The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-30
EIGHTY WERE LOST
DETROIT EMIGRANT INSPECTOR
THUS ESTIMATES NUMBER
KILLED IN WRECK
GIVES REASONS FOR ESTIMATE
Supt. Burns Does Not Agree, but IN +.
sists That Number of Cremated
People Is Placed Much
Too High.

DETROIT, Mich Nov. 29.-An inter-
view this evening with Thomas E. Moran,
deputy customs collector at this port,
practically verifies the estimate that at
least eighty lives were lost in Wadnes-
days collision on the Wabash railroad,
near Seneca. The two immigrant cars
in which the greatest loss OF life occurred
and IN which so many of the wreck 1ic
tins were roasted to death. was part of
Train No. 10, which crossed Detroit riv
er from Canada on the ferryboat Great
Western "Wednesday afternoon, and Dep
uty Moran inspected the baggage of its
passengers. He said there were at the
least calculation 100 Italians in the two
ten more in the smoking car ahead of the
two emigrant cars.
Mr.. Moran says there. were about a
dozen women in the two cars and half
that number of children. AS he worked
through the train he noticed that there
were also six or seven Italians In the
chair car. which was the fifth car of the
train.
Supt. Burns Estimate.
Official advices to Supt. Burns, of this
division of the Wabasha, say that Of the
Italians i'll the wreck twenty escaped un-
hurt and We're taken to st. Louis, fifteen
are in the company's hospital at Peru,
Ind, there are six others in Peru and
two are near Adrian injured. Subtract
ing these 43 from the ITO immigrants,
Deputy Moran says were aboard the
train. leaves loss among the Italians
alone of sixtyseven. In addition eight
other bodies were recovered and identi-
fed, which makes total of seventy -five
dead.
When seen tonight by the Associated
Press, Supt. Burns, of the Wabash, in
sists that the death loss in the wreck
near Seneca Wednesday night was being
estimated very much too high. " Our at
torney, Mr.. Winston said he, has tele-
graphed to New York for complete list
of the immigrants that were on Train
Nov. 10, and when it is received, which
will probably be tomorrow, an official
statement will be issued by the road.
AS near as | can estimate now there are
twenty-five dead. We have eight identi-
rcd bodies, and we believe that the frag
nlents found represent fourteen other
bodies.''
Trafnmen Disagree.
Conductor G. ]. Martin, of Wabash
Train No. 4, which collided with Train
No. 10, said today that the orders Civ
Is at Seneca.
MY orders said he, which 1 took
to Engineer Strong and read over to him
and which agreed with his orders, read:
mo. 4, Engine 6O9, will meet No. 13. En-
gines So and Isl, at Seneca, and No. 8,
Engine 623, at Sand Creek. After re-
eeiving these orders, 1 remember asking
the agent at Montpelier whether the new
siding at Seneca would contain my train.
81 was toward the rear of the chair,
car fixing up a passengers ticket when I
saw the station lights of Seneca flash by
and Immediately felt the air brake APP
piled. / felt no alarm, supposing the en-
gineer was slowing down for the east
switch, in order to see the numbers of
12s engines, which 1 supposed had
cleared
Just then the brakeman, who had
been on the lookout came hurrying into
the chair car and pulled the cord twice.
What is-it, Tony?' I called.
We're going through Seneca, he an
swered, and an instant later the crash
came.''
This bears out supt. Burns statement