats of the land owners to reduce wages and lo- cal donations and get rid of their em- ployees if the budget passes is also stat- ed to have had a great effect. Altogether a variety of outside influ- ences have been brought to bear on the electorate on this occasion and form a record in the history of English elec- tioneering. ' The House of Lords can be reformed only by a bill which the Lords must swallow. They may deny that the coun- try. has giveu a mandate for this. The Unionists insist that the election have not proved that the country desires a change in the status of the Upper House. They argue that a bare majority is not enough. No country with. a Writ- ten constitution, such as the United States, they point out, can make such changes by a mere majority. The position of the Nationalists is un- ique. With them all questions are sub- servient to home rule. The tariff refor- mers (halm 'that the Irish are all Pro- tectiouist, if they could vote that issue without complications. The Nationalists in the last Parliament declared against the budget principally because they were opposed to increased evhiskey taxes, but they would probably help it through the next House' as a measure of politi- cal strategy. submerged, and people sitfing forward ,were all droWned, There were only five of us, includiag the lady men- tioned, Who were in a, position to assist the injured end rembve the deed frem the wreck. I recall maah incidents Which arc practically indescribable. When -we vommeneed to remove those who. were injured from the ears a little boy wrapped in a blanket was handeh to me to pass on to the next in line.. When I took him the wind blew the blanket aside rind you could hardly re- cognize what wee inside it as a human being. "I mild, 'Are you all right, my boy?' and he replied., ant feeling fine} but my mother le ia the water. I saw a man make his way frem the colouist ear bridge apparently unhurt. Ile endeav- ored to make his way up the track, bat fell from the bridge and was drowned. While remohing the dead from tte cars I remembered W. J. Belli of Sudbury, was on the train. At this time' the, bodies were beiag handed 'me and I was heading them on to others in the line, I asked, 'Has anyone seen Billy Bell?' The. object I had in my anus at the time replied, 'Don't you know ate, Bob?' It was Bell, The doctors told me later he could. not live. OTHERS INJURED. "Shortly afterwards another injered mau, whom r did not recodnize, passed through my hand. I found out ehortly afterwards- that it was Dave Brodie, police magistrate of Sudbury, His chest was crushed.. While at Sudbury I met a man on. the street carrying a peek - sack. Ile appeared to be a prespeetor. Next time I riew him he was lying dead near the top of the embankment. He bed been injured. in the wreck end died after reaching the epot where he was found. I remember seeing four commercial *trailers eitting in the first-class ear engaged in a game of cribbage. They all went down. About three hours after the accident I. found the inert at the top of the first-class ear floating in the water. There was juet room between' the water and the top of the car for a body to float." REYNOLDS A HERO. Sault Ste. Marie, Jan. 23.—.Stories of the eplendid heroism. or Conductor Thomas Reynolds in the disaster near Webbwood coatinue to come in. l.to saved eight people from the Pullman air. When the crash came Reyeenils, as the only means of eecape, went down in the waters, smashed a window, and, came to the surface an the outdde. Reynolds says the thought came to him when he, big throegh the window whether the lee ,had been sufficiently broken to fellow hum to cOme to the surface, lie reached. sone footing with mai arm on the cer and .the other oa the ice. On top ef the car hie real. work of rescue began. The fanlight and screen were smashed with his have fists, and the first, passeoger lie grabbed was little Atfonso Bottle], who was returning with his eunt and allele, Ma and Aire. C. Heade, to the Canadian Soo. He was broaght out by the hair of the head, as were moat of the a -there hit. Reyoleis resorted, it beihg the only meane pos. eible eo seder° .grip on them on ad - count of the laborious position which he wee compelled to take and the extra heavy weight of 'the witter-sogged clothes, After the little boy came D. M. Brodie, of Sudbury., Mt. Brodie was small enough to coine through the fan- light.. WOUNDS DID NOT DETER HIM, After this dime the superhuman efforte of the day. The. rest of the passengere were too large to come threugh- the fan. light, and that section of the 'ear was • actually ridped opera in Reynolds' mad endeavor to rescue them. Ire 'did: it, end more were brought to safety, lecleding W.I. Bell end IT. Wade, of' Sudbary; Thomas Hay, elaims Agent of the C. P. R.; C. Howie, of the Soo, aed