The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
HARD TO GET NEWS FROM
SCENE OF THE WRECK

Detroit. Mich. Nov. 2S-The latest re-
ports from Adrian are to the effect that
there are eighty dead and $50 injured, of
which twenty-five cases are serious
Fifty of the eighty dead were killed out
right. Among the dead are;
James Brown, porter Detroit
Job Witchell, shoe manufacturer, De
E. n. DeneU. Detroit.
George ". YeOmans, capitalist, Kansas
City, Mo.
Among the injured are:
Mrs. N. z. Stringer. Bellevue, Mich
spine injured. skull fractured, may die
Frank Beidler. Baltimore, ribs broken.
Salla Sock, Burnside, His, slight.
Louis Shoemaker, Adrian, Mich, hip
Victor Cohen. st. Paul
Jessie Williams, Detroit, back and hip
hurt.
Thomas Crehan. Buffalo. leg injured.
D. BaneaTd LOgansport, Ind, inter
Anna Kasov, Denver. Colo, injured
about head.
Mrs. Joseph Jacksa, Globeviile, Colo.'
S. F. Carroll. Tonawanda, N. Y, badly
bruised.
L. Lloyd, Kempton, n. D, head badly
injured.
Victor Cohen, St. Paul, MINI, hit on
head by water bottle.
Frank r. Biedelin, Baltimore, left arm
II. Walter Cries. Joplin No, serious.
E. f. Smith, Detroit slight.
George Prefer Detroit, not serious.
w Z. Gillen. jumped from smoker
window with four others and cut seri-
ously.
- Ellardel, porter. slight.
S. McLemOre. porter No. Is, slight.
Mrs. NJ. I. Chreion. Buffalo
Mrs Richards, residence unknown.
George S. Elliott, South Sebec, Ne, not
Victor Greenbaum. New York, slight
H G. Whitney Grand Rapids. in car
on east bound train. which was tele-
Walter Greig. Joplin. Mo. badly hurt
about the head
T. A. Palmer, the conductor of the par
loT car, got out all right.
Engineer Makes Statement.
Engineer Strong makes the following
statement: Il was running SiXty-flVe
miles an hour when / saw light on the
west bound train I shut down to fifty
miles We had seven coaches and bag
gage car I jumped. as did my fireman.
The first car was strong and was not
smashed. The second collapsed and not
a soul escaped"
Willard Stearns. editor of the Adrian
Press, who had just returned from the
wreck at 2:3O g. m, teleDhoned particu-
lars to the Associated Press. Mr.. SteaTns
said 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 il to read Sand Greek. The
conductor OF the train read the order
rightly He did not know that the en-
gineer had misunderstood it and sup
posed that his train was going on sid
ing Finding that the Irain was running
RAPIDLY the conductor put on the air
brakes himself. but ne was too late and
lust then the engineer set the brakes TO
try to avert the force of the collision.
The engineers leg was broken and he
was otherwise injured
Seven Dead Taken Out.
Seven dead were taken out of one car
Of the Continental limited All those on
that train who were killed were on that
car, which was between the smoker and
dining cars. The bulk OF the injured per-
sons were taken to Peru. Ind, and Mont
peIier o.. the tracks of the Detroit x
Lima Northern and Cincinnati Northern
being utilized In getting around the
wreck.
Mr.. Stearns said that the scene Of the
wreck beggars description. The night Is
bitterly cold and as there is but one
farm house adjacent to the scene there
was but little shelter for the sufferers.
Matters are in an extremely chaotic
condition and there are scarcely any IA