The Irish standard., 1893-10-28
NET TERRIBLE DEATHS
Twenty-Seven Killed in a Collision
Near Battle Greek, Mich.
About Forty Others We're Injured-Ths
Wreckage Takes Fire and Most of the
Victims Are Burned Beyond
HeeO gnltiOn.
ROASTED ALIVE

ROASTED ALIVE.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 21.-An
eastrb bound special train from Chicago
collided with train No. Q. the Pacific
express, going west, at 1852 o'clock Fri
day morning in the yards of the
Chicago & Grand Trunk railway.
Twenty-seven persons were killed
and burned and two score in
iured. Two of the Pacific express
coaches were telescoped and three
burned. The express was made up OF
thirteen coaches and from the remains
of coach No 10 twenty-five charred
bodies were taken. The accident was
a mile and half from the city fire sta
ton. The imprisoned passengers were
burned with the wreckage, while
scores of people stood about unable to
lend any assistance Most of the bodies
recovered are fOrmless ciDders.
Disobeyed Orders.
The train crew on the special, it is
said, disobeyed orders in passing
Nichols Station, where there were
orders to wait on siding for the Pa
cific express. No element Of horror
was absent from the scenes about the
wreck. In the great crash the seats in
the fimsy day coaches closed up like
an accordion. So the imprisoned pas
sengers were burned. Many of the
charred remains will never be iden-
titled.
The Known Dead.
Following will be found list Of the
known dead:
Mr.. Archhell, Ripou, Wis, not fully identi.
fed: J. w. Beardsley, Watkins. N. Y: Mrs L.
B. Hayes; w. H. Crawley, Port Huron, Mich.
not fully identified; Rev. Father Bradford,
Yorkshire. NOT fully Unidentified: John c. Green
wood; Horton Little, Bradford Yorkshire not
fully identified; w. w Henry, Woonsocket. r. L.
E. J. Magau, Providence r: L: Mrs. +. r Nc
Kenzie. Middletown, Conn; IT, A. Carney, On
tario, Can; Frank H. Smith. died at hospital;
William Thompson, Woodstock, Ont, not fully
Identified: Charles Van Dusen and wife. Sprout
Brook, N. Y; Charles z Verde. New York city.
The Injured.
The names Of those most seriously
injured are as follows:
Harry j. Archbeli, New York: {. f. Adams.
No. $50 Main street, Buffalo, n Y, left hand
injured and four fingers badly cut; James S.
Archbell, Evanston. ILL.,, ankle and arm
crushed: S H. Baldwin. Milford, Conn, right
leg cut badly, head hruised;TC. 7. Beardslee,
Springfield, Mass, ankle crushed and badly
bruised Alb er1 Bradl.y, SarEia, Ont, left leg
cut OF and body bruised: Albert Bradley, To-
ronto, Ont, right leg cut off and back bruised;
John Burke, conductor train No 9, badly
bruised and ankle dslocated; Mrs. Hen
ry Bushnell, Brock port, Monroe coun-
ty, N. Y; Gil Gran shaw, engineer train
No g. slightly injured in jumping from cab;
Henry Garfield, clerk OF Grand Trunk, injured
in helping at wreck slight; w. P. Clark, Sar-
MIA, Ont, badly bruised: H. c. Crawley, Port
Huron Ont. Slightly injured; Ezekiel David-
shoulder dislocated: NJ E. CASTOR, Web
ster, Monroe county. N. Y, shoulder
bruised; Thomas j. Monroe, Auburn, n. Y;
Maggie OGrady Oswego N. Y, right limb
broken and internal injuries Frank Rogers.
Woodstock. Ont, arm crushed; w. a. Ryerse,
Port Dover, Ont, leg and shoulder fractured:
George Shakelton. Albany NJ Y, fingers OF
right hand badly cut and bruised; r. II, Smith,
Fort Plain, N. Y, left leg crushed and was am
putated below the knee. right ind left legs
fractured, injuries probably fatal: James
Smith, Ingersoll, Ont, back and head injured.
hurt in tsrually. squeezed anG wrenched, con
,inued his journey west; Mrs. James Smith,
1ngerso'l, Ont, leg broken; Nellie r.
Smith, 22 years, daughter OF J. Fl. Smith.
head. eyes, limbs and feet bruised, bad
~ injured some homes broken and taken out Of
left foot; / G. Stewart, Dalton Station, Cook
county, Ill, seriously bruised; Jennie Stewart,
II years old, daughter Of the above named, left
arm broken: Frank Turn, Middle Smthheh,
Pa, back bruised and arm crushed: George
Vance, Lincoln Ont, LETT Les bruised and in
ternal injuries; Mrs Robert Vance, Lincoln,
Ont, both limbs crushed anu internal injuries;
Clinton II. Ward. Mooretown VI, rig 1T hand
slightly cut; Miss Belle Williams, Brock
port, N. Y. right ankle broken; H.
W. Williams, No. Al Ulster street. Toronto,
right foot slightly cut both hips badly in
jured Evalyn Wurtz Rochester N. Y, Shout.
der broken and internal Injuries: Mrs. Fred
Wurtz, Rochester. N. Y, body bruised and
ankle dislocated: Henry Wooley, engineer
train No. g. back injured; Fred Wurtz, Roch-
ester. N. Y, left side bruised both legs injured.