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THE TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1906. 4 THE WRECK OP A TsSSft ZZJTIZZLZZ unch or ukebsl jf flgjft. scotosh express. SirSjSrfi S2 1 cto: ouTTwi iTJK: dam point. IssdiM from th.

mam line to the THB MAUTKTAMA. i mSSkaj cssIeS lf JwST ferAfeSL 8I LOSS OF LIFE. lSH 2 iSfeffltSm The anpUling nflwir accident at Grantham, l. thS5h SSaf 0100 WW efterneo. at reiuweav mrTZZt HSJrJ tot which 0.1 ly tew rjartieulars rrwhed London Ocmdncter Thomes Rowiett's report tlc the engta.

ri smUtAmset Ss WWiTyne, The ceessioa was of I fartere "TTnT? gSt. In a for publication In tl bulk of yerfrdy PolUon the train, wWekW from tfce "fTTf i.rr't?. tfyf. Wa ta.ri,, have been befit, S2du2 bl SaIESSJ BeUs7 ftiijUJiTtJ Impression of TV TW, happed TLiS SfcKi p.m. train Iran ITJiiffWes.

to the north. It ia TmTMvTZAT were only 33 pjlwiiiii in the train, which ff JZZt o7 A.IS'SSf thlTSrf bSlilriS iriffi y. aSSL, Cesiiffe the expee which serve certain wccth Of Urn. one Grantham, two m.podt lrhiSdeo here It is doe about 11 o'clock. On Wednesday porfte earri bke.

He thai ou notieW i te of polling op ai that auC uTtelX SrucdtW peed which the guard a rif tbSTw. etoiby b27 Both ttfrOTtirT rSiJS ETEr .0 are araoi the eurvlvora estimate at 40 mile D7 sleeping cars were withont passengers, ench The yrd is on the north shore, and the acethern of tJw and massive coils of cables she was fcf i0 21Z o.Js LUlni sJSSftSTta. jjisEHrzi jts ris.b sstiTi ejes. 1 jrTBrvsrr pnUblr Jte7 bb 5 (m.V Elnli 1 tndninperertrkllonier.Mdup to cithTI driver oar (MM ll alira to Mr 0 Wrt. 1 InMdntdt the tirje the tfi)mM4dtaiii nataon there eat aad wt elmi wmmnrifei vfi i innT 11 nil liiiilinl) nil fleliwi MiiDMiiMn Africu Knmn rran Bntt I brakes, although he noticed that the speed before there in prepant: i reacntng the station apply the rather beyond the gg Wednesday included the Dowmw Dncbea of Roa inrolTed mnlng on to another 11m orer a inM rTchiVlVVo.

TbTi curved aection of rail for which the points were opr'l" th dr.w on tppro. bin iimntW. aft. Thc.r wrro properly ao aet, according to the i S3T 'T normal stopping speed. It was inconceivable efSciala, hocaono the train was expected to stop Station.

that too driver could have forgotten to stop, as of The Tin irstoad, it ran out towards the Nottingham line eontinne his Journey borne in the oonrae of otherwise the fireman would have drawn the erpn sji on a enrvo vtueb trains are not 7. remeinbereo: threo concnaslona one of them attention to too iaci. unver rieetwooa fc SA a fijr, rbaitoai Mr. Alfred Booth expected to take at more than nine miles an hour slight, then a sudden stoppage, the going ont of the most trusted drivers in the service Mr. e.

Omari Mr. M. H. it ran to its dixn. In the course of 300 or 400 the ligbta, a tremendous noise of snlinterinc of the company, and was fit to drive anyone.

The 1 Maiwtfi, Mr. A. l. kfeaa. (sacsMry).

Mr. Jamo Bun 3 ards it bad rociod on the rail, dashed into a I wood and breaking glass in front of him. (He aad' proont shipping and eonaaeioal ama and rmrel Uf" ahMghai ywtarday. entatiT, of the ldmg iadaauie. of the city and Habor, 'icnmJied a MrjriJfari Dmm crewd.

throng the quays and wharJc on both ffl Wtaif. aRDrLLZBa, Baav irrieentertamedaMimrtyoftstolcheaa. Li 'V" New" Ita I yard scattering the bricks and masonrv into yard, fluids, and roadways, and finally possession of his broke np into three pieces the engine toppKng not recall a single shriek real cause of the accident, concluded Lord (enen.l wptendent) Mr. A. P.

