Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-29
NUMBER OF
VICTIMS REDUCED
It May be Only About Forty We're
Killed In Seneca Disaster
CONDUCTOR MARTINS STORY
Took Orders 90 Englneer strong aud
Read Them stallaus Came
from Nor, Italy.


Detroit, Mon, Nov ga News
special from Adrian, Aloh,, says that
according to Romano ~ schiayon,, OF
Chicago, through whom was arranged
the transportation 60 California Of the
Italians killed IN W@'ncsday nights
wreck on the Wabash there were only
about nfty immIgrano on the vest
bound train. II This be true il reduces
the death list BY almost half and the
number Of dead Victims between forty
and ffty. Atty. a. NJ. zelensty, repre-
senting Counselor Levy at Chicago at
the inquest here, says that schinyoae
told him last night IN Chicago that al
though he had not yet received lull re-
turps he did not believe there were over
fifty Immigrants on the wrecked train.
CONDUCTOR MARTINS STORY.
Detroit, Mich. Nov, 2S,.- Conductor @.
j. Martin, of Wabash train No. 4, which
c0lided with train No ~ near Seneca
Wednesday nighb causing the loss of
about eighty lives HaiQ today that the
orders gwen him at MOntpeier were TO
pass No. IS at Seneca my orders,
said he, (which 1 took TO Engineer
Strong and read over % him anG Wnleh
agreed with ms orders, read No 4,
engine coo, viii meet so 10, engines 50
and l5l at Seneca ana 40, ., engine G2S,
AT sand Creek After receiving these
orders ] remember asking the agent at
Montpelier whether the new sizing at
Seneca would contain my train.
II was toward the rear OF the chair
car fixing up passengers ticket when
] saw the station lights Of Seneca liasn
by and Immediately felt the air brake
applied. / felt no alarm, surprising The
engineer was slowing down Tor the east
switch, In order to SEE the numbers Of
lS's engines which supposed had
cleared.
Just then the brakeman. who had
been on the lookout, came hurrying into
the chair car and pulled the cord twice.
What 10 II TonyY ( called We're
going through Seneca, he angwered,and
an instant later the crash came
This bears out Supt. Burns statement
that Engineer Strong OF No I, either
illN NliQtI eAbbu vi IIats0A UiN VI filfa tAiaN
ran by Seneca where ne was ordered
TO pass No. 10,
NYapn Cea4geioe Naf@n's attachment
was repeated TO Engineer Strong the
engineer said
Il have not denied at any time that
we received such an order. only
say that II we did get such an order
| misread and misunderstood II and
that / should have been set right by the
conductor My fireman will tell you
that he, too, understood that we were
to meet both trains at Sand creek in
stead Of Senaca.
IF | made an error | was not alone
TO blame. The other three members OF
the crew must have understood as |
did or else they would have corrected
me-"
Engineer Strong attaches responsible
lily to the conductor and brakeman for
the simple fact, he says that II he
had understood he was TO meet No. 10
at Seneca he would have blown one
long and one short blast Immediately
after whistllng FOR the Seneca station
when his train was half mile from
that point, Not having done SO he claims
that either the conductor or the brake
man. II they understood the order to
read Seneca. should have whistled him
down by pulling the cord twice.
CAME FROM NORTHERN ITALY,
Detroit, Mich, Nov. 29.--Father |
Francis Beccherini, pastor OF the Ital-
ian church OF San Francisco, In this |
city, went to the Wabash wreck near
Seneca yesterday. in the hope OF aid |
ing some OF his oountrymen. From |
Giovanni Folorono, the young Italian |
who Is dying In the farmhouse nearest |
the wreck, and from papers In his pock- |
cts, Father Beccherlni found that the |
party OF immigrants came from the |
northern part OF Italy. rolorono
comes from Cariclno In the province Of
Sondrio.
The party came on the steamer La |
Campania. Arriving in New York the
band went TO some Mulberry street |
banker as the small italian bankers l
are called. and exchanged their money. |
Then they were given tickets 10 San
Francisco. The priest Ia sure the inn
migrants were bound for San Francisco
as in Foloronos pocket was his ticket
for that point.
but how" asked the father, "did
this boy get out of Italy. how into this
country. He Is under IS years of age:
he has not passport from Italy.
think ] know. These men were beng |
brought over on contract as laborers
70 be taken out TO San Francisco.
Folorono could not even tell me how
many came across with him or were
on the train. When ! asked him who
got him to come over he looked susnl-
cious al once and | could see that he
had bee instructed TO say nothing. He
only answered that "a man" had
brought them across 10 work He said
he had been given The S25 which he
had with him by . certain Mulberry
street banker whom know of. have
already written to this Mulberry street
banker 10 find out how many came and
who thew were"
WHAT ITALIAN CONSUL SAYS.
Detroit Mich. Nov. 29.-Pietro Car.
Hello Italian consular agent in De-
troit, returned TO the city today from
he scene Of the Wabash wreck near
Seneca to which he had hurried TO look
after the interests OF his countrymen,
70 many OF whom were burned 10
ieath. He said he was not yet able
o form anything Ike correct list
n the number Of Italians killed.
While cannot ten how many were
titled said he II am inclined 10 think
he estimates thus far are a trine ex-
legerated. I shall do everything IN my
'ower 70 determine the number Of 1tal-
an victims end to secure information
concerning them, but Il will require
inc. II viii probably be necessary 10
end TO Italy for the names OF the Inn
migrants who were on the train and
hen check the list with those who es-
aped."
Whether the terrible loss Of life sus-
aimed by the 1talians WIN be made the
ubteci OF correspondence between tho
Italian and United States governments I