The evening world., 1893-10-20
Passengers Peuned Up, Helpless,
in a Roaring Furnace
of Flame.
TRAIN ORDERS GlSO3EYED.
New York and Boston Fair
Special Crashes Into
an Express.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Oct. 20.-Qne
of the worst accidents Of his year &C.
Cured about 4 o'clock this morning In
the yards of the Chicago and Grand
house in this city.
AT least twenty-six persons lost their
lives. and double as many more were
badly injured.
THE DEAD.
The follow ing ID a partial list Of the
dead:
Mrs. c. W. A DUsEN, Fort Plain. N. T.
c. W. A DusEN. her husband.
L. WRIT. identified by handkerchief.
An unknown man had business cards
OF A. A. Allan & Co.. 81 Bay street,
Toronto.
THE INJURED.
Among the injured are the following:
AIrs. Lizzie Vance and son. Simcoe. Ont, cut by
glass: Mrs. Henry Bushnell, Brockport, N. Y.
cut badly by glass: Miss Belle Williams, Brock
port, y. y. one leg broken; Joseph II. Arch
bell. OF Evanston. H.. ankle smashed: c. Adams.
Buffalo. y. y, left hand injured; Maggie
U'Grady, oswego, N. Y. right leg broken; Mrs.
~ L. aiH ~ 80 se'"N phN's >
j. Harvey Smith. Fort Plain, y. Y. badly
bruised: Frank Smith. Fort Plain. n. Y. both
legs broken: Nellie Smith. B%rockiort. y. y.
face and shoulder hurt.
A Raymond G. Whitcomb special train,
with passengers for New York and
Boston. was returning from Chicago.
; The train was in charge of Conductor
c,att 80 ,his ,tt,r and Irpcin,ar urpplay
,who took orders at this station to meet
Tat Nichols, No. 9. the Pacific express
going West, due at this station at 1.S5
! o'clock this morning. but which was
three hours late.
TRAIN ORDERS DISOBEYED.
The conductor or engineer, or both. Of
the Raymond special disobeyed orders
and passed Nichols station n collided
with the Pacific express, coming west at
the rate of about thirty miles IN hour.
The two engines were driven Into each
other are a total wreck.
The engineers and firemen when they
saw that a collision was inevitable shut
off steam, reversed engines. put on
brakes and all jumped and escaped
without serious injury.
The engineer of the Pacific express
was named ~Gilcranshow, and the con-
ductor. Burke. The ~onducto was
badly hurt.
When the collision took place the
second and third day coaches on No. Q,
the train going West, completely tel
Escaped.
1t was in these cars hat the horrible
sacrifice of life tool place.
SHUT INTO A FURNACE.
The third coach cut through the sec
ond coach like a knife, the roof passed
over the heads of the sleeping passen-
gers, and they were completely shut in.
One OF these coaches was No. 13, called
the unlucky coach, which has been in
several accidents before.
Passengers in the second car were
pinioned under seats and jammed up
against the coach as the third car came
through.
The cars then took fire from the stoves
and lamps and in an instant seemed all
ablaze.
FIRE HAD ALL ITS OWN WAY.
The accident was a mile from the fire
station, and before water could be
turned on the telescoped cars they and
three OF the coaches were burned.
One passenger escaped through the
doorway of the second car. Others es-
capped by smashing out the windows and
climbing through.
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD TAKEN OUT.
But after all was over the fremen
took twenty-five lead bodies out of the
telescoped coaches.
Many OF the bodies are burned SO
badly as to be ~unrecognizable. Nearly
all had their heads, arms or legs burned
off.
MRS, VAN QUEENS AWFUL DEATH.
! most horrible sight was that pre-
saltsf by Mrs. Charles Van Duzen, of