InAM (fel. 2s lsasssL itwand fefCatosatoSTllw Anriran Was, from Liol, AUerton, would probably never be known. I teildTm" whtTLt Fd. prooeadad fo, i kiiasdstaa distress. The' 'arvimr itself in the hlbut workers below the embankment mlLntlv rnf the now sloping retaining wall, and I seemed likely to fall upon them.

There was a SOene of the acefdent. and they rendered snch ifrtl fek tP6 Tt Ip as lay their power. They made tho follow factory enclosure and remaininr noised on the edco of the reminded him that he had baiikment at a threatening angle. An explosion the platform crowded with UI'UhK AUUU UA.TS. I Banter.

George Coek, of Fletcher street, Grantham. M'pJtl red liichardson were among the first nd Asfg bsmedy. Lady Lord, Lad; express's Dowers. They are all down that embankmon they a Press representative vivid kind hounded the crack of the n. and at tho same mounmt the whole scene of i now." Mshed.

indeed, with horror was lit up by flames of fire from cut off as a flower It was on of the the wrecKago. touches in the narratives, of survivors. THE WORK OF RESCUE AND i re dead, that a twelfth body may yet bo found, RELIEF. nnd that sixteen passengers ire ia hospital of whom I VJMJ. K.

Inttia 1 the reader, of the tele Ust have 1 rTl rrtir. I oppeered to be the most dreadful feature of tho 1to1mor; Aftf John and Ladr JHaelren, abtl IJndmy, Lady McDonald, riir PTra bnilders wharf a Milewer Farin ySSSsfdsy rooming, 1 J'n ateaned down the Leach for hoar trial, and 10 A Jhf w.eIL The Japan tho second nei I tJv eenCeJcn Uoyd s. PXHSIA, from Kmaa, arriwd ha a. Lvabx Maau. Loodoa far passed Cansasah i Spootal attention on fn.

ilrt aes iar. an 1 rasvBCM The firit chws state room, an? "edM1y. 0.000 leacth, with gro JLJL yesterday. lUrre, laft Lsxoe.W' i ara, ur aoisapeeded SiW, Lord Bust consolation 1 The deaths i merciful iu it i rcinblins nowe and thooght that an metals. Hurrying to the spot wheno.

Cookrcpl, called oot. Help Iaa' Ihey, howror, Kieoeeded in getting, the lady 5on, jj.V.,ari'd ane iron bar. swsy they Snrvr.0'dont5 that hi. hrad vf badly t. ii" Walter and Udy Kunciman, ss a naprove 1 WBBCKS, CASUALTIES, Ac Villieex.

Bir ended and one ringje eedid BiUtiUibular boUers, wortunj; i. Wii unJer Howden's flyrtein of forced dranght. Aucr r.f Iuly Mariorio Wilson, ice Admiral Tyr'lcT7a( carry to in Director of Tran orta, Admiral H. P. cargo 1 or ner TOyge Admiral T.

Sep, C.B.. Certain SkSS brlt of conlract bnilt ships, Engineer bear iriSfMi I The t.dy, who xi performed by the Dowager lur'o U.e bank. th.tie ii. sg myc dbodiw. Ihey it they eould not get near and Richardson iwbaenuently He.

shouted for 3r Duchess of 17. xburghe, and at a garter part 4 the vessel TPJgff "Jil Mtcces.uiiv launched, ssssS greit and mstwned "fJ "9 fKiUytly dsAcs all effort, to humoh her into the endeavour. get her afloat ready tt attempt I jliag. Tucs been er.piigod in these and aot jM rain yesterday two or three tos, working bc lty on sonth dock, toflsthst with incry and electric winches in the ricinity farther particulars about the quietly climbing The followinc a local lulled: a exceed i drrror, Frederick Fleetwood, of Doncaster, attendant. The flames wnre of a broken n.