two colored attendante of the diner. Con- ductor Irwin, of the diner, eseaped with wounded back. It is said that Mrs. Heade was almost brought to safety, but dropped out of the hen& of her tee,* eters and wae seen no more. All the time ItesnOhIS Wa9 etre, beoised atid bleeding in a horrible maimed Ite has gene to his home ie. North Bay. out ripen ran try le frit mane So far the limit for labile, 'lofty.; Lt. Nt41,0 at a %email it at with hie pe has Teeny ohle eonemensell. The first- ju.t out oi• the water. end. hie feet /Ind rim followed, and it went into the eledr [ditch Red pont of the Keene lass i. ether upon the inanimete form of some water up to the ventilators. Oniy tat tion. 44.4••••••••••••• SOM BU RN ED. Horrors of Wreck Told by Rebell Burrows Survivor. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Ian. 'M.—Rob- ert Burrows, local manager of the Bell Telephone Co., who arrived home at feao yesterday on the first train which reach- ed the Soo since the accident, toldi the following story of the disaster. Mr. Burrows is badly cut about the face aria is stiffening coustant pain from bruises about the body. Pfe said: "The first intimetion I had Of the ac- cident was the pounding of the teucks of the Pullman ear. With our general manager, Mr. Melhulane, who was on his way to the Soo, we had just been considering. whether or uot we would take lunch in the dining ear. About five minutes before thie a lady who had been sitting opposite ine in the ear left the Pullman to enter the diner. She was followed by a priest, presumably Irma Blind River. Both were killed. As near as can remember', the first intimation had of the &taker Was a grinding noise, the Pulliam grinding en the tied The engine and mail ears end the ex- press ear got over all right. The first colonist ear ran across the bridge on the ties mut ran 200 yards beyond the bridge. It appears that the Second Col- Onist oar swung across and blocked the line. The other cars following were thrown front the track by the wend colonist ear. The.ear took fire and wam burned. have no idea. how mealy were in it, WENT THROUGIT WE. rc,rht next ear Was another tolonist. ' It shot dower the embenkment to the lee and went through. I believe that every seenger thix tar wee &vented. The COMMISSION INVESTIGATING. • The Railway Connelesimi has not had any report upon the Webbtvood wreck. However, sooa as the news of the eatastrophe teadlied Ottawa, Mr. Geo. Mountain,. eldef engtheer, and J. A. Nixon, chief operating officer, left for the fieene of the wreck to make an ex- ambratton. This will be a thorough one and the totiunitorion expectieg re- port within a short time, ' Lembo, Sat, 23.---0fileial Word tuiS itlitieipated a seeks of victones ne Corn- wall, end that the Liberals will multi- datione of the buildings aloeg the yea - nudely be returned to prated by a mee ter front by the sweeping watere. 'fire SAUNDER'S now' RECOVERED. retaining wells of the Foreign offiee are ante to boil all water nAvd fer thinking purpomes, and thereby avoid the danger laeetlyeephiie,;divici;4,1:11(1..fying the inhabit. The mm•face and meter ground rail- ways, which are barcleddrifficient, under normal eonditione, to eope with the ra file, remain partially suspeuded, although in no worse condition to -day then yesterday. Railroad traffic how- ever, now is demoralized and eomplete- ly suspended to time southward of Paris. The situation of suburban plaees up and.down the river is deplorable, The lower quarters of ali time towns on the river below Paris are under water, the streets of ,Autenil resembling those of Venice, A dyke near St. Germain broke toelay, flooding the valley aa far as NtJilirdagiisuln.froul reports received to -day from the provinces a quarter of France' TuhreldeerasItv„atceern.tral And southeastern' distelets 0 France are terribly affected, The valleys and plaa.".'s are inundated, and the cities and towns .are hi dark- ness. Troops everywhere have been. or- dered to the work of rescue, but often thiiy encounter the greatest difficulty in driving the peaeants to Vaces of safety, The cities of Montargis, Macon, Cho, tire champagne country are experienc- 11:51130-.Sur-Saone and Epereay, and the en - lag the most disastrous floods since The water in many of the villages along the Saone and the Marene reach- es to the roofs of dwellings. The factories and :have stopped work at lefezieres, Sedan and other places in the Moire Valley. Great damage haa been demo to the beautiful Freueli gutomonile roads, The lvDaialkTlreauod,geeorgioivifeerrcsiaveRrnr:oistflass irdgr lua,updieddl y .b y. Tn ae Loire are fall- iug in the lower Teaches. The situation le greatly improved at Lyons, Limogen- ea and Troyes. It is impossible to estimate the pro- perty loss as result of the floods, but it will run into millions of