The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-29
n ETRoIT, MICH, Nov. 2s,-w

n ETR0IT, MICH, Nov. 2s.-When
night fell over the scene of last
nights calamity on the Wabash
railroad near Seneca, Mich, those who
had been investigating the disaster
had found nothing to alter the estimate
of about eighty lives lost as a result
OF the collision superintendent George
NJ. Burns Of the division on which the
wreck occurred insists that the esti-
mates are too high. I do not con-
siGer" he said, that the total death
list will exceed twenty"
However, in support Of - the larger
estimate it is pointed out that there
are now fourteen passengers known 10
be dead. The bodies of ten of these
have been recovered, and it is c0nsid-
cred that the fragments of other bod
les now in the mOrgue at Adrian viii
account for many more than the ten
dead necessary TO make up Superin-
tendent Burns estimate of twenty. In
addition TO the comparatively few
! fragments recovered and sent to the
mOTgue, those who were early on the
/ scene say that many more pieces were
/ discovered which crumbIed to powder
while they were being removed.
! Superintendent Burns said to the
/ Associated Press tonight that he was
/ unable to tell the exact number Of
italian immigrants aboard train No. IS,
/ but thought that there were not more
/ than fifty. Passengers on the train
/ and a number of those who were early
J on the scene dispute this, and say the
number was nearer eighty Superin-
/ tendent Burns has received no report
yet from Ticket Collector Eames Of
train No. 13. who probably knows
/ nearer than anyone else, the number
/ OF Italians in the cars.
oficiaI List Wrong.
The official list of the dead given to
the local papers shows the names of
/ but ten dead and forty-eight injured
/ but Detroit newspaper men, who were
/ at the scene of the wreck and talked
with survivors of both trains, say that
| the official list does not bear out the
/ statements Of the passengers nor evil
/ dence of the horrible loss of life
/ which they witnessed at the spot where
( the accident occurred. The Free Press
/ will say tomorrow:
THE loss of life was in round num-
/ bers 100 and the statements by the
Italian immigrants on train No. "
| bear out this claim. These immigrants
/ say that there were about 125 of their
/ nationality on the train and that only
/ about twenty-five of them escaped
4 While only ten of them are known 20
| be dead it is asserted that the other
/ ninety were completely incinerated
and that with the removal of the
/ wreckage the bodies crumbled TO dust,
{ I
/ the names of these dead are ever
! known it will be when friends make
inquiry fer them and in man. Instances
! this seems highly improbable.
Coroner Hamilton of Adrian this
! afternoon impaneled jury and VIII
I begin an inquest into the disaster to-
morrow
20 step has been taken as yet toward
/ the arrest of Engineer Strong. who
! Superintendent Burns says is resp0n-
sible for the collision.
J Following is the list of dead and
wounded so far as known. 1t VIII be
seen that the list does not harmonic
With the reports made by the officials
OF the company.
The Dead.
William Down. Detroit. fireman Of
No. 13.
C W. Baldorf ashley. fireman -
| No. Is.
James Brown. porter, chicago.
T. n Buela Pontiac
/ George ". YoUmans, Kansas city.
Job Witcheu Witchell Sons & Co.
| Detroit.
Vida Dess. Tuperville. Ont.
Sister-in-law Of Demoeneo POsterano
and her child.
GiTOlOno TriOnO
| Carlo TriOnO-
/ Dominic CrebarO
Hermann Poesche. IS Dearborn street
Chica.so-