TCr PP6 effort3 of srscua (irantham youth, alarmed at the non stonpare of the panied nretwood on the joarney in the temporary hope you will i which the vessel Atlantio WS an appreatioe, and only Prr.roaed tf board Tianer tu.taiaia damaseoo rtrbo.rl Hatrtaod to Aril PLv. todecied. The. Ecrr. irturaH i.

and act jm axttasubt.ed. Caro b.UT damao Qofboe, Sept. n. Brii.l tGiom. 8tV Sw vestibules I the guard what oo matter, and so in all probability saved his A li.e.

There wa. a story current in Grantham fffiSl yesterday that a baby was dug out of the wreck iTfew rnlne divisional superintendent MamsUidaof the Canard Co: to the i. ciu vr r42S54S! shipping israuameB. SXSSS Ml, ho knew construction anc THE MAILS. forter in its mouth.

Alas the baby was dead and the story only shows how in tragedy as well as comedy embellishments are added to teles passing from hand to mouth. LIST OF THE KILLED AND INJURED. The following is the official list of kfDed and supplied by the railway company with additional details ETLLBD. eomesr a the employ tent of Aveling and Porter. A.

EL Ketnpton, Great Shelford, Cambridge, a traveller lor Devas, HouUedge, and Co. Roland PhOrpsee, Lsttls MTTL RbrthmiiherlawL a. Basasl McDonald, U. MahMtrsst, New Dser. Aher Driysr Fleetwood, Doneastse.

Fireman Talbot, Doncaster, Mail van attendant Elaon. Robertson, 3rd Barisikm Eoottkh Rifles, We rbed doctor, ia the town had iTmTBtd7prliiimsn IU was 63 year, of nse, and h. Ur. Haton, and Dr. Frier being particularly early on the the flrm.

had 7 high opii Spot. There was little difficulty in getting peisencers Messrs. Aveling and i'ortor have reoeivod the Theft, 1 practically nt take tea in london and travel by tho later tram. thoroughly Jaree. Miller, one of the passengers killed, was a fitter ucoful employed by Aveling ad Porter, of Rochester.

Atlantic sp ,0 He wa. oiug to Nottingham to repair an engine for tho nTi comp! 3SsS opinion, and wool injured and uninjured, Nottingh bnrgh, together i how the people kept their head. worl. on the ntamlmes. We telegraphed for broakdown 1 third comDSrtment from gangs from Peterborough, Colwic, and Doncaster.

We 17.v?T7 got another train and sent tho uninjured rorvivors on to fVL7 thAt of hi? Ftmn Weatgato. In Grantham, the viaduct coassing the Harlaxton road and Wharf rend where the accident ooourred is visible. Mr. Kingston, a resident of Westgate. gave to TW Time Correspondent the following description of what be saw I w.

standing fa Westgate talking to a friend when I heard a train eomfeg at a tremendous rate. I remarked to him, I shall be surprised If that train keeps on the road." No sooner had I made that remark th vn it rushed by here like lightning. There was a crash and a too Wharf road bridge, the ground seomiBS rveyor, the fflculty in getting Railway. Miller loaves a widow and grown up fumilv. hour.

The Nottinglwin brarch T'Tors arranged for ail hardly under distinction k'iv. from the first an Imperial iph speed had ai Canard Cenrparry, 'o United States, via Southampton. Canary Island Ascension, and U. Helena, rU Soctt Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange could ships of great speed they had to Fiji private enterprise. That wss tlw i ships.

ttheir late chairman 1 EgEsi Colony, parcel mails, via Southampton, per Helena, parcel mails, tia Sonth Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, Orange LoloDyr.tCnAfrica, tc.sia Southamp cdS'Suv lJamaiea. Bahamas, Mexico. Hondur.a. Repiiblio of Hoadums, Salvador, and ri, a. inland, Fiji, no.

San Fnmcisoo, pars. per s. Uubhia. Mauritius, by French Sevgesat Robertson's, 1 relieved yesterday afternoon that one ud of bergcant liobertson had yet girls, Emily, aged wn. even a scratch.

