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"I am more a suffetrer from . shock \tory Rhewmatism, and i&"&fi'&?fi-‘.‘fii’:fi&;’: tham physical wounds. The awitl C*~ hugje rils T was heipiess »e anm infant." f con: perience was enough to drive one out “hu-. them, and now I am able to get o his mind. = 1 acarcely think. .1 Budesna * n ooereigra‘n oi shall have nerve enough to board e hi mouts ueer w e ce "ihke .Othet railway train. The mn&m“m‘m.a s ‘~Rev. Mr. Knowles reached home 1.30 and was met by DY. Vardon. His inâ€" guries â€" consist ol broken shoulder blade on the left and a spraincd clâ€" bow and severe cuts on the hand. is back is also hurt, and it might _ be That he is injured internally. The fight arm escaped wrhurt except the fingers were slightly cut. The injurp elergyman said to the reporter on be-ds ing ‘interviewed : 4 "I was sitting," ho said, "beside a gentieman in the Pullmanâ€"car wlen the accident occurred. The car with others on the train rolled over the ban‘t. My fellowâ€"passenger was pic)â€" ed up dead. I myself am injured. I think my collarâ€"bone is broken n my wrist sprained. They wanted me to go into the (Guelph bospital but 1 préefer to go home. I‘m able to tra vel. (Fet Dr. Vardon ready to meet me. If a train can‘t get through T shall drive home Galt, Ont., Feb. 26.â€"Among _ fhe passengers on the pullman of the ‘train wrecked near (iuelph this afterâ€" noon was Rev. R. E. Knowles, pastor of Knox Church, Galt, on his way from Ottawa. He was expected to reach home at 3.55 instrad of that he called up Mrs. Knowles, and in a wéak voice, whose tones indicated that he was suffering intorsely, told her briefly the hartowing tale of the wreck. i SHOULDER DISLOCATED:| Rev. R. E. Knowles of Gait Dercribes Experience in Wreck TRAVELLER DEAD | BESIDE HIM Engineer Smith did not notice anyâ€" thing wrong with the tracks as his locomotive sped over the rails. There was no jat, no indication of the fact that the steel upon which his train was tunning was freeing itsclf from theâ€"spikes that hekl it to the ties. The fact that the cars to the, rear hbad jumped the tracks â€" and _ wore bounding along over the ties did not immediately come to the notice . of the engineet, else to some extent disâ€" aster might have been averted. The express is <a. 5, the regular train from Toronto and â€" castern points for Sarnia tunnel. 'Mm‘n! it were a goodly number of local [peoâ€" ple. These were the most serious sufferers. _ The through â€" passengers were for the greater part _ in _ two Pullman, and they escape:t with less serious hurt. There is a curve in the tracks â€" at this point, and it was the weight of the porderous train, coupled with its high speed, that caused a small picce of rail to give way, bringing disasâ€" ter to the flying train and death or injury to very many of its two or three hbundred passengers. The train comprisod a Pullman coach, two day coaches anml a comâ€" bination and baggaze car. A heavy express engine was at the head of the train. The grade is down, and .the engineer, running bcehiml time, _ was taking advantage of the grade. The train was traveling at an estimated speed of fiftyâ€"five miles an hour. Guelph, Feb. 2%6.â€"A broken â€"rail threw the Grand Trunk main line fast express from the top of the huge embankment at Trainor‘s Cut, two miles east of hete, this afternoon. ‘Three lives were sacriliced and nearâ€" ly every passenger on the train susâ€" tained injury, many of them seriousâ€" ly, some, perbaps, fataliy. RESULTâ€"ThFE® passengers killulz and thirtyâ€"one seriously _ injured. | _ The crashing Many others painfully hurt. hurled through â€"â€" to have impedc SCENEâ€"Trainor‘s Cut, two and a half miles east of Guelph. CAUSE~â€"Spreading rail, due to high speed ot train at a curve, allowâ€" ing five passenger cars to fall ‘down fortyâ€"foot embankment. Accident Was Caused by Broken Rail and Five Cars Were Rolling Over Brink Without a Moment‘s Warning THE TRAINâ€"No. 5 express _ main line, Grand Trunk, Montreal _ to Chicago. * Exâ€"Ma ‘The 11â€"Fated Train ROLLUING, H. A. HAGEN AND E. RITZ, BERLIN, INJURED or O‘Donoghue and Charles Rankin, of Stratford, and Young aughter of Peterboro