Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-25
DOZEN KILLED
ON GRAND TRUNK
Result of Rear-end Collision, Lo-
connective PIoughed Through
Pullman Sleeper.
WRECKAGE THEN CAUGHT FIRE
Sonc of Bodics Burned Almost Be-
You'd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
Blame Not settled.

Durand. Mich, Aug. 2J.-Moro than
a dozen people were killed last night
on the Grand Trunk railroad in rear
end collision three miles east OF
Durand, Mich, when cast bound pas
sengcr train No. 4, plowed through the
Pullman sleeper Nebraska" ON the
rear end Of passenger train No. H. The
ire box OF the locomotive Of No 4 felt
out and set fire TO the wrecked Pull
man aud many Of the victims were
burned beyond all hope OF identifica-
ton.
THE DEAD.
Mrs. Alma Woodward, travelling from
Bcllheld, N. D., to Montreal.
Mrs u. Gilpin 1926 east Forty-sixth
place, Chicago.
James Mclean OF Chicago. missing
but body not identified.
Blonde woman about 40 years old be-
lieved TO be Miss. Swinger OF Belheid,
a nurse who was travelling with Mrs.
Woodward
only one body has been positively
Identified, that Of Mrs. Alma Wool
ward or Montreal. AN invalid. who was
travelling with nurse and her son,
clifton a. Davis one Of the other
bodies has been partially identified as
that OF the nurse, Miss Swinger OF Bell
field, n. ID.
Or. Fair OF Durand, surgeon for the
railroad company, asserts that the
charred bones SO far recovered should
represent six persons
IL II believed that tho charrcd bodies
are those OF four women, one child and
one man.
The engine OF train No. plowed its
way three lengths through the sleeping
car Nebraska, the last car In train No.
IA. catching IS persons asleep. The fire.
box OF the colliding engine then dropped
out and the coach In few minutes was
blazing from end to end.
As the flames ate their way through
the splintered timbers the cries OF The
injured ceased and the flames deferred
the passengers OF the unchanged ears
and the farmers who hurried from their
homes to assist IN the work OF rescue,
The two trains were sections OF the 4
Montreal and Boston express and left
Chicago yesterday afternoon No "a
passed through Durand at 1905 pm.
and No. at l0;S5 The arbrakes OF
the engine OF No ~ went srosss and
two miles out Of this city Engineer
Mitchell stopped the trHih, and with
his fireman got down underneath the
engine to make repairs.
Brakeman O. n. Graham Of Detroit
was sent back to place a torpedo on
the track and flag the expected second
section. But No. came rushing on at
a speed OF 30 miles an hour and ripped
It's way through the Pullman car
The shock of the collision sent the
whole standing train a little forward
and the engineer and fireman under
meath the stalled engine we're badly
hurt.
Brakeman Graham declares that lie
placed the torpedo mile from the
rear OF No. II but that No. paid no .
attention 10 Il Engineer Spsncers
story is different
we were almost upon No. IL when
we struck the torpedo" he says. II
heard II all right but there was no time
TO stop. | damned on the brakes and
called to Nelson. my fireman. TO jump.
made a leap and landed In the ditch.
Nelson did not get away fast enough
and was caught. Both my ankles were
crushed"
THE tail lights OF No. II were burn
ing and the torpedo wis placed 50
close to the train that | did not have
time 70 stop.
The crew Of No. "a, except the engine
crew are said 10 have been hired dur
ing the recent strike and retained after
the settlement ~
G. NJ. Graham, rear brakeman or No.
IL said he carried red lantern when
he went back to place torpedoes on tho
track and tried to wave No. down but
failed 10 get response until after TIA.
torpedo went on.