Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-20

obeying Orders.
Salem, Mich. July 2o-Twenty-ni mine
excursionists were killed and 100 or
more were injured. many fatally this
morning when a Pere Marquette ex-
cursion train of eleven coaches from
1onia, carrying nearly 1000 employees
OF the Pere Marquette shops there.
and their families, run into by local
freight train at washburn crossing,
two miles east Of here.
The first three coaches Of the long
excursion train were telescoped and it
was in a, smoking car, which headed
the train, that the great loss Of life
occurred. The three cars after those
telescoped were wrecked by the collis-
ion. The trains met in q cut where
the banks were ten feet high above
the tracks, and the cut was piled with
wreckage from the rails to<its top. for
a k,,n n.
perintendent Trump says the respon-
sibility for the wreck was upon the
conductor o1, the freight train. who did
not obey orders
List Of the Dead.
Following are those killed who have
been identified, all Of whom were from
lonla: viii Dot, John Patterson,
Charles Macaloni, Al Hebret. Martin
fhlldufr Mrs Abraham Eddy, Herman
Nan, N. j. Cornell, John Rogers, viii
lie Grams, a boy; John Tafel, Mrs.
August Richter, Ned Gallagher. Lee
Alvord
Conductor e. E. Bixley: Fireman
knowles, Den Rogers, Frederick La
than, Frank Smith, Chas. Hess. and
two sons; Charles Mccauley, .sr. s.. K.
Merrill, Albert Trautwine. James Viz
ard. Harry Reynolds, Homer Smith.
Fred Fitzgerald
William Steiger. Of Kansas city:
.bred Vaughan. South Bend, Ind.
Ine seriously injured are: Malice
5WeltZ. will die. To y,oaa
Priehs, FREQ! Donnelly. and wife. will
die; John Walton, viii die.
TWenty-f!ins Bodies Recovered.
AT 1880, the twenty-ninth body had
oeen recovered from the wreck. Such
progress has been made by the wreck
ers that they said it was improbable
that any more bodies will be found.
Many Of the injured, however, are in
very critical condition, and it is
feared the death list will be between
thirty-f1ve and forty.
Doctors Rushed to Aid,
Six passenger cars were entirely
wrecked. When the unin1ured persons
Secovered from the shock and crawled
from the wl,eckage, they at once be-
gan extricating the dead and injured,
Messengers rushed to Salem and the
neighborfng villages and all the doc
tors obtainable hurried to the scene.
The special train, made up at De-
troit, was sent to the wreck, a dis
tance of forty miles, with doctors,
nurses, surgical instruments and cots.
BY the time the train arrived, there
were several scores of people waiting
to receive medical attention. Over
a score Of bodies had been extricated
and were lying ON the grass beside
the tracks.
Negligence the Cause, Says Official.
General Superintendent Trump, Of
the Pere Marquette railway, says the
responsibility for the wreck rests with
some employe who failed to obeysor
ders. There were 800 people crowded
into the eleven coaches of the train.
Many OF them were women and chill
dren, all bound for holiday in De-
troit. They left their homes in Ionia
at O'clock this morning. The wreck
occurred on a. perfectly straight, level
piece Of track. The heavy freight and
passenger trains came together with
enormous force.
Children Excursionists Escaped.
Three coaches were telescoped by
the terrific impact of the fourth and
fifth coaches, and was smashed into
matchwood. Altho there was probably
$50 children among the excursionists,
1t is a strange fact that few of them
were severely hurt. Nearly all the
dead and injured are men.
Freight Crew to Blame.
General Superintendent Trump says
the blame for the wreck rests with the
crew of the freight. which was west
bound. They had orders, Trump says,
to wait at Plymouth, for the excursion
train, which had the right OF way In
stead they proceeded on to Salem, and
the collision resulted Many freight