Resident Were Instantly Killed. > Sact train from ties. EPF was dne to the spreading of the rails ‘I was on board the chait car. J i |a curiqs thing that I was travelin ' on the G.TR., for I had a return tic ket from Ottawa on the CP.R. bu I «becided at Toronto to change _ of and come via Grand Trunk, so T le t‘ the unused part of the CP.R ticket gn. 1 had some typeâ€"writing to _ e ;in Toronto. It is also a singnlar | thing that my valise with some MSS in it came out of the wrech all right I‘m glad of that." | _ Mr. Knowles is engaged on a â€" now novel. le deseribes th» accident with great circumstantiality anmt vividnoss "that Raves nothing to be desitred. The j five cars bumped only a short â€" disâ€" r| Tance along the rail, whin they tumb j Ld over the embankment ind kept .'l rolling till they reached the bottom. | He clung to the chair. His first imâ€" n‘ pression was, "this is death." _ When | the car »stopped it was bottom up and he crawled out of the door with some other passengers. Rankin, | of | Stratford, was asleep in ~the car at !tho time of the accident. lie â€" was hurfed through a window and instantâ€" ‘ly killed. One little girl way killed and her mother had both arms brokâ€" en. Mr. _ O‘Donohue, exâ€"mayor _ of Stratford, was also killed. Dr. Varâ€" .‘dlm reduced the fracture and attendâ€" J ed to the other injuries of the pastor: {of Knox, who bore himself like _ a Spartan throughout. He will be laid up for _ a considerable time. He is thankful he was not killed outright but he says the horrors of the scene will ever haunt him. I Many sympathizing friends called on the sufferer. | It is simply marvelous, the effect Buâ€"Ju has on Rhenmatism. It not mereâ€" l{ relieves the pain but completely rids t log?gmo( the discase. Buâ€"Ju, THE GENTLE KIDNRY PILL, does this, beâ€" cause it cures the kidneys. Uxmat % . 3t=t. r |_ was an. Inpatld Tor § Fears wih lnfleninieâ€" 3 YEARS IN BED WiTH RHEUMATISM! NOW WELL There‘ wore women on the them became h their cries fillin were reanrkabl dligplayed. One was said tn be emerged from besmeared with ceive‘ a cut on where they oned passen them in the the debris. || /nC scene thiat met their gaze baffies adequate description. Ly ing in a confused heap at the foot of the embankment wers the passenger coaâ€" ches, each one bottom up and with the trucks wrenched from them. The combination coach was turned across the front of them, <the whote formâ€" ing anâ€"irregnlar letter L. From amid this scene of _ comptete disorder passengers were toâ€" be sewn, struggling to make _ their eseape From the car wirdows and «dcors they ceame, crawling on hands and knees in many _ instances. _ Windows had been _ smashed in the headtong crash ta the faot of dibe bill . and ' train to an extent that was apparent , to the engineer. ‘The terder and bagâ€" [gage car did not separate from the :rmzim‘ Hself until another two hunâ€" ’drml yards had been traversed, alâ€" | though the bargage car for the whole | distance â€" was off the ,, track _ and { pounding the ties. Here, however, | the baggage car broke lcose from the pounding The ties, Here, _ however, the baggage car broke luose from the tendcr, and in doing so wrenchod the tender from the engine, l aving â€" the astonished epgincer and his fremen in their cab with an unobstructed view of the wreck they had Jeft bohind, aml from which oouly tHe engine itâ€" self had escaped. The scene that met their raze _ The three rear coaches and the combination coach _ traveled . filty yards upon the ttes from the spot where the broken rail was afterward located, before they finally broke from the front part of the train and took a mad leap down . the embankment, estimated to be thirty to forty feet high. e were _ peérhaps a n on the train and became hystericsl cries filling the ai reamrkable for the Terrified Wom ny _ instances. _ Windows smashed in the headtong eâ€"foot of the hill, and had not been the imprisâ€" ers made short. work of it haste to sct free from h Tain and numbers: of steriea1 . with fright, ; the air. Others for the bravery they young woman, _ who a Stratiord nurse, i ccoaurh with her face blood." She bas _ reâ€" the nose while being of the coache the aft does 1 the speed of the: Coaches lity and vividnoss to be desitred. The nly a short â€" disâ€" 40 FOOT EMBANKMENT NEAR CUELPH‘ ey tumbâ€" ond Kept bottom. first imâ€" 7 When hunmdred S as they not seem not seem f the ipparent and bagâ€" lar up it .