The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-21
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| occupied by a young man. In the seat
| back OF the one he and his brother o 4Soeo
pied were two young men. None OIL oaos se
escaped. His brother, IS. Ward, Came
out through the roof in some manner,
| just how he cannot tell. He jumped "
| the roof and assisted the Smith family OIL
Fort Plains, N. Y, consisting OF la1her,
mother and two children. All -FOUR are
more or less seriously injured, p9S
miraculously escaped death, whlle az
were either killed outright or fastened
down in the debris and burned to oeath
| before help could reach them.
| The news of the terrible accldenI dld
not become generally known IN the city
until O'Clock and then, apparently. the
entire population began moving toward
| Nichols The railroad men and police
had all they could do to keep'the curious
| back, but the crowd was an orderly one.
| No act of vandalism has yet been report
| ed, and so far the morbid relic hunter
has not put in an appearance. Inc men
| OF the Battle Creek fire department. did
noble work. After putting out the fire
they did all the work connected with the
| taking out of the dead
When the second search OF the debris
had been made and it was certain that
no bodies remained, the freight car which
contained the bodies, was backed down
to the city depot and the charred remains
transferred to the undertakers'. A
wrecking crew was set a work and the
debris again !. sorted sand afterwards
burned.
Engineer Wooley's Story.
After the wreck, Engineer Wooley of
the special train remained upon the spot
until the last of the injured was taken
out when he went home. This after
noon, warrants were sworn out by Prose
cutting Attorney Clark, charging Wooley
and the conductor with granddaughter.
Search developed the fact that Scott had
suddenly gone to Port Huron. A tele-
gram was sent to the police of that place
requesting his arrest. Wooley was found
at home and taken before justice who
set the preliminary hearing for Monday.
Wooley said: When my engine was
coupled on the train at the depot, Con
ductor Scott asked me if / was ready to
go. said / had not oiled the engine.
| took my oil can and got off on the
side farthest from the depot. Scott came
around on my side of the engine and
handed me my orders saying, 'No.9 has
gone through and the dispatcher is crazy
about us not going ont OF here,
hurried oiling the engine and got into
the platform. He asked if l was ready
to go and rsked him ii he was sure No.
had gone through He said: Yes, she
has. My fireman heard that asked
him how the board was and he said, All
clear; look out for the board at Bellevue.
l started the engine. | did not pass any
| switch engine on the double track. After
I got into the yards l saw headlight l
| thought at firstiit WASH switch engine,
| but in moment saw she was coming
| too fast shut the throttle and reversed
| the engine.. My train came to stop and
was standing still when No.9 struck the
engine Before I could get off | was
| thrown against the tank. My fireman,
| after the wreck, remem bered what Scott
| had said to me. He said Scott told me
| that No. 8 had gone through. saw Scott
| after the wreck. Scott was much excited.
l asked him in regard to the order again.
He muttered something and said he
| thought Nos had gone.
Identifying the Dead.
Secretary Ber1haA Of the local Y. M. C.
A.. was engaged several hours tonight in
examining the charred remains with a
| view of bringing to light something that
might lead to Identification. But two
bodies could possibly be identified even
| by the most intimate friends of the
| victims. These were men, both charred
| from head to foot, but with the Inca
ments of the features spreserveds to a
| sufficient degree to admit OF recognition.
| One of the bodies, is believed to be that
| of W. II. Crowley of PORT Huron. Those
| of the victims not recognized by Monday
| will be placed in the vault OF Oak Hill
cemetery where they will remain until
| every effort to fix their identity has
| failed. A score) of collins was ordered
| tonight. The remains of those identified
| will be removed to their homes.
| The railroad officials say that outside
| of any legal proceedings, they will hold
| an independent and searching inquiry
| into the cause of the calamity. ssStae
Railroad Commissioner Billings arrived
| tonight and will open an inquiry next
week.
The majority of the passengers on the
| i'll fated train were from Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and New
| York. Those uninjured or suffering
from simple shocks and bruises were
given the option of returning home or
going to Chicago in a special train.
The majority went on to the fair.
Conductor Scott Returns.
LATER-Co Conductor Scott returned to
the city tonight and was arrested on a
warrant charging him with criminal
negligence. He gave bonds of $1,000 to
appear Monday. He stated he gave the
engineer duplicate of the order he re-
ceived and supposed he understood it.
He afterwards went into the baggage car
and did not know the engineer had gone
over the siding and taken the single
track until the collision occurred. Up to
10. 80 p. NJ, Engineer Wooley was unable
to find the bondsman.
oNTHE RAYMOND TRAIN.