St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-31
THE LIST OF THE LOST.
It Is Now Almost Beyond Question That
There Were Twenty People
Burned Up
In the Frightful Accident to the Limited
Passenger Train Near Portage,
Wis.
Several More of the Victims Identt-
tied, But Others Yet Un-
recognized.
The Brakeman of the Freight Train
Lays the Blame on Conductor
Hankey.
The "Limited, Horror.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 0.-From day to day.
the mortality in the wreck of the st. Paul
limited express at East Rio assumes larger
proportions. Tonight it is definitely,
known that at least oev enteen persisted, and
the probabilities are that the victims num-
Der more than twenty. kilograms were
received here to-day from New Haven,
Conn, stating that James P. Barker Of
that city was on the train. He was mer-
chant OF about 45 years 1t was also dei-
nitely ascertained to-day by Supt Clark. of
the ST. Paul company, that Walter Scott,
who was reported lost, was not on the train.
A Chicago friend telegraphed that Scott,
who was recently married in Philadelphia,
is now in Minnea polls on a wedding trip.
Two of the three loggers who were burned
to death were Frank Guyer and Joseph
Plant. They boarded the train in Chicago,
and were joined in this city by their COM
panion, whose name is unknown.
THE DEATH LIST
as now made out, includes:
Mrs G. SCHERER. OF Winopa.
Mrs. r. JONES, OF Rush City, Mimi.
LOUIS BRINKER and EMIL WALTERS
DORF, Columbus Wis.
Sisters ALPHONSE and DIONESIA. OF
Winona- Mimi, and the Novice ALBERTINE
SCHMIDT, of New Cassell, Wis.
FRANK GUYER and JOSEPH PLANT, of
Chicago, and an unknown Milwaukee COM
rade.
Mrs. CHARLES Il. MARI, of Houghton,
Mich.
j. H. MCNOON, of Mansion.
Mrs. ALVA WINTER and Mrs. JANE III.
BEEBE, of Kalamazoo. Mich.
Mrs. P. LATZ and child of Saltwater,
MINI.
CHARLES DIBBLE, commercial traveller
from Rochester, MINI.
THE INQUEST
at Rio was continued to-day. The testi-
mony was repetition of what has been
told in interviews, except that James
Phillips, brakeman, testified that he re-
membered twenty-three persons IN the day
coach. As but three persons escaped,
twenty must have persisted. The inquest
will be continued and probably concluded
Monday. C. II. Wells. the brakeman who
is charged with being responsible for the
terrible railway accident at Rio on Wednes-
day night. has turned up. He came to the
city yesterday and visited the general OF
fees OF the st. Paul Railway COM
pany. He drew his salary late yesterday
noon. Wells is "a years old and unmar-
ried. He declares that Hankey, the freight
train conductor, is
WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE
LOT the accldehb. Inc following is Inc SUD-
stance of his story:
Our freight train arrived at East Rio siding
several minutes before the limited put in an
appearance. The freight train was too long
| for one side track SO we cut it in two, switch
ing part of it off to one of the side tracks,
| and, then detaching the engine, switch the rest
! of it on the other side track. 1t was not my
duty to close the switch. had never closed
| it before. The conductor had always done
| that. On the night of the accident, after we
| had reached the siding and switched our
| train had to remain on top of one Of the
| cars Conductor Hankey went to the switch
and shortly afterward passed the car on
which i was standing. He told me everything
| was all right, and that he was going to the
| head of the train. 1 looked at my watch
and discovered, or thought ! did, that
| tae limited train was late Just then the
| limited hove in sight. / was Mortified to see it
RUN OFF THE TRACK
| shortly after it passed my car. In a moment
| the train was in flames. ! was badly
| frightened. and, thinking the freight train
hands would be lyuched, fed realize that
/ made mistake in running away, but 1t was
very natural under the circumstances
Wells says that he is ready to give him
self up whenever he is wanted. He has
engaged counsel in Milwaukee. The laws
of Wisconsin Fix the liability of railroad
companies for deaths committed by negli-
gence at not exceeding So, 600.