|_ The deceased had been at het home [‘ in Hamilton since the beginning _ of (the year up to two weeks ago when °; she was summoned to nurse a private )‘cns(‘ in Detroit. A werk ago she , became jI1 with la <grippe which was § followed with pneumonia, _ and . she _ was taken to Harper Hospital, whore [.sho had graduated several years ago _ and was afterwards supcrintendent of "vnursov Despite the best of medical pattention and nursing â€" she â€" passed 'lnwny. her father and _ three sisters being at her bedside. Mrs. Marshall 1| was unable to be present owing <to fillness in her own home. | | _ The deceased was a _ visitor in Berlin on several occasions, and was ‘a guest at the parsonage _ on Now; ‘\'mr‘s Day. She was unusually clever and accomplished and her demise will . be greatly regretted. The sympathy ‘of the entire community will be rgrâ€"’ 'trnd"od to Mrs. Marshall, who has, suffered the loss by death _ of _ two! | uncles and a sister during the last‘ Itwo months, in this hour of sore' : bereavement. Seventyâ€"five gptitions against the continuance o# bounties on iron anil steel after June 30th next have been sent to Parliament, + Finance Committee‘s _ recommendaâ€" tion that Dr. Law, Medical Health OfMfcer, be dismissed. Premier Tweedic, Hon. L. P. Farâ€" ris and Senator Ellis are mentioncd for the Licutenantâ€"Governorship _ of ol New Brunswick. The very _ sorrowful _ intelligence wals receivedl in _ Berlin _ on Tuesday evening by Rev and Mrs. S. E. Nearshall of the sad and untimely death of Miss Mary K. Smith, daughter of School | Inspector Smith of Hamilton and sister of Mrs Marshall, which took place about 10 o‘clock in the Hatpet HMospital at Detroit. > Momme ihruk('n away j of the car. I Sister of Mrs. (Rev.) S. E. Marâ€" shall Passes Away at Detroit on Tuesday. Ottawa Council turned «own the pne foot. the end of end of the The first passenger coach sustained the chief brant of the disaster. â€"It was hurled against the crossâ€"turned combiftation car and one â€" end â€" was ufh ker, of Peterboro, who was with her â€" parents, â€" was kitled. â€" ‘The child | sustained to her head in the ferrible ler eurve and went over the embankinent,. He was thrown against the wile wipâ€" dow of the carâ€"with such force that the body was hurted clear through the glass and he fell down the â€" emâ€" bankment, ore of the cars strik ing his body as it bounded after him. Exâ€"Mayor O‘Donohwe, of Straiford was also ftaken out dead. He had been kille:d by a blow, apparently, and was quite dead when found. The little daughter of H. C.â€" Walâ€" Charks Ran‘in, a young man, was the first to be picked up dead. He was in the chair car and had â€" been dozing when the train swerved at the eurye and went over the embankiment, He was thrown against the wile wipâ€" dow of the carâ€"with surh fnren That ance ol fire.) Had there been the list f dead must have been added to and the horror of the accident been _ imâ€" measurably increased, for the reason that there would have been _ serious trouble in successfully fighting back the flames, and several passengers were held prisoners for half an hour or _more. The while that _ brought t« those, a sharp lookout was kept by it noble band of women for the possible outbreak that happily did nol come. . DEAJTH OF MISS SMITH. W lames Ryan, a well known resiâ€" of Guelph, who had a wonderful ¢, thouch he is likely to lose oot. Ryan was sitting close to nd of the car, and _ when _ the { the coach was zmashed in he _car and one _ end was y, exposing the â€" interior In the front of this couch Rankin‘s Death traveling instantly in injury shaking ‘ Moved by L. Ernst, seconided by W.l Schactert that we themembers of the !St-worago Commission do _ most hearâ€" 'lily endorse the action of the present, Council _ prghibiting the drinking of spirituous liquors by workingmen am!: ‘ others while engaged on public works I in the Town of Berlin. We are of the / opinion that in the