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The news of the disaster did not reach London till after midnight. Crews Were at once ordered out. with the auxiliaries from here and the Sarnia Tbnnel. Three doctors from Wyoming and three from Watford went with the auxiliaries. and spent The fire broke out in the very midst of the wreckage on one occuâ€" sion, and. as there was nothing with which to quench it but: the snow the extent of the battle in which those heroes engaged can better be im- agined than described. They scrapâ€" ed the snow from the side of the tnacks. and they brought it in handâ€" fuls from between adjoining tracks and the side of the railway. With the snow they fell upon the flames, iterally smothering them with their ands and their coats. which they had flung from their Shoulders. The tiny fire broke out again, and again. fanned by the winds. Again and again the brigade returned to the struggle. and they finally sucâ€" ceeded; but the fire kept. noble mm from assisting in other work in the relieving of the imprieoned people. There was not a house to be seen anywhere through the storm, and it proved, when daylight, came, that there was none within a distance too far to carry the maimed. Most forâ€" tunately, the two Pullman cars on the train did not sustain any dam- age. They were warm and comâ€" fortable, and What were a few moâ€" ments before palatial slccping‘ comâ€" partments, for scores of weary travâ€" elers, beeame a temporary hospital. They were placed in the berths, and what was possible to assuage the bleeding wounds which were sustain- ed by nearly everyone was done This was, however. very little; there was scarcely any water to be had. Snow was brought in in the endeavor to quench the terrible thirst of the suffering. A few of the passengers chanced to have whiskey in their possession, and this proved a fortunate thing. The liquor is credited with saving the lives of a number of the terribly injureii, who had given up hope but. for the stimuâ€" lating efi‘ects of the Whiskey. One of the passengers, who was no more of a hero than his follows, only that he had presence of mind and knew the better how to work, organized a. snow brigade. To their unremitting struggles is due the fact that the fire was kept. in check and did no damage. SAVED FROM ADDED HORROR. The fear of a fire breaking out led to a. determined Watch being instiâ€" tuted; but, in spite of this vigilance, the wreck was scarcely saved from :1 fire that would have added untold horror. Many of the dead had sufi‘ered frightful hurts, heads were cut. off, legs were Wrenched from the bodies, blood flowed like water and the scene of the carnage became more like the floor of a slaughter house than a. mere stretch of snow-covered highway in the midst of a sleeping farmland. EXPRESS AN HOUR LATE. The express should have left Lon- don at 7.57, but she was over an hour late. An operator's“ error is said to have caused the accident. The loss of life is believed to apâ€" proach to fully 30. The injured will number considerably more. These latâ€" ter include many who may die from their injuries. They sustained all manner of hurts, and when they reached the hospital at London were so covered with blood that, 'thcy could not be recognized. Their apâ€" pearance simply beggars description. HEAD-ON COLLISION; It was a. head-on collision between the Pacific Express for Chicago and an eastâ€"bound freight. The express was nearly two hours late and was making fast time. The freight was endeavorng to make 9. Siding to have the track clear for the express and failed by a. couple of minutes. The engines came together near the Wbst end of the switxh with a. fear- ful crash and overturned into the ditch. The baggage and the ex- press cars telescoped into the smokâ€" er With appalling results, while the other passengers were piled upon each other in a fearful wreck. CRIES OI“ THE DYING. There was an awful crash, the 10â€" comotive reared up and fell into the ditch, the baggage car of the exâ€" press telescoped the smoker, and the shrieks and cries of the wounded and dying filled the air. a. siding. Details are coming in slowly, but the loss of life will be terrible. The announcement that at 6 o’clock there were 28 dead does not. tell the whole story, for a num- ‘ber of the more seriously injured are likely to succumb. The list of dead shows that the victims were chiefly from Western Ontario. A despatch from London says: Twenty-eight killed instantly and nearly a score of others seriously inâ€" jured is the net result to date of the most terrible railway accident in Ontario since the disaster near Ham- ilton in the spring of 1889. It took place at the little Hamlet of Wan- stcad, near Petrolea, on Friday night, when the Grand Trunk