Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-26

Battle Creek, Mich, Oct. 21.-The er-
ror of one human bcipg-of Il man who
cronches affrighted like hunted animal
III prison cell-led to the greatest rail
read holocaust in the history of Michi-
gen. and twtity-siN hunHn lives have
pale the penalty If the moments ncgii
gcnce. Two trains, both laden with
pas$cl'gtrs, met il direct head-on col
lision on the Grand Trunk railroad in
the suburbs Of thi. city. and twenty-six
oharrcd, dishgured and unacceptable
bodies lie in the morsue and twenty
seven married and bleeding victims are
grooming in agony in the Charity hospital
How many of those wounded may be in
the death list tomorrow no one can tell
The two trains which met face to face
while going at Il rapid rate of speed
were both regular t:ins. although each
WAS considerably behind time One was
Raymond and Whitcomb special train
returning from the worlds fair and bound
for New York and Boston, and the other
was the regular Pacific express west
hound train. The Raymond l. Whit
comb was running as an extra section of
Il regular train and was therefore a reg
ular in the phraseology of the railroad
had positive orders to sidetrack for the
express at siding Il mile east of this
city. He ignored these orders and 600
feet beyond this siding he met the east
bound train full on Both trains were
wrecked and half the train of the Pacific
express was demolished and burned. Th.
Raymond & WEitoomb express being COM
posed almost entirely of heavy sleepers,
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cxcurSionists lost their lives. Iha en-
SihccrS and tiremen Of both trains jumped
in time to save their lives. but twenty
sin r; s$cl gers of the Pacific express met
almost instant death. The day coaches
i'll he front part of this train We're tcle-
sCnprd and burned and of the twenty
six human remains at the Inorguc coll
lectures can only be made as to the
identity of six. Twenty remain entirely
unidentified. Tn, Sc identified by Letters
or articles in their clothing or by other
mct MS are as fellows:
G. c. Van Dusen, Sprout Brook. \. y.
died at the hospital. Mrs. G. G. Van
Duscn: burned to death after the wreck
and before she could be extricated. w.
w. Henry. Woonsocket. r. L.; burned to
Il crisp. Mrs. +. r. Mckenzie. Middle
ten. Conn; buried to Il crisp. Il. 4. Nc
Garvey, Ontario, Can; manglcd and
burned to death. ]. w. Rcardslny, Wat
kinS. y. Y: burned nd manglcd
After the accident the MANNED and in
inrrl ware conveyed to the Nicholas
Memorial hospital in this city. The fol-
lowing is the complete list of the Injured
now at the hospital. Charles Rcar'islcy,
Springfield, Mass. S. II. Baldwin, Mi
ford. Conn: j. III. Saith. InGrrsoll, Ont:
II. ". Williams. Toronto; w. 4. liyrrS".
Port Dover. Ont: William Henry Bush
n"ll. Bro"kpcrt. y. V: j. II. Smith Fort
Plain. y. u: S. II. Smith. Fort Plain. n
Y. Perry Smith. Fort Plain. y. y:
Isr;c Smith. Fort Plain. \. y. Mrs.
Smith. Fort Plain. n. V: Miss Belle
Wiilirms. Brookport. y. "; Frederick
WORTH Rochester. y. y: Mrs. Wortz
and Miss Wortz. Rochester; Frank Turn
wcigel, Blisstield. Pa: J. 5. Stewart
Dalton Station, Ill: Jennie Ste wart. Dali
ton Station, ILL.,; w. II. Thompson. Wool
stock. Ont: Frank Rogers, Woodstock,
Ont; Mrs. Robert Vance Simcoe. Ont;
George Vance, Simcce. Ont: Albert Brad
ley. Toronto, Ont; George Shackleton,
Auburn, n. y; j. D. Archibald, EvanS-
ton, ILL.,. Thomas j. Monroe. Auburn, n.
"; i. i. Davidson, Auburn. n. y; c.
S. Adams, GEO Main street, Buffalo. n.
y: Clifton II. Wald. Morton, Vt.
FL giEeer Henry and Conductor Scott
have been arrested.