The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-25
Grand Trunk Passengers In
Rear-End Collision In
Michigan.
ABSENCE OF LIGHTS
CAUSE OF THE WRECK
Rescuers, Driven Back By Flames,
See Several Bodies Con-
sumed BY Fire.

DURAND, Mich, Aug. 25.-Eight ter
ribly scalded. burned. and mangled life
less bOdies. three persons probably IA
tally injured. three others missing, and
Ive others ser -oUsIy hurt. IS TIE known
result Of a frightfuI wreck on the Grand
Trunk at DUfdeId, near here, just be
fore midnight
The Montreal Express. from Chicago,
consisting Of nine coaches. stopped at
DufleId, Last 81 Durand, 10 make some
repairs. when train No Z. running
shirty-five minutes late. crashed into TIE
rear end. splitting the Pullman into and
hurting the passengers IN every direc-
zion
The wreckage caught FIRE imnedi-
ateIy. and the cries Of the dying and in
Jared rose above the cracking Of che
5iazing ruins When some Of the bodies
of the dead were taken from the wreck
they were so friEhtf--IIy burned aad
manEled that Identification was impos-
sibIe.
. Positive statements Of the rescUers on
+ the scene IN the nret hours following
i the wreck were that seventeen were
killed. They stiH insist that there are
other dead besides the eight bodies al
ready recovered, and even the rail-
.
total the first estimate.
/ The confusion has been 50 great at
I this little Junction that the Grand
I Trunk has not yet made an official
I statement
( No "A. a Chicagc-Toron,o train hal
{ stopDed on account Of a breakdown III
/ the engine. Engineer Mitchell was be-
meath the engine at work, and G r
: Graham. a brakeman. had been sent
back TO signal No. ( 10 stop.
/ No + crashed into the rear OF No H.
/ lteIescoplng the sleeper. and catching ths
Messengers in their bsrtEs- Tt-
( wrecked sleeping car caught IRE a.
Iarce and burned so rapidly tEat oulv
/ two bodies were recovered intact
These were women
Engineer litche-Ts body was crushed
Isy the wheels Ct his engine, which was
forced ahead by the crash
Rescued Passenger Talks
Clinton A. Davis. Of Montreal. was
one OF the occupants Of the sleeper
His head and breast were badly man
EIed- he was brought 10 Durand, and
attending physicians say he may rs
cover
Davis said that his mother, an in,
valid whom he was taking hone from
Fargo. y D. and trained nurse from
ST. johns Hospital in that city, who's,
name he did not know, were caught iT
the wreck and their bodies WeTe burned
Parts Of five bodies were re
covered later One body is tha
Of a woman The torso Of a child an,
the torso Of q man also were recovered
Another was seen burning In tn
Ureckage and could not be reached, tn
/ bones dropping piece BY piece as the
. burned
No Rear Lights, Says Engineer.
Charles Spencer. Of Battle Creek. en-
gineer Of No 4. says he heard a tor
- pedo planted on the track TO stop hir
+ and put on air, but that No. Il carrie
, no rear lights Spencer escaped b.
jumping and called TO his fireman
{ George Nelson, Of Battle Creek
% Nelson was unable TO get clear Of tn
cab. and his whole body was scaIded a
he lay beneath the engine
A wrecking train from Battle Cree
{ with doctors and nurses has reached tn
scene Of the wreck and a systema1i
search for the dead has begun
Train No. 4 is a fast Grand Trun
I train, carrying PuIIunans for Bostor
Portland, Montreal, and Toronto, an
was runnins at a speed OF forty-fiv
miles an hour when the accident oc
Cured
r W. Lewis, a newspaper man fTOr
Paducah- Ky, with four other men. wa
IN the front coach Of the wrecked trair
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