The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-29
WABASH RAILROAD WRECK
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I the bodies of the dead and those of
 the injured who were pinned down were
 being burned.
 The scene which followed was heart
 rending in the extreme. The spot
 where the wreck occurred was in the
 open country and facilities for aiding
 the injured were extremely inadequate.
 As soon as the news of the disaster
 reached here, relief train was des-
 patched to the scene with score or
 more of surgeons on board. Farmers
 from nearby and those who escaped
 from the wreck alive made heroic ef-
 forts to rescue the less fortunate. The
 condition of the wreck was such that
 in the darkness it was impossible to render immediate aid.
 Considerable light was shown on the cause for the disaster by the orders which the conductor of the west-bound train showed as his authority for pro- ceeding past Sand Creek.
 The order which was delivered to the train at Holloway read as follows:
 Order No. S2 trains No. 13 and 3.
 NO. engine 609 will meet No. 13 at Seneca and No. 3, engine 623, Sand Creek. Engines No. sS and 151 will dou- be head No. 13."
 The cab of engine Ss which had been forced on top of engine 151 in the col lision was still resting there.
 Although Engineer Strong of the east-bound limited saw the light of the approaching train while yet some five i,xI,t he did not check his speed, because, as he said, he supposed No. 13 was wait ing on siding at Sand Creek.
 After reaching Detroit o-day Strong said: 'I read my orders that I was to stop at Sand Creek, and evidently the other crew read theirs to stop at Sen eca I know that there were four of us that read my orders the same-the fireman. conductor, brakeman and my self. I lost my orders in the confusion of the wreck but the records will show other crews orders
 When I first saw the headlight of the other train it was far enough away so presume I could have stopped, but you know how 1t is with these electric headliehts-you can't tell anything about how far away they are, It was on straightaway track and I thought they were waiting for me at Sand Creek. The doubtless thought we were stopped at Seneca, and so both of us came on at full speed.
 we must have been running fifty miles an hour. When we saw that they were on top of us l saw I must jump There was a bridge right ahead and I 1idn't want to fall in that, so I waited until we were past it and fell. There was only a slight embankment and the crash came right after I left go. 'oled fully three rods. When I came .o there was my engine on one side If me and the trucks of the second car, which was telescoped. on the other"
 Superintendent Burns said to-day hat Engineer Strong of train No. 4 1 vas responsible "His orders" said he, clearly directed him to pass train No. | 3 at Seneca. He evidently forgot them | or he did not stop there and the col ision result ed"
 Superintendent Burns places the mon- tary loss at $4s,000.
 The flames started below the emil rant cars and here the heaviest loss ccurred, it being estimated that about fifty persons, men, women and chill ren. were burned to death. The loss n the rest of the train was not heavy, he shock being borne by the forward ars.
 The immigrant train was made up of inc cars behind two engines Six of here cars were iammed together The inmates fought madlv n heir attempt to crawl out of the win ows and doors, thus hindering each ther so that the most of them were ma ble to escape. Very soon the wreck ge began burning fiercely and those in he cars were slowly roasted to death. "It was verita ble hell of fire" said ictor c. Greenbaum of New York city, ,ho escaped with slight injuries Some of the people who came hurry ,g to the scene from farm house in le vicinity stood about the wreckage elplessly with their hands to their ITS and their eyes averted because the 'ightful spectacle was more than they ,uld bear
 In the semi darkness, illumina ted