The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED
Still Believed That Death LiSt
 Will Reach S5.
superintendent Burns of the Division on Which the Wreck Occurred
 Says Not More Than 20
 Lost Life.

Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2s.-When night fell over the scene of yesterday evening awful calamity on the Wabash Raiiroao' near Seneca, Mich, those who nao Dee" Investigating the disaster had found notn- ing to change the estimate or apout oo lives lost as a result of the collision. su- perintendent Burns of the division on which the wreck occurred, insists that the estimates are too high.
 .I do not consider" said he, that the total death list will exceed twenty"
 In support of the larger estimate. 1t Is ,nointed out that there are now 14 pas sengers known to be dead. The oooies of eight of these have been recovered and it is considered that the fragments of other bodies now in the morsue aI Adrian will account for many more than the twelve dead necessary to make up Superintendent Burns's estimate Of twen- ty. In addition to the comparatively rew fragments recovered and sent to the morgue those who were early on Ihe scene say that many more pieces were discovered which crumbled to powder while they were being removed.
 Superintendent Burns said to the Asso- ciated Press tonight that he was unable to tell the exact number of Italian lm- migrants aboard train No. 13, but thought there were not more than fifty. Passen- gers on the train and number Of those who were early On the scene, say the number was nearer eighty. f.
 Coroner Hamilton of Adrian this after noon impanelied jury and will begin an inquest into the list tomorrow morning. No steps have been taken as yet toward the arrest of Engiher Strong whom Su- psrintendent Burns says is responsible for the collision and holocaust ... The official list of the dead given to the local papers shows the names of but ten dead and forty-eight injured. but De- troit newspaper men who were at the scene of the wreck say that the onicial list does not bear out the statements or the passengers nor evidence of the horri- ble loss of life which they witnessed at the spot where the accident occurred. The Free Press tomorrow will say that the loss of life was in round numbers 100 and that the statements made by Ihe Italian emigrants on one of the wrecked trains bear out this claim. These emil grants say there were about 125 Of their nationality on the train and that only about twenty-five of them escaped.
 Tribune staff correspondent writing of the scenes about the wreck, says: Only one man was found who was an eye wit ness to the collision. A. w. Ely, 70 years O fage, residing at Seneca, stood at the depot platform and saw the immigrant train go down the level track to destruc- tion. After the crash, Ely was the first outsider on the ground
 "'When l got there the immigrant cars were already on fire.' said he, and the shrieks of the burned and injured were terrible. I got hold of one man in the collapsed car and pulled him out. He was horribly crushed and his legs were broken. He died almost as soon as l got him out of the car. Then l went to the burning car and what l saw made me wish l had never gone to the wreck. don't believe more than fifteen of the Italians got out of the wrecked cars. for I saw but very few. Those who did get out rushed around like crazy men, calling to Heaven for protection and weeping and wailing in their horror. Nothing could be done to save those pinned under the wreck and we had to see them burn to death. "
 No developments since daylight dawned on the horrid scene of wreckage on the Wabash Railroad near Seneca have tend ed to minimize or detract from last nights awful calamity.
 Most of the wreckage has been cleared from the track
 It continues to appear the number of dead victims will reach 80 to 100 and that more than the latter number are suf- fering greater or lesser injuries.
 Some of the railroad officials assert that the number of dead will not exceed 50, but the number of corpses and parts of hu- man forms being collected seem to indi- cate enlargement rather than diminution of last nights reports.
 The latest news from the scene Is being handled over a special wire arranged by the Associated Press.
 Considerable light was shed on the cause for the disaster by the orders which the conductor showed as his au- thcrity for proceeding past Sand Creek.
 The order, which was delivered to the train at Holloway, read as follows: 'Order No. 2.
 "Trains No. IS and 8; No {. engine 6O9. will meet No 13 at Seneca and No. ,. en- zine 62S. Sand Creek. Engines No. sS and l51 will double-head No. 13-''
 It is understood that the engineer and conductor of No. received q similar order at Montpelier. O., but if so, these orders were disregarded. If 1t develops that the orders issued to both trains were to the same end 1t is considered that the responsibility for the disaster rests who'll ly with the engineer and conductor of the eastbound Continental Limited.
 Many of the burned bodies cannot be Identified. Only six bodies have actually been recovered A small pile of crisp. blackened fragments that covered two etretchers was all that could be found. The following bodies are lying in the morgue at Adrian:
 Fireman Balderf of engine No. 5l, who Mas crushed to death fin his cab.
 James Brown, colOred, porter.
 F. N. Dennell, Detroit.
 George N. Youman, Kansas City.
 Job Mitchell, Detroit
 Unidentified woman.
 In addition to these Giovanni Folonarot lies in farm house near the scene of the wreck.