Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-16


went up. Then lurid glow was cast through
the car from fire breaking out, aud he saw men
and women struggling to get free from the
wreck. he heard lady wedged in under
seat calling most piteously for help. He tried
to aid her, but he was held fast, and the fire
compelled him to leave her to her terrible fate.
He recollected seeing q stout lady, who was
identified as Miss Brown, get on the cars at
Greenbush.
SENATOR wAGNER's
remains were sent down to the city first In one
of the dead senator's own palace cars. Two
hours later the remaining seven bodies were
brought down in an ordinary baggage car, &C
by Capt. Yule and Coroner Knox.
Six Of the bodies were packed in boxes, and
the charred remains of the seventh was borne
on stretcher covered by the fur lined cloak
Of Mrs. Valentine, the young bride whose
wedding tour ended in such hOr-
rible death. The car was switched of
upon a side track when it arrived and run
east of the depot to the old freight station, at
43rd street. Here collins were arranged on
the floor and upon hastily improvised tables
were spread, the burned garments and satch-
els recovered from the wreck to serve as
means of Identifying the yet unrecognized
dead. Here black fur muff and cloak, there
4 broad.cloth coat and hat battered out OF
shape.
oHARRED AND HALE CONSUMED
satchels and bundles lay scattered about and
were examined and registered in turn by the
police officers who took charge Of all the
property. In one of these were found clues
HAT led to the identification of one of the
bodies as that of Rev. Marechal. The cleri
cal cut of few tattered rags that were yet
left of the vest had originally attracted atten
ton to the mans probable calling
the iae binding hau' and 4 syleaf Of 'n vol.
ume of sermons, and a Theological work. but
without address. His body, like all others
with the single exception, that Of Miss Brown,
was burned so as to be unacceptable. AS the
identity of each body was established, q sheet
Of paper, marked with the name aud number
was tackled to the coffin lid and the name
checked off with as business like air as If the
matter concerned the ordering bales of freight
handled daily. A coarse grin and joke passed
once in while between the rough idlers and
undertakers men, or whoever they were, who
had contrived to gain access to the place with
the coroner and reporters and In those brutal
minds not even the horrors of that dreadful
scene was able to instill sense of respect or
decency. Side by side on the rough pine floor
stood two clumsy painted boxes. The
brief blue pencil mark on the tag
affixed to each told the saddest
story of all. The boxes held all that was left
of the charred bodies of Park Valentine and
his young wife,
BRIDE AND GROOM,
only the night before.
Detective Dakin, who was experimenting
the examination of the personal effects, told of
the death of Oliver B. Kelley, of Spring City,
Pa, in Kelcullen's hotel, otter terrible suffer-
lnge. Keeley's right arm was burned off at
the elbow and his body fairly roasted. He was
conscious, nevertheless, through the long
struggle with death. Detective Dakin, who
came to his bedside, recognized fellow Ma
son. He made himself known as brother In
distress and told the officer he was 3 member
s.Write nv wife," hs said, grasping the Of
fcer's hand and pressing it, "and give her my
love-" With these words on his lips he ex-
pired. In pail between the collins, covered
over with newspaper, lay q mans
hand torn from the arm at the
wrist by a force that had ground
the bones and tsndons to a Jelly mute plead
ing, upturned as If reckoning, imploring for
aid that came not. It was most
HORRIBLE, sIcKENIN6 MHMHNTo
of the dreadful catastrophe. Whose hand 1t
was is not known. It had belonged to no
one of the bodies recovered so far by the police,
as could be observed, unless it might be the
missing stump of Oliver B. Keeley's, but fire
had not scorched nor even touched 1t.
OFFICIAL IGNORANCE AND INDIFFERENCE.
The,ofaeials at the Grand Central depot when
questioned by the reporter, exhibited the usual
exasperating official ignorance and Indifference,
constantly referring the Questioner to some
one of higher authority who had nothing to
say. AS late as an hour before noon some Of
the officials in the depot had barely heard Of
the affair, rumor like, and Assistant Superin-
tendent w. Bieselt, had at that hour received
no other report but mere verbal hearsay none
from any of the officials Of the wrecked train,
or the one that ran into it, and referred the
reporters to Spuyten Duyvil for IN.
formation. When pressed for official
news, he replied impatiently that he was very
busy and could not bother with these men,
meaning the reporters, all day.
THE DEAD.
The list of the dead is as follows:
Senator Wagner.
Park Valentine, aged 81, Bennington, vt.
Mrs. valentine, age IL, Nortn Acams, W.
Oliver P. Kelly, Spring City, Pa.
D. D. Ransom, guest Of the Hoffman house.
Rev. H. Marchal, residence not given.
Miss Maud Brown, 44S West Fifty-third
street, New York; and
A man unknown.
Ali the injured with the exception Of Miss
Mary Daniels, guest OF the Sherwood house,
were able to go home and no list was kept by
the police. Miss Daniels is seriously burned
but will probably recover.
D. L. Ransom was prominent resident Of
Massena, N. T., and Rev. II. Marchal was q
Catholic priest connected with st. Francis col
lege, 40 East Fifteenth street.
STATEMENT OF POLICE coAxussIoEER NICHOLS
Police Commissioner Nichols, who was on
the train, says, Senator Wagner passed
through the car in which was seated greet
ing his friends pleasantly as he passed along.
He passed out on to the platform Of the fol-
lowing car, and second later, following i'm