Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-06
lHIRTY-SