Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-09-28

on the main track at 5:25 a. III. 1t is
said that the brakeman, supp0sing that
the freight tIain would now move,
ran back to open the switch. Before
the cars had begun to move the second
section of the express came west at
the rate Of 80 miles an holr, and be
fore the brakeman could turn the switch
dashed upon the side-track and collid-
ed with the freight train
The list of killed is as follows:
J. II. McKenna, butcher of Hyde
Park, Mass.
Harry French. - years old, member
Of Orphans Bell Ringers London, Eng
land.
Charles Berbo, East Boston, Mass.
Sam Francis, East Boston, Mass.
Miss Alice II. Reed, East Boston,
Mass.
Miss Nellie r. Tucker, Newton Mass.
Conductor James Coulter of passen-
ger train.
Engineer John Greene, Ashley, Ind,
passenger train.
Warren G. Rider, Phoenix, AriZ.
p. c. Zelle, Berlin, Germany.
Baggagenaster Lyons, passenger
train.
James D. Roundy, La Noble, Marshall
county, Ia.
The injured are:
Mrs. e. w. Burbank New Orleans.
go years old, arms and one leg broken,
jaw bone fractured; will die.
William Adams, Il years old, Lon
don, England, member Orphan Bell
ternally; will die
Miss Hattie Hutchins, Phoenix, Ariz.,
bruised about head and and injured
internally: recovery doubtful.
Fireman Barrier, of Ashley, on pas
senger train, legs broken
Miss n. A Kelley, Boston, severe
scalp wounds.
III. J. Vatkeney, fireman on freight
j train, burned and scalded about head
and breast may die.
VIM. J. Haskips, IA years old, London,
England, compound fracture of right
leg, left shoulder broken, recovery
doubtful.
Edward Rush, Ii years old, London,
bruised about body, head cut
SNien Garfield, Ironwood, Mich,
bruised about head and shoulder dis
located.
Mrs. Garfield, Ironwood, Mich, left
arm broken, shoulder dislocated and
head badly cut.
II. w. Hyde, Phoenix, Ariz., head
cut and leg bruised, not serious.
G. S. HodgsOn, Dover, n. H, teeth
knocked out, arm fractured and legs
bruised.
Mrs. S. A. Seavly, Somerville, head cut
and ann dislocated.
Albert Morton, II years old, London,
Eng, arm hurt and two deep scalp
wounds.
Frank. p. Dow, Fair Haven, Wash,
face cut and hip dislocated.
James &. Weakly, London, Eng, head
cut and back injured.
, Engineer Whitman, on freight en-
CINE, right arm broken and badly burn
ed, seriously injured but may recover.
Miss Hattie Rogers, Phoenix, A. L.
left leg fractured and injured inter
I nally.
Mrs. Dolber. 45S Green avenue, Brook
, Ign, leg fractured and cut about the
head
Miss Olive Hill, Summersworth, n
H., internal injuries, head cut.
Miss Annie Hill, SummersWorth, n
H., slight injuries
. 1t was the worst wreck the Wabash
road ever had. To add to the horrors
of the terrible collision the boiler Of
the passenger engine blew Up, scatter
ing human bodies and car wreckage in
all directions.
The locomotives collided at full speed,
and the two machines lay damned to-
getner, their boilers meeting end to
end. The force of the collision drove
the freight engine back against the
box cars, completely d9molishing the
first three The passenger engine was
partially stopped by the collision and
the baggage car, smoker, day coach
and one sleeper were telescoped. The
rest Of the coaches piled up on top of
each other in a tangled mass of wood
and irons and the passengers, who were
nearly all asleep, aWOke to meet an
awful death, serious injuries, or wit
ness the indescribable suffering Of their
less fortunate companions. The boiler
of the passenger engine exploded and
hurled debris in every direction, pain
of trucks were torn apart and each
half sent flying in opposite directions
The steam escaped, scalding the in
iured who were unable to crawl to a
place of safety.
j The brakeman is said to be to blame
for the accident He turned the switch
in the face of the express. and let it &C
on the side track, where the freight
train was standing. He ran back tC
the switch, and in spite of the fac
that the other section was in sight, he
opened the switch for the purpose
, evidently, of letting his own train out
t The express train ran on the side track
and as the freight engine was but {
| short distance from the switch rails
5 there was no time to stop. The sec
; tons were twelve minutes apart
: Brakeman Thompson was trusted
} man and of more than the average in
telligence. He is not in custody, bu
N.-Viu be on hand at the inquest.