francs. For- tunately the loss of life has" been small. EWITZERLAND TOO. chit:glee' hgails"leTernlandeelistadn'by24—threntraflocodanse in Switzerland, A dozen avelanches are reported in whieh several chalets were engulfed. • FOR YOUNG MEN. ' Advice Tendered Them by Promi- nent Toronto Men. NEXT SESSION'S MEASURES, Time best informed opinion takes the ground that there will be only two im- portant Goverrunent measures during the coining session. These, it, is thought, will be State insurance against unem- ployment, on a contributory basis and the abolition of plural voting. The lat- ter is a very great abuse. One man man boasted the other day that lie had fifteen votes in London and the home counties, and had east them all for the Conservatives. Of course, if plural vote ing is abolished there would be no rea- son why the elections should not be held on the same day all over the Kingdom. "THE SWING OP THE PENDULUM." At present the slump snown in the returns is liable to beconie coutagious, especially in the south of England. Of nineteen Unionists' gains recorded in the results announced on Saturday, four- teen were in English counties continu- ously represented in the House of Com- mons by Unionists from 1880 tb 1906. Two gains were reported for the Lib- erals, namely, North Ayrshire and St. Andrew's boroughs, which had, been held by the Unionists, 'without a break, for a quarter of a century. This illustrates the principle of "the swing of the pen- dulum," the English counties back to their old allegianse, and Scotland into a more pronounced hostility to the Lords and all their works. The standing of the parties now is: Liberal and Labor 218, Nationalists 67, Unionists 218. Of the seats whete poll- ing still has to take place 115 were held by Liberals and Laborites, 16 by Na- tionalists, and 36 by Unionists.—Stewart Lyon. Home rule is not likely to get far next session, according to well -versed politi- eians, because the reform of the Rase of Lords, which the Prime Miniater has written. at the head of his programme, promises a great struggle. John Red- mond, leader of the Nationalists, will be a figure almost as important as the Premier, because Mr.- Asquith can do nothing without him. The Conservatives believe that the older wing of the Liberal party, repro - smiled by Premier Asquith War Secre- tary Haldane and Foreign ecretary Edward Greg, now repents of having permitted Itadicels like David Lloyd - George end Winston Spencer Churehill to commit the party to a budget', Ithich is so far on the road to what their op- ponents term Socialism. The Liberals de- clare their enemies are trembling in their boots lot they find the Govan - tient; oil their hands, with the necessity of raking' reVenttes for old age pensions and it larger navy, aud at the same thee attempting to adopt protection. . ClitillPHItt STILL HOPES. . Witestou Charchill, speaking in Corn- wall, eaid lie knew of no cause where the democracy of Yorkshire and tanea- Aire haft given their Aupport which hod not been dueled. to speedy euecese. Ile .....-•••ite••••••••••••••••• FLOODS IN, FRANCE One Quarter of Hie Country Said to be Oder Water. Paris, Jan. 24.—The flood situation in Paris reached a leore critical stage this morning. The Seine has risen nine inches since two o'clock and nOW reeds- ters 7.53 metres at Point Royal. This is the highest the river has been since 1802, when it reached 8.8 metres, the highest point recorded in the"history of France, except in the year 1015. A ter- rible tempest of rain and wind, which broke over the city at daylight, adds to the horror of the situation. Although the waters of the Seine af- fluents above the city still are rising rapidly, the municipal authorities were hopeful that the maximum stage of the Waters would be reached by nightfall. The river presents air awe-inspiring spectacle. A quarter of a million people throng the stone parapets and queys in a. drenching rain, watching the yellow tide, whieh is crowden with driftwood, wine casks and other wreckage, rushing sea 'a ant. Firemen, prolice and troops arc work- ing like mad at all the bridges, disen- tangling blockades resulting front the floating debris, and it is hoped that all the hridges will be saved. Traffic on &Went of the fruiter ones, however, has been stopped, All of' the cellars along the quays are filled uith water. Ono of the chief dangers is the weakening of the form. •4444.411••••••••••• Toronto, Jan. 23.