Chi- cago express collided with a, freight that was moving out of its Way into a. siding.. Details are coming in slowly, but the loss of life will "be terrible. The announcement that at 6 o'clock there were 28 (lead does not. tell the whole story, for a num- ber of the more seriously injured are likely to succumb. The list of dead shows that the victims were chiefly (raw. “lnntnmn n“; n .dn the early hours of the morning at .the wreck. GRADUATE OF TORONTO. Dr. Basil Harvey of Chicago, lwhose pamnts live in Watford, Ont., jone of the injured in the G.T.R. wreck near Samia, is a prominent igraduate of the Faculty of Medicine [of Toronto University, being a phyâ€" sician of some ten years‘ standing. ‘He was one of the occupants of the fday coach, Where the hand of death was so relentless, was well enough to give a brief account. of his exâ€" perience at, Victoria Hospital. The doctor had been visiting his mother ‘Iin Watford, and was journeying down the road to Wyoming with the purpose of visiting his brother, Dr. iHarvey of that place. TWENTY-EIGHT KILLED. Grand Trunk Railway Wreck Near Wanstead Station. The lights, of course, went out, and in a twinkling the bright car lwith its load of happy, cafeâ€"free huâ€" 'manity was a cold, dark mass of lwreckage. Mr. Jackson could hear {groans and cries. He himself was iWedged in between something, so that he could not, move, and he found it was two seats which were "jamming him down. His left foot, ‘which was crushed, was hold fast and was [mining him greatly. “I did not. know What moment, I was going to be buried into eternity," said Mr. Jackson. "I remained there for 3fl1reeâ€"quarters of an hour.” l i A Toronto despatch says: The preâ€" sent is a critical time in the smallâ€" pox situation. The outlook now from the reports made to the On- tario Health Department is for a clear winter, but it was just after this date last year and two years ago that the epidemic appeared in the lumber camps, which gave the department so much trouble. “The lumbermen," said Dr. Hodgetts, "take a couple of weeks on at Christmas, and go to their homes. There they meet with smallpox and carry it back With them to the camps, We will hear the result of it about the third week in January." Friday’s bulletin includes half a dozen new cases. Two of them are from South Plantagenet Township, and two from Caledonia Township, in Prescott County, and two have been reported in the family already infected in Wainfleet Township, Monck County. 4....“ CANARY PIE. At a dinner given by Mr. and Hrs. John Pilney. of New Jersey, a speâ€" cial dish was put on the menu as “game pie.” When this was brought in and the cover removed two dozen live canaries fluttered into the air Mass, recently received through tne mail a box of candy covered with poisonous powder. The U. S. Supreme Court has de- cided that a policy of insurance on the life of a murderer is not valid, 0n the ground of public policy. An unknown person tried to dyna- mite a Slav boarding house at Springfield, FEL, partly wrecking it, but none of the 14 inmates Were hurt. On Saturday a rat stole a $1,000 bill from C. II. Lau-dcll’s pharmacy, in New York. but fortunately the bill was noticed in the rat's hole in the wall, and was fished out. For the first time in the history of the United States a. woman’s head is appearing on the design of the eightâ€"cent, stamp. The favored lady is Martha. Washington, Wife of the first President. The general oflicers of the W. C. T. U. will take immediate steps to se- cure a law prohibiting saloons with- in iour miles of United States forts, army posts. camps and all premises used for military purposes by the United States. The residence of Robert Floyd, of Mannington, Va, was blown up with dynamite by robbers on 'niesday night. Mr. Floyd was killed instant- ly and his Wife and servant serious- His story is as follows: "I was gin the first car behind the baggage car at the front and talking to the Kingscourt agent, who was going down to Wyoming. We were waitâ€" ing at the door ready to get off. I ,Was leaning up against the door. lSuddenly the lights went out, there was an infinite crashing and I found jmyself after rolling around among these noises, all wedged in. Some ithinvg was over my head, and I could [only move my right leg. The rest ‘of me was fast. The Kingscourt ag- ‘ent lay aeross my leg. When I mov- ed my right leg I disturbed him, ‘much to his dissatisfaction, as he Iprotested on account of a broken lleg. About 3 o’clock they dug me gout. I had great difficulty in standâ€" ing the strain. I had hardly e'n- ough breath, but I decided it was enough to keep me living. I had even enough room to shake with the “cold. I never shook so much in my Ilife. It seemed an hour before they >got there. They uncovered my feet first. 