Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-23

record Of the dual catastrophe at Alton
junction since midnight last night. The
total list Of dead is as follows:
Webb Ross, Nation, Ills; Hiram Cor
nehus, Iowa; Edward Miller, Alton juno
lion; two unidentified men; VIM. Shat
tuck, Upper Alton, Ills; Henry Penning.
Wann, Ills; Willie McCarty, Alton, Ills;
John Locke, Alton; Edward Maupin, Al
ton; Daniel Harers, Alton Junction; VIM
Niantz, Fostersburg, Ills; Charles UT,
Alton; W. H. Miller, Alton; Charles Har-
ris, Alton, and John Wilkinson, Alton.
OF these. all but the first six died Of their
injuries after being removed 70 the hospi-
tai at Alton, except UT. W. H. Miller and
Mantz. whose dead bodies were found near
the scene Of the wreck this morning.
or the injured, fourteen, the hospital
physicians say at six o'clock, cannot re-
Otto Hagwan, John Fred, Joseph Her
mann, Henry Pilgrim, John LuttreI, VII
liam B. Richardson, David Richardson,
Frank Scullin and John Burke, all OF Al
ton: A. T. Frazer, St. Louis; Frank
Barth. Branford, Canada: William Miller,
Alton Junction; -- Murray, Upper Al
ton; - ROloff, Upper Alton.
Those who sustained serious injuries but
WHO WILL PROBABLY RECOVER
Mrs. A. L. Willeu and child, Kansas
City; Henry Virgins, Alton Junction;
George Staples, Alton Junction; John Nc
Pike Alton; Herman Muske, Alton; Eren
McCaldweu, Alton; Louis Denau, Mon
treal, Canada; Henry Staples, UniOntOwn,
XVI Montgomery, Alton; Daniel Har-
Art., Junction. Eranlr RnrfOn STAN
ford, Ont; Louis Mcintosh, Alton June
ton: William Mcintosh, Alton Junction;
John Henry. Alton Junction: John Mona
han, East St. Louis; james MUllane,
Alton junction; Charles Harris, Alton;
W. c. Harrison, Alton; Pametiue Nalen-
tine, Philadelphia, Pa. Charles Hamilton.
Alton Judction; b. Menhaus, Alton; Pat
O'Meara, Atoms: b. JOB, Alton John
SOister Alton; Ephriam Richardson, Al
ton: John Finley. Alton; Evan Caldwell,
Alton; Pat Finley, Alton, and Charles
Crow, Alton.
Besides these there are more than a score
who sustained injuries of more or less
serious nature whose names could not be
learned.
All the dead were burned to
DEATH By FLAMING OIL.
Immediately on entering the hospital the
flushed voices and easy footsteps Of the
physicians, nurses and attendants, told only
too well that the place was literally the
valley of the shadow Of death Six OF
those brought here for treatment yester-
dav had already succumbed to their iniu-
ries. and for many others, so the physicians
stated, IL was only question Of lew more
hours Of suffering
The scenes in the ward occupied bv the
injured were even more heartrending than
Yesterday. Lying on cots. wrapped and
4 HHr ef,.
almost lost semblance TO human beings and
surrounded by weeping relatives and sOr-
sowing friends, they formed picture that
brought tears TO the eyes OF even the Doc
tors, accustomed as they are to such sights.
Every few moments some tortured soul
writhing in agony would half rise from his
couch, then fall back suffering more intense
pain than before
Seeming 70 know bv intuition when the
Doctor was near them, they would beg
piteOusly 20 be relieved from their pain.
Doctor, for Gods sake kin me and put
me out Of this misery said one.
Perhaps
THE MOST PTTIFUL SIGHT OF ALL
was that Of thirteou-year-old Willie Nc
Carty. His mother was sitting at his bed
side, trying In vain by gentle words and
soothing CaresSes, while her voice JreuOled
with grief which was breaking her heart.
The BOYS flesh was cooked from head to
foot. His eyes were burned out. The
skin had peeled OF his face and head tax
ing with il large portions of flesh. The
only response 10 the anxious mother 20 her
inquiry as 70 how he felt was, "Oh my
head. why cant l die.'
Only those thought 70 be fatally injured
were allowed 10 remain at the hospital [
All the others were removed TO their
homes, or to the homes of friends through
out the city, that they might receive the
undivided attention OF their friends
1t was not until
A VISIT TO THE MORGUE
At the rear Of the hospital the horrible re-
aHty Of the accident became apparent. |
Here, awaiting the undertaken. were the /
bodies of five Of those who died during the /
night The bandaCeS had been removed /
from the bodies, and the fearful ravages Of |
the burning oil were plainly apparent. !
Scarcely one Of the i've could be recognized 4
even by relatives.
The lips were swollen and discolored, :
and the eyes of ali i've were burned out en- |
tireiy. Every vestige Of hair was burned I
of the face and head, aud in many places |
the skull aud cheek bones were exposed |
Wives, mothers, sisters aud daughters, on |
being shown the bodies of the beloved /
dead shrank back in horror and could |
scarcely be convinced that the distorted /
mained Of those 50 dear 10 them and whose !
stalking away meant, in some instances, the |
loss Of their sole support and reliance.
The COrOner'S inquest was held at the /
hospital while the reporter was there, the 1
Jury having previously been In session at /
Wann and Alton Junction. The verdict in /
each case was ''that death was the result |
Of burning oil, exploded and thrown over !
them"
The funeral Of a number OF the victims /
OF the explosion will be held tomorrow I
morning: others viii be consigned 70 their /
last resting place on Tuesday. Edward /
Miller was buried this afternoon at Alton 4
Junction.
There was
RUMGR
On the street late this afternoon that eleven /
students from Shurtleff College had been /
missing since the accident OF yesterday. |
All efforts to verify the rumor failed, how
sver, and il is the opinion Of majority Of /
Alton citizens that there is no truth In the |
statement. But the fact that there were
Ound this morning near the scene OF the \
wreck bodies additional 70 those reported /
ln last nights dispatches gives rise TO
probability that there may yet be more
bodies which have not been found.
Mrs. VIM Mantz reported the Alton DO
Ice this morning that her husband that