—Advice to young men. formed the topic of Rev. Byron H. Stauffer's sermon in BOnd Street Church last night. He read nearly forty messages which he had. reeeived from many representative men, in- cluding leading Hebrews, Protestants, Roman Oatholies, busineesmen, ticiaas, newspapermen, and others. The following are brief outlines of some of these messages:— Sir James P. Whitney—They should always act that they be not ashamed of their conduct. Rev. Dr. Wm. Briggs—Be faithful and do not spend all your energies keeping your peesent job, but spare some for your next job. Mr. Peter Ryan—Never use intoxi- cating liquor, save a little every day, and never go en a bond or be security for anyone. Rev. Father Minehan—Do some good every day. Mr. R. J. Fleming—Be clean in, all your habits. Rev. Dr. Chambers, Toronto jail, after advising young men to be sober and industrious, says as soon as you have an income of $700 per year find a nice young woman and get married. One newspaper man's message to young men read: "Cut out the booze." The preacher in his discourse made an earnest appeal to the young men especially to have high and" noble ideals and to pay attention to the advice he had read from men of all classes—men who from their positiohs were well able to give advice. 4 -- been reeeived here ter the finding Of S. letitY Mhdtter than To15 on's" J. Saunders, of Millie, traveller for looter ever had. Greene & Swift, this cite, in ,the sub- lir. Aelend.ITood, tit 'Taunton, letin- merged dining car ef the wreaked C. P. I tained that, the eleetions in the Nein- R. express. A pathetic feature vas re- ilea bed "hewn tnat the Lords were ceiptri this morning by mail of two absolutely juetified in referring the 1 large orders widen Salaulearr had posted 'budget to the people. at &adhere a few eafiratee before the Men Maenamare, at Salop. proplieeied tteddent IIITI;enntl, 316 Irtel se ma% Old, that the Tory hystorieal joy would ant. ilia Wee i, wife and five children. Ile fer a paininl change before the story STABBED GIRLS. Enraged Italian Wounds His Sweet heart and Another. A91/..,7" THREAD MILLS. & Coate Shut 'DOW Pawtucket, B. I. 500 Washers Out—Nine Roy LAW Against Them. Pawtucket, R. I., Jan. e4. -----Over five - hundred textile workers were thrown Io)euTtioo(:. employment to -day, when uut UM., were shut down. for an imictialta five thread. milli of J. 44 P. Voats, Lino Lost Thursday 123 back boys and dote fers struck when they .found that ander the operation or the new 56-bour they were to receive pay only for the 00 hours weekly work actually' per- formed. Previously thdy had worked. On hours weekly, and had received pay for 60 hours. Todlity, when the operatives went to the mills, a large number of the boys assembled about the gates. and dissuad- ed other boys from enteriege Within an hour after tire opening of the mina the management announced the shut- do;NrV.11.8i P, Coats, Limited, eontrels large proportion of the thread output of the couutry. The headquarters of the concern is in Glasgow; Toronto, dna. 23.—In a jealous rage because his eweetheart, with whom he had quarrelled, continued. In her refusal to "make up" with him, Joseph Sehell, a young Italian, who is also known as Joseph Prancella and Carissino Fratello, On. Saturday evening stabbed and eerie ously wounded the girl tied her chum, The girls, whose names were given to the authorities at St. Michael's Hospital as Mergery Harvey and Nettie Bennet, were both wounded in several places, but unless blood poisoning sets in they will recover. The Italian eseaped from the room at 75 Shuter street, where.the stebbing took place hut was weight on Queen street several hours War by De- tective Onthrie. The trouble which ended in the stab, bing started some time ago, when Margery Harvey and the young Henan quarrelled, one otiose, it ia with being a discovery by the girl that her sweet- heart was an Italian. Surrounded by water. The stroke sure vomiting the Chamber of tionuneree are 'deviated memefe end ttaffie there bee been forbidden. The tunnel between the Dual d'Oreay end the (nett d'Aueterlite, et:alone is a eushing Orem The base- ment of the Polak Justiee is fell of weter tied the first floor tif the Central pelier station is uutenable. ..4,44•••• At the hospital the girle gave other name% saying they were Marjorie Vine and Nettie t ornish. The reason the girls gave for lowing assumed »ames is thee they ran away from home to go on the stage and did not want, to be followed by their parents. The Vine girl says that she comes from New 'York State and the dornish girl -rays her home is in Dundee. ln Dundee no. one by the name of COY- nish is known, but it is believed she is a Dundee girl of a somewhat similar naMe adio left there recentlh. BOTH LEGS BROKEN. St. Thomas, Ont., Jan. 2.1.