'Look at them Wiggle,’ some {one said, having reference to my feet. They put, jacks under the thing over myhead and lifted it up. They gradually moved me; they ithen pulled me out from the hole Mr. Jackson had been home for Christmas at Woodstock, and was expecting to mange cars at Wyomâ€" ing. ROBERT JACKSON’S STORY. Robert Jackson of Petrolea, who was a passenger on the train, was sitting in an office at the Grand Trunk depot, with his left foot wrapped up in a. stocking. In con- versation Mr. Jackson related his experience. He was in the second car. just behind the baggage car, and was awake, as were also many other occupants. 'Several were dozâ€" ing or sound asleep when the crash came. It seemed to come in from above, as if the baggage car had been hurled into the air and had fal- len on the roof. Lumbermen Carry It to Various Districts. Dr. Harvey did not see much of the scene of carnage that was scat- tered about him, but he said that many were killed in his neighborâ€" hood. His injuries are not exten- sive and he is very tdankiul for his miraculous escape. then pulled me out from the hole underneath. That's my estimate of it, but I Wasn’t in a. fit condition to have an accurate idea of their mode of pro(?dure.” SMALLPOX SPREADS. On Saturday a rat stole a $1,000! bill from C. 11. Lau-dcll’s pharmach in New York. bilt fortunately the bill I was noticed in the rat's hole in the wall, and was fished oug. Three firemen were killed at a. Brooklyn fire on Friday. The Duke of Newcastle is at New York for several mont‘hs’ visit, Mrs. C. N. Beers, of North Adams, Mass., recently received through the mail a box of candy covered with poisonous powder. n . v, .wi r vvvvvvvvv r, , The U. S. Supreme Court has de- cided that a policy of insurance on the life of a, murderer is not. Valid, 0n the ground of public policy. An unknown person tried to dyna- mite a Slaw boarding house at, Springfield, Pa.. partly wrecking it, but. none of the 14: inmates Were hurt. The memorial of the late Queen in Whippingham Churdi, erected by the King and other members of the royal family, is practically completed. Before the Channel Squadron goes to sea again all the ships are to be painted French grey, which is now the regulation color of the British navy A meeting of the promoters of the scheme for a memorial to Queen Vic- toria and a memorial to the sailors and soldiers who died in the late war was held in Edinburgh. The nine o'clock Sunday evening services for Westâ€"end people in evenâ€" ing dress who find other service times inconvenient, are being renew- ed at, St. George's, Albcrmarle street, London The Swansea Harbor trustees are about to construct a new dock with a lock capable of accommodating the largest vessels afloat. The total number of non-commisu sioned officm's and men serving in the regular army at. home on the first of the month was 145,668. ’J‘he fitxn of J. and J. W. Pease of Burlington, England, private bankâ€" ers, assigned with $2,500,000 liabili- ties. Two of the partners are mem- bers of the House of Commons. few surviving trumpeters sounded the charge at Balaclava, died at Hove, Brighton. Next year legislation will be intro- duced with regard to a. reduction of the interest payable on deposits in the Post-office Savings Bank. Electricity for lighting purposes is now being supplied through penny- inâ€"tlleâ€"slot meters in Lancasfliire towns. A series of public meetings is to be held in London to call attention to the unsatisfactory state of the workâ€" ing classes. Oil fuel apparatus is now being fitted on board H. M. battleships Hannibal and Mars. A 75,000 bushel elevator is to be built at Hartley, Mam, next, year on the farmers' co-opcrative plan. There are already six elevators there. London workhouse boys are to be sent to Yorkshire and South Wales to Work in the mines. Premier Balfour is confined to bed, suffering from a sharp attack of inâ€" fluenza. A profit of £3,300 .Was made on the Dover municipal Waterworks dur- ing the last 12 months. An exhibit, of the products 37nd Inamlfacturos of Austria is ‘belng sent, through Canada. Jacob Krecger, a. young Mennon- ite of Niverville, Man, was convict,- cd at Winnipeg of "holding up" a citizen. Parliament will not meet until the last Thursday in February owing to Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s detention in the South. Among the companies applying for incorporation at Ottawa are the Bank of Winnipeg and the City and County Bank of Toronto. Peter Vereghin, the Dguk‘hobor lender. has arrived at \Vinmpeg. The exports of poultry to Great Britain show a gain of $219,055 during the past. six years. The Kings-ton Waterworks. controlâ€" led by the municipulity, had 3. rev- enue this year of $31,741.34. A Montreal despatch predicts the advance of rubbers, owing to the in- crease in the cost of crude rubber. Six old women, ranging in age from 69 to 92 years, are in Hamil- ton jail charde with trifling offen- cos. The chartered banks of Woodstqck have decided to close at 1 p. m. on Fridays, instead of on Saturdays. