The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-04
TWENTY ARE KILLED
I'm TRAIN WRECK
Continued From First PAGE.
: LITTLEsHoPE FOR OTHERS

Schrader, Chicago; Frank Smith, Chica-
go; Mrs. Frank Smith, Chicago; Miss
Florence Smith. Chicago; Mrs. Elizabeth
! Weber, Chicago, seriously, but not fa-
tally; Charles Ward, Chicago, left leg.
torn off at ankle serious; w. B. Thorpe,
Chester, Pa. Slightly injured; Miss Fannie
Tipson, badly bruised and internally
hurt; B. F. Tenney, Ada, MINI, injured
bones, sprained.
The engine, after running into the
switch, struck a string of freight cars
and with the first three coaches, was
piled into a heap across the track, and
caught fire Immediately. The last car
on the train was a special from Wis
consin. 1t was uncoupled and pushed
back and saved 80 e.s,ca
/ L R. Miller, who was killed, was i'm.
ternal revenue collector at Decatur, and
one of the most prominent Republicans
in Central, Illinois. se.o
The track was reported clear at the
last station. AS the train was running
about fifty miles an hour, the open
switch was not noticed. No inforna-
ton can be obtained as to who Was
responsible for the accident. e4.7
Nearly all the passengers were bound
for st. Louis, and those not injured
1CIl OIl t1lC 1llllaOlS SCAlld tidiai Gil
hour later. Three of the injured have
since died.
Coroner Gray is here, and will hold
n1inquest. HI -
Tells of Wreck
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Bachelor, of Chi
cage, were on the wrecked train.
I'VE knew very little about the
wreck" said Mr.. Bachelor when seer
at his hotel. I'VE were in the chair
car at the rear of the train and it did
not leave the track. When the acct
dent occurred the front cars piled up
on the engine, took fire and burned
There were dead and injured persons
all around, and it seems to us that there
were fifty killed, but probably the num-
Der Is not. so great. We did not learn
the cause of the accident or the actual
number of dead and injured, as we took
the Illinois Central train for st. Louis
soon after the accident"
Many of the passengers who were
uninJured were brought to st. Louis
tonight on the Illinois Central road.
Interviews with several of them
/ elected the information that the train
consisted of seven cars, all heavily
loaded with passengers. The three rear
cars, diner and two sleepers, were
not derailed. The other four cars were
piled UP in an indiscriminate mass
and, with the crushed freight cars on
The siding, took fire. A rumor spread
that one OF the freight cars was loaded
| with explosives, and for time this
/ had the effect Of retarding the work OF
1 the rescuers
DIR. r. j. FL. Farrell, of Chicago. who
was uninjured, at once went to work
directing the rescue work and giving
medical attention to the injured Tenn
porary hospital headquarters were
hastily established in Ltchfield and
the injured were removed to it. Core
ner Gray hurried to the scene and the
dead We're removed as speedily as pos
sible to undertaking rooms. 1t is
probable that the exact number of
dead Will not be known for several
days, as the passengers here assert that
bodies were cremated in the burning
debris.
President Ramsey Talks
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July asTbe
wrecked train carried the telegram,
lines with 1T and we have been unable
10 get much information" said Presi-
cent Joseph Ramsey Jr., of the Wa
bash. What l have came by the way
OF Decatur, and is to the effect thar
the train was derailed by a switch AT
Lltchhefd. presume the accident oc-
CURED IN the yards not far from the
depot. MY dispatch says several PEG
PIE We're killed and injured, but gives
no specific number. 1t also states that
the engineer, fireman. baggagema
and dispatcher are missing. 7 SIM
pose this m cans they are under the
wreck do not know their names. ex-
cept that of the engineer, which was
sanford. His home was at Decatur
Twelve OF the cars teel1 fire and were
burned. l suppose the fire was started
from the engine, as there was no fire
in the cars.
do not know who the missing
dispatcher is. He must have been
riding in the engine or baggage car
relief train carrying provisions and
Ihealcines was made up at Decatur and
sent to the scene of the wreck. Cen
erai Superintendent H. L. Magee de.
parted on the first relief train
CHARLES Corneau, station agent at
Lltchheld, said that the wreck was the
result OF malicious mischief. He said
tne north track, as that siding Is called
naa not been used today, and it is
PLAIN that theNswitch was hammered
with. Not fifteen minutes before the
accioent The third section of passenger
NO 10, southbound, passed over II
safely But when No. IL was deraiasd
there the switch was turned and the
lock living on the ss5ro,y,,sl J,a.;r5~ -