The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
HUMAN FRAGMENTS.
Four COfffns Full Gathered Up
From Wabash Wreck.

Adrian, Mich, Nov 29.-It is be1iev-
ed now that the last of the bodies re-
covered from the Wabash wreck near
Seneca Wednesday night and brought
here, has been identified. Mayor Rey-
nolds today received a telegram dated
Sherman, Texas, saying:
Can you advise if Ann Upton, an
old lady with ticket sold here to Chat
(signed) VIM. UPTON"
Mayor Reynolds wired back a de-
Scription of the old lady to Mr.. Upton
and it is believed the remains will be
ordered shipped to Texas before the day
is over
At noon today only the bodies of
Porter James Brown and that of the
old lady remained in the morgue here.
The porter's body will be shipped TO
Englewood this afternoon where his
wife and children live. All the burned
and blackened fra gments of what were
once human beings, have been placed
in caskets and will be buried this after
noon in Oak Grove cemetery. There are
four caskets filed with these pieces.
Coroner Hamilton began an inquest
into the disaster at 10 o'clock this
morning in the court house building.
Detroit, Nov. 29.-When Conductor
Martins statement placing the blame
for the Wabash disaster on him was re-
peated to Engineer Strong, the engineer
said:
II have not denied at any time that
we received such an order. l only say
that if we did get such an order, 1 mis-
read and misunderstood and that 1
should have been set right by the con-
ductor. My fireman will tell you, that
he too understood that we were to meet
both trains at Sand Creek instead of
Seneca.
IF L made an error, was not alone
to blame. The other members of the
crews must have understood as I did or
else they would have corrected me-
Engineer Strong attaches RESPONSE
bility to the conductor and brakeman
r.s~~, IL hot n
had understood he was to meet No. 13
at Seneca he would have blown one long
and one short blast Immediately after
whistling for the Seneca station when
his train was a half mile from that
point
Not having done so, he claims that
either the conductor or the brakeman,
if they understood the meeting order to
read Seneca should have whistled him
down by pulling the cord twice.
THINKS ESTIMATE TOO HIGH.
Pietro Cardiello, Italian consular
agent in Detroit, returned to the city
today from the scene of the Wabash
wreck near Seneca to which he had hur-
ried to look after the interests of his
burned to death. He said he was not
yet able to form anything like correct
estimate of the number of Italians
killed. while I cannot tell how many
We're killed. said he, Il am inclined to
think the estimates thus far are a trifie
exaggerated shall do everything in
my power to determine the number of
Italian victims and to secure informa-
tion concerning them, but it will re-
quire time. 1t will probably be neceS-
sary to send to Italy for the names of
emigrants who were on the train and
check the list with those who escaped" !"
Whether the terrible loss of life sus-
tanned by the Italians will be made the
subject of correspondence between the
Italian and United States government
the consul could not say. TT is not my
Dlace to notify the italian government, -
he said. That would come within the
jurisdiction of Count Rozwadowski, the
consul at Chicago, who will also look
after the injured victims in the Peru
hospitals. / have no doubt that he has
already advised our government of the
accident