The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-21
As Many More MARRIED, Bleeding
and Agoniz'd Sufferers in
the Hospital.
Twenty OF the Dead Burned Be-
yond Identification or Deter
mination of Sex.
iierO'sm of . Christian Woman Burned to
Death In sight Of Mon Attempting
Her Rescue.


led TO tho greatest railroad holocaust in
the history Of Michigan day. and twenty
six human lives paid the penalty OF = mo-
ments negligence. Two trains, 10th laden
with IassenRels. mot IN q direct hendo on
collision on the Grand Trunk railroad at
3:45 this morning in the suburbs of this
city, and that the number OF dead an !
injured 10 not four fold greater is due to
the circumstance that the collision oc-
cured in the subj bs OF the oity. whore the
trains slsokened speed.
As II was twenty six charrsd, dishgu cd
and unacceptable bodies lie in the orgue
tonight, and twenty-scven marred and
eeding victims are oanino in agony in
Charity hospital. How mnny of these
| wounded may be in the death list to. NOR
row none can tell. fos their injuries in
| many cases are quite unfathomable to the
med Ical examination that 10 possible now.
All that surg oll science can do is being
| done and the officials of the railroad arc
! doing all possible to alleviate the victims
Of the dreadful disaster.
| Tho two / ains met face 10 face, both
| regular trains, although oh was oonsid-
erably behind time. One was n Raymond
| d Whitoomb special train returning from
tho Worlds fair, and the other q regular
Pacific express. westbound. The engineer
of the Raymond & Whitoomb train had
positive orders to sidstrack for the express
at q siding one mile east Of this oitr. He
ign ored his orders, and 600 feet bey yond the
sitting he met The eastbound train full on.
Both I aims wore wrecked and half the
g. Il s,,l,n 4 \
hu ned. The Raymond g. Wnitcomb train,
being composed almost entirely of heavy
| ,lesI ers. escaped serious injury and mono O .
the excu sionlats lost their lives. The en-
gineers and fremsn of both trains Jumped
In time, bat twenty-six passengers Of the
Pacifo train met elmost instant death.
| The day coaches In tho front part of til 9
train were tslesroped and burned, and Of
twenty six human remains at the morgus
tonight oonjeotures can only be made as
10 tho identity Of six; twonty remain en-
tivelv unidentified. The identified ure ss
| fellows:
G. @. Van Dusen, sproutbrook, N. Y,
Dusen, Bproutbrook. N. Y. burned to death
after the wreck and bsfo . sue could be ex-
trica,ed; W. W. Henry. Woonsockat. Il. l.,
burne to crisp; Mra F. X. Mckenzie.
Mid lc,osn. Conn. bu ned to a Q isr; r..
A. Nct "vv. Ontario: Can. manelsd and
! N. Y, burned aud nanRled.
| The coroner numbered eaoh body now in
| the inoFRue conseoutivslv and not.d the ar
ticles found ON each body that might lead
to iden.iho 'tion. On one body paper
marked E. Z. Mogon. Providence. II. l..
WIS found. On another was = stattmsnt
f'ogn John Monroe. bunker Of New York.
to Charles J.. W"rde; also q note in Ger
man from ChAs. e. Wensele TO DR.. Howard
+. Vance. An unknown baby was burned
to . o,isp.
The following articles wore found in the
debris, but it Is impossible to sonncc: them
with bodi-s: A book, "Lengus OF American
Wheellu.n ~" with the name of Viii m
Louis Wilson. Northweste n university.
Evanston. Ill.,. S32 Sheridan road: cards anu
| IN envelope marked Miss l.. b. Hnyes, the
cards bought Of George Mul. Evanston.
H.; a box OF pills mar ked Bradley. Evans
ton, H.; a bible tho oughlv wet and par
| italy burnnt. gave the following on the
title page: ''Embem TOR 81. Clements s class.
Anchor H b ews 6. 10. teacher j. S. Arch.
Easter, 1885" 7 hs nnne ia SO nenr the !e-
gend that only "A Oh" could bs decipher ID.
There a Q in the morgue eighteen bo lies.
eight males. seven females, and three
ton or asCe tanning the sex. Immediately '
nftsr the accident the manned and injared
were conveyed to N,chulas Memorial hos
pital in this city.
A complete list of the injured. reported
nt Assistant superintendent Classic DIS
Office, Detroit II: II. W. Williams. 10
ronto; W. A. Byerse, Port Dover. O"t.,
VIM. Henry Bushnell. Brookport. N. Y; ).
H. Smith. J. II. Smith. Is ael Smith. b rry
S,u,,h, Mrs. smith. all OF Port Pain, n.
Y; Miss b lie Williams. Is ockuoIt. N. Y.
Frederick We tz, Miss We t. MIS-. Vert,
Rochester, N. y; Frank Turnvei0el. Bliss
field, Pa; Jennie Stewas and J. &. Stew
art, Dalion ssntion. H.; w. Thomson.
" Woodstock. Ont; F'ank Rogers Wood
Simco Ont.; Alb IT Bra 10y. Toronto.
Ou'.; Geo Ve Shackleton. Evanston. H.;
Thomas J. Monroe. Aubu II. N. Y; L. f..
Dsvid.on, Fairpo I, n. V; g. :. AIalus,
buffalo, N. Y: Clinton II. Ward. Morton.
VI; Nj y. Henry Bu hneil, Brockport. N.
Y; $. II. NTH. eIlecsad to die. j. s.
| Arehbeld, Evanston, Ill.,; Charles Boards
ley. S rinph i'd, Mass; 5. Il. Baldwin. Mil.
ford. Conn: J. II. Smith. Ingsrsoll. Ont.
The la moud d Whitconb train was In
Charge Of Conducsor Scott, of this olty.
Engineer Henry Wooley was pulling il ana
there a, Dc rs to DO no doubt that Engineer
Wooley's neelig nee cnused the acc,"ent.
| Tie conductor amt engineer received orders
here to meet the Pacino express At Nichols.
Engineer ooley got hi. orders Mt Battle
Greek, and getting beyond the stretch OF
double track kept light ahead at a rattlin2
pace, He mot the Pacific express half a
mile or less below tho me, ting point made
for him. The Pacific express WAS coming
At thirty miles an hour. From Nioho 3 u
| ou vs begins 80 II Was i'm, ossibls for 9th er
Gu ppineer to see the other until the hes d.
lights appea sa. They Ia sc"roely eime ia
reverse. apply tho air brakes. and ave
then Sc lves as best they could. Head on the
engines came together. Tho Il " mond &
! Wi itcomb train stoo the shouA without