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. NEWS ITEMS. Mr. Landfriqd, who was one of the GREAT BRITAIN U NITED STATES CANADA in the history of a. Woman’s head the design of the The favored lady trumpeters who ha BY COACI-LTO SPION KOP. Ladysmith is preparing to make herself another such comer for the historic scenes around her as Brus- sels is for Waterloo. A regular coach service, it seems, is to be or- ganized to Spion Kop, and when the passengers have walked over the fatal summit; they will find refreshâ€" ment and lodging at a. "Spion Kop Hotel.” which is to be built forth- with on Three Tree Hill. 0n the rivers of Cashmere are thousands of floating gardens, formâ€" ed by long sedges which are Woven together in the form of a. gigantic mat. These sedge grasses, flags, stalks, and lilies are woven on the river or lake banks while their roots are still growing in the slime under- neath. The required amount of earth is then superimposed upon the mat, the stalks are then cut, and the mat and its load are a fullâ€"fledged “float- ingâ€"garden." They are usually about, twenty by fifty yards in ex- tent, seldom larger, the full depth of the mat and its earthly covering being about three feet. A dishonest Cashmiri will sometimes tow his neighbors garden away from itC moorings, and sell the produce nf the other‘s toil. School Girl Gets Fourteen Days’ Imprisonment. A Berlin despatch says: A Polâ€" ish girl named Kupro threw a brooch with Emperor William’s pic- ture on it, to the floor and stamped upon it. She has been sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment at Inâ€" waselan for 1050 majeste. the brooch was one of those presented to the school pupils on the occasion of his Majesty's visit to P0501). “Thc fact that I am a good mu- sician." said the lady from a. counâ€" try village, "was the means of savâ€" ing my life during the flood in our town a. few years ago." "How was that?" asked the yonmg lady who sang. “When the water struck our house my husband got on the foldâ€" ing bed and floated down the stre'a’m umil he was rescued." "And what did you do?” "Well, I accompanied him on the piano,”- An Ottawa despatch says: The census volume just out contains an interesting series of tables prepared by Mr. James White, geographer of the Department of the Interior, showing the areas of land and wa- ter in the several provinces and terâ€" ritories in Canada. The total land area is given as 2,316,684,071 acres, and the lakes' area 80,483,222 acres, the total square miles of territory being 3,745,574. All tidal areas are excluded from the calculation. Onâ€" tario is credited with the greatest lake area, viz., 25,826,306 acres. The city of Toronto is credited with 28,010 houses, 30,572 families, and a municipal area of 4,517 acres. A Chicago despatch says: Police- man Patrick Mahoney was found guilty, and Daniel Curran, coâ€"dc- fondant, not guilty, of burglary by a jury on Wednesday. The burglary was at, a jewelry store. and James Clark and an accomplice have servâ€" ed terms in the penitentiary for the crime, Upon his release Clark told a story to the State attorney which resulted in the arrest of Curran, a. saloonâ€"keeper, and Mahoney, an ofliâ€" ccr well known and respected among his fellows. Clark testified that Maâ€" honey, in full uniform, stood guard while the jewelry store was being looted. Interesting Tables in First Volume of Census. The financial statement, of the Minister of Finance of Italy for 1901-02, including the expense of the Chinese expedition, is most. satisfacâ€" tory to the people, showing a sur- plus of 32,000,000 lire. In the estiâ€" mates for 1902-03 a surplus of 16,â€" 000,000 Fire is calculated. and for 1903-04 a. surplus of 4 000,000 lire. The condition of the winter crops in nearly all European Russia, is re- garded as bad. French train thieves stole $25,000 worth of diamonds from the Earl of Cm-narvon While the latter and the Countess were traveling between .011- lais and Paris. Germany’s largest battieship was launched at Kiel Saturday. She was christcnod Brunswick. All cats, dogs and birds have been banished from the Kaiser's palac6s, fearing that they may carry disease. Chinese court officials State that the health of the Dowager Empress is declining. She suffers from inâ€" somnia. Policeman Stood Guard While a Store Was Looted. ly injured. One thousand dollars, which it is said Floyd had in the house, is missing. The Russian Government. is spend- ing immense Slums in