Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
DEATH IN
The GALE
Blowing Out of Signal
Light Causes
Wreck
ON THE MARQUETTE
Nineteen Die and
Twenty-Five are
Hurt.
ON THE MARQUETTE

Grand Rapids. Mich, Dec. 2S.-
Careful revision today of the list of
dead in Saturday nights wreck on the
Pere Marquette railroad at East Paris
shows Il total Of 10 victims. instead of
of 22, as reported last night. Today's
investigation shows that Allen :.
Well, of Big Rapids; Peter w. Wier-
eng. of Grand Rapids. and Il man nam
ed Peterson or ThomaSon. Of Sioux
City, Iowa. who were included in the
list of dead. were not killed. y mis-
take was also made in the name of
L. NJ Gillett. Of Portland. which
should have been William G.. Smith. of
Portland. The death list of 10 is de
clared to be correct 10y the Pere Mar
quette officials. The injured in the
hospital are reported to be doing as
well as could he expected.
Original List of Killed.
The dead are: Mr.. and Mrs. /. :
Baldwin and Louis Baldwin. their
SON. Nluliikcn. Mich; Lester Williams.
Lansing, Mich; Mrs. Daisy Giles. Low
ell. Mich: Burt Myers. Grandville,
Mich; Walter Jordan. Grand Rapids:
Joseph HUIlm (colored. Windsor,
Ont; Austin l. Wager. hagga gemaster,
and Charles y. Stoddard. engineer No.
6. Detroit; Charles y. Deyine. Grand
Rapids; William Heinrich. Detroit,
ggageman: +. NJ. Gi.Iet. Burr Oak
or Portland. Mich; Frank Burns. De
troit. fireman No. .; Allen Ii. Wells,
Big Rapids. Mich; Peter W. Wierengo.
Grand Rapids; George Dalmer, Detroit,
American Express agent on No. Is;
William Smith. Saranac, Mich; four
unidentified men.
VIII Increase the Death List.
The injured -Gerrit Motman. Grand
Rapids. internal injury and hip
crushed. dying; Charles West, Sara
nae Mich. both legs broken. left hand
torn off. probably fatal; John Clark,
Postville. Mich. skull fractured. nose
broken. serious; Michael NIaltburg.
Hart. Mich. badly burned legs, hand
and breast: ChaS. T. Chambers, IOnia,
Mich. injured about head. face. body,
hands and legs; Frank Waterman. De
troit. engineer No. >. serious. internal
injuries: J. c. Woodwork. Salem. Mich,
head and body: Edward Weigel, GranG
Rapids. right leg broken and head in
jUred: George Mel. Grand Rapids, con-
ductor train No. >. left leg broken and
badly injured about body: Il. E. Gay,
Detroit. brakeman head. body and
right leg injured; Harry Marcus, New
York city. LETT leg fractured. shOul-
dcrs hurt: f. Il. Moon. Grand Rapids,
fireman train No. >. head and body;
Mrs. II. Kent. Grand Rapids. inter
nally; G. y. BOtSfOrd. Pennington,
Mich. mail clerk train No. C. badly
cut; Mrs. II. o. Gray. Grand Rapids,
badly bruised: IL. q. Branch. Sunfieid.
Mich. badly: George CrammOnd, Grand
Rapids. collar bone broken. head and
leg; Andrew Sprague. Allegan, Mich,
head and body; Miss Gale Sprague,
AIlcgan. head: Claud' Brown. Grand
Rapids. leg broken; Mrs. II. Il. Street
or. Grand Ledge. Mich. head; How
ard Minor. Grand Rapids, left arm
broken; w. J. Barber. Muskegon
Heights. Mich. head and face; Rev.
James Humphrey, Lansing Mich. face;
Timothy Qualey. Grand Rapids. seri-
ously: J. T. Gould. Grand Rapids. hands
and shoulders; John Ross. Lansing.
legs and arms: Henry T. Pobs, Grand
Rapids. leg: Ada Keller. Clarksville
Mich. left leg.
CHARGED TO THE HIGH WIND