The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22
PATHOS OF THEBIG HORROR.
Thousands Of Persons in Suspense as
to the Fate Of Friends.
a Constant Stream of Inquiries Pour

A Constant Stream of Inquiries Pour
ing Into the Telegraph Office From
People in the East Who Had Friends
or Relatives on the Way to the Fair.
Another Name Added to the Death
List.
Battle Creek, Mich, Oct. Elf. H.
Smiths death at the Nichols home last
evening viii probably be the last as a re-
suit of the horrible accident on the Grand
Trunk railroad yesterday. This morning
found all the injured doing we'll Even
in cases where the injuries were COM
paratively slight the railroad physicians
will endeavor to keepltheir patients until
they will suffer no fatigue from travelling.
J. S. Archbell, Thomas J. Monroe and w.
A. Ryers have left for home but it is not
likely that any others will be permitted
to leave before Monday.
A specially pathetic feature of the
wreck is that many persons in the east
who had friends or relatives going to the
fair via the Grand Trunk yesterday can
not for some time know whether they
have been killed or not. A constant
stream of inquiries has poured into the
telegraph Office here since the wreck oc-
CURED.
Thousands and thousands will not know
the fate of friends until they return
home. In cases where friends never re-
turn it can only be sUrmised whether
they were burned or not, as Identification
cannot be made.
WHERE THE RELICS ARE.
The scene of all attempts at identified
tion has been changedfrom the mOrgue in
the basement of Farley & Rangers under
taking establishment to the office of Dr.
@. Gillet, the coroner. In little back
room of his Office are the relics of the
wreck that are apt to have anything par
ticular to do with those who have per-
ished. In one corner of this little room
are twentysix sacks. Each one Of
these sacks is labeled and neatly
tied. In some cases small paper
boxes are employed instead of paper
sacks. On a table in the center of the
room are number of charred relics that
were found in the ruins that were on no
particular body. 1t is thought that these
may be able to satisfy those who have
friends missing that they were in the
wreck.
ANOTHER BODY IDENTIFIED.
One of the mangled bodies, numbered
25, was identified by a friend to-day as
that of E. r. Stringer, of Port ColbOurne
Ontario
L. Wilson, of Evanston, Ill, whose
scOrched handbag was found in the de-
bris, and who was supposed to have per-
ished, telegraphs from home that he has
arrived there with no further injury than
a sprained foot. He left the car in which
he was travelling before it was wrecked
and so escaped death.
TIE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
Detroit, Mich, Oct. 21.-A News speci-
al from Lansing, Mich, says: "Rail-
road Commissioner BolIings Is going to
order an investigation of the Battle
Greek wreck at once, with special refer
ence to the question: What set the cars
afrel He thinks the car stove
is largely responsible for the
fire and the terrible loss
of life. The statutes of the state provide
that the railroad companies are to heat
their cars by steam, by terminating the
heat for warming the cars outside, and
independent of the cars by use Of said
heaters in the car, so constructed that
in case of an accident it will be practi-
cally impossible for the steam to escape
from the stove, or heater to set fire to the
cars, or provided with automatic or
quickly and easily operated provision
for extinguishing the fire, and when
the heat is generated outside of the cars,
heaters constructed as provided for in
this section may be retained within, for
use in case of emergencies" The rail
road commissioner has power to order re
moved any heating device that he be-
lieyes dangerous Mr.. Billings condemns
Conductor Scott and Engineer Woolley
severely. He believes them both to blame
for the collision.
THE GoYERNoR's OPINION.
Gov. Rich expressed himself very
strongly on the collision at Battle Creek.
Said he, Il have no doubt that response
bility lies with the engineer and conduc-
tor of the east-bound train"