St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-23
Fourteen Others Lie in Hos
pital and Are Not Ex-
peeted to Live.
The Wonder Is That the Cas-
ualties Did Not Reach a
Hundred.
Story Of One Of the Most
Awful Wrecks OF Modern
Times.


Junction since midnight last night.
The total list of dead is as follows:
WEBB ROSS, Nation, Ill.
HIRAM CORNELIUS. Iowa.
EDWARD MILLER, Alton Junction.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
WILLIAM SRAT1UCK, Upper Alton, Ill.
HENRY PENNING, WAnn, Ill
WILLIE MCCARTHY, Alton, Ill.
JOHN LOCKE, Alton.
EDWARD MAYHIM, Alton.
DANIEL HARERS, Alton Junction.
WILLIAM MANTZ, Fosterburg, Ill.
CHARLES UTT. Alton.
W. H. MILLER, Alton.
CHARLES PARRIS Alton.
JOHN WILKINSON, Alton.
OF these all but the first six died of
their injuries after being removed to
the hospital at Alton, except w. Ii.
Miller and Mantz, whose dead bodies
were found near the scene of the wreck
this morning.
Fourteen Cannot Recover.
Of the injured, fourteen the hospital
physicians said at o'clock, cannot re-
cover. They are:
Otto Hagman, Alton: John Fred, Alton;
Joseph Hermann, Alton; Henry Pilgrim, AL
ton: tom John Luttereli, alton; William B.
Richardson, Alton; David Richardson Al
ton; A. T. Frazier, st. Louis; Frank Barth,
Branford, Canada; Frank Scullin, Atom.
John Burke, Alton; William Miller. Alton
junction; - Murray, Upper Alton; -
Rolof, Upper Alton.
The others sustained serious injury,
but will probably recover. All the dead
were burned to death by flaming oil.
OF the fatally injured all are more or
less burned about the limbs and body,
but the worst injuries sustained are
fearfully burned heads and faces. All
are also injured internally from inhal-
ing the flames, which scorched and
parched their Threats to such an extent
that their escape from instant death is
suffer from burns on various parts of
the head, limbs and body. When the
awfulness Of the catastrophe, as
Related by Eye-Wianesses
who were fortunate enough to escape
injury, is made known, the only Won--
der is that the list of casualties is not
twice as large as 1t is. The wreck and
Its consequences was the topic of con-
verSation in Alton today. A repre-
sentative OF the Associated Press ar
rived at that city early this morning,
and nearly half the town was out on the
streets in small groups discussing the
affair. Each addition to one of these
groups was Immediately asked: whats
the latest?" and the response to the in
quiry would be an additional tale
of intense interest. 1t seemed as
if the people had just recovered
from the shock which the events
of yesterday gave them, and were just
beginning to realize the horror of the
| affair. By the time the bells were ring
! ing for services nearly the whole p0pu-
| ton was out on the streets, but for the
majority st. Joseph'S hospital seemed
| to be the objective point, and had the
various clergymen, instead of holding
| forth in their usual places, gone up the
| little hill on which the hospital is stu
ated they would have found congre-
| gated there a large majority of their
| communicates. Immediately on enter
| ing the hospital the hushed voices and
easy footsteps of the physicians, sisters
of mercy and attendants told only too
well that the place was literally the
Valley OF the Shadow.
Six Of those brought here for treat
| ment Yesterday have already Succumbed
to their injuries, and for many others,
| so the physicians stated, it was only a
question of fewmore hours of suffering.
| The scenes in the wards occupied by
| the injured were even more heartrend-
ing than yesterday. Lying on cots,
wrapped and swathed in cotton and
! bandages until they almost lost sem
| blance to human beings, and surrounded
by weeping relatives and sOrrowing
| friends, they formed a picture that
brought tears to the eyes of even the
physicians, accustomed as they are to
| such sights. The meanings of the pa
tents were piteous. Every few moments
some poor soul, writhing in agony,
would rise from his cot, then fall
back suffering more intense pain
than before. Seeming to know
by intuition when the physician
| was near them, they would beg pite
ously to be relieved from their pain.
Doctor, for Gods sake kill me, and
put me out of this misery" said one.
'Oh, for even an inStant's relief from
this misery" said another. Perhaps
the most pitiful sight of all was that of
thirteen-Year-old Willie McCarty. Sit
ting by his bedside, trying in vain by
while her voice trembled with the grief
which was
| Breaking Her Heart,
was his mother. The boys flesh was
cooked from head to foot. His eyes
off his face and head, taking with it
| large portions of the flesh. The only
response the anxious mother received
| to her inquiry as to how he felt was
"Oh. my head; doctor, why can't l
die?"
Some of the patients lay perfectly
quiet, not sign or moan escaping
their lips.
Poor fellows" said the attendant
physician, "they-are past moaning now;
will soon be beyond all suffering"
Only those thought to be fatally injured
were allowed to remain at the hospital.
| All the others were removed to their
homes or to the homes Of friends
throughout the city, that they might
receive the undivided attention of their
friends. Many volunteers, too, were
at the hospital to administer to the
wants of those there, and. if possible,
lessen the pain of their last few hours
on earth. So great was the crowd seek
ing admittance to the hospital that the
attendants were forced to lock the doors
and only admit limited number at
time. Many of these were mere idlers,
| attracted by morbid curiosity, but the
| greater number were there for the pur-
| pose of inquiring regarding friends. But
there were none of the exciting scenes
of yesterday when the crowd, apparently
Panic Stricken,
rushed at the filters being conveyed into
| the hospital and snatched at the cover
ings of the bodies in their anxiety to
| behold the features underneath. In