The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-28
1 RAILROAD DISASTER From 100 to 15o Persons Killed or Injured in
 Head-0n Collision
 on the Wabash. p0Tu TphIMc pAccrNrCpc
BOTH TRAINS PASSENGERS
WORST WRECK THE HISTORY OF
 MICHIGAN RAILROADS.

WORST WRECK IN THE HISTORY or
 MICHIGAN RAILROADS.
 Track strewn With Dead and Dying
 Many Physicians Sent From Detroit
 Continental Limited Thought to Have
 DisObeyed Orders-ShouId Have Wait
 ed for an Emigrant Train at Seneca
 but Proceeded the Collision Thus Oc-
 curring-Cars Take Fire.
 Detroit, Nov 27.-From 100 to 150 per
 sons were killed or injured tonight in
 the most disastrous railroad wreck in
 the history of Michigan railroads. Two
 heavily loaded passenger trains on the
 Wabash railroad collided head-on at full speed one mile east of Seneca, the second station west of Adrian. The
 west-bound train of two cars loaded
 with immigrants and five other coaches
 was smashed and burned with the re- suit of awful loss of life and fearful in- juries to a majority of it's passengers. The east-bound train, the Continental Limited, suffered in scarcely less de- gree. The track in the vicinity of the wreck is strewn with dead and dying. Many physicians from Detroit have gone to the scene.
 The Continental Limited had engine No. 609, Engineer Strong and Conductor G. J. Martin, and the emigrant train, a double header, had engine No. SS and Eingineer Work and engine No. 151, Engineer Parks and Conductor Charles Troll. The Continental Limited, it is believed, disobeyed orders in not walt ing at Seneca for the emigrant train, thereby causing the wreck.
 The track at the point where the col lision occurred was straight, and at first the officials could not understand how the accident could have happened. The emigrant train, which ordinarily is due to leave Detroit at 2:30 o'clock, was two hours late, leaving at APO. The two trains met at Montpelier Ohio, accord ing to schedule, but the Continental Limited had orders to wait for the em- igrant train at Seneca. The blame is, therefore, placed on the conductor or engineer of the Continental. Had this train been held at Seneca the accident would not have occurred. The Conti- mental was due at Seneca at 6:43, ac- cording to the change in schedule, but apparently orders to wait were d'so- beyed, and the probabilities are that the story of why will never be told, as the train crews undoubtedly met in- stant death.
 Advices from the wreck at midnight state that the country for miles around is lighted up by the cars, and that the flames could not be quenched because of lack of proper apparatus. Mangled bodies were picked up along the track by the farmers before the special train sent from Adrian arrived on the scene. In some instances the bodies were man gled beyond all recognition. The bodies which the rescuers managed to pull from the burning ruins of the immi- grant cars were so badly burned that their identity will probably never be ascertained.
 The emigrant train was a regular train carrying two cars of immigrants going west, and was behind time. This train was composed of seven coa ches, hauled by two engines, Nos. sS and 151 Reports differ so far as to the number of coaches carrying immigrants.
 One says there was but two and another says there were five or six coaches carrying this class of travellers.
 It is not thought that any Detroit people were injured, as train imme- diat behind the emigrant train con- tained the Detroit passengers for Chi cago.
 The Continental limited, east bound, was made up of an engine, baggage cars combination coach and sleeper. The trains came together one mile east pf Seneca under a full head of steam. All but the two rear coaches of the amierant train. the west bound train, were demolished, and the coach If the Continental was telescoped Five If the cars on the emigrant train caught fire and are still burning. The oss of life is estimated at 100 on this train. The loss of life on the Conti- ,ental limited is said to be twenty-five. Engine SS of the emigrant train ex- ,1oded and engine 609 on the Continent II turned over into a ditch Two fire men rain WAS killed and the fireman and engineer on the Continental engine jumped and escaped.
 As soon as the news of the disaster cached Division Superintendent Burns ,r Detroit the wires were kept hot or lering specials from Adrian, Peru and Montpelier to the scene of the wreck. 4 special train from Detroit carrying hirty-two physicians and surgeons tarted for Seneca and was given the ight of way. When it reached the cene of the wreck, the work was com nenced at once of succoring the wounded A special from Adrian bear ng all the doctors and surgeons in the ity had been at work for an hour, but he flames retarded the work of rescue. ,he wounded had been placed on tretchers in the coaches sent from Adrian.
 At 1O:45 o'clock the first train loaded rith wounded left the scene of the rack for Adrian The dead were left
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