Jessie, aged enven, was thrown on tho top a infanUn her r.rms. Tnh'mg that the rrfan door would bslenfed the crc! carriage in whUh they were was tilted tin against tho to make the company successful, and he felt conCdent parapet of a bridge, the wheels on the right side being that they would succeed. Without confidence there doing the best they could paomex. Ptuvate Shit Lbtiiks. Huenos Ayres, sad Rossrio, a Liver Storey i Mrs.

fltorey, Craigmniar, Bdinbcrgh, i ticnod jotrrney. Mr. Mayne. rhntorhsB terrae tremble nndor us. A man called out, Keep back gocsimoss' sate keep back 1 The carriage, a iroogh and became entanifrlwith fallen telegraph wire, worn knoc carri.

It, The guard wrs ind, d. a aut by the gate. He had been in win. mages, but as ssenss weg upside down at the Darlintrtoe, idisken and fajnry to back, ndsey, Charlos etreet, Newark, employed in the Hsssrs. Ksnscnis and enginoors, London and sllc continnod Journey.

Gibb, Trafalrartreot, Lowestoft, injury to lilt thi. I rii3ll tl.ry hat the fact of the preceding carriage's tum cml prevented tbuir i Arriape from going over foil1 artChleerth IxZ l'l 'vr 'i ge to 'topple over. ft' is enrsoius 1J1 vell fixt," added Mr. Storsr, that not a trcm, ef atnesSergh. "Kdinhursh, who, 1 a rtr.i holi.lsy m'Lon Ion, mid that speak of that they hoped they would ly sleeping partnurt in the Cuaard Company ZLind Plvmouth.

To La. Palmas, Lpe Town, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Algoa ent vessel i to serve the oibmltttr per s. Oecba. thoy hoped that they jgjgZ St nmt be they issvertbabsfa fell 23 they added Mails. borough, leg broken, chest erushed, Qe rr.

Downing, issingbam, Loarhborongh, slesplng car attendant, serious Injuries to scalp and arm. William Carisen, 74, Park road, Newcastle, few braises, tossing her feet, but she sxelaimed, You I treading on a man. We had to get him ont place t. is work I seemed to have gained unlimited strength, "peed eeSmeath eld IssroteworkT th" i thrown 'fn injnred who had bexn taken hark to the injured 1 a (bear, hear; that ngth iu their ujaterial be. towers.) lie had Republic, and Rio de Colony.

Transvaal, Natal, Cape ovtaampton. i the tlm place i ud bj a.r V.ilha Fr tn I nited States, via Plymouth. by French packet. U.e a iT.rt:: of "Wy in.Cuntrd i. 'thought Urd tlwnght 1 UMiilWlI by the deeth of lid and recognised, that Trojans, and 1 forbade the cutting of a mail bag.

1 ae enelcetpi. helped a Adoiph Hormsn, NewrrtJe on Tyne. Joseph McGregor, North Biiush RaJw wrionsly. ileneat Elsworth, 204, St. GJeerre'sroad, Hull, looking at as wo worked, from the window of a carriage hanging rirht over It v.

as le pos ihle for them to get out at that tide. The hiindles of the carridge i ibiliiycf budding these great ships o.s tho necossary negotiations fearful BrmSl te llVnridsed thAtlmtio Ar tin" Ocean and used the pouer tr in hu hamls to bring nrraiu i n.t o. OUTWARD BOrND PTRAMEK3. From Septkmbir 21st to 27 rn Lvclcsivx. Compiled from the Advertisement in CbC ClmCfl rT AZlZ far ferSV Sdon Sw Sasewa.

