The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-20
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Henry Canneld, one Of the night clerks
at tn Chicago aud Grand 'frunk ofhces.
heard tbs crash. and immediately pulled
the fire alarm box and then telephoned the
wreck. The firemen re p9nded prompt
~, but the wreck was over
a mile away. The distance
OF the nearest hydrant from the
wreck and the difficulty Of driving the
hose wagon between the cars aud tracks
delayed them and the fire had gained
considerable headway when the line OF
hose was finally laid, it taking !, 500 feet
e. reach the burning cars. A line OF
hose was also laid from the Grand Trunk
wa,er works, but there was not pressure
enough 10 throw stream,
Charles Vandusen, husband OF the q 'ao
woman, was terribly injured, but was
moved to the Nichols Memorial home,
where he died at 10 o'clock. :,
The awful work of rescuing the dead
and injured was not completed until
o'clock this morning, when the last pouy
was taken from the wreck, Sumcient
stretchers were not TO be had, aud the
workers nailed boards together on which
the charred bodies were laid and carried
away MS fast as they were extracated.
A temporary morgue was mace OF
freight car Ia which the dishgured bodies
were p aced in charge OF local underta :, ,
kers. So horribly burned and charred
are the bodies lying in this imprompSu
morgue that it is hardly possible their
names will ever he known
At9 o'clock 26 dead bodies had been
taken out OF the ruins of the wrecked
cars, and his is supposed to be the total
number of victims.
AS fast as the charred satchels, valises.
pocketbooks, watches, etc, were r, scGei
from the debris they were turned over
I...w al tAt. III H.
some OF these grim relics Will give clue
to the identity of some OF those who met
such an awful death. Many Of the
watches were of gold and one OF the
pocketbooks contained nearly $50.
All the physicians in the city were
aroused aud were soon on tue scene do
ing what they could to case the terrible
taken to the Target house, to the railroad
offic s, to the Dowling boarding house
and to the residences IN the Immediate
vicinity OF the disaster.
The Injured.
Following is a list OF those who are
the most seriously injured, so far as is
known:
Joseph II. Archbell OF Evanston, ILL.,.
ankle smashed.
Mrs. Lizzie Vance. Simcoe. Ont. and
l4-year-old son. badly cuE by glass and
legs badly H. Jured.
Fifteen badly Injured are now. In the
Nichols hospital, among the number be-
ing the following:
c. Adams. Buffalo. N. y. left hand in
jured.
Maggie O'Grady, Oswego, N. Y. right
leg hr ken.
Miss Belle Williams, Brockport. N. Y.
right ankle br ken.
Mrs. Henry Bushnell, Brockport, n. Y.
badly bruised, but no bones broken.
Mrs. A. X. Warner. Broekport, N. Y.
burned badly.
j. Harvey Smith, Fort Plains, N. Y,
badly bruised.
Frank Smith. Fort Plains. n. Y. both
legs broken.
Nellie Smith. Brockport. N. Y, fac,
aud shoulder hurt.
G. II. Ward and B. s. Ward of More.
ton, VT, were in the ill-fated cars, bu
we're among the few who escaped unin
jured.
When the fr,t shock of the collision
was over c. Fl. Ward jumped out of tn,
lett side OF the car through u windo vs.
The seat in front of him was occupied By
woman and her baby