The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-21
The Wreck on the Chicago and Grand
Trunk Fully ms Bad as First
Reported.
Charred and Dismembered Remains
OF Twenty.s;x Person Taken
0uk
They Were Totally Unacceptable
and 1t viii Never BE Known TO
Whom They Belonged.
The Accident Caused by a Direct Disc
bedience of Orders on the Part
of 1rainmen.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 21.-The
wreck in the yards of the Chicago and
Grand Trunk railroad in this city was
the worst one recorded in this country
this year, the total death list from
which will undoubtedly be So AL
ready 20 dead bodies have been taken
from the ruins, and OF the injured four
or five have died since being taken out.
The accident is all the more lamentable
in that it was caused by q direct
Dtsobedlence of Orders.
RAYMOND q Whitcomb special train
of passengers from New York and Bos-
ton were returning from Chicago. The
train was in charge of Conductor Scott
of this city and Engineer Wooley, and
took orders at this station to meet at
Nichols No. Q, the Pacific express going
west, due at this station at 1:35 O'clock
a. M, but which was three
hours late. The conductor or
engineer, or both, Of the Raymond
special, disobeyed orders and passed
Nichols station and collided with the
Pacific express coming west at the rate
Of about 80 miles an hour. The two
engines were driven into each other
aud are total wrecks. The n on the
express was No. 15S, a new Cook en-
CINE in use only two weeks.
The engineers and fremen. when
they saw that a collision was in
evitable, shut off steam. reversed
engines. put on brakes and all jumped
aud escaped without serious injury.
The engineer of the Pacific express was
named Gilsranshnow. and the conduc.
tor Burke. The conductor was badly
hurt by being caught in the car.
When the collision took place the sec.
opd and third day coaches on No. ., the
train going west. were completely tele'
scoped. 1t was in these cars that the
Horrible Sacrifice OF Life
, took place. The second coach cut
[ through the third coach like a knife
| and the roof passed over the heads q
the ~sleepers, and Inflated passenger
were completely entombed in a fiery
. 1uTudCE. 1u0 EUSiHC hu0 u0EH0SC "a
of the special were badly wrecked, but
: the coaches being sleepers and the trair
moving slowly escaped serious injury
| The passengers in the four coaches were
more or less injured. and in one Of them
mo. 49," called the unlucky coach
which has been in several accidents be
fore, there were rs dead bodies takei
from the wreck by the tiremen. The,
were pinioned under seats and james
up against the end of the coach by tn,
coach next behind, which had teie
scoped it, and then burned like rats ii
a trap.
Heads, Arms and Legs Burned On.
The accident was a mile from the fir
station, and before water could b
turned on the cars they were al
burned. No one on the Raymond spe
cial was injured. The Pacific expires
! was made up of Is old coaches. an
: four of them were completely burned
: catching fire from the lamps in tn
: cars. The bodies were burned so badl
: as to be unrecognizable. Nearly all ha
their heads. arms Or legs burned of
and cannot be identified as yet.
. AS the third car crashed through th
: second IL swept the people in mass I
: the north end Of the latter car. in til
vicinity of the stove, where most of tn
: bodies were afterwards found. I'll
cars Immediately took fire, and in q
instant they were all in q blaze.
!. Some passengers escaped through th
|, doorway, while others smashed out th
\ windows and climbed through. Onl
: three escaped from the left side an
9 not more than six from the other sid
All the rest of the occupants OF Il
: second coach persisted. The most no
: rible sight was that presented by OF
4 Mrs. Charles Van Dusen of Fort Plail
' N. Y. She succeeded in getting ha
: way out of the window, but b.
u legs were caught. She was burn,
to death before their eyes, with 81
half OF her body still hanging out OF Il
window. Before death came to relea
her sufferings she gave her nam
az Henry Garfield, n Of the night clerl
at at the Chicago and Grand Trul
Id Offices, heard the crash and immed
ately pulled the fire alarm boxand the
1t telephoned the engine house and !
formed them of the wreck. The fiji
ed men responded promptly. but 7
wreck was over a mile away. The d
lance of the nearest hydrant from I
ap wreck and the difficulty Of driving I
ne hose wagon between the r .
|, . tracks delayed them. and the freh
Ier gained considerable Roadway VII
fh- the line OF hose was finally laid, II Il
ch ing 1900 feet to reach the burning %
vs. A line Of hose was also laid fromsi
ed Grand Trunk w~aterworks,s bat thl
of was not pressure enough 70 throw
stream. .1r
Twepty-six Rodics. /. ss y
At Q O'Clock 20 bodies Ind been tai
outof the spins af The wrecked CO
and this IL supposed to bStshsaato
=. number q victims.
AS fast q thu charred satchsls,a
lises, pockstbooks, watchss tstcscw'
recovered from the debris sthsysR
:. turned over 10 III. police onlciala.
II II hopodsthatse0uu4 .Ot sthonafRl