Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-10-27
Twenty-Six Killed.
APPALLING WRECK on THE CHICAGO AND
GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD.

GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 90
Twenty-six heeps Of charred. blackeued
flesh, all that remains of what less than
twenty-four hours ago we're men, women
and children in the enjoyment of life,
health and happiness, rest upon the floor
of an imPrOyised morgue In the basement
Of furniture store of this city. mile
away in the City Hospital are 3 score or
more of human beings, with gashed
bodies and broken limbs. add to this an
engineer in Jail and conductor q fugi.
tive from the law, and the story 10 told
in brief of the latest of railroad horrors,
and ono Ofthe most appalling in character
Of this or recent years.
TIE COLLISION.
After receiving orders at the Battle
Creek Station Engineer WoOlley proceeded
up the double track, but instead Of step
ping, in accordance with his instructions
until the west-bound express had passed
he continued on and entered again on the
single track. lie had hardly gone more
than an eighth of mile when the head
light Of the Pacific express was seen
coming around the slight curve behind
tue telegraph Office OF the railroad yards.
1t was speeding westward at q rate oil
forty miles 40 hour. There was no time
to apply air brakes or reverse leavers.
The engineers and fremen OF both trans
10 mped for their lives and second later
the locomotives came together with q
crash that could be heard half mile
away.
The euglne.of the special plowed nearly
half way into that of the express, driving
it backward into the baggage car, and
the latter in turn into the day coaches
behind. The shock was so terrific that
the first four of these were completely
telescoped, the first coach cutting through
the second and second into the third, the
roof of each passing oyer the heads Of
the sleeping passengers and sweeping in
mass to the north end Of the train.
TIE WRECK on FIRE.
To add to the horror the wreck took
fire from the stoves or lamps and as the
flames mounted up the groans and shriekt
of the manned and injured were succeed
ed by hesrtrending, sgonzing cries and
appeals for help from the scores impiison
ed by the heavy timbers or held down by
the seats and iron frame work.
The travellers on the special, nearly all
of vi HON had been shaken out of their
berths by the shock, poured out of the
cars, but before the fury OF the flames
they we're almost poweIless to render
any assistance except to the injured in
the fourth car.
! ANOTHER WRECK
CHICAGO, Ills, Oct. 2O.-The New
Orleans limited over the Illinois Central
Road, was wrecked by colllding with
coal tram, three miles beyond Kankakeei
! at IL O'Clock last night. Nine persons
were seriously injured and many more
suffered from bruises that will not re-
quire the attention of a surgeon. The
New Orleans limited was due at Twelfth
street depot at 1920 this morning, and
had seven coaches and two sleepers, all
filed. At Otte Junction the Blooming
ton division branches off the main line.
A coal train under charge Of Conductor
Gallard, of Bloomington, arrived at the
Junction as the limited started. The pas
senger train had right Of way, and En-
gineer Smith, OF the passenger, expected
the coal train would stop before reaching
the crossing. For some reason the esal
train forged ahead, running halfits length
upon the main track, when the passenger
train struck it. Both trains were going
at fair speed, and the shock threw the
passenger coaches off the track. The
engine was derailed, aud the sides OF tbs
mail car, baggage and express cars and
two coaches were torn out by the carl
loaded with coal Most of the passengers
were asleep, and the shock threw then
to the floor. The splintering of the carl
and flying glass did the worse damage.