FOREIGN SAIUNOS. tkcmU ctmnitedfer detatU. raUa.lndia.&C'hina n'thiy alighte. attended i i McCaque, 14, Baldorton gato, Newark, imprisored lady, as 3 her while I ht lped Mrs. Robertson, wife of Sergeant Robertson, who was i who naw tho marvellous scene of confutuoo rr killed, serionsJy.

sented by. the wreckage. 'While the engine lay urint.haia' lady, as others i si 5 lor and rdi, hut ai (1, The Mufselhurgh during the night. What i force and the thcVbsenco of panic. Tho guard, Knighton, on his retnr sit.e.

just clear of the main line, tho frame tn.l. lay at right angles to it, while the tank and part of the tender itself and five b.lli cr.rriapes were away down below ir hc ui whoTi ihov had fallon over the 1:. Tho brake van mi rl tho. devoted sfafl cf ntir under Mis F.iule. Tho guard climbed little uan aged, but some of attJy two ea.es.

of which ft Tttj gWve view was the carriages behind if were smashed up, partly taken were tit. of Mrs. Holierison, who. had a by the fall and partly by the efforts, of the rery Swvere scalp wonnd. and Mr.

MeCirtT'. a extricators. while the wreckage of others was in the N. rth Pr'ish KaMwav ofTiee. fib: bardly visit le under no tarpauliBS which Perry Robertflcn, her danghter.

Ten of these injnred people were most com 1 fortably housed yesterday at he hospital about a mBe outido Grnntiiam. wbere they were Tended by Dr. C. II. Mr.

P. C. Phillips, 'ndVfdcrcape, home to London. My first idea ox they were sp l.Vpi rd.r t. lv but fortunately there were comparatively on board, otherwise the loss of i.fe inch greater, 'ihe re.

ir guard, iwlett, waa r. onrbly lartni. bt. Vh cVihcy aUX vVl, Sept. Orient Royal Iondon, Sept.

'(Ly ka CanalS Vand P. pt! "1 L.t. Do Harrison 1 Jv'nl 'Bern. iatln besios that Jt: Eas'tAfnoa SAftJI HOME ARRIVALS, bnuad K.AJ). A Ban Mt Ar apBStevsifasr fracturefl Mot; mother cr.

tdrrrra. which sh tearfull nplained she bad rushed to groot, thinking tha i' ii i er her returning son mufh charred carriage, with i de Mnruum partly burned away, qtiile shatterod to its base. 1 i overhanging TI1E MAIL BAGS, labels of An official in tho Controller's office of tb uueral Tost Office yctcrdiiy at di. Vhu. Anindmwp.

Jh co. Jr of wJde shtr" ih SoTanu! KHcrman's U.U UyVl, Soft. 27 rJSt home to London. iES KilaVS. BAfsi Midt' SeTc' "SXSi.

nt: "My first idea all, a Ty tho ver launched, because the i B8T Sept. 21 HOME SAILINGS. nianua tnn S. It as by the sea that we liad our greatest Vi ROTAL CIICR.U, SocinT. Tho foflawiaC Ing.

In the courso of the da lo St. M.ut ir; i i on the train had been destroyed Richardson evper illn 'i'uliy ii r.jon smTering had app cd itrating Lr or ng. and early luiil 0 their destination. Tbougii (i ho hudder. the h.

oorrratala MacwL jTT BmI 1,9 r. 1 that what lliev ha.) jiwl itised in'u 1 i a C1CUaa Rotal Cugral SocirrT. The bOasrias 1 A. London for Bombay, left Suez 3 a.m. yesterday, fiou from Loudon, arrived Singapore.

(Sept. a. Ash 1, bhanghai for I.ombay with th 1 mail, and 0t retime lbs fr arnvso ton.1,0 vester Jay lure by the MarottA w. (Lord Allerton), Sir T. Birk All they knew director).

Mr. Hury (general manager) tb rr.i.bt, of if. Hilis (supennU ndent of tho i of them isiai inrd bin s.df siill in denartmeni). Mr. II.

A. lvatt (locomoti id supposed ho had been asleep but intendent). and others. The newspaper (orre Smrchors discovered among iered ha vi ng rxn previously a lit Ue I spoBdeuti were, with the fullest acq uieseenco of Juried under tho burning debris 'gor), Mr. extent the lo tho 'mails cannot be running BSeertaiaed until to day.

