The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-04
ANOTHER RAILROAD DISASTER.
Terrible Wreck on the Wabash-Over
100 Killed or Injured,

Detroit, Nov. 29.-FrOm 100 to $50
persons were killed or injured ton
night in the most disastrous railroad
wreck in the history of Michigan rail
reading. Two heavily loaded passen-
ger trains on the Wabash railroad col
lided head on at full speed. one mile
cast OF Seneca, the second station
west OF Adrain. The west bound
OF two cars loaded with immigrants
and five other coaches We're smashed
and burned with awful loss of life
and fearful injuries. The east bound
train. the Continental limited, suf-
fered in scarcely less degree.
The track in the vicinity of the
wreck is strewn with dead and dying
Many physicians from Detroit have
gone to the scene.
No. 4, the Continental limited, it
is believed, disobeyed orders in not
waiting at Seneca for No. 10, thereby
causing the wreck.
Apparently orders to wait were dis
obcyed, and the probabilities are the
reason will be never known, as the
train crews undoubtedly met instant
death.
Auvices from the wreck at mid
night state that the country for miles
AROUND is lighted up by the burning
cars ana that the flames could not
be qUonched because of lack of prop
Cr apparatus.
Mangled bodies were picked up
along the track by farmers before the
special train sent from Adrain ar
rived on the scene. In some instances
he bodies were mangled beyond rec
ognitiOn. The bodies which the res
cuers managed to pull from the burn
ing ruins of the immigrant cars were
so badly burned that their identity
will never be aScertained.
Train No. - was a regular train
carrying two cars of immigrants 60
ing west and was behind time. This
train was composed of seven coaches.
hauled by two engines. Reports diff
fer as to the number of coaches car
rying the immigrants. One says there
| were but two and another says there
were five or six coaches carrying this
class of tourists. 1t is not believed
that any Detroit people were injured,
as train No. 3, Immediately behind
| No. Is, contained the Detroit passen-
J gers for Chicago.
of an engine, baggage car. combina-
ton coach and sleeper. The trains
came together one mile east of Sen
eca under full head of steam. All
but the two rear coaches on the west
bound train were demolished and the
coach on the other was telescOped.
| Five of the cars on train No. 13
caught fire and are still burning. The
loss of life is estimated at 100 on this
train The loss of life on No 4 is
said to be %. Engine No. SO of train
Is exploded. and engine 600 on No.
turned over into ditch. Two
fremen and one engineer on No. IL
were killed and the fireman and en-
gineer on No. jumped and escaped.
Among the great list of dead only
one name is known here at present.
This is Miss Didi Denied of Upper
vile. Ont She was alive when res
cued and with her expiring breath
sad: Notify William Moore" that
was all
at this hour. owing to imperfect
facilities for getting news. it does
not seem likely that complete LIST
of the dead and injured or any OF
the details of the wreck will be at
hand before tomorrow morning. 1t
is estimated that upward of 500 per-
sons were on the two trains.