past it has severeâ€" ly interfered with the proper catfying | ’nut of public works and the general; progress of same. We, the Hewrrngm’ Commission will instruct our _ foreâ€" man that h> and his men under him} ' while constructing sewers be compell-' ed to comply with the Byâ€"law pasged by your Council. » | The Byâ€"law which the Council proâ€" poses passing at | the next mectinz reads as follows:â€"‘"Whereas it has been found that the drinking of spiriâ€" tuous and fermcnted liquors by workâ€" men engaged upon public works in the town of Beflin has seriously interferâ€" ed with the proper catrying on _ and progress of such works, and it is deâ€" sirable to put an end thereto, thote« fore the corporation. by its munictal Council enaets as follows:â€" | Accounts were passed amounting to $701.82. od The Secretry _ was instruc call for tenders for the con of the West Ward sewer. The monthly § the Beriin Sewe mission was heff _ on ening. Chairtman G. J ed ard Commissioners Schaefer were present. The Secretry â€" was di INTERFERES WITH WORK Sewer Commission E € Proposed _ Action of Town Council./ _ DRINKING WILL BE PROHIBITED How so many escaped death is the marvel of thousands who have _ witâ€" nessed the scene. There were _ five coaches in the train, two Pullmans, parlor car, day coach and combiâ€" nation tar. Every one of these went over the embankment, carrying their was pinned down in the wreckage, a heavy weight of which almost crushâ€" ed the fout from his leg. His _ sufâ€" ferings were intense, and _ he lost lirge quantitics of blood before _ he could be given _ assistance. Some fears were expressed that he would not survive, The railway people acted promptly. A relief train, bearing doctors and nurses, was hurried from (Guelph and reached the scene within Abreeâ€"quarâ€" ters of an hour after the accident. The injured were taken aboard _ the triin and ambuiances met them â€" at the city station, whene® they _ wore transferred to the gencral hospital, where everything bhad been put _ in readiness for their reception. } Mary pathetic scenes were witnessâ€" ed as friemis of those supposed to be on bourd throngeT about the railway station or else at the hospital, cag~ erly seckinz for loved ones. The following resolution That all foremen, superintendonts Their Escape a y people acted promptly. in, bearing doctors and hurried from (Guelph and scene â€" within threeâ€"quarâ€" Sewerage Comâ€" on Tuesday _ evâ€" G. Jackson presidâ€" onets _ lEtnst and instructed mevting Marvel was pass ed _ to truction of by workmen ecmployed upon such work during working hours, of any spirituâ€" ous or fermented liguors, and autoorâ€" izing the Chairman of the Board _ of Wortks, or some officer to be named by him to dismiss from such employâ€" moent any workman guilty of a breach of such regulation. > se0000000000000004 6494 4 TO OUR READERS. 8 and overscers wnaer whose direction| £O00% &ATTiVcd in any public work | in Berlin is being| t"2 sonitik: | carried on by day labor at the exâ€"|, fT‘h(;y “v;"' me pense of the town, are hereby authorâ€"| {MCnCS who conf ized to forbid the consumption by any onwilllxr ]“{”‘;';“Y workman engaged | upon â€" such work bruiifloe'on uthem}( during working hojurs of any spirituâ€" 0 ous or fermented liquors, and should | #%=â€"â€"<â€"... any workman persist in making use of spirituous or formented liquors durâ€" pUBLl‘ ing working hours, after having been warned by such foreman, superintenâ€" dent or everscer, he shall be _ liable to be forthwith ‘dismissed from such employment, There was cc ~2. That in every case in whigh pubâ€"| transacted at the lie work is being carried on in * {h¢] gne Rerlin Scho said town by a contractor under a 1 cent 1 contract with the town, there shall naÂ¥y ':xt(hflk. A be inserted in the contract with such pr‘(‘(i(;';r; L.E contractor a clause forbidding the use| 0 alyst 20 of specd, probably at least fifty.five miles an hour, and had just struck the curve, which would throw the cars headlong over the side of the inâ€" cline, ance they had left the rails. Except in the case of Rankin, every passenger aboard was subjected _ to the terrible ride in the rolling cars. It is sate to say that no one