The Goodland republic., 1893-01-27

will reach a score within a few days.
Death claimed three victims of the oil
explosion this morning.
The List of Dead IS Follows:
GEORGE ROLOFFE, Upper Alton.
j. A. MURRAY, Alton.
CHARLES HALLER, Alton junction.
WEBB ROSS, Mattoon.
HIRAM CORNELIUS, Iowa
EDWARD NJ. MILLER, Alton June
tion.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
WILLIAM SHATTUCK, Upper Alton.
HENRY PENNING, Wann.
WILLIE MCCARTHY, Alton.
JOHN LOCKE, Alton.
EDWARD MAURIN, Alton.
DANIEL HARERS, Alton Junction.
WILLIAM MANTLE, Fosterburg, Ills.
CHARLES UTT, Alton.
WILLIAM H. MILLER, Alton.
CHARLES HARRIS, Alton.
JOHN WILKINSON, Alton.
WILLIAM B. RICHARDSON, Alton.
The lives of dozen patients at the
hospital are despaired of.
Fatally Injured.
OTTO HAGEwAN, Alton.
JOHN FRED, Alton.
JOE HERMANN, Alton.
HENRY PILGRIM, Alton.
JOHN LUTTRELL, Alton.
A. T. FRAZER, st. Lodis.
FRANK BARTH, Bradford, Canada.
FRANK SCULLY, Alton.
JOHN BURKE, Alton.
Viewing tlae Ruins.
Thousands visited the scene of the
wreck yesterday, and the spectacle of
desolati0n and ruin there presented was
sight never to be forgotten. The man
track of the Big Four was cleared up
and partially repaired last night so that
trains could pass, but on either side
were piles of wreckage, rails twisted
into all conceivable shapes by the in
tense heat of burning oil and cars still
burning, while several wrecking crews
were at work removing the string of oil
tanks. The passenger engine was
wrecked almost beyond recognition.
Next TO it was the gear of the cafe car,
around through which an eager crowd
was searching for money and valuables
from the burned mail pouches and bag
gage. Several gold and silver coins and
some jewelry partly molten were found.
Another gruesome relic dug out of the
ashes was a metal lid of coffin, in
which the corpse of young woman,
enroute from Texas to Boston, was
burned.
Burned the Stock Yards.
About half of the big stock yards was
lying in smoking ruins. The most sick
ening spectacle of the sad panorama
was the ashes and remnants of clothing
dropped from the bodies Of victims as
they fled from the shower of burning
oil. They were lying everywhere and
some times with them were particles of
human flesh. By the wagon road in q
ditch filed with snow was found the
entire cuticle of eight hands with finger
nails attached as it peeled from the
bone as the. sufferers in their frenzy
dashed into the freezing substance. In
one pile of clothing ashes with the flesh
from mans fingers were found silver
half dollars melted together. Several
gold and silver watches were also found
and returned to their owners or reia-
tiv6s.
Licked Up the Grass.
The grass in the neighboring fields
was burned by particles of oil falling
1900 feet from the scene of the explosion.
Late Saturday night and early Sunday
morning several victims were found in q
fearful condition in the fields, where
they had fled and fallen from exhaus-
ton, and it is believed others are yet
missing. Everything possible has been
done for the relief of the sufferers.
The Brakeman to Blame.
In the verdict. of the coroners jury in
made to fix the blame, although it is un-
derstood that Brakeman Al Getton is
responsible for the open switch and he
has fed to escape the consequences Of
his neglect of duty. Coroner Kinder
this morning empanelled another jury
and has been busy all day holding the
inquests on the other bodies. The
bodies of the dead were prepared for
burial either at the homes of the deceased
or at the undertakers' establishments.
The Loss.
The total loss to the company, the
officials state, will be between $125, 200
and $l50,0y0. The railway company
sent the remains of the dead engineer,
Webb Ross to Mattoon.
Held the Railway Responsible.
Timothy Houlihan. one of the Big
Four car repaires who left East St.
Louis for the scene of the Wann wreck,
and who was brought back horribly
burned, died Saturday night. The cor
Oner's jury returned verdict in ac-
cordance with the facts, holding the
railway company responsible for the
reason that it ordered deceased, its serv-
ant, to work in a spot so dangerous to
his life.
Mr.. BIaine's Condition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-On leaving