Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-25
Grand Trunk Trains Come
Together Near Dur
and, Mich.
LONG LIST OF DEAD
Engine PlowS Through Pullman
and Only One of the 0ccu-
pants Survives.

Durdno, mlcn7 aug. <o.-tt ls now
believed the dead In the wreck will ex.
ceed IL. In addition to those already
reported, James Mclean Of Chicago Is
missing. There are portions Of char.
red bodies believed to represent nIhe
to fifteen persons.
Places Dead mt II.
Detroit, Mich, Aug. 25.-The Journal
estimates the number Of dead in the
wreck on the Grand Trunk near Dur
and as IL and gives the list of dead:
MRS. DAVIS, 226 Stanley street,
Montreal.
MRS. LUCY z. GITPIN, 643 East
Forty-flfth street, Chicago
Three unidentified women.
A small child.
An unidentified man.
Five bodies are believed still In the
wreck.
Injured I'm Hospitals.
Flint, Mich. Aug. 25.-The following
seriously injured in the Durand wreck
are at Hurley hospital in this city:
Bert Mitchell, Battle Creek, engineer
train No. IA. critical.
Mrs. F. A. Sheltes. Chicago.
Arthur Watt, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
Mrs. Kate Mclean, Chicago.
Mrs. Lester Dochler, Tavistock,
Ont. Canada.
The injured in the hospital at Du-
rand are:
George Nelson, Battle Greek, fire.
man of No. 4, will probably die.
A
fatally scalded.
Mrs. NJ. Steultey. Dubuque, Iowa,
upper lip cut and severe bruises.
Was Travelling Fhst.
Durand, Mich, Aug. 25.-Traveling
at the rate of 80 miles per hour Grand
Trunk passenger train No. dashed
into the rear of train No. IA, both
east bound, standing on the main track
four miles east of here shortly before
II o'clock last night Eighteen persons
were killed, and many others injured.
Piows Through Chr.
The locomotive of No. plowed half
the length Of the rear Pullman on No.
IA, either scalding to death or crush
ing all save one OF the Is or 20 sleep
ing occupants.
Bodies Burned.
The wrecked sleeper caught fire al
most Immediately and the bodies OF
those pinned in the wreckage we're ia
some cases charred almost beyond rec
ognition.
Two bodies were brought to Durand.
and Is others taken to Flint. The re-
naming bodies were not located at an
early hour this morning. The occu-
pants of the other coaches escaped
with nothing more serious than q Sc
we're shaking up.
Trouble with Engine.
Shortly after leaving Durand some
thing went wrong with No. las engine
and the train stopped for repairs. The
crew of No. IA say flag was sent back
half a mile as soon as their train
stopped, to warn approaching trains
George Wilson Of No. says the only
warning was a torpedo placed on the
track a short distance behind No. ID.
Only One Survived.
A. Davis Trenton of Montreal. is
thought to be the only one Of the pas
sengers in the wrecked sleeper to es-
cape. His invalid mother and a
trained nurse accompanying her were
both killed.
Only One Identified.
Durand, Mich, Aug 25.-Probably
eight persons were killed and eight
injured, three probably fatally in a
wreck on the Grand Trunk near Du-
rand last night Only one body has
been positively identified, that OF Mrs.
Alma woodward of Montreal. invalid.
travelling with a nurse and her son,
Clifton A. Davis. One OF the other
bodies has been partially identified as
that of the nurse, Miss Swinger, of
Bellfeld, n. d.
Charred Bones of Six.
DR.. Fair, of Durand, surgeon for the
railroad, asserts the charred bones so
far recovered represent about six per
sons. II is believed the charred bodies
are those of four women, one child
and one man.
Fire Box Drops.
The engine of No. plowed three
quarters of the way through the sleep
ing car Nebraska" the last car In
train No. Ia, catching 1S persons asleep
in the coach. The fire box of the col
liding engine then dropped out and
the death coach in a few minutes was
blazing from end to end.
AS the flames ate their way through
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