Omaha daily bee., 1893-01-23

Those who sustained serious injuries, but
who will probably recover, are:
MRs A. l.. WIILEN and CHILD, Kansas City.
HENRY WIGGINs, Alton Junction.
GEORGE STAPLES, Alton Junction.
john MCPIKE, Alton.
HERMAN NUsKE, Alton.
LOUIS DENEAu, Montreal, Can.
HENRY STAPLES, Uniontown, Ky.
- MONTGOMERY, Alton.
DAN HARRIS, Alton Junction.
FRANK BARTON, Stamford, Ont.
LOUIS MCINTosH Alton Junction.
WILLIAM MCINrosH, Alton Junction.
john MoHoHAN, East st. Louis.
JAMES MULLANE, Alton Junction.
CHARLES HARRIS, Alton.
w. r. HARRISON, Alton.
HAMEIIN VALENTINE, Philadelphia.
CHARLES HALL Alton Junction.
j. b. MANHAUs. Alton.
Pat O'MEARA, Alton.
u. b. JoB Alton.
JOHN SEIsLER, Alton.
EPnRAIM RICHARDSON, Alton,
JOHN FINLEY, Alton.
JOHN MCPIKE, Alton.
EVAN CALDWELL, Alton.
PATRICK FINDLEY, Alton.
CHARLES CRowL, Alton.
Besides these, more than score sustained
injuries of more or less serious nature,
whose names could not be learned
Wrapped in IA Mantle of flame.
All the dead were burned to death by
flaming OIL
OF the fatally injured, all are more or less
burned about the limbs and body, but the
worst injuries sustained are fearfuly burned
heads and faces. There are also many in
jured internally from inhaling flames
which parched their throats to such an eX-
tent that their escape from instant death is
almost miraculous. The other injured suf-
fered from burns on various parts of the
head, limbs and body.
The awfulness of the catastrophe arouses
wonder that the casualties are not twice as
large as they are
The wreck and its consequences was the
one topic of conversation in Alton today. A
representative of the Associated Press ar
already half the town was out on the streets
in small groups discussing the affair BY the
time the church bells were ringing for SER
vices nearly the whole population was out
on the streets, but for the majority, st. Jo-
seph's hospital where the dead and dying
lay, seemed to be the objective point.
In tho Hospital.
Immediately on entering the hospital the
hushed voices and easy footsteps of the
physicians, Sisters of Mercy, and attendants
told only too well that the place was liter
ally the valley of the shadow of death
Many of those brought there for treatment
yesterday had already succumbed to their
injuries, and for many others it was only a
question of a few hours of suffering.
The scenes i'll the wards occupied by the
injured were even more heartrending than
Yesterday, Lying in cots, wrapped and
n bDnIounS
almost lost the semblancc of human beings,
and surrounded by weeping relatives and
sorrowing friends, they formed a picture
that brought tears to the eyes of even the
physicians accustomed as they are to such
sights. The meanings of the patients We're
plteous Every few moments some tortured
soul, writhing in agony would half rise from
his couch, then fail back suffering more in
tense pain than before, Seeming to know by
intuition when the physician was near
them, they would beg pitcously to be relieved
from their pain.
Doctor. for Gods sake kill me, and put
me out of this misery!' said one.
"Oh for even an instants relief from this
tOrture!' said another,
Praying for Death.
Perhaps the most pitiful sight of all was
that of l3-year-old Willie McCarty. Sitting
by his bedside, trying in vain by gentle
words and soothing caresses, while her voice
trembled with grief and with brok en-
heart, was his mother. The boys flesh was
cooked from head to foot. His eyes were
burned out and the skin had peeled off his
face and head taking with it large portions
of flesh The only response the anxious
mother received to her question as to how he
felt was:
"Oh, my head! Doctor, why can't dier'
Some of the patients lay perfectly quiet,
not a moan escaped their lips.
poor fellows said the attendant physi-
clan. They are fast going beyond all
earthly suffering"
All those thought to be fatally injured were
allowed TO remain at the hospital. The 9TH
ers were removed to their homes or the
homes of friends throughout The city.
Many volunteers, too, were at the hospital
to administer TO the wants of those there,
and, If possible to lessen the pain of their
last few hours on earth. So great was the
crowd seeking admittance TO the hospital
that the attendants were forced to lock the
doors and only admit limited number at a
time. Many of these were mere idlers, at
tracted by morbid curiosity, but the greater
umber were there for the purpose Of inquir,
ing regarding friends.
Blackened and Dishgured Corpses.
1t was not until visit was made to the
morgue back Of the hospital that the horri'
BILE reality of the accident became apparent
Here, awaiting the undertaken were the
bodies Of five of those who died during the
night. The bandages had been removed
from the bodies and the awful raVaFes OF
the burning flames were plainly apparent
They could not be recognized even by rela'
tves. The oil, wherever IL had touched the
skin, had burned deep into the flesh, while