Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-31
TEE R.CExrRALROAD DIsAsrE.I
Ine WORK Of Identification Not Com
pIcied-Names Of the Known
NIcttms.
IBy telegraph to the Dispatch.

IBy telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
PORTAGE. WIS, October 30.-An old
MuiGug in Rio was converted into a tenn
puruIy morguc Yesterday, and therein re-
pose oil that is mortal Of the human being
no persisted IN the wreck Of Wednesday
night last. The bodies are placed upon
sheets, and the articles found near the train
In the wreck are laid upon the remains for
the purpose of identification. In some
case, Identification will be- impossible.
Euginer Thomas Little is resting al hi
home. The shock and wounds have com
rletclv prostralcd him. Fireman Thoma'
Taran. who received terrible scalding,
viii recover. All the maii-mater-cS-
coping Minnesota and Dakota paper
that was In the wreck has been recovered.
iLr.udu- registered package. and letters,
mud has been forwarded 20 il, destination.
The inquest wa, begun Yesterday ait'f-
noon. IL viii he several day, before the
Proceedings are concluded. Conrad
scb,rcr. OF Wmona, recognized some arli-
clo- of ievcirv which had belonged 20 biz
re-. and detailed her movements, showing
that She was undoubtedly on the train. 4
cguciiX which had belonged 10 the Catho-
lc sisters was also Identified. 4 passenger
" DO wa. aboard the wrecked train said
last night. When ! got aboard the car,
al Milwaukee they We're irving 10 MAKE the
a1-Lrake, on the Milwaukee coach work.
Thi, they could not do. and some one SAID
they would have 10 run that car wituOu.
traEes, a the train WAS then five Minutes
late. ! know the rear Pullman had no
brakes upon il. and ! am fully sItistcd
that II thev had worked t.e disaster would
not have been near - bad, because the
coach, without ANYTHING 10 hold II back,
showed ahead when the shock came and
smashed in the light ear ahead
nt-~uperintendent Earring ielc-
rraphcd GcneIal-Mlnagcr Miller late la-i
night giving the total number OF dead pos
i;lVeiy identified 30 FAR as follows Mr..
Conrad Scberer, 81 WinOna. Mr.. Roslua
Jones. Of Rush Greek, MINI. Mr.. Ava
Winter. Of Kalamazoo, Mich. Mr.. Beebe
Il Kalamazoo. mothel-in-iaw OF j. NJ.
Tocrla,. nj Minneapolis Louis Brinke, OF
Ashland; Mr. Waliersd0ri, OF Columbus:
lister AluhDnse. " NinOn3 sister Dimp-
scy. oi " mona Mrs. Winter had ticket
from Kalamazoo 70 Minneapolis. and also
over The Northern Pacinc. To The above
lst must certainly boz added the novice
Albertinc who wa, Ia company with the
two franciscan Sisters. superintendent
ii.
Identified il Is quite possible % boz added
tine name, Of john McNowu. Jlme- Plant,
spd rank GuveT. corner Of Lincoln and
For'y-tmrd streets. Chicago. and Mr., Mari,
q Chicago. Thee had not been positively
Identified yet. hut were supposed 20 Doe IN
'hc ca. ghe above list bring the number
% per ous ian tine coach 10 sixteen.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STORY.
NuwAUEFE. October 30.-C. II. Wells.
freight brakeman. who i, charged with
being responsible Tor the terrible railway
accident n Rio on " cdne, day night, has
turned Up. he came 10 the civ Yesterday
and visited the general office Of the 81. Paul
Railway Company. He drew hi> salary late
yt-tCrcay afternoon. Wells il twcnig-four
year, old, and unmarried. lie declare,
That Hukey, the freIrht-train conductor, |
Is wholly responsible for the accident. The |
following i the substance OF his story |
" Our freight train arrived al the East Rio |
siding several minutes before the limited |
put in an appearance. The freight train !
Was too long Tor one side track. 50 we cut /
u in two, switching one part OF il on 10 one !
Of the side track. and, dctachin- the cn- 4
CINE, switching the rest OF il into the other !
side track. j wa not my duty 10 close
!
The conductor had always done that. On |
the night OF the accident, after we had
reached the siding and side-trichel our
train, ] had 10 remain on top " one OF the
ears. Conductor Hankcy went % the
switch, and shortly afterwards passed the
cor on which was standing. lie told me
that everything wa, all right, and that h
Was going 10 the head Of the train.
looked al my watch and discovered, or
thought l did, that the limited train was
tate. Just then the limited hove in sight.
was horrlfed 20 sce IL run oil the track
shortly after 1t passed my c.u. IL mo-
mcnt the train was in flames. ] was badly |
frightened, and, thinking the ireight-train
hands would be- iyncbed. ] fed ] realized
that ! made a mistake 10 running away,
~ Il was natural under the circum-
stances"
Wells say he Is ready % give himself up
" hcneyer be j. wanted. lie has engaged
counsel in Milwaukee.
The identity Of three men hound for the
" OOds who were burned 10 death in the
wreck viii possibly never be established.
lud they 90 least Of all the victims will be-
IN addition 10 the thTong gi missing Dev-
.Ons. II all the missing people so far rt-
ported - haN ing been on the tram are not
heard IRON the lisi OF victims win bc
.wclled 10 twenty-five. The law OF Wis
.ousin fixes Liabilities OF railroad companies
or deaths caused by negligence al not eX-
-ecdIng $4,000.
MEDICAL sTrDENT's EXPERIENCE.
CHICAGO. October 30.-A special from
olumbus. Wis. says: Charles smith, the
5bieago medical student, the only man who
scaped alive from the passenger coach
which was burned in the wreck al Rio, Is
wing az the hotel here unable 20 be moved.
Ie has a bad wound on the side Of ms head
nd q great MANY cuts and bruises about
MS face and neck. His broken arm is ap-
arertlv doing well, but the terrible shock |
pstained bv his nerves and the memory |
4 the horrible sights be saw while his ira
elllng cofnpauiOns were roasting alive IN |
he burning car nj times quite overcome
nm, and his mind at times Is wandering
nd Eighty. ~ had a double seat 10 nv
eli. abou, the middle OF the car" he said |
D eorresDoudeuf, aud was sleeping al
he time the crash came. NY Drst THOUGHT Z
vas that some one had thrown pounded
lass into nv face and eyes. nv mouth was
ull Of It. ONLY knew that my lace and {
ead were bleeding badly, and then became
artialiy unconscious for moment or Two
pom opening NV eJes again saw thai The
smps Were out. and that lurid blaze II. ]
- the eur and was rapidly approaching !
~. by despernte effort released myself
rom the rubbish and The broken seats
'hich held me fast 10 the door Of tue ear, {
20 could ace psssengcrs all about the car
O ffiOlaurhix xpssfsed In Among The broken !