The sun., 1901-11-28

Orders to wait Until the Other Passed
Collision Occurred While Both Trains
We're Going at Full speed Carloads
OF Doctors Hurried 10 the Scene.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 27--Wabash pas
senger trains Nos. IS and met in hsad-on
collision on the Wabash railroad one mile
east of Seneca, Mich, small way station
about seventy miles southwest Of Detroit
at about 1880 o'clock tonight
II Is reported that between rs and
so immigrants were burned 10 death
or otherwise killed and that scores Of others
were injured Early reports. now known
to have been exaggerated. put the number
of dead at from 100 TO I5O
The immigrants had no chance Of escape.
and those who were not crushed to death
were roasted The wreck caught fire
Immediately after the collision Section
men and farmers rushed to the blazing
mass 10 render what assistance they could.
Bodies we're hauled out as rapidly as possible
ana tnOhe not uedu were TAKEN 10 tne Tdll-
road hospital at Peru. Ind.
Immigrant train, No. is. with two engines.
west bound going at the rate Of forty-fve
miles an hour. crashed into an eastbound
train, No. 4. the Continental Limited. Seven
coaches on the immigrant train were
crushed and all the passengers killed.
One coach on the passenger train tele-
scoped. Four dead bodies have been
taken from the ruins.
At s45 the Wabash road sent . spe.
cial from here with ten physicians
from Harper Hosfital. An hour later a
second special was oespatched with more
physicians and wrecking crew News
paper reporters are In communication with
Detroit papers by telephone from Seneca.
two miles from the wreck
Bodies were s,rewn along both sides
OF the track for a quarter Of a mile and as
there was nothing available TO cover the
corpses they presented q grewsome APP
pearanoe,
II il said here that the collision resulted
from a misunde rstanding Of the train de-
spatchers orders II is said orders
were given No. 10 wait al Seneca.
but the train few swiftly by that
station meeting No is while both trains
were going at fun speed The noiss of
the collision was heard at least a mile from
where II oocurred
The easibound train was thu Continental
limited that left Chicago at 3 O'Clock Tho
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