Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-29
SEVENTY DEAD
IN THE WRECK.
Continued From First Page.)

Adrian.
At 4:15 the body of Fireman Calvin
Baldorf was discovered, jammed into
the wrecked cab of his engine No. ISL.
From the position of his body he had
evidently been In the act of feeding
the furnace when the two trains came
together. His body was badly crush
ed but still recognizable.
At Z o'clock the wreckers removed
the last piece of wreckage from the
tracks. 1t was engine 151, Although
considerably warped and bent Its
wheels are still true enongh, so that
they kept the track after the engine
had been pulled back on the rails and
It. was towed to the Seneca side track.
Although Engineer Strong of the
east-bound, saw the light of the ap-
preaching train while yet some five
miles away and down a straight track,
he did not check his speed, because. as
he said, he supposed No. 13 was wait
ing on siding ut Sand Creek.
After reaching Detroit Strong said:
bread my orders that was to stop
| ut IS'tut Sltth anu cNNChpy VIC oehSt
crew read theirs to stop at Seneca. l
know that there We're four OF us that
read my orders the same-the fireman,
the conductor, brakeman and myself.
lost my orders in the confusion OF
the wreck, but the records will show
what they We're and what the other
crews orders We're.
"When first saw the headlight of the
other train 1t was far enough away, so
presume, could have stopped, but
you know how it Is with those cleo
tric headlights; you can't tell anything
about how far away they are. 1t was
stralght-away track, and thought
they were waiting for me at sand
Creek. They doubtless thought we
were stopped at Seneca, and SO both
of us came on ut full speed.
1--WE must have been running 90
miles an hour. When we saw that
they We're on top of us, 1 saw must
Jump. There was bridge right ahead
and | did not want TO fall in that, so
l waited until we were past 1t and fell.
There was only slight embankment,
and the crash came right after l let
go. / rolled fully three rods. When
came to- there was my engine on one
side of ME and the trucks of the sec
ond car which was telescoped, on the
other"
Superintendent Burns said that I'm
gineer Strong of train No. 4 was re
sponsible. His ORDERS" said he, clear
ly directed him to pass train 13 at Sene
ca. He evidently forgot them, for hs
did not stop there and the collision re
suited" Superintendent Burns esti
mated the financial loss to the Wabash
at $4,000.
Engineer Parks, of the rear engine
of No 13, has his left leg broken anf
face cut He describes the collision
as follows:
1--WE had orders to meet train No
> 4 at Seneca and We're running about ~
miles an hour, The track Is straigh
. for several miles and / could see TN
headlight of No, / coming when w
were about three miles west or SANE
! Creek. / put on the alrbrakes and TN
shock came before had time to jump
r The three engines all piled up together
| was thrown through the roof or win
D dow of the cab, | don't know whici
The engine on train No. 4 fell to tn
g south and our two piled up together
picked myself up on the bank and the
another man crawled up to me-
was Engineer Work Both of our hr'
|
Coroner Hamilton, of Adrian, ha