The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-29
While Others Assert the Killed Num-
ber Eighty More and the In
jured over One Hundred.
MANY BODIES INCINERATED
AT LEAST NINETY SAID TO HAVE
BEEN REDUCED TO ASHES.
Injured I'm the Peru Hospital Doing
weII-Enort to Fix ResPOnsi-
bility for the Disaster.


DETROIT Mich. Nov. 2s--when night
fell over the scene of yesterday evenings
calamity on the Wabash Railroad near
Seneca, Mich, those who had been investi-
eating the disaster had found nothing to
alter the estimate of about eighty-five lives
lost as a result of the collision. Superin-
tendent George NJ. Burns, Of the division
on which the wreck occurred, insists that
the estimates too high. Il don't con-
sider," said he, that the total death list
will exceed twenty" However. in support
of the larger estimate, it is pointed out
that there are now fourteen passengers
known to be dead. The bodies of eight of
these have been recovered and it is con-
sidered that the fragments of other bodies
now in the mOrgue at Adrian will account
for many more than the twelve dead neces-
sary TO make up Superintendent Burns's
estimate of twenty. In addition to the COM
paratively few fragments recovered and
sent to the morgue those who were early
on the scene say that many more pieces
were discovered which crumbled to powder
while they were being removed.
superintendent Burns said tonight thal
he was unable to tell the exact number of
italian immigrants aboard train No. 13,
but thought there were not more than
fifty. Passengers on the train and a num-
ter of those who were early on the scene
dispute this and say the number was nearer
eighty Superintendent Burns has received
no report as yet from Ticket Collector
Eames, of train No. Is, who probably
knows nearer than any one else the num-
Der of Italians in the cars.
A list of the killed and injured, made from
official and unofficial reports. follows:
Dead
GEORGE w. YOUMANS, Kansas City.
JOB wITCHELL. Detroit
IDA DANHART, Perville, Ont
WILLIAM ID. DOWD, Del Ray, fireman
No. IL.
c. W. BALDORF. Ashley. fireman No. l3.
JAMES BROWN. porter. Chicago.
e n. BEUELLE, of Pontiac
z. n. DENELLE, Detroit
FOUR ITALIANS.
injured
JAMES p. TAYLOR, Bronson, Mich.
face and leg cut
A. C. HART. brakeman. Deroit, head
cut and knee hurt
ENGINEER WERK. nose broken and
hurt internally.
ENGINEER STRONG, left leg sprained
and left shoulder hurt.
ENGINEER PARKS. left leg mashed and
hurt internally.
+. w. PIERCE. Chester, Mont. slight
FRANK BEIDLER. Baltimore. ribs
broken.
SALTA ROCKS, Barnside, H., slightly.
LOUIS SHOEMAKER. Adrian. Mich.
hip injured
VICTOR COHEN, Brooklyn, slightly.
JESSIE WILLIAMS, Detroit. back and
hip.
GEORGE F. WHITE New York. serious.
MRS. THOMAS CREHAN. Buffalo. leg
injured.
wINFRED CREHAN. Batavia. N. Y;
slight.
DIR. BANEARD. Logansport, Ind; stom-
ach.
MRS. NJ. :. STRINGER, BeIIeville.
Mich: spine and skull
5. L. SMITH. Detroit; leg broken.
MOULTRIE GRIEG, Joplin, Mo-;
bruised.
NJ. Z. GILLEN. Fairbury. Neb.; cut on
hands.
N b. RICHARDSON. Detroit; cut on
head, badly.
III. c. WHELNEY. Grand Rapids, Mich; &;
G. w. SWEENEY. Detroit; bruised about
head and legs.
ST. CARROLL, Tonawanda. N. Y; bad
~ bruised.
AMELIA KOLoN, Globevine. Col;
slightly.
MRS. JOSEPH JAKsA, Globevine, Col; (;
slightly.
KATHRINE FLUT, Denver; slightly.
ANA KRASOVEC, Denver; injured in
head.
The names OF a large number OF Italians
are also given. The foregoing list is made
I'D mostly from names received by the
Wabash officials. Many others were in
fured. but revised list was not given out
tonight.
Coroner Hamilton, of Adrian, this after
noon impaneled a jury and will begin an
fnqlest into the disaster tomorrow MORN
ing All the jurors prominent in the
business affairs OF Adrian. No steps have
been taken as vet toward the arrest of
Engineer strong. whom Superintendent
Burns says is responsible for the collision.
The official list Of the dead given to the
local papers shows the names Of hut ten
dead and forty-eight injured, but Detroit
newspaper men who were at the scene of
the wreck and talked with survivors Of
both trains. say that the official list does
not bear out the statements OF the passen-
gers nor Is il evidence Of the horrible loss
Of lie 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 leo and that the
statements made b. the Italian immigrants
or one OF the wrecked trains bear out this
claim. These immigrants say there were
about i25 Of their nationality the train
and that only about twenty-five Of them
escaped. While there are only ten of them
known TO be dead. IL il asserted that the
other ninety were incinersted and that with
the removal OF the wreekase the bodies