Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-29

Fortunate Errors.
Today's investigation shows that AL.
len H. Well of Big Rapids, Peter Wier-
engo of Grand Rapids and man nam
ed Peterson or Thompson of Sioux
City, Iowa, who were included in the
list of dead. were not killed. A mis-
take was also made in the name of F.
M. Gillett of Portland, which should
have been William G. Smith of Port
land. The death list of nineteen is
declared to be correct by the Pere
Marquette officials.
Injured Doing Well.
The injured in the hospitals are re-
ported to be doing as well as could be
expected
Prepare for Inevitable.
Before the frightful crash in which
two OF the finest trains in the service of
the Pere Marquette railroad were re-
duced to a mass of shattered and
twisted wreckage, nineteen per-
sons killed, and twenty-nine 9TH
ers injured, measures had been taxi
en- to send out relief trains and care
for the dead and mangled victims.
The red signal lantern, which was
hung out at McCord's early Saturday
evening to warn the westbound pas
senger train to stop for orders, was
blown out by the fierce blizzard which
prevailed, and as the ponderous train
thundered at terrific speed. the opera
tor, whose signal had been burning
brightly two minutes before, realized
that horrible catastrophe was inevi-
table, and at once called up the dis
patcher's office and the general super
intendent, and notified them that a
collision was inevitable.
Before word had come that the
trains had met, and over a score of
lives had been crushed out, prepara-
tions were under Wey to send out sur
geons and relief trains. The crash oc-
Cured near East Paris, and news of 1t
was sent in by conductor, who sur
vived the terrifying accident.
| The Dead.
BALDWIN, L. j., Mulliken, Mich.
BALDWIN, MRS. l.. j.. Mulliken,
Mich.
BALDWIN, LOUIS, their son, Multi
ken, Mich.
WILLIAMS, LESTER, Lansing.
Mich.
| GILES, MRS. DAISY, Lowell. Mich.
MYERS, BURT, Grandville and Lake
Odessa, Mich.
JORDAN WALTER, Grand Rapids.
HULLM, JOSEPH, (colored) Wind
sor, Ont.
WAGER. AUSTIN /. baggageman,
| Detroit
sToDDARD, CHARLES A.. Detroit,
engineer No. 6.
DEvINE, CHARLES A., Grand Rap.
ids.
HEINRICH, WILLIAM, Detroit; bag
gageman.
GILLET, F. NJ. Burr Oak or Port
land, Mich.
BURNS, FRANK, Detroit, fireman
No. s.
DALMER, GEORGE. Detroit, Ameri-
! can express agent on No. 6.
SMITH, WILLIAM, Saranac, Mich.
THREE UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
Mail Clerk cremated.
| st. Paul, Mimi. Dec. 2S. - A head
on collision occurred on the Duluth di-
vision of the Northern Pacific Railway
| Sunday afternoon at Deroun, a small
station between Pine City and Hinck-
| ley. The collision occurred on the
main track between switches and both
engines were badly damaged The
mail car on the south-bound train was
burned and Mail Clerk Rouse was
/ burned to death. His remains are still
under the wreck. Beyond slight
shaking up, none of the passengers
was hurt. Baggageman MacMahon
/ of the southbound train was slightly
/ injured.
Wreck Was Unavoidable.
! Pittsburg. Pa, Dec. 2S. Superin.
4 tendent Duer of the Pittsburg division
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
made complete investigation of the
cause of the wreck of the Duquesne
i limited on last Wednesday night near
Dawson and has found that no EN-.
ploye of the railroad is. responsible fol-
the accident. The accident is de
clared to have been unavoidable. A
few unidentified dead still remain al
Connellsville.