Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05

coaches and a baggage car. jumped.
So did my fireman. The first car was
strong and was not smashed. The
second collapsed and not soul es-
capped"
Willard Stearns, editor American
press, returned from the wreck at
2:3O a. III. and telephoned the follow
ing to the American Press associa-
ton:
"The cause of the disaster was the
misleading of his order by Engineer
Strong of the Continental limited.
The order read: Pass at Seneca
but Strong understood it to read Sand
Creek. The conductor OF the train
read the order rightly, but he did not
know the engineer misunderstood i
and supposed his train was going onthe
siding. Finding the train to be run.
ming rapidly the conductor put on the
air brakes himself. but was too late"
Eighty At Least Killed.
Detroit, Mich, Nov. 2S.-The latest
reports from Adrian are to the effect
that there are so dead and $50 injured
twenty-five seriously. Fifty of the so
were killed outright
Guesses at Dead.
Detroit, Nov 30.-An interview last
evening with Thomas E. Moran, depu-
ty customs collector of this port, prac-
tically verifies the estimate that at
least so lives were lost in Wednesday
nights holocaust near Seneca. The
two immigrant cars in which the
greatest loss Of life occurred and in
which so many victims were roasted
to death were part of train No. 10
which crossed the Detroit river from
Canada on the ferry boat Great West
ern Wednesday afternoon and Moran
inspected the baggage and its passen-
gers. He says at the very least cal
culation there were 100 Italians in the
two cars. In addition there were ten
more in the smoking car which was
ahead of the immigrant cars Official
advices of the Wabash railroad say OF
the Italians in the wreck "a escaped
unhurt and 10 were injured and taken
to the company's hospital at Peru,
Ind. Subtracting these from the 10
immigrants that Moran says were on
the train, leaves the death loss of
Italians alone at rs. These bodies
were burned to ashes in the fire which
followed the wreck In addition eight
other bodies were recovered and iden-
tilted which makes a total of 81 dead.
Survivors Tell of Wreck.
Des Moines. Nov. 30.-Five Aus
TRANS, survivors of the wreck on the
Wabash at Seneca, Mich, arrived here
yesterday to work in the coal mines of
Marquisville. They occupied the
third coach in the wrecked immigrant
train and graphically describe the aw-
full scene in the car. A babe, with is
lower limbs torn off, lay near them
crying for its mother, while they were
pinned under the wreckage They
give their names as Vena Kazelichty
George Kazelichty, Verny Svob, Josef
Shonoyder and Philip Mihagevich.
Says Report Is Too High.
Detroit. Mich, Nov. 30.-When seen
last night by reporter Supt. Burns
Of the Wabash railroad says the death
loss in the wreck was being estimated
very much too high. He expects a
complete list of the immigrants on
train No. 13 tomorrow when an official
statement will be issued He says
"As near as l can estimate now there
are % dead. We have identified
s bodies and believe fragments found
represent fourteen other bodies"
Burns declares Collector Moran's esti-
mate is too high.
Says There Were 1871 on Board.
Adrian, Mich, Nov. 3O.-Just before
the coroner's inquest on the Wabash
wreck adjourned late last night Con
ductor Trowl of No. 10 train testified
there were 100 passengers on board.
AT Holloway he received orders to
meet No. 4 at Seneca. He gave a
copy of the order to each of his en-
gineers. He said: I'VE had 1S1 pas
sengers out of Detroit. l get my fig
ures from the collector on the train"