The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-21
And Heavy Special Crashed Into
Worlds Fair Train Made Up of
Old and Shaky Cars.
FOUR COACHES TELESCOPED
And the Fragments Burned Along
with the Imprisoned Victims.
Most of the Dead So Charred that Iden-
tificatiOn Was mpOssible-COnductO
and Engineer Arrested.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 20-Twen-
six heaps of charred, blackened flesh-all
that remains of what, less than twenty-four
in the enjoyment of life, health and happi-
ness-rest upon the floor in an improvised
morgue in the basement of a furniture
store in this city. A mile away, in the city
hospital, are a score or more of human be-
ings with gashed bodies and broken limbs.
Add to these an engineer in Jail and con-
the most appalling railroad disaster of this
or recent years. This is the list of dead
and unidentified bodies:
No 1-E. r. MAGOON, Providence, r. l.,
identified by papers in a pocketbook. Other
articles found In what remained of his
clothing were a pair of hunting spectacles
railroad ticket, two blank books, pocket
book containing $6i in money, silver OPEN
faced watch and pocket knife and bottle of
pills.
No, 2-WOMAN. Burned to crisp No
No. 3-BOY. Apparently about twelve
years of age. Face and upper portion of
head, as we'll as feet, burned to a crisp.
Few red hairs remaining on back OF neck.
No pocketbook.
No. Nv. w. HENRY. of woonsocket, r.
l.; lumber dealer. Identified by business
cards.
No. 5-MALE. Paper in vest pocket with
statement from John Monroe. banker, New
York, to Charles Z. Wenzle, also note writ
ten in German from Charles IL. Wenzle
to Mr.. Evans.
no. 6-MALE. Apparently about thirty
ye Of age Feb build d In
jack knife with horn handle in vest; silver
watch; gold spectacles; handkerchief with
initials II. G.; Trousers were brown of the
old English front flap
No. 7-MALE Apparently weighed about
$50 pounds. Clothing destroyed; burned be-
yond possibility of Identification.
No. S-WOMAN. Burned; hands clinched
Had in pocket of shirt letters addressed
to Mrs. f. r. KenZe and signed by Mrs.
Parker; envelope postmarked Stamford.
Conn, together with sZ5 IN money; In an
of w. r. Mckenzie. In red plush coat
taken out of the debris with the remains
was a gold watch in leather case and a pair
of rubbers in paper marked "Middletown,
Conn.
No. 9-WOMAN Burned beyond identifi-
cation; no clothing remaining.
No. OMAN Supposed to be L. A. Nc
Carvey, of Ontario. Gold open-faced watch
in vest pocket.
No. 1l-MRS. CHARLES VAN DUSEN,
of Sprout Brook, n. Y. Burned to a crisp.
No. 12--CHARLES VAN DUSEN, hus-
band of above; died of injuries this after
noon.
No. 1s-BABY. Burned beyond recogni-
ton.
No. 14-MALE. Too badly burned for
Identification.
No. 15-MALE Weight about $50 pounds.
Silk handkerchief in hand. Clothing de-
stroyed. No identification.
No. 1s-WOMAN. Burned to a crisp. No
identification.
No 17-MAN. Weight about 145 pounds.
No papers: silver watch with engraved in
itialS, wv. a.
No. 1S-WOMAN Weight 40 pounds.
Chain bracelets. Burned sto crisp
No. 10 = WOMAN. Weight about 100
pounds No Identification.
No 2O-WOMAN. Burned beyond identi-
fication. Portion of black silk dress and
blue striped undershrt remaining; wore
chain bracelet on right wrist
No H-WOMAN. Burned to crisp
No FINALE. Supposed, from papers,
In pocket $50 in currency and two checks.
one for $500 and the other for 500.
No 2s-Charred trunk. Limbs and head
missing; medical examination necessary to
determine sex.
No. 2i-Same- above.
No 26-MALE. Weight apparently about
$50 pounds. Open face watch of Illinois
make. No means of identification.
one of the female bodies is believed to
be that of Mrs w. w. Henry. of Woon-
socket. r. /. One of the male victims is
believed to be William Lewis Wilson of
No. $50 Sheridan road. Evanston, ILL.,, a
arHc and 9TH
papers having been found in the wreck.
Following is the list of injured:
EZEKIEL DAVIS. president of Fairport
village, n. Y.
Miss BELLE WILLIAMS, Lockport, N.
", ankle broken.
Mrs. HENRY BUSHNELL. Brockport
y. Y, head injured.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, Woodstock,
FRANK ROGERS. Woodstock. Ont,
right hand bruised.
FRED wURTz. Rochester. N. Y. left
side bruised.
EvELINE wURTZ. daughter of above.
left arm broken.
HARVEY SMITH. Fort Plain. n. Y,
left side bruised; one rib broken.
Mrs. HARVEY SMITH, Fort Plain, N
y. right leg broken.
FRANK II. SMITH. Fort Plain, n. Y,
both limbs crushed; amputated.
NELLIE E. SMITH. Fort Plain, n. Y.
right foot crushed.
ALBERT BRADLEY, Toronto, Ont left
limb broken; amputated below the knee.
FRANK TURNE. Middle Smithville, Pa,
injured in the back.
JOHN c. STEWART, Dalton. Ill, shoul-
der bruised.
JENNIE, daughter of above, aged eleven
years, left arm broken.
Mrs. VANCE. Simcoe. Ont. both limbs
broken.
GEORGE VANCE. Simcoe. Ont. son Of
above, aged fourteen years. bruised.
JOSEPH S. ARCHBELL. Evanston, ILL.,,
ankle smashed.