The herald., 1893-01-23
THE BIG FOUR DISASTER
Awful Results of Saturdays
Catastrophe.
The Death Roll Now Swelled to
Seventeen.
fourteen Others Will Die Of Their
Injuries.
1t Is Feared Others Who Are Missing
We're, Burned to Death-Agon-
izing Scenes in the Hospi-
tai and Morgue.
BY the Associated Press.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo. Jan. 22-Eleven addi-
tional deaths up to 6 O'Clock is the rec
ord of the catastrophe at Alton Junction
since midnight. The additional dead
are as follows: William Shattuck,
Upper Alton; Henry Penning. Wann
Daniel Hsrers, Alton Junction; William
Mantz. Fosterburg, ILL.,; Charles UT,
Willie Mccarthy, w. H N. Miller, John
Lucke, Charles Paris, Edward Manhin,
John wilkinson, all of Alton. All these
died in the hospital at Alton, except
Utt, Miller and Mantz, whose dead bod
les were found near the ecene OF the
wreck this morning.
OF the injured, IA, the hospital physi-
clan said, cannot recover. They are
Otto Hagwan, John Fred, Joseph Her
mon, Henry Pilgrim, John Luttrelll,
William B. Richardson. David Richard
con, all of Alton; A. F. Frazer OF st.
Louis Frank Barth. Brantford, Canada
Frank Scullin, John Burke, both OF
Alton Junction; Murray, - Rotof,
both of Upper Alton.
Those who sustained serious injuries
but who will probably recover are:
Mrs A. l. Willen and child, Henry
Virgins, George Staples, John McPike,
Herman Nuske, Ev Caldwell, Louis
| Deneau, Henry Staples, - Montgomery,
Dan Harris, Franz Berton, Louis Mcln-
tosh, William Mcintosh, John Henry,
John Mcmahon, James Mullane, Charles
Harris, w. G. Harrison, Hameline Val
entine, Charles Hamiltons B. M. En-
haus, Pat O'Meara, z. B. Job, John
Seister, Eohra'n Richardson, John Fin
ley, Patrick Finlay, Charles Grow.
Besides these there are more than a
score who sustained injuries of a more
or less serious nature, whose names
,Sr...sss5.y -.---.-.--,es
and body, but the worst injuries sus-
! tanned are fearfully burned heads and
faces. All were also injured internally
from inhaling bur ling flames, which
scorched and parched their throats to
such an extent that their escape from
instant death lie almost miraculous.
The other injured persons suffered
from burns on various parts of the head,
limbs and body.
SCENES IN THE HOSPITAL.
The wreck and Its consequences was
the topic of conversation in Alton to-
day. A representative OF the Associ-
ated Press arrived in-the city early this
morning and visited the hospital. The
scenes in the wards occupied by the in
| jured were even more heart-rending
than yesterday. Lying on cots,
wrapped in cotton bandages until they
had almost lost the sembance of human
beings, and surrounded by weeping re-
lations and sorrowing friends, they
formed picture that brought tears to
the eyes even OF the physicians. The
meanings of the patients was piteous.
Every few moments some tortured soul,
writhing in agony, would half rise from
his couch, then fall back, suffering
more intense pain than before. They
would beg piteously to be relieved from
their pain.
PITIFUL SIGHT.
Perhaps the most pitiful sight was
that Of 13-year-old Willie Mccarthy.
The boys flesh was baked from head to
foot; his eyes were burned out; the
skin was peeled off his face and head,
taking with it large portions of flesh.
The only response his anxious mother
received to her inquiry as to how he
felt. was: "Oh, my head Doctor, can't
/ die.
Some patients lay perfectly quiet, no
sigh or moan escaping from their lips.
They will soon be beyond earthly suf-
fering.
VISIT TO THE MoRGUE.
Not until visit was made to the
morgue did the horrible reality of the
accident become apparent. Here.
awaiting the undertaken, were the
bodies of five of those who died during
the night. The bandages were re-
moved from the bodies and the fearful
ravages of the burning oil were plainly
apparent. Scarcely one in five could be
recognized even by their relatives. The
oil, wherever it touched the ekin, burned
deep into the flesh, while such portions
of the cuticle as escaped entire destruc-
ton were blistered and in many places
blackened by the intense heat. Their
lips were terribly swollen and dis
colored and the eyes of all five were
burned out entirely. Every vestige
of hair was burned off the face
and head, and in many places the skull
and cheek bones were exposed. Wives.
mothers, sisters and daughters, on being
shown the bodies of their beloved dead,
shrank back in horror and could scarcely
be convinced that the distorted features
before them were all that remained of
thoee 30 dear to them.
INQUEST AND FUNERALS.
A ccroner's inquest was held at the
hospital, the jury having previously
been in session at Wann and Alton
Junction. The verdict in each case
states that death was ''caused by burn
ing oil accidentally exploded and thrown
over them"
The funerals of number OF victims
will be held tomorrow morning; the
Pound,