The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-21

are more or less seriously injured. but
| mlraculously escaped death. while ali
around them passengers less fortunate
were either killed outright or fastened
down In the debris and burned to death
before help could reach them.
Later-Among the supposed identiica-
tions Is that Of Il. T. Magoon, Of Provi-
dence r. l.. by means OF papers in
pocket-book. w. w. Henry, of Woon-
socket, Identified by business cards. on
another body was found papers indicating
that Il was probably that OF Charles y.
WenZel or Dr. Howard +. Vance, OF New
York
Mrs. f. r. Kenzle, Of Stamford. Conn,
was probably the person previously re-
/ ported as Mrs. f. Il. Mckenzie, Of STRAIT
| ford ont. Mr.. and Mrs. Vandusen, Of
/ Spout Brook. n. Y, are perfectly identi-
| fed, and these are all Of whom that can
be said out Of the entire twenty-six
corpses or fragments Of bodies
other supposed identhcations are T. A.
| McGarvey Of Ontario; G. ". Beardsley
! Watkins n. Y.
one OF the female bodies is believed 10
be that Of Mrs w w. Henry, Of Woon-
socket. r. l. One Of the male victims is
! believed to be William Lewis Wilson, Of
S32 Sheridan road Evanston, Ill
DIrfC bisoDeNlthtf " NiNti5s
Direct dlsobedience OF orders on the
part Of a Chicago and Grand Trunk en-
gineer and conductor. both of whom had
seen long service with the company, and
were regarded as model employees. was
the cause Of the tragedy.
A Raymond and Whitcomb sepcial
train Of eight palace cars filed with
| eastern folk, who had been taking In
the sights Of the Worlds Fair, left the
! Slxtieth-street depot Of the road at
Chicago at S:15, as the first section Of
the night express known as No. 6. The
train was In charge Of Conductor Burt
n. Scott and Engineer Harry Wooliey,
both residents OF this place All went
well until the Battle Creek depot was
reached This was at 3:35. From here TO
the railroad yards, a distance Of mile
and a half, there is a double track. When
the Whitcomb special came to rull
stop i'm the depot the night operator
handed TO Conductor Scott two copies
Of an order for the train to proceed TO
the double track east Of Main street,
about a half mile distant and there await
the passing Of the west-bound Pacihc
Express known as No. 3. This tram
which was nearly three hours late was
composed Of thirteen day coaches and
two baggage cars. Most of the DAY
coaches had seen many years service
and were in poor condition TO Withstand
q collision. Every one OF the Iated num-
Der was packed with eastern people
fbe majority Of whom, taking adVantase
Of the low rates were on their way 10
take in the last week OF the ExposlIioh'
The Pacific express was IN charge OF IN
d,,ctor John Bird and Engineer Gil Gran
chew botb of whom had received or
dera at Lansing to look out for the west
ho,pd train on the double track, ana
were accordingly on the alert -.
hfter receiving orders at the Bat1e
I craal, station. Engineer Woolley proceed
"a nm the double track, but instead Oh
stonping I'm accordance with MS mslIur
49, until the west-bound express had
l.,1 .,o-.91 he continued on and entered again
On the single track. He had haroiy BoHe
| on eiqbth Of a mile when the headlight OF
+hc pacific express was seen coming
oround the slight curve behind the tele-
graph Office of the railroad yarus' ~ :
was speeding westward at the rate OF
forty miles an hour. There was no ''ine
to apply alr-brake or reverse levers
A Terrible Crash.
z The engineers and fremen Of both
trains Jumped for their lives, and Sc
cond later the giant locomotives came 10
: rether with a crash that could be heard
a half mile away. With feariul 1oIce lIe
3 | enutnn of the EDetldl llbWfA AANfAt+ - +-----
way into that Of the express, drlNlns II
bsckwards into the baggage car ana the
e ,,ttor IN turn into the day coaches De-
+ bind THE shock was so terrific that the
arst four of these were completely tele-
s oco,ad the first coach cutting through the
second. and the second into the thlrd IKE
| eaeh of lightning. the roof Of each pass
] ina over the head Of the sleeping passeh-
GERS and sweeping them In mass 10 the
end Of the cars. .. .,o,ocl,
/ ,rbe first body was found about O'CLOCK
"a o. Few minutes after dozen were
! diecovered I'm a heap around the stove ol
) tbe second car. The task continued unIil
tv,entv-six bodies or portions Of human
/ hoines had been brought out Of the debris
s and Tonight there Is nothing IN the yards
/, hut a heap Of ashes 10 tell the story Oh
one of the most awful holocausts in the
! history Of railroading.
Conductor and Engineer Arrested.
Conductor Scott and Engineer Woolley
e we're arrested to-day upon warrants
E cbarqinp them with mansl9ughter Scott
cave bonds. but Wooley could not do So
ana is In prison The engineer asserts
? that the conductor told him the west
4 hound train had passed The conductor
q denies this and asserts that the engineer
had a COPY OF The order 10 wait for the
| west-bOund train, and iully understoou H.
| The conductor says he lelt so secure that
all was well that he had gone into the
baggage-car when his train left Battle
T Creek station, and was there when the
| collision occurred. The twenty-seventh VIC
tim will be added to the death list before
I | morning This viii be +. II. Smith a
! lad of seventeen. one of his legs
was amputated early In the evening and
! both legs were horribly crushed. lie Is
failing very rapidly. His sister and his
mother and father are also severely but
not fatally hurt
Midnight-James Bradley is expected tc
die. but the rest Of the injured are do
| ing well.
] Collided with Coal Train.
CHICAGO, Oct 20-The New Orleans
limited over the Illinois Central was
wrecked by coliding with a coal train
three miles beyond Kagkakee at u
, | O'Clock TWO persons were seriously
and six others slightly injured
The seriously injured are.
j. d. Davis. Fnppen Ca. head cut. legs
bruised and back injured
l.. B Safer Fisher. H., back hurt and
internal injuries.