aboard escaped at least some injury. Heavy Loss to Company. The Joss to the railway company in, liability to passengers may | run in many thousards of dollars. The damâ€" age to tolling stock will be at least filteen thousand dollars. ‘ These five cars piled themselves up in a sotty looking group at the foot of the ecmbankment. They had _ eviâ€" dently been hurled down the steep incline with considerable force other than the mere rolling over. This is accounted for by the fact that _ the train was traveling at a high rate loads pf human freight. The embankâ€" ment is estimated to be forty _ feet high. It is immediately before the entrance to>â€" Trainor‘s Cut, which is the fear of all railroad men. _ More accidents are said to have occurred at this cut than ahy other spot ° on the line. Several rajlroad men have met death therein.! An American syndicate has â€" am ontion on a central block at Ottawa. facing Government buildings, for the erection of a 300â€"room hote}. R. L. Goshnel., ol Blenheim, was nominated at Ridgetown on Monday as the Liberal candidate for East Kent for the Legislature. _ Real ostate is too high in Edmon ton, and prices are due to sag, _ is the prediction of T. A. Cushing, re tiring president of the Board o Trade. H. A. Conroy, Indian agent fot. the Peace River District, says thero _ is The Secretary was instructed _ to inform the St, Mary‘s school board that the Berlin Board has _ already commdnicated with the Minister of Education regarding . the proposed distribution to rural schools and will coâ€"operate in the movement by _ apâ€" pointing a delegation to wait _ on Chairman _ Meisnet and _ ttuster Euler will represent the Board â€" at the‘ annual convention of the Provinâ€" cial Association of School Trustees Herceafter Mi. .J. Wiecgand an substitutes will be paid $1.75 day. Messrs. L. E. Eidt, Chas. Dengis, Geo. Gerbig and Chas. Foss applied for the position of caretaker of the Central school. The matter was left in the hands of the committee of that school to recommend at next meetâ€" iIng. . the Berlin School Board on Tues tflay eyxcning, all the members being present. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD HAS BUSY SESSION noon, arrived in Berlin about 7.30 ini They say they will never forget tha the evening. experience of being in a "real rail« They were met by relatives and‘ way mishap." . friends who congratulated them upâ€", Town Enginect Pavis is congratu« on their narrow escape. }laflng himself upon having misses the Wi A. Rolling is suffering from unfortunate traip at Toronto by & bruises on the forchead â€" and â€" limbs few ceconds, . © The three RBerlinets, Messrs. W. A. Rolling, H. A. Hagen and E. Ritz, who were in the unfortunate G. T.R. wreck ncear Guclph on Tucsday afterâ€" noon, arrived in Berlin about 7.30 lni the evening. Charles Rankin, who met _ death, was one of the most widely known young sporting men in the ‘country. His fort was hockey, and he played the game in a manner that won â€" for him the pride of his fellow townsmen and the respect of opposing tecams. Latterly he had been acting as _ refâ€" eree for the O.M.A. and he has given the utmost satisfaction. Rankin was Stratford, Feb. 26.â€"This city. sufâ€" fered most severely from the wreck at Gueiph, toâ€"day. Two of her popâ€" ular citizens are numlitred among the three dead. CHAS. RANKIN LEAVES _ BRIDZ OF ONT WEEK ‘There was considerable business While the Torontos succeceded in’o, Seibert . making a drawâ€"seven allâ€"at the finâ€" Point ish they had to go the limit all the McGinnis time and it was only due to . fnjurâ€" Cover ies sustained by Dumart, Knell anl | Gross Gross that allowed the Toronto uut-i Rover _ casts to get a slight advantage as;.J. Seibert far as the scoring was cc n(‘crm'(l,* Centre Put this in your hat. If Berlin Knell plays as fast and strenuous hockey as Lelt Wing it did on its professional ‘debut they Schmidt will perform _ equally as well in its Right Wing new associations as it has done durâ€" Dumart ing the last ‘ton years in the W.0.H. Refereeâ€"Fraser, of Galt Berlin showed up well against / the Torontos, who have defeated Pittsâ€" burg ard the Canadian Soo, of ‘ the International League this season, osâ€" pecially in the first half, at the conâ€" clusion of which the score was 6 to 3 in favor of the locals. They ou[ol;wsâ€"‘ ed the visitors in tcam play and‘ speed.. NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED About 1500 people were in the Auditcrium when the game was starâ€" ted at 10.40 by referee "Jimmy" Fraser of Galt. As was ‘intimated by the Telegraph on Tuesday the exâ€" O.H.A. team lined up with only one change, Oliver Scibert taking | Ellis‘ place between the nets. The balance of the team was composed of the six players who relsed to play the St. Georges at Toronto after the 0.