St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-21
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TWO engines were total wreck.
The Battle Greek fire department did
heroic work. They received the alarm
at 4:l5 local time The accident hap
pehed at ten minutes to railroad time,
so that only five minutes was lost in
getting the alarm. when the chemical
arrived on the ground the horses could
not be driven between the cars on ac-
cOuntof
THE FLAMES.
A rope was hitcned TO the chemical
and it was hauled by hand III position
so that the rear sleeper. Sabrina, was
saved. The firemen worried hard on
the wreck, and took out everybody and
practically cleared away the debris
The second coach of the express left
the trucks and ploughed right through
the head coach; Scraped all the seats
and passengers along with it. and de-
OF Sited them in heap in tue north end
pothe car, where most OF the DO dies
were found.
The bodies were loaded on flat car
and taken to the Battle Greek station,
thence conveyed in wagons to Ranger
" Farley's undertaking rooms, where a
morgue mad been eXtemporiZed. The
dead were ranged along the side of a
dark basement, which was Illuminated
by feeble Pickering jet. They rested
Oh sheets of canvas and covering of
the same material was over them. No
one, after a careful examination of some
or the bodies. could say which was male
and which was female. Not shred of
clothing was left upon them. and the
remains were so mangled and dishgured
that they resembled nothing but an
ancient mummy that might have
been diStigured berore death. The
best preserved corpse was that
of boy about twelve years of age; a
fringe of the hair, which WAS of red
dish hue, was left about the ears and
the base of the skull. The top OF the
head was burned away. Another OF the
preserved bodies was that of man of
powerful physical frame; some of the
underclothlng that covered the lower
portion of the DUty and shoes were un-
touched by the flames that had licked
the victims face. shoulders and body.
Those parts were as black us ebony.
The body had no articles left upon it
that might lead to Identification. but the
features and contour OF the figure re-
main as if life, and might be identified
by those familiar with his appearance.
And these two were the least scared
and best preserved of that row of TWEEN
ty-fiye dead. The other remains were
those only in part. some of the bodies
were headleSs, some armleSs, and all
were ShriVeIed and distigured beyond
resemblance of
HUMAN BEINGS.
The undertaserS received several in
quirieS from Eastern people today re-
gardng the disposition of the remains
of those known TO be among the killed.
e. s. Van Duseu, supposed To be a son
of the two dead of that name, teie-
graDhed that the bodies be Immediately
prepared and sent en- to Fort Plain,
n. Y. Dozens of other. kilograms
are being received tonight max
ing inquiries about friends by the
railroad and city officials. From
L. r. Magoon. of Providence, X. l., Or
dering that the remains OF G. j. Magoon
be cared for and held for orders. An
other was from j. ID. Sheldon, WoOn
socket, Il. l., instructing that the body
of w. w. Henry be held and properly
cared for and sent to him. The twenty
seventh victim will be added TO the
death list before morning. This will be
+. b. Smith, lad of seventeen. One
OF his legs was amputated early IN the
evening, and both legs were horribly
crushed. He IS falling very rapidly.
His sister, mother and father are also
there, severely but not fatally hurt.
AlUGIl DIdultH ID lilC LeAe VI LllO iHoSt
seriously injured. One of his legs was
amputated. The rest CT the patients
were all reported comfortable and out
of danger at midnight.
Conductor Bertram \. Scott denies
the statement of Engineer WOoley. He
said:
Il got my orders at Battle Creek to
meet No. at the double track, and |
understood them and did not forget
that. | compared my orders with the
engineers, and we agreed. L had no
conversation with Engineer WOoley
after our train started. l did not tell
him No. 8 had gone by us. L went into
the baggage car soon after we left Bat
tie Creek, taking it for granted that the
engineer knew where he was going. |
did not discover that he had run by the
double track until we were struck. In
tact. had no time to find out such was
the case, as l judge it was not more
than half a minute after we left the
double track until we met the other
traiu."
w. E. Clark, of Sarnia, Ont, arrived
here on late train tonight and found
his son-in-law, Albert Bradley, of To-
ronto, seriously injured, and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bradley. dead.
The most awful experience Of this
terrible affair was that of Mrs. G. CIV an
DuSen, of SprOutbrok. n. Y, who was
burned to death, with hands free and in
full possession of her senses, III spite Of
the utmost endeavOrS of the party of
reScuerS.
Soon after the wreck occurred Mr..
Van Dusen was removed from beneath
a pile of debris and taken TO the hOspi-
tai, where he died IN short time. He
was conscious to the last; left his bust
ness affairs in the hands of Rev. George
Culp, of this city. friend, and died
without knowing that for his wife had
been reserved the most awful fate of ali.
Mrs. Van Dusen was pinned III the
teleScoped cars and at first had no
doubt OF her escape. As she looked out
of the window and awaited her reScuerS
the alarm of fire was suddenly given.
Hurry up, please hurry up" she
said, as the fear crossed her mind that
perhaps she was possibly in danger of
burning. A minute later, while strong
men were Stralning to eXtricate her,
this possibility became probability,
ana the flames crept rapidly toward the
imprisoned woman.
You shan't burn: we'll get you out"
cried the men, heroicalIy, as they wres-
tied frantically with the splintered
tlmberS. There was lull of speech for
five inmates. The reSeuers had become
giants in strength and mad men in des-
peration, and they struggled wildly
with the tangled mass OF wood and iron.
The woman was silent and gazed i'm
ploringly and inquiringIy into the faces
of the tiremen.
My God, oh, my God" suddenly
burst from the lips of one Of the heroic
workers. and in that despairing heart
cry the helpless woman read her death
warrant.
She gave one agonizing wail,a then
her wOman's weakness gave way to
martyrs strength.
~ can die; OH, yes, can die if l
must" she said soothingly to the strong
men who were weeping in their i'm
potent strength. Again they struggled
breathlessly to rescue her, but the flames
were encircling the party, and the blaze
claimed the victim that the crash had
spared.
81 am a Christian" she said, resigns
edlY, and moment later her voice was
raised in prayer. The flames now COM
plotalv apniroIad bnr bOdV and hp fra.