The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-10-27
TWENTY-SIX KILLED.
The Climax of Railway Horrors Cap
ped on the Grand Trunk-Fire
Consumes Many Bodies.
MANY UNIDENTIFIED VICTIMS.
not Be Identifed-Caused BY An
Engineer Not Needing Orders.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 21.-The
error of one human being-of man
who now crouches affrighted like a
hunted animal in prison cell-lead to
the greatest railroad holocaust in the
history of Michigan. and &c human lives
have paid the penalty of the moments
negligence.
Two t-ains, both ladened with passen-
gers, met in direct head-end collision
on the Grand Trunk railroad at 3 :45
Friday morning in the suburbs of this
city. Twenty-six charred, disfgured
and unacceptable bodies lie in the
morgue and 81 marred and bleeding
victims are grooming in agony in the
Charity hospital All that surgical
science can do is being done and the
officials of the Chicago and Grand
Trunk railroad are doing all that is pos
sible to alleviate the condition of the
suffering of the victims of the dreadful
disaster.
The two trains which met face to face
were both regular trains, although each
was considerably behind time. One was
a Raymond and Whitcomb special train
returning from the Worlds fair bound
for Boston and New York, and the other
was the regular Pacific west bound train.
The Raymond and Whitcomb train was
running as an extra section of a regular
train. The engineer of the latter train
had positive orders to side-track for the
express at a siding mile east of this
city. He ignored these orders, and 800
feet beyond this siding met the east
bound train.
Both trains were wrecked and half
the train of the Pacific express was de-
molished and burned. The engineers
and fremen of both trains jumped In
time to save their lives, but 26 passen-
gers Of the Pacific express train met al
most instant death. The day coaches in
front part of this train were telescoped
and burned, and of the 26 human re-
mains at the morgue, conjectures can
Dnly be made as to the identity of six.
twenty remain entirely unidentified.
Those identified by letters or articles in
their clothing or by other means are as
follows:
c. c. VANDUZEN, Sproutbrook, N.
z, died at the hospital.
MRS. c. c. VANDUZEN, Sproutbrook,
n, Y, burned to death after the wreck be-
lore she could he extricated.
w. W. HENRY of Woodsocket, r. l.,
burned to a crisp.
MRS. F. R. MCKENZIE, Middleton,
Conn, burned to crisp.
T. A MCCARTNEY of Ontario, Can,
mangled and burned to death.
j. w. BEARDSLEE of Watkins, n. Y,
burned and mangled.
The Injured Are:
Ezekial Davidson, ex-president, of Fair
port Village, N. Y.
Miss Belle Williams, Lockport, n. Y,
ankle broken.
Mrs. Henry Bushnell, Brockport, N. Y,
head injured.
William Thompson. Woodstock, Ont,
head injured.
Fred Wurtz, Rochester, left side
bruised.
Eveline Wurtz, daughter of above, left
arm broken and right collar bone broken.
K. Harvey Smith. Fort Plains n. Y,
left side bruised; one rib broken.
Mrs. Harvey Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y,
right leg broken.
Frank Smith, Fort Plain, n. Y, both
limbs crushed, amputated.
Nellie Smith, Fort Plain, n. Y, right
foot crushed.
Albert Bradley, Toronto, Ont, left
limb broken, amputated below knee.
Frank Turne, of Middle Smithville, Pa,
injured in the back.
John c. Stewart, Dalton, Ills, shoulder
bruised.
Jennie, daughter of above, aged II years,
left arm broken.
Mrs. Vance, simcOe, Canada, both limbs
broken.
George V. Vance, Simcoe. Canada, son
Of above, aged II years, bruised
Joseph H. Archbell. Evanston, Ills,
ankle smashed.
George Shakleton, Auburn, N. Y,
right hand and head injured.
Thomas. J. Monroe, Auburn, N. Y,
injured.
Mrs. Beardslee, Springfield, Ills, ankle
hurt
H.R. Williams, Toronto, back injured,
was taken into the residence of Mr.. Bon
ner.
Maggie o'Brady. oswego, N. Y, right
leg broken.
6. F. Adams, Buffalo, N. Y, left hand
injured.