The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-21

error OF one human being, OF man
who crouches afrighted, like hunted
animal, in prison cell tonight, led to
the greatest railroad holocaust in the
history OF Michigan to-day, and twenty
six human lives have paid the penalty
OF the moments negligence.
Two trains, 10th laden with passen-
tiers, met in direct head in collision
on the Grand Trunk railroad at 3:45
this morning in the suburbs OF this
city, and that the number of dead and
injured was not four fold greater ia
due to the fortunate fnct that tho coll
lision occurred in the suburbs OF city
instead OF in the open country, where
both trains would have been running
at full speed.
As lis, twenty.six charred, disfgured
and unreCognizable bodies lie in the
morgue tonight, and twenty-seven
marred and bleeding victims are groan-
ing in agony in the Charity hospital.
How many OF these wounded may be in
the death list tomorrow no one can tell,
for the injuries in many cases are in
ternal and quite unfathomRble to the
only superficial medical examination
that is possible now.
All that surgical science can do is be-
ing done. The officials Of the Chicago
& Grand Trunk railroad are doing all
that is possible to alleviate the condi-
ton Of the suffering aud care for the
needs OF the victims OF the dreadful
disaster.
The two trains which met face to
face, while going at rapid rate OF
trains. although each was considerably
behind time. One was Raymond and
Whitcomb special train returning from
the Worlds Fair and bound for New
York and Boston. and the other was
the regular Pacific express west bound
train. The Raymond and Whitcomb
was running as an extra section OF q
regular train and was therefore "regu-
lar in the phraseoiogy OF the railroad
men.
IGNORED HIS ORDERS.
The engineer OF the latter train had
positive orders to side track for the ex-
press at siding mile east OF this city.
lie ignored these orders, aud six hun.
dred feet beyond this siding he met the
east bound train full on. Both trains
were wrecked, and half Of the train Of
the Pacific express was demolished and
burned. The Raymond and Whi!comb
train, being composed almost entirely
OF heavy sleepers, escaped serious in-
jury, and none OF the cxcursionists lost
their lives. The engineers and tiremen
OF both trains jumped in time to save
their lives, but twenly-siE passengers
OF the Pacific express met almost i'll.
slant death.
The day coaches in the front part OF
this train were telescoped and burned,
aud Of the twenty.six human ROMANS
at tho morgue tonight conjectures can
only be made as 20 the identity OF six.
Twenty remain entirely unidentified.
Those identified by letters oil articles in
their clothing, or by other means are as
follows:
G. g. Van Dusen. OF sprout Brook,
y. y, died at the hospital.
Mrs. 9. c. Van Dusen, OF Sprout
Brook. n. Y, burned to death in the
wreck before she could be extricated.
w. W. Henryrot Woousocket, N. l.,
burned to crisp.
Mrs. p. R. Mckenzie, OF Middleton,
Conn, burned TO crisp.
L. A. McGarvey, OF Toronto, Canada,
mangled and burned to death.
J. W. Beardsley, oil Watkins, n. Y,
burned and mangled.
Tho coroner has numbered each OF
the twenty-five bodies now in the
lnorgue consecutively and noted the ar
ticles thar have been found on each
body that might lead to identifcations.
Relatives, or friends teiegraphinv from
distance as to the identity Of the re.
mains should mention the number OF
the body in order tha, the proper rec.
ord may be made by .he coroner, and
mistakes avoided in forwarding the re,
mailp.
TIE UNIDENTIFIED DEAD.
The coroners oflicioI list OF the re.
mains now at tho morgue is as follows:
No, Male, hunting spectacless, two
blank books, bottle Of pills, railroad