The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-10-25
THE BATTLE CREEK DISASTER.
Thirteen OF the Twenty eight Victims Have
Been identified.


Thirteen OF the Twenty eight Victims Have
Been Identified.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 28.-The
following victims of the wreck were
positively identified:
Frank H. Smith, leg amputated and since
died. Fort Plain, N. Y.
Charles w. Van Duscn, Sprout Brook N Y,
died OF injuries
MrA Charles W. Van Dusen, Fort Plain, N.
Y.
Thomas R. Stringer, Port Dover, Ontario
William H Henry East Greenwich, r
Edwin l. Magoon, Walwick, r l.
Mrs. Albert Bradley, Simcoe, Ontario
J. W. Bearsley, Watkins, N. Y.
Mrs F. r. Mckenzie, Wisconsin.
Miss A. w. Workman, New York City
James @. Workman brother Of above, n
years old, and only boy killed,
Thomas A. McGarvey, London, Canada
The remains of above were all
shipped Sunday afternoon, accom-
panied by friends who came here TO
Identify them. The remains Of Thomas
r Stringer were escorted to the depot
by the Odd Fellows, he being men,
Der. There are now fifteen unidenti-
fed bodies The following are known
to be among those burned TO death,
but cannot be Identified:
Mrs. Evelino A Aldrich, OF Edwardsburg
Mich
Mrs A. K Warner. Brookport N. Y.
Mrs. j. A Wood, Odessa, N Y
Suggestions have been made that all
bodies Of unidentified-and that will
be at least one half of them-be buried
in one lot in Oak Hill cemetery and q
monument erected. All of the wounded
are doing we'll except Mrs. Robert
Vance, of Simcoe, Ont, who had both
legs broken and one leg had to be reset
yesterday. Her husband arrived Sum
day afternoon. Mrs. Mckenzie was
identified yesterday by her nephew, II.
R. PEBBLES Of Chicago W. A. Ryers,
Of Port Dover, Canada, one OF the in
jured, has left for his home.
Magoon and Henry were brother-in-
laws and left in company for the
worlds fair. They made the fatal mis-
take of stopping over one day to see
Niagara Falls.
DR.. Levi Aldrich, of Edwardsburg,
Mich, was here yesterday looking for
his sister, Mrs. Eveline Aldrich. She
left Buffalo on the train which was
wrecked and her baggage has ar
rived home but she is missing. Being
Sunday, workmen of the shops and
farmers from the country, visited the
scene of the wreck by hundreds.
PORT HURoN, Mich, Oct. 2S.-Con-
ductor John Burk, Of train No. Q,
which was wrecked in the Battle Creek
collision is lying at his home in pre-
carious condition. His leg is not bro
ken as at first reported, but his back Is
injured and his head is cut and bruised,
one ear being terribly disfgured.
In giving his experience of the wreck
Mr.. Burk said:
by an awful hard tussle managed
to break open two windows and climb
out and dragged woman after me. I
took her to shanty near by and was
returning to help others, when I real
lied was hurt and could do nothing
more, and was taken TO building near
by. think there were thirty-hve peo-
pie in car 1,O89, and most Of them were
smothered TO death by the gas and
smoke.
'Those poor suffering beings" he
gssped, 81 can hear them now. It was
awful. don't blame Bert Scott" he
added HE has always been q careful
man. blame Engineer Woolley."
Burk's story was told before he had
seen any reports or read the news pa
pers.
Conductor Scott and Engineer Wool
ley are really freight hands and have
been doing passenger service only since
the worlds fair rush began. Woolley
is but "a years old and has been an en-
Rineer three wears.