---(0. N. W. despatch.) ---William .Tagoe, a machinist, at the Michigan Central Ileilway shops, residing et 5'5 Cethai lee etreet, met with serious accideni on Sunday afternoon, Odle working, on an engine. A wheel tire weighing' thirteen bemired, pounds fell on hien, erushing his ely badly aml breaking both legs. EARL PERCY SHOT. ••••••••••1444.1, Made a Remark About a Woman That Caused Duel. Lo»don, Jan. 2 sip about the tragic fate of young Earl Percy now is the• talk of all London society, The clearest vision of the matter is the following; Percy is said to .have made- a disparaging remark about a young wife of one of time best known members of Asquith's Cabinet, This came to the knowledge ofe the woman's brother, who sought out Perry and insulted him • publicly. The. latter kept. his temper, but re- worked; • twe"ho'lotuthtevocuoindininhendta2a to say that to th'sr will.say it to you in Paris, with all Both men went to Paris and two dap later fought a duel with pistols. Percy was seveeely wounded in the chest, bat would. have recovered, the doctors say, had he obeyed their instructiOns and kept absolutely quiet. He insisted on working on his address that he intended to deliver as a can- didate for Parliament in South Reming- ton, a few days later. As a result the wound beeame inflamed. and was fol- lowed by an attack of pleurisy, to which the earl succumbed, MASONIC TEMPLE. Wierdsor, Ont., Jen. 24,—(G. N. W. despatch.) --A company known :am the Masonic Temple Aseoelatlea Windior, Limited, with a capital of $30.00n. has been ehartertel by the Ontario Govern. ment for the purpeee of building a Ma. sonic Temple here. The capital stoek divided in 5,000 Alarm. Aide will be offered. for sale at $10 a skive- lt is M- inded to erect a Modern thrae—torey *Wilding in a euitable loeltien in the was a prominent menthol. of Weetern ended. Itadiettlieni venni beat the lot The peak! trippling of the water sup. business eeetion of the Pity. retultring Western Ontario Trateelleted Merida- Were it was till over. ply threatens the eapltel with a water the loner floors euitable fov stores and Mr There'll et Swindon wished that famine. The pollee ere making house CONN. FULFORD ESTATE. Wife and Son Die and Father In- herits $3,000,000. Toronto, Tan. 24.— Charles W. Mc- Lean, of Brookville, who only a year ago married one of the daughters of the late Senator Eulford, has fallen heir to nearly three million dollars, on account of the death of his wife and infant son. The circumstances surrounding the case are most path- etic. About three years ago Senator Fulford's daughter married George A. Sherriff, who died soon after their marriage. A year ago Mrs. Sheriff married Charles W. McLean. Three weeks ago Mrs. McLean was taken ill with appendicitis, and on the day she died a baby boy was born, This boy lived only three hours. One of the provisions of the late Senator Fulford's will was that "any of his daughter's offspring were to rank as full heirs." Mrs.. McLean's baby son, therefore, was the heir to one-third of the Fulford millions. But the Surrogate Court Act specifies that when a child of a, widower dies ine testate, 'its father becomes entitled to its share of the estate, and Mr. McLean thus falls heir to several mile lion dollars. When application for letters of ad- ministration was made in Brockville on San. 15 it was stated that Mrs. McLean's income from the estate was $13,200 a year. In 1905 the Ontario Government placed Senator Fulford's estate at $5,225,000, and it is believed that by this time -it amounts td $9,e 000,000. The Toronto General Trusts Co. is the administrator. SENT KISSES. 114.104.4.44111 Saheee. Miss Faurie Liked Her Letters ' Framed With Them. 1•••m•••••••• • llew York, 3'au. 23.—Mr. Harry La- zelle, who is being sued by Miss Edith Faurie for $75,000 damages for alleged breach of promise of marriage, resumed the stand for erose-examinatioe when the trial of the suit was eontinued be- fore Judge Giegerich and a jury in the Supreme Court on Saturday. His testimony centred ehiefly about kisses he sent to the young woman. Ile admitted that he had sent a let; ter to the plaintiff, which read in part as follows: "Dear Edith:—Impossible for ins to get what you sent for ,You can get them out there. Don't be angry with me for nob bringing them. Sincerely, "Harry. "On this letter there are six crosses," said rounsel for the plaintiff. "Now, what aid thow, six eTOSSNI allea)1P,' There was a general laugh in4the eourt room, in which the witness joined. lie hesitated a momeut and then re- plied: "Why, those represent kiemes." "Do you mean,' inquired Mr, Epetein, eouusel for the plaintiff, "to convey sit kisses, one kiss for ea& cross?' "Yes " drawled the witnese, "she wanted' TAO to put them all around the edge of the paper. She said they look- ed. nice." "To 'whom did they look like." -To herself." "Wert dou in the habit aending her kisses letters?" "Did it any number of times," Was the response. Miss Ida, Labelle directreemi of St. Mary's Araderey St. Andre street Mou- treed died yetterday morning at the tel Dien as the retain of fall stuattia ea 'milt days ago. Mies Labelle ire President of the Lady Teachers' Asso4t ation of the Provieree of quebec.