relief work among famine suficrers. French shoemakch have resolved to advance prices ten per cent. LAND AND WATER. AIDED THIEVES. FLOATING G ABDENS LESE MAJESTE' GENERAL A Chicago despatch says: Ac- cording to the Railroad Galena». railroad building in the United States lfor 1902 aggregated 6,026 miles, a total not exceeded in any year since 1888. Second track, sidings, and electric lines are not included. Okla- moma leads, with 570 miles of new line; Texas comes second, with 4.96 miles; Arkansas is third, with 371 miles, and Indian Territory fouttJ). with 363 miles. Half-Million Dollars’ Worth oi Fertilizers Exported Annually. A Toronto despatch says: “The Ontario farmer,” says Mr. G. C. Creelman, "will realize what he is losing when it is too late. The time may come when he will haVe to im- port fertilizers from dear knows where to try and build up the soil. 1 don’t like to see so much valuable fertilizers leaving the Province." This statement of Mr. Creelman’s receives strong confirmation by the details. Fertilizing substances to the extent of over half a million dollars annually are being taken out of Ontario farms and exported to ‘the United States through the single lmedium of the pork-packing houses. The porkâ€"packer doesn‘t believe in waste, and the blood and the bones and hoofs and olTal of the animals that he cannot make use of in any other way are made into a fertilizer and sold by the sack. The blood is evaporated in the process, the bones are ground, and the olhcr parts pro- perly treated, and the product is valuable, rich in all the chemicals specially needed by the soil. "The factories in Ontario put up about 35,000 tons of this fertilizer annual- ly, and it sells for $18 a ton. But not in Canaaa. The packers say there is no demand for it among On- tario farmers, but that across t1“ line there is an eager demand. and every pound is speedily contracted for.” An Ottawa despatch says: Prof. Dougall, of Glasgow, Scotland. hm written to the Fisheries Departan asking in what; Way they can kill or get rid of a Canadian wate: weed caHed anacharis, which came to them from Canada. some years ago. This wood has overrun one 01 the most famous trout fishing rqsorts in Scotland, Loch Leven, and the experts are at a. loss to know how to get rid of it. A Drantford despatoh says: A tragedy, resulting in the death of Wesley Watson, aged 25 years, at the hand of his elder brother, James. was enacted on the Kenrn farm, two and a. half miles west of Middleport, in the Township Onondaga, on Tues- day morning of lust Week. The farm is situated in a lonely part. of ,the township some distance from ‘the main road, and is rented by Samuel and James Watson, While their brother Wesley was employed in Detroit. The brothers were alone, as their mother, who .keeps house for them, was away on a. ViS‘ it. They had retired to bed, when their younger brother returned un- announced and made rm entrance to the house. The two men thought their home was being burgim‘ized, and, gathering a, few clothes. made an escape through the bedroom winv deW. Scotch Authorities Ask How tc Destroy a Weed. Samuel Watson. the man who shot and killed his brother Wesley at Mid- dleport on Tues-day morning, mis~ taking him for a burglar, will be pro' scouted on a charge of manslaughter. The police consider the case the mosi astounding one that has ever come ‘to their attention. and since the twa brothers have told their stories peo- ple find difficulty in imagining how it would be possible for two men, fully armed, to be so frightened as to shoot a man while he was lying asleep in bed. Tt is clear that even if the deceased had been a burglar, he was entirely in their power, without. their using firearms. Six Thousand Miles Constructed in United States This Year. The all‘air has been reported to the police, and the brothers were ar- rested and an investigation 'held. It is said there was the best of feeling in the family, and no reason can be suggested for the commission of a crime. The Watson brothers are re- ported to be of a very timid, nerv- ous disposition. After remaining with a neighbor the rest of the night they returned to the house in the morning. armed with a shotgun. They saw the house had been entered, and proceeded upâ€" stairs, ' investigating. Through & half-open door they saw a man stretched out on the bed. At their approach the sleeper raised himself on his elbow, and immediately James raised his gun and fired. The charge, which was of small shot, blew the side off the man's head and killed him instantly. In a. moment. they saw their mistake, but it was too late; their brother was beyond the reach of aid, Was Mistaken for Burglar and Shot in Bed. BROTHER SHOT BROTHER. MANY NEW RAILWAYS. A PEST FROM CANADA. FARMS BEING DRAINED. LATER