The Monticellonian., 1903-05-07
DISASTER AT DETROIT.
Flyer From Chicago Dashes Into a Party of Excursionists
 From Toledo.
TEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
Victims Scattered Along the Track for II Distance of Two Blocks Horrible scenes Revealed by the Light of Eanterns-AII Ambu- Iances in City Rushed to Scene.


 Detroit Mich, May 4.-Grand Trunk Pan-American flyer from Chi cago ran into crowd of thousand people at the corner of De Quinder and Garfield streets at S:30 Sunday evening, killing ten to fifteen men and seriously injuring about thirty more. The majority of the killed and wound ed are from Toledo.
 Fifteen hundred Polanders from Toledo came up to Detroit, Sunday morning, on d special Lake Shore train to celebrate holiday. They left the train at the corner of De Quinder and Garfield streets and went over to St. Joseph's church, where they spent the day with that congre- gation.
 The Lake Shore tracks run out De Quinder street, and a special train was to stop for the Toledo excursion ists at Garfield avenue at 8:30. Ac- companied by hundreds of their local friends. waiting for the train, the eXcursionists iammed Garfield avenue some time before the train was due, in readiness for it. When the train was sighted the crowd pushed across the track and onto the Grand Trunk tracks, which adjoins those of the Lake Shore just as the Grand Trunk Pan-American flyer came laundering in from the west. The people were thrown into the air and dashed to either side of the track. Many of them were ground under the wheels. The police immediately were notified and all ambulanees in the city were rushed to the scene. The victims were scattered along the track for dis tance of two blocks.
 Lanterns were procured and the work of rescue began immediately. The scene reflected by the light of the lanterns was horrible. Gradually the mangled and crushed bodies were recovered and sent to the hospitals when there was q flicker of life left and to the morgue when there was none.
 Train Came Like n Meteor.
 Patrolman Schultz, who was one of the officers on duty at the crossing, said: I've made every effort to keep the people off the tracks, but it was impossible. There were 1,500 eXeur- sionists going back to Toledo and twice that number of local Poles who had been entertaining them were down at the crossing to see them off. Those behind pushed the foremost ones and they crowded under the gates which were down properly, or jumped over them, despite our best efforts. There was no warning whatever of the approaching Grand Trunk train. No whistle was blown and the bell was of those killed was small. considering tine number of people who were on the track for two blocks trying to be among the first to board the Lake Shore train and probably secure seats for the homeward Trip. The Grand Trunk train came out of the darkness up the track like meteor and was through the crowd almost before l realized what happened. \ terrible cry went up from those who had wit messed the accident and the rescuers swarmed down the track, The cries and moans of the injured guided us in the search and We picked them up on both sides of the track for two blocks. The sights were too sicllen- ing to describe. '
 George Bartlett is the aged gateman at the Garfield crossing, and he, too, insisted his gates were down.