The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-21
MANNED AND THEN BURNED
Lives Lost in a Collision
in Michigan.

neer and Conductor of an East
Bound Worlds Fair Special the
Cause of the Horror-The Passengers
in Two Coaches Caught in Trap by
the Telescoping of the Coaches and
Then Roasted Alive.
Battle Creek, Mich, Oct. 2O.-The
error of one human being, of a man
who crouches affrighted like a hunted
animal in a prison cell tonight led to the
greatest railroad holocaust in the history
ofMichigan to-day; and twenty-six human
lives have paid the penalty of moments
negligence.
Two trains, both laden with passen-
gers, met in direct head end collision on
the Grand Trunk railroad at 2:40 O'Clock
this morning in the suburbs of this city,
and that the number of dead an injured
was not fourfold greater, is due to the
fortunate fact that the collision occurred
in the suburbs in city instead of the
open country where both trains would
have been running at full speed. AS it is,
twenty-six charred, disfigured and un-
recognizable bodies lie in the
morgue tonight, and twenty-seven
manned and bleeding victims are
groaniug in agony in the charity
hospital. How many of these wounded
may be in the death list tomorrow no one
can tell, for the injuries in many cases are
internal and quite unfathomable to the
only superficial medical examination that
is possible now. Ali that surgical science
can do is being done, and the officials of
the Chicago and Grand Trunk railroad
are doing all that is possible to alleviate
the condition of the suffering and care for
the needs of the victims of the dreadful
disaster.
THE TWO TRAINS.
The two trains, which met face to face
while going at rapid rate of speed this
morning, were both regular trains.
although each was considerably behind
time. One was Raymond and Whitcomb
special train returning from the worlds
fair, and bound for New York and Bos-
ton, and the other was the regular Pa
cific express westbound. The Raymond
and Whitcomb was running as an
extra section of regular train,
and was, therefore, regular"
in the phraseology of the railroad
men. The engineer of the latter train
had positive orders to side track for the
express at a siding a mile east of this
city. He ignored these orders, and 800
feet beyond the 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. The
(QV md y h,Tr,
posed almost entirely of sleepers escaped
serious injury, and none of the excursion
lists lost their lives. The engineers on
both trains jumped and were saved.
THE KILLED.
Twenty-six passengers of the express
met a most horrible death. The day
coaches on the front part of this train
were telescoped and burned, and of the
tWenty-siX human remains at the morgue
tonight, conjecture can only 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. @. Van Dusen of Sprout Brook, N
Y, died at the hospital.
Mrs. G. G. Van Dusen, of Sprout Brook,
N. Y, burned to death in the wreck be-
fore she could be extricated.
W. w. Henry, of Woonsocket, r. l.,
buTueu 10 crisp.
Mrs. F. r. Mckenzie, of Middleton,
Conn, burned to a crisp,
I. A. McGaryey, of Toronto Can,
mangled and burned to death.
j. w. Keardly, of Watkins, n. Y,
burned and mangled.
The coroner has numbered each of the
25 bodies now in the morgue consecu-
lively, and noted the articles that have
been found on each body that might lead
ton Neas,Fa II Il,
telegraphlng from distance as to the
identity of the remains, should mention
the number of the body in order that the
proper record may be made by the Coro-
ner, and mistakes avoided in forwarding
the remains. The coroner's official list
follOWs
No. Male, hunting spectacles, two
blank books, bottle of pills, railroad
ticket book containing S64 in money, and
paper marked "E. j. Morgan. Providence,
knife
No. Female, burned to crisp no
clothing.
No. 3-A boy, red hair. pocket book,
chatelaine watch, handkerchief with red
poLuer short pants, and long stockings.
NO Nv. w. Henry of WOonsocket, r.
No. 5-Male. Dark handkerchief,
marked CIV; black suit; a statement on
paper from John Monroe, a banker of New
1ork, to Chase Ward.
NO. 6-Male. Jackknife, horn handle;
pocket book and silver watch; brown
trousers. old-fashioned front flap; money
On On person S33; English gold spectacles,
@ SIX scarf, handkerchief, with III. G." in
o-u London letters
NO. NO. Male, 10 pounds, charred be-
youd recognition.
NO. S-Woman. Weight about 165,
eHdln bracelet, with pair black kid
EioEes' handkerchief with name Of r.
althenAe; package of rubber in paper
nIdrhed Middletown, Conn, red plush
coax gold watch in leather cases, terri
olc expression on face, letters addressed
Q, % MRS. G. Mckenzie, from NJ. Parker, of
stanford, Conn, $25 in money.
40. V-t'emale, burned beyond recog-
NO no. l0-Supposed to be 7. A. McGar-
'et, OF Ontario, gold open case watch.
NO. ll-Mrs. Charles Van Dusen, Of
SProut Brook, n. Y.
crisp. '''''''''' '-'
to No l3-Nlale, no Identification, burned
,tiiyl- 20 lf-Male, weight about 1856 pounds,
5'.H handkerchief, no other Identification,
D.rned 10 a crisp.
h,-,lo. So. Woman, no identification
'tLAed 10 a crisp
,-.,', 40. l'-Man, l45 pounds, silver hunting
B. d. H.H