The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-10-21
Four Cars Smashed To.
gether and Burned.
HORROR UPON HORROR
Fire Toriafes and Destroys Tho C:ushsd
and Pinioned Victimi
IT'S THE ENGINEERS FAULT
He Disobeys Orders and 20 Dead
Bodies eurned Beyond Rscogni-
tion. Together With 27 Per-
sons Now WrithIng In Agony
Are the Result.

Are the Result.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Oct. O.-The
error of one human being--of man who
orouches affrightened in prison cell to-
night-led to tho greatest railroad holo-
caust In the history of Michigan to-day,
and os human lives paid the penalty of .
lnoments negligence. Two trains, both
laden with passengers, met in their direct
head In q collision on the Grand Trunk
railroad at 3:45 o'clock this morning in
the suburbs Of this city, and that the num-
her of dead and injured Is not four-fold
greater 10 due to the circumstance that
the collision occurred in the suburbs OF
the city where the trains slackencd speed.
As il is, 26 charred, disflgured and un-
recognizable bodies lie in the morgue to-
night and "a marred and bleeding victims
are groanine In agony In the charity hos
pital. How many Of these wounded may
be IN the death list tomorrow none can
tell. for the injuries in many cases are
quite unfathomable to the medical ex-
animation that is possible now. All that
surgical science can do 10 being done and
The officials OF the railroad are doing all
that 10 possible to alleviate the suiferings
~ too NNtittS Vi tuS oTtSutut ul3dbleT.
THE FRIGHTFUL CRASH.
Tho two trains met face to face. Both
are regular trains, although each was con-
sideraby behind time. One was Ray
mond and whitcomb special train, re-
turning from the worlds fair. and the
other the regular Pacific express, west
bound. The engineer of the RAYMOND
and Whitcomb train had positive orders
TO sidetrack for the express at the siding
ono mile east of this city. He ignored the
orders, and 800 feet beyond the siding he
mot the eas,-bound train full on. Both
trains were wrecked and half the train of
the Pacific express was demolished and
burned. The Raymond and Whitcomh
train being composed almost entirely of
heavy sleepers, escaped serious injury and
none OF the excursionists lost their lives.
The engineers and firemen Of both trains
jumped in time, but % passengers of the
Pacific express met almost instant death.
ONLY 6 OF THE 26 DEAD IDENTIFIED.
The day coaches i'm tho front part OF
this train wero telescoped and burned and
Of the 26 human remains at the morgue
tonight conjectures can only be made as
10 the identity of six. Twenty remain un-
identified. The identified are: G. c.
Van Dusen of Sproutbrook, N. Y, died in
hospital: Mrs. c. C. Van Dusen, Sprout-
brook, N. Y, burned to death after the
wreck and before she could he extricated
w. w. Henry, woonsocket, r. l., burned
10 crisp; Mrs. F. r. Mckenzie of Mid.
dletown, Conn, burned to crisp; T. A.
MeGarvey of Ontario, Canada, mangled
and burned to death; j. W. Beardley of
Watkins, n. Y, burned and manglotl.
The coroner numbered each body now
in the morgue consecutively and noted
the articles found on each body that
might lead to Identification. On one
hody paper marked Z. T. Mogon, Provi-
sience, r. l.. was found. On another a
statement from John Monroe. banker of
New York. to Charles E. Verde. and also
n note in German from Charles L. Wen.
sele to DIR. Howard Z. Vance. An un-
known lady was burned to n crisp.
The following articles were found in
the debris, but It is impossible to conn ect
them with tho bodies: A book, "Leagne
of American wheelmen," with q name
of William Louis Wilson, Northwestern
university, Ill. s32 Sheridan road; cards
and an envelope marked Miss L. b. Hayes,
cards bought of George Muir. Evanston,
ILL.,; a box OF pills marked Bradley Evans.
ton, Ill. I; a Bible, thoroughly wet and par.
TALLY burned, gave the following on its
its title page: Emblem for st. Glenn.
ents class, Anchor, Hebrews VII, 10;
teacher, j. S. Arch-Easter. 1885," The
name is so near the cdgc that only
'Arch" could bc deciphered. There nre in
the norge 1s bodies, eight males, seven
females and three corpscs burned beyond
means of Identification or ascertainment
OF the sex.
THE LIST OF INJURED.
Immediately after the accident manned
and injured were conveyed to the Nichols
Memorial hospitalOn this city. Tho com.
plcte list of tile injured as reported at As.
sistant Superintendent Glassford's office
In Detroit is: II. W. Williams, of Toronto
W. A. Byerse, of Port Dover, Ont. Will.
iam Henry Bushnell. of Brockport. n. Y.
s. II. Smith. j. H. Smith. Israel Smith
Berry Smith, Mrs. Smith, all of Fort
Plain. n. y; Miss Belle Williams, OF
Brockport. n. Y; Frederick Wcrtz. OF
Rochester, n. y; Mrs. Wertz and Miss
Wertz, of Rochester. n. Y; Frank Turn
vei2el, OF Blissfield, Pa; Jennie Stew
art and j. S. Stewart, of Dal
ton Station, H.; {. c. Van
Dusan, Of Sproutbrook, N. y; since
died; W. Thompson, OF Woodstock, Ont.
Frank Rogers, OF Woodstock. Ont; Mrs
Vance and George Vance. Of Simco, Ont.
Albert Bradley. of Toronto, Ont. George
Shackelton, of Evanston, Ills; Thomas
Monroe. Of Auburn. n. "; Z. E. David
son. Of Fairport. n. y; G. 5. Adams. oi
Buffalo, n. V: Clinton n. Ward, of Nor
ton. VT: Mrs. Henry Bushnell, Of Brock
mort n. Y:S, H. Smith, expected TO die