Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-26
broken. amputated below knee.

iured in back.
John c. Stewart, Dalton, ILL.,, shoulder
bruised.
Jennie daughter of above, aged II years
left arm broken
Mrs. Vance of Simcoe, Ont, both limbs
broken.
George Vance, Simcoc, Ont, son of the
above, aged II, bruised.
Joseph II. Archbell, Evanston, ILL.,, ankle
smashed.
George Shacleton, Auburn, y. V, right
hand and head injured.
Thomas j. Munroc. Auburn, y. y.
Mrs. Beardsee, Springfield, ankle hurt.
II. II. Williams. Toronto. back injured.
Maggie O'Brady, Oswcgo n. y, right
leg broken.
c. f. Adams, Buffalo, n. ". left hand
injured
Engineer and Conductor Disobcyed Orders.
Direct disobcdencc Of orders on the part
of = Chicago and Grand Trunk engineer and
conductor, both OF whom had been long in
service of the company. and were regarded
as model employees. was the cause of the
| tragedy. \ Raymond x Whitcomb special
train of eight palace ears filled with Eastern
folks who had been at the worlds fair, left
the Goth street depot of the road at Chicago
ton of the night express, known as No. g.
The train was in Charge of Conductor Burt
n. Scott and Engineer Horny Woollcy, both
| residents of thi, place.
All went well until the Battle Creek depot
was reached at 335 o'clock this morning.
| From here to the railroad yards. a distance
| of a mile and a half. there is n double
| track When the Whtcomb special stopped
| in the depot the night operator handed TO
| Conductor Scott two copies of an order for
| the train to proceed to the double track east
of Main street about half mile distant.
and th"re await the passing of the west
bound Pacific express known as No. g.
This train which was nearly three hours
late, was composed of - coaches and two
| baggage cars. Most OF the day coaches had
seen many years service aud were in poor
condition TO withstand collision. Every
| one OF the fatcd number was packed with
| Eastern people. the ma ioiity of whom were
| on their way to the exposition. The Pacific
| express was in charge of Conductor John
| Bird and Engineer Gil Granshaw. both of
whom had received orders at Lansing to look
out for the eastbound train on the double
track and
| We're Accordingly on the Alert.
Aftcl leaving Battle Creek station En-
| gineer Woolley proceeded up the double
track, but instead Of stopping in accordance
with his instructions until the west bound
| express had passed. he continued on and en-
tered again on the the siugletrack. He had
| hardly gone more than an eighth of Il mile
when the headlight of the Pacific express
was seen coming around the slight curve be-
hind the telegraph office Of the railroad
yards It was speeding westward at the
rate of 40 miles an hour. There was no
nm e. % =, Nv,
for thci, lives and y second later IN" RANT
loromntivcs comn toootber with 81 crash that
conld he heard half a milo AWAY
| The enoinn of tbo snnriol nlovod nearly
half way into that of fine exnrrss drivinr if
| hncI ward. in+n the horUa,ta rar and tho lat
fer in tu,n into the dov coochns behind Tho
| sbocl; was so tar,ifc that tba first forr nr
these were counlrtclv tclescopcd the first
coach tl,ttinr tbrouoh thc second md the
second into the third, like a fash of light
ninr. the roof of eoch pas.inu over fine head.
of the slceninr possnnorr, and syyerpiu,- in :,
mass 70 the north end of thrcar
To add to fine horror thn vrccl; tool, fire
from the stoves or lomps The traveller.
ON tine sueciol ncorlv nIl of whom, bod bcan
shaken ont of their bcrtbs bv fine shock
Doured ont of the cars lint before tbo f,rv
of tbe flames they were almost noycrless f.
render any assistance icxcept> +, fine in
iured in the fourth car.
At the moment of fine crash ono of tbe
NIGHT clerks in the Grand Trunl; office y
short distance AWAY. nullod the fire alarm
box and also telepbonrd to fine .noino hons,
for aid. Tho kew tn th. tower was mislaid
and several minutes were lost before the
alarm bell
was ''''""'" W '"""'" '"' ''''"e"S'
Inc llre department promptly responded,
nut 'he nearest Migrant wa nearly 2oN
ieet away and when line Of hose was laid
the pressure was not sufficient to throw Il
stream Finally stream was secured from
ahothcf Migrant. the llrelneh meanwhile at
ots and lano,bs IF 7oiI. f,,,n1 II, tb, ,.a,.i.
but by the time IA supply of water wos avail
able, the telcscoped coaches had been re.
duced to fragments of charred timber. LITTLE
more than the truck remaining.