}.A. subâ€"committco had made aâ€" bungle ul‘ the McGinnis affair. The first professional game ever played in Berlin was considerably delayed in getting started owing to the late arrival of the Toronto proâ€" lessionals who were compelied to wait at Rockwood until the wrockage near Guelph was removed. Let us also remark that it has good team too, and all otf them Berilin Boys. : Berlin now has a professional hoeâ€" key teaim. * Auditorium Tuesday Ey J. Wicgand and other regular meeting of yed at a Ll“fifl reâ€" of Peter Rountree, of _ Metriton, while in custody of Constable Arnot overpowered the officer and chbia him severely, From July to January, Inclustve, the immigrant arrivals were 88,034, as compared with 59,192 . for the same time ip the previous fiscal year, ; as much good arable tand in that ds« trict as is now alrcady settled west ol Manitoba. Hamilton Council has adopted recommendations _ for salaty, creases. to $2511.71. â€" â€" The Board adjourned at 9.30 Hereafter all pupits who commence taling German will be réquired â€" to continue . until the end of the term unless the parenis furnish to the Board satist@rtory reasons for want~ ing their child to drop that subject, ACCunts were ~passed amounting The Secretary was instructed _ to futnish each Trustee with a list of teachers and _ caretakers and the salatrics received. * L The Board recognized the gervices of the late Mark Jomini, caretaker of the Central School, by ordering a suiâ€" table floral emblem. Messts, Euler and pointed a committce the account of Mess: & Co. the Government. The trustces apa pointed were Messrs, Meisner, Eulet# and Helt. Trustee Euler will report on prices for penmanshin boaks required in th@ schools af~the next mecting. + t om M Rilaa which prevents _ him from working, but Messrs. Ritz and Hagan are waiting on customets as usual â€" toâ€" «John O‘Dcnoghue, the other â€" vic@ tim, was mayor of Stratford a few years ago. Previous to that time ho had been an alderman and ho alsa served his chosen city since occupying the mayoralty. He was about sixty. years of age and~in favor with all classes. He was a genial, openâ€"heart« ad, honest Irishman, and his deatÂ¥ is deeply deplored, 26 married just two weeks ago to ® populat young Toronto lady. He was. 26 years of age. His death has cause od the deerest gloom â€" among â€" very, many pegp_!(' in this city, & ay Ridpath scored four, Carmichael two, and Liffiton one. _ For Berlin, Dumart got four, Knell _ two and Schmidt one. The lineup was a%, follows: Nk Berlin Torontas â€" Berlin scored the first goat in the second half and it proved to be : 16. last, although m.n&cloco shots were put in on the Toronto‘s defence, Rols Young, Ridpath and LifGiton h &' lated in the latter part of the g me â€" and kept Berlin on the defence.. FM goals were tallied, the last boi shot in within a few seconds of the â€" ringing of the gong for full time, am@ . the score was evenâ€"7 goals each. »*> _ Berlin had much the better of * play tk:’mnm wmmfl was kept busy stopping as well . dodging the numetous shots: in by the Berlin forwards, cals Bcored the first four midt getting one and Duniart 6 before the ‘Torontos tallied. * more were added by Dumart . Knell in the first half and scored for the visitors just" r to halfâ€"time. 104 °SSts, Euler and Weit were apâ€" tod a committce to look _ into account of Messrs. F, I. Weaver important factor, aware of this essential en players who made the d professionalisin ‘last evening, ° * A. and O.H.4. In order Godl Young‘ Ridpa th % Carmichael Burgoyné Toronto, Lifiton all