The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
MANY KILLED
INCOLL |. ||.'';;
Two Fast Passenger Trains De
rnolisll Each Other Near N
Grand Rapids.
WIND BLEW OUT RED LIGHTS
This Brought tile Trains, Crowd
ed With Holiday Travel, To-
getllcr on Grade Curve.
nv Associated press1

2sS, ~ (ByF Associated Press.) MEi ilts5.34
e GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Dec 26.-sev.
entcer persons arc dead and thrty-one M
iured, several Of them fatally, as the re-t
b two passenger trains on the Pere MARI
$quette Railroad, onc-half mile west "
East Paris, and six miles cast Of this
city.
The collision, which was .head-on, was
CAUSED. according to statement issued
by the officials OF the road at the general
Offices In Detroit by the high wind blow.
ing out tho red signal lamp at McCords.
where the est-bound train, No 8. should
have stopped and received orders to pa 8
the east-bound train at Fox. The officials
deny report that mLsunderstan d!ng of
orders on the part OF one Of the engineess
was responsible To-. the collision.
According To tho statement OF the OIL.
ciuls. the trains were originally to have
met and passed Mt 0nkdale Park. tut
Ito help the east bound train the dis
tpatcher Issued new orders. fixing Fox as
Z the meeting place. The east-bound train
received Its orders to this effect. and tho
west-bound should have received this or
der at A1cCord's. Instead 1t rushed by this
station, and the operator there, after re-
porting this fact. found on going out o
the platform that his red signal lamp
which had been burning two miru'es
before, was out, presumably extinguiihed
by the high wind that was blowing.
TIE killed:
81 ENGINEER CHARLES a. STOD-l
f DARD. Detroit 8
E WILLIAM HELM RICH. Grand Rapids.
CHARLES a. 6TEVINR. Grand Rapids.
WILLIAM SMITH. farmer, near saranu-
ca, Mich
? r Il 2to npt1e Mfrh /.
PETER wIERDNGo Grand Rapids.
Seven unidentified bodies Of men.
Two women and boy unidentified.
j, Fireman Ed. Burns. missing and sup
posed to be under the wreck. n
The Injured were all Michigan people.
Met With Crash.
The trans met with n terrific crash,
the baggage and smoking cars benlnd
each locomotive being instantly reduced
to n pile Of kindling wood. The eng'E'es
were co-rrletcV wrecked. the boiler OF
that which had pulled the easi-bound
train being torn completely from Tire run
nirg gear ard riding perpandlcularly IN
"a ditch at the side of the track.
Engineer Frank Waterman. who su, !
v,ved the catastrophe says he and his
fireman E. B. Moon. we're causht like
rats in n trap. He says he never 6n "
Il tho, east-tound tr7in. TIE y era p y 2 nd
the means Of sthe In turcd We're heard by
nearby .farTnars. who rushed to- tbs
scene to lend asviet4 nee. No person. ot-
fcuirying cars other than the baggage
and smoking cars with very few ex-
ceptiors was seriously irturei.
The Work of Rescue.
Within two minutes the unniured malc
passengers and those of the train crews
who were not hurt had begun the work
Of rescue. Travelling Aren't Frank Hew-.
lit. OF the Pere Marquette. who was on
the train bound for Detroit and who
escared with slight injuries. ran to the
nearest Telegraph o"7ce and te'eeraphed
for w1,ecH'ng train and surgeons.
Guided by rnoans and cries from the
wrecked cars. the rescuers.rby the light
of lanterns. delved into the wrecKase
and with fence raw and ttmt'ers Tor
levers, pred out the sufferers. spe-
&cinl train bearing surgeons and Officials
was made up here Immediately after
TIA news was received and arrived a
tie wreck Mt 7:l5 o'clock. s,
TEose of the. injured who had been ex-
Strcnted were Immediately taken INTO
the train and given emergency surgical
aid. and the officials Joined In the rescue
work When all the injured had been
taken out OF the wreck the hosn'tal train
was rusr,,d back to Grand Rapids, where
nv, huIarces were in waiting to carry
them to hospitals, where all arrange
ments h-d tecn made for their rccep-'
ton. The uninjured passengers were
also brought back here