The herald., 1893-09-23

beyond semblance of humanity, q score
of bleeding and bruised victims; such
are the awful results of this mornings
horror occurring at this little village on
the Detroit division of the Wabash rail-
way.
THE DEATH ROLL.
The list OF dead is as follows:
Charles Bierbe, San Francisco, 20
years old, unmarried.
Miss Nellie B. Tucker, Newton, Mass.
H. E. seeley, Germany.
Harry French, Toronto.
Engineer John Green, Ashley, Ind.
He leaves wife and four children.
]. H. McKenna, Hyde Park, Mass.
Miss Alice H. Reed, East Boston.
Warren G. Bider, aged A, Of Arizona.
Mrs. Burbank, New Orleans, La.
Baggagemaster Lyons, Detroit.
]. D. Roundy, La Moille, la.
Conductor ]. E. Coulter, OF Detroit.
n lIoI Of lhE lNJUhEDs
The injured in the hospital at Peru
Ind, are: Samuel Garfield and wife of
Utica, N. z; S. Olive Hill of Somers-
worth. N. H.. Miss Anna Hill, Olives
sister; G. W. Hodgsen and wife of Do
yer, N. H.; Frank P. Dow Of Fair Ha-
ven, WASH, a journalist, confusion OF
the head and shoulders bruised; w.
Rider and wife OF Phoenix, Ariz., and
their foster daughter. Mr.. Rider being
cut about the head and Mrs. Riders
thigh fractured; the daughter 10 inter-
nally injured. Riders foster son was
killed. 81, rls
Mr.. Dow was in the smoker. How he
crawled out of the wreck he does not
know. He says he assisted in pulling
out two young women, then, exhausted.
tainted on the bank. He is able to sit
up, but his face is terrible sight.
William Evans, Edward Rush, Will
lam Hoskins and Albert Moulton, aged
IL to IA, orphan home boys of London,
England; James B. Wookey, Henry
Aaron, Sidney Fleming, James Lane.
Charles Botham and Herbert Lane,
members of troop OF handbell ringers,
all are injured.
Others injured are: Otto Houk, Ger
many Mrs. Dougan, Aurdianne, Pa;
w. j. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Roundy, La
Moille, Ia, leg broken; Mrs. Keller,
Massachusetts, may die; Mss. Seavey,
New Hampshire; Fireman Walker, Fire
man Barber.
A BRAKEMAN's CARErEssNEss.
Crushed and splintered timbers and
broken truss rods; warped and frac-
tured trucks; two giant locomotives dis
mantled and literally welded together
attest in fearful reality the awful results
OF one mans carelessness. The calamity
is directly attributable to Brakeman
Herbert Thompson's csreleasness. He
has disappeared and all efforts to find
him hsve thus far been in vain.
THE STORY OF THE WRECK.
The story of the wreck is as follows:
Vestibuled train No. So, from Detroit
to Chicago, was running in two Sec
tions, and was due to pass this station
at 4 40 a. IN. Fast freight No. 90 was
on the siding here, waiting to allow No.
55 to pass. The first section of No. 55
passed at 5 :l5, and by it's whistle called
the attention OF the freight crew to tho
second section. The engineer replied,
but it seems Brakeman Thompson did
not notice the signal and went ahead to
open the switch for No. 92 to leave. He
had hardly done this before the second
section OF No. 55 was seen bearing down.
Thompson seemed to be paralyzsd.
Swerving to the left, the ponderous
mass OF steel, drawing it's precious load,
lunged heavily into the waiting freight
train with horrible crash.
THE RESULT OF THE CRASH.
The result OF the crash was fearful
and the scene that ensued was awful.
Nearly all the passengers were asleep,
and the suddenness of the crash so dazed
the unfortunates that for few minutes
all was still, save for the escaping steam,
but soon the agonized screams of the
wounded and dying rent the air. The
few uniniured had not the presence OF
mind to make an effort to rescue the
imprisoned Victims, bat with the arrival
OF number of residents the work OF
releasing the hapess victims was soon
under way.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Owing to the huge mass into which
the wreck was piled it was perilous
undertaking, and some hours elapsed
before the last living victim Was re-
moved, and the dead were finally extri-
Gated only after the arrival of crew
with apparatus.
The dead, as fast as taken from the