A correspondent nt Grantham agues'had 1 builders. avellir nd bi nseif pinned dewt bj U20 tmewdrk oi the hospital and saw tho injured, pressing their destroved, tho despatches remain, of the carriages. Sythpatty with those who wen. able listen. 1 were forwarded by last nights niail, SS Yl UK.S' ABBATI YES, remained the dav Lioutenant rolotiol von Donon.

mtltl he, wn42 nn.i a.aA im U.E., Inspecting Offleer of JLulwayt, who has expected, but at present death roll numbers watching tho tho been appointed to hold an inquiry i train have been already referred to. Tho follow of the accident, annearod on to make ing are fnmi thetr oBhl report? preUininarjr investigation. It was announced afternoon WilUam John KnighLoa, the. East Coast 1 What aa inquest would be opened this morning. tho fire.

erdwds Letters for Newark charred fragmenl after yesterday guard of the fl iS p.m. down express from September 19, and travelled rbrAke. which the rarrth vldcle from OFFICIAL STATEMENTS. the engine. Ev.

rvthin went all right sM we were following official statement approeob.ng r.nuUiam, but wbea paMiej Grant ham south day afternoon box 1 noticed that the train was Umsellioc at too high a I JK speed to stop ai the platform. 1 at onee went uTthe traln was the from vSmm hrakX valve, but the araks wa. afl mhaestsd. I Bootland and serve, intermi at Grantham yester lO's srcss, which run. ssthaiston was Peterborough, Where tt arrived after an Coicfewwci of Burial Acthohitiss.

A conference of representatives of burial authorities in Knglaud will be held at Lambeth Town hall on Thurmfay. Oeber 18tOll oomi Jer exijdins Burial r. tho active and kindly Iing, of the Wsllsend Slrpwsy and Engineering Coml (V. G. B.

Hit txr, in rcsponss. said the river Tyne Not only was the output of tonnage sxceealaghj largo, bat hs ventured to say that the work manfhti and quality and scecess of the various type, of vessels that wre built in the tiislrict were equal to those of any vessel, built in any other districU in the world, Ban. replied on behalf of the WaBsend Slipway and Engineering Company, sad Mr. Chabxsb A. ing called upon to speak, said the develep rnertof turbines wss hrprly due to the directors of the CWrd Compiujy.

to Messrs. Ucnny, of Dumbarton, sad Ownftikl oSnTthe Dnchsssof Roxburgh, who bad named the vessel, was presented by the builders with a silver casket. THE ADRIATIC. The new Atlantio liner Adriatic, built by Messrs. IlarUnd and Wolff for the White Star Lias, wss sueeass fully launched at Queen's Island at a quarter pa 11 London, arrived Sues the builders.

Wnt s. OK05TB. London for Brish P. ppecMW Brisbane for Londoe. paesedPerim ff a Zednr.

i ll? Heath Poultry Bhow wss spenedy be cocstruc arr.pton, left 10 a. yesterday. Tail class sooth 11 ArcHASisXAJJ, ATONew YoA for taamnlonlVt Rar Apft Kibito were Lady Cr, nioalCsstle s. Oascost. Table By for E.I.D..

passed Evelyn CoUere 11, Hon Mrs. Crosse, and Colond iSsasfaA Gravessad yesterday. Grant end Nxwarx CastLs. Tin 9AJtsHrr Bctdc The steamship BBftda. both for Antwerp, left Hamburg vestsrOay.

ajn. and which has been built at the Wallsecd 3 30 a.m. respectively. Tuttaoiu. Castls, Table Bay Messrs.

Swan, Hunter, snd 1 or Southampton and lxtn.lon, arrived Las I'M ma. 6 a.m. yesterday. Caei.cbbook Castle, for SesAassoBtoa sis Madeira, with tbs South African mails, left Table Bay 5 p.m. Wednesday.

British India Golcostja, London for Calcutta, loft Aden Wednesday. Warora, tor London, left Miudles brcugh a lc ciixstaS, from London, arrived Port Sudan yesterday. (Limited), for Messo. I der, Dempeter, and Ur see rrcenUv for Ucr Sal over ail, 38Gft. breadth, evtrome, 17ft.

3ia. depth, moolded, 30ft. Sta. She hss besa bsilt to 1.W highest spar deck claas, with poop, bridge, and foe cJtle. Tofncersandengiimar berthss on the bridge deck.

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