The record-union., 1893-09-23
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
KINGsBURY tInd.), Sept. 22.-Twelve
bloody objects, some torn and mangled
beyond the semblance of humanity. and
a score of bleeding and bruised victims,
such are the awful results of this morn
ing's horror occurring at this little village
on the Detroit division of the Wabash
Railway. Crushed and splintered tim
bers and broken truss rods, warped and
fractured trucks, two giant locomotives
dismantled and literally welded together,
attest in fearful fatality the awful results
of one mans carelessness. The calamity
was directly attributable to Brakeman
Herbert Thompson's carelessness. He
has disappeared, and all efforts to find
him have thus far been vain.
The story of the wreck is as follows:
Vestibule train No. 55, from Detroit to
Chicago, was running in two sections,
and due to pass this station at 4:40 A. NJ.
Fast freight No. 92 was on a siding here
to let No. 55 pass. The first section of
No. 55 passed ut 5:l5, and by whistle
called the attention of the freight crew to
the second section. The engineer replied,
but it seems Brakeman Thompson did
not notice the signal and went ahead to
open the switch for No. 81 to leave. He
had hardly done this before the second
section of No. 50 was seen bearing down.
Thompson seemed to be paralyZed.
Swerving to the left the ponderous mass
of steel drawing its precious load lunged
heavily into the waiting freight train with
horrible crash.
The result Of the crash was fearful, and
the scene that ensued awful. Nearly all
the passengers were asleep, and the sud
dennesS of the crash so dazed the un-
fortunates for few minutes that all was
still save for the escaping steam, but soon
the agoniZed screams of the wounded and
dying rent the air. a few uninjured had
presence of mind to make an effort to
rescue the imprisoned victims, but with
the arrival of a number of residents the
work of releasing the hapless victims
was soon under way. Owing to the
huge mass into which the wreck was
piled, it was prodigious undertaking,
the living was removed and the dead
finally extricated, only after the arrival
OF a crew with apparatus.
The dead, as fast as taken from the
wreck, were laid beside the track, pend
ing removal to undertakers, while the
injured were cared for at the nearest
residences. Such of the wounded as
Railway Hospital at Peru, Ind.
The list of dead is as follows: Charles
Bierbe, San Francisco, 20 years old, un-
married; Miss Nellie b. Tucker New
ton. Mass. H. E. Seeley, Germany; Harry
French, Toronto; Engineer John
Green, Ashley, Ind. Qeaves a wife
and four cbildren); j. II. McKenna,
Hyde Park, Mass; Miss Alice II. Reed,
East Boston, Mass; Warren G. Ryder,
-, NTrr l.
Orleans, La; Baggagemaster Lyons, De-
troit; J. D. Roundy, LaMoille. Iowa;
Conductor j. E. Coulter, Detroit.
The injured in the hospital at Peru,
Ind, are: Samuel Garfield and wife OF
Utica, n. Y; S. Olive Hill of Somers-
worth, New Hampshire: Miss Anna Hill.
olives sister; c. w. Hodson and wife of
Dover, n. H.: Frank p. Dow of Fair
haven, Wash, journalist, confusion of
head and shoulder bruised; W. Rider and
wife Of Phoenix, Ar, and foster daughter,
Mr.. Rider cut about the head and Mrs.
Riders thigh fractured, daughter injured
internally; Willie Evans, Ed. Rush, VIM.
HoskiDs and Albert Moulton, aged from
II to ii years, orphan home boys of Lon
don, England; James B. Wookey. Henry
Aaron, Sidney Fleming, James Lane,
Charles Botham and Herbert Lane, MEM
bers of q troop of hand bell ringers.
German; Mrs. Doughan, Aurdianne, Pa;
w. S. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Roundy. La
Moille, Ia, leg broken; Mrs. Keller,
Massachusetts, may die; Mrs. Seavey,
New Hampshire; fireman Walker; fire.
man Barber.
Frank p. Drew, who was among the
injured, was in the smoker. How he
crawled out of the wreck he does not
know. He says he assisted in pulling
ont fXNn v fol tnd
on the bank. He is able to sit up. but his
face is terrible sight.
William Seidel OF San Francisco had an
almost miraculous escape from horrible
death. He was sitting near the middle of
the smoker, and in the same seat as his
friend Charles Bierbe. Charlie and 1
were about half asleep" said Seidel to-
day. when the crash came. I could not
imagine what had happened till I felt
myself thrown high in the air, and then
struck the ground fully sixty feet from
where our coach was, and found mvself
badly bruised, but not seriously hurt. ]
at once began looking for Bierbe, and
soon saw him taken from under the
ruins crushed frightfully. He was in
stantly killed. l think / was thrown
through the roof of the car. My clothes
were torn and my face scratched. l will
take Bierbe's body home to San Fran
cisco tomorrow. He was dealer in
horses. and lived in California several
years"
RAIL REMOVED.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), Sept. 22.-North
of this city this morning the limited on
the Queen and Crescent road was wrecked
by the removal of rail. The engine.
baggage and mail cars were demolished.
Several trainmen were hurt. The pas
sengers escaped injury. Bloodhounds
are on the track.
THE WRECK AT MANTENo, I'LL,
KANKAKEE Qll.). Sept. 22.-The Coro-
ner's jury this evening rendered YER
diet finding Engineer Thomas Ames of
the second section, and Orville Duncan.
flagman of the first section, guilty of
criminal carelessness in causing the wreck
at Manteno on September 18th, and hold
ing them to the Grand Jury. The Jury
also found Conductor w. B. Tyner and
Engineer William Sampsell of the first
section guilty of gross carelessness. The
verdict concludes: I'VE further believe
this Illinois Railroad Company guilty of
gross negligence is not providing proper
signals and telegraph stations tor locat-
ing passenger trains while running be-
tween Homewood, ILL.,, and Kankakee.n
HAYTIAN WARSHIP WRECKED.