New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-21

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1t has on the tite-page the following ,Iehrsrs
of St Clements class. an anchor o de =. TVS,
6, 49, teacher, J. 5. Arch Eastet con,d nn,
have been Archibald. but snort hanIe IKE
Archer or Wicker. slip OF paper III the
Bible but probably not connected wi' IA ~ ,h Ss
shown by marks Of burning upon H. had the
following: I'll. Oct. 3, 1899 me toi. c
orders from your customers: Potter q sons
Then followed a page of short lines. unfeacabie'
and all were signed y. W. Goddard x Son.
THE ENGINEER MAKES \ STATEMENT.
After the wreck Engineer Wooey. of the spe-
cial train remained upon the spot. and viewed
the horror that had been caused by MS ne
elect Of orders After the last of the injured
had been taken away he went to his home This
afternoon warrants were sworn out by Prose
| cutting ATTORNEY Clark charging Wooiey ana
Conductor Scott with manslaughter. search
| by Deputy Sheriff King developed 'he TACT mat
Scott had suddenly gone to Port Huron ana
telegram was sent to the police ohiciais at that
place requesting his arrest. Wooley was iound
at his home by Sheriff King. and taken before
Justice Henry. who set me pfe' sp Ho hf
| ing for Monday and fixed bail al S@'ooo. AFTER
| this had been done Wooley who was on the
verge of prostraton, physically ana men
| tallv asked permission 10 make statement.
which the justice reduced to writing. IL was as
| follows: 49,, A., -. A.,
| depot Conductor Scott asked me II was ready
| 10 60 / said NO" that I had not oiled my
engine % yet O S cea on aa the 0
Scott around on my side OF the ens'iis ana
has gone ,s'e through" lie said the dispatcher is
crazy about not getting out OF hrre cot nun un in
ne " cah and At that time Conductor Scott was
over near the platform He asked me II | was
h heady gone 5H fG through Ash He said has, ny
rsman heard that 1 him me- h s the board vas
lie said: "All clear. Look out Tor 'ne 'o''o "'
Bellevue, 81, tho scat and started my engine
| did not pass any switch engine as mas , G ,e,n
rsported on the doI beedlieh though, at first
! il was the switch engine put III a,,, the throttle
sn ina S Sny nv engine My train came to
| stop and was standing stiii wheh , 80, could
my co enGH was thrown against the tank and my side
| was hurt | asked my fireman Az 80 mo Ue said
he did he that Mo- had w gone mne iS"s EN-
saw Scott after the wrer1 to ' the order again
He muttered out something ana b sa'u been very
tn nre ai dav | have been lying down all DAY
and not able to come ont
| r,1r CoNDI-CTOR GIVES HIMSELF Cf.
Conductor Bertram NJ. Scott returned TO the
CITY tonight and was at once arres'eu ny
| Chief OF Police James Elliott on wa'r""'
| charging him with criminal negligence "e was
,o,an before Justice Henry. and gave bonds IN
| a. 900 to appear Monday. lie maze Il o''e'
| statement to the effect that ne gave 'he 81"
Lain
| he sunposed he understood it, that he afterward
went into the baggage car. ana ulu ho' N"o"
! that the engineer had gone over the siu'''s anu
.a,.a, tho single track until the collision
Up to 1890 p. m Engineer Wooley had been been,
| unable to find "A bondsman. ana NE VIII P'o''
remain in jail until the hearing: 49, hoe
| AZ 1o40 n m il is reported from the nos
ptal that Frank II. Smith. OF Fort ram ~ o, -,
| whose limbs were so badly crushed as TO com
nai omnutaton cannot live more IMAM al
hour. This brings the death list 10 ,we ,hnse
seven II is believed the list OF deau anu .llo'e
| whose injuries will prove ia'a' win
'o IT, ,yorL of removing the dead and injured
was not completed until o'clock .l'is ,,'V. an
| when the last body was taken from NV W, ~
Srmc,ent stretchers were not TO be mad anu .,Ie
| workers nailed boards together on wnlun VIZ ne
| charred bodies were laid ana ,a'i'eu ,oonnrarv
| POST az they were extricated a e,,Pv' a.
| morere was made Of a freight car In whicn vi,
| dis6glred bodies were placed in charge oi Io.a
,ndar,akers So horribly burned ana chaired
are the bodies lying in this impronp'u Hlo's ,s
| that il Is hardly possible that all ther n"n
will ever be known AS fast as ,ng etc
| satchels valises. pocketbooks. watches. -
| 80 taken from the wreck they were turned
| over TO the police officials. IL IL hopeo ''as
some of these relics les those Mll who met such an
! awful death. Many OF the watcheS r,ainod
nearly $50.
PHYSICIANS on THE SCENE.
All Of the physicians IN the CITY WIZ
aroused. and were soon on the scene uoihs
what they could to ease the sunerihgs vi '"e
injured. The injured were teken to the Target
House, to the railroad Offices 10 the Do"''e
boarding house and to the houses ir the imme-
diate vicinity Of the disaster. Fifteen badly
| injured are now in the Nichols Hospital -,
G. n. Ward and b. S. Ward, Of Moreton. w.
were in the Inflated cars %u' W When the first
| shock Of the collision was over. {. II. Ward
| jumped out Of the left side of the car throush
| a window The seat in front Of him was oc-
| cunied bv woman and her baby. He man
| aged to pull the woman through the WINDOW
| She begged him to save her BABY but ,he NJ
| lie one was fastened beneath the seats ana
| burned to death. The poor mo,her was M ~,
| CraZed and had to be removed by force ware
says that the seat In front OF TINS woman wa 90
occupied by young man. In the seat Dack vi
| the one he and his brother occupied were tWo
| Young men, None Of these four escaped ms
| brother g. s. Ward came out through the ROOF
! in some manner, just how he cannot tell re
iun,ped off the roof, and assisted out the Sinith
| family of Fort Plain n. Y, consisting OF rather
mother and two children All four are NOR ,' Ul
| less seriously injured, but escaped death WINE
all around them passengers. less fortunate, "ere
| either killed outright or fastened down III the
| wreck and burned to death before hclp couiu
The news of the terrible accident did not be-
come generally known In the city until CLOCK
| and then apparently the entire population De
| gan moving toward Nichols The railroad men
| and police had all they could do to keep the
| curious back. but the crowd was an orderly one.
| No act of vandalism has yet been reported
| and so far the morbid rec-hunter has not APP
| peared The men of the Battle Creek hre ue.
| nartment did noble work. After putting out
| the fire they did all the work connected with
the taking out OF the dead.
STORIES OF SURVIVORS IN CHICAGO.
SCENES OF ToRTURE-MEN, WOMEN AND chill
DREN HELD FAST IL THE WRECK AND
SLOWLY BURNED TO DEATH.