The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-20

we're brought to this city and placed in the
morgue. The woman is unknown and unrecog
nizable. The two boys were apparently about
ten years of age. =.
The tracks have been cleared and trains are run
ming on schedule time. All that remains of the
wreck is the Lehigh Valley engine, which is com
pletely destroyed. 1t will be dug out some time
to-day and it is thought that more bodies will
then be found There have been eight deaths in
ALL and most of the wounded will, it is thought
die. The depot is surrounded by crowd await
ing news and great excitement prevails here.
The bodies at the morgue have not been identi-
fled.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The following is full list of the dead and
wounded as far as known The killed are:
CARL HENRY GRoMMER aged thirty years,
Norwegian head taken off. He had three tickets
from New York to Battle Creek Mich, and pa
pers showing that he arrived by the steamship
Eloe
An unknown boy, aged eight years, horribly
crushed.
An unknown woman. head off.
EULINA ARREAREs. aged twenty-six years,
who was on her way to Madison, Wis, where
her father resides died at St Francis Hospital.
Four more bodies were found this morning I'M
der the wrecked Lehigh Valley locomotive.
They have not been identified. Two unknown
BOYS were found under the pilot truck, one aged
eight years, the other twelve; also. an unknown
woman, with head and arms gone and the remains
badly scorcned An unknown man, with trunk
burned to a crisp, was found five feet below the
surface of che wreck. The bodies were sent to
Speers's morgue. The wounded brought to Jersey
City we're sent to st. Francis Hospital They
are:
Marinus Klinger, eighteen years DID, Nor
wegian, reported dead but still living he had
both legs and his skull fractured, ard will die
Owen Hall. engineer of the Lehigh Valley train,
severe confusion about the head and neck; still
alive. ). A. Bowers fireman of the Lehieh
Valley train. aged thirty, skull fractured and in
ternal Injuries; it is believed he cannot live.
Ralph Curry. aged twenty-nine. injured about
the neck. not dangerously. Christina Bolsta.
aged forty years. leg broken and injured inter
nallv; her condition is considered critical; she
was on her way to Minneapolis. Laura Redress
sen Melararnd. Norwegian, aged thirty two, Sc
verely injured about the head and back; not
considered dangerous Her two-year old child
had its leg broken She was on her way to Join
her husband at'Nor wood, Ia.
L. III. Pratt, the telegraph operator, was
raigned to day on charge of manslaughter. He
waived an examination, and was held to await the
action of the coroners jury. Norman L. Rowe,
counsel for Pratt, makes the following state
ment: Pratt was stationed in the Marion signal
tower, near the station of that name. He con-
trolled the east end of section of the road
known as block, extending. from Marion to the
fish-house on the Hackensack Meadows about
three miles distant. 1t was his duty to record
the passage of trains and their passing the fish
house. upon a tally-sheet which lay before him.
The emigrant train had passed his station thir-
teen minutes before the Western express ap-
preached. Pratt glanced at his sheet, and mis-
took another entry for the rec
ord of the emigrant train having
passed the fsh-house. The emigranJ
train had been left on the block, however, hav
ing backed down to pick up two cars which had
broken loose from the train. In his statement
to Chief of Police Murphy. Pratt admitted that
he had not recorded the sigma, from the fish
house, but took it for granted that the block was
clear, because of the thirteen minutes which had
elapsed
Superintendent Crawford, of the New York
division. states that an investigation shows that
Pratt alone is responsible. A white signal, de-
noting clear track. was shown, and justified
the engineer of the express train in running
the block.
County Physician Converse is satisfied that
there are but seven bodies at the morgue The
suppostion that there eight was caused by
the mixing up of the dismembered limbs of the
woman found this morning.
Throngs of people in search of the latest par
ticulars of the disaster continue to visit the
depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
but in the majority of cases little information
can be given them, as the uninjured persons
have been forwarded to their destinations. Be
sides having personal interviews. Superntend
ent Crawford and his clerks have been kept busy
replying to floods of kilograms from all parts of
the country
OF the seven bodies at the morgue. five have
been identified. They are those of Carl H
CONNER, of Norway. his wife Margaret and
their two sons. William and John. They
on their way to Battle Creek Mich The fifth
body is that of Mrs. e. Arneas, aged thirty five,
who on her way to Madison, Wis. The
remaining bodies are those of woman found
to-day. and boy found last night. Neither
have been identified
Coroner Hughes has been ordered to hold an
inquest which will begin its sessions in this city
Thursday evening. The jury have been inn
paneed, and they viewed the bodies to day.
The wrecked Lehigh Valley engine was raised
at 7:30 p. M. In the mud beneath the boiler
found the body of boy, apparently ten
years of age. Both legs were off below the
knees. The right side of the face crushed
n and the hands were scorched. Beside the
body was found the right leg of boy. pre-
sumably about twelve years of age The mem
Der does not correspond with any of the bodies
rowin the morgue. This makes total of nine
deaths A pile of debris still remains where the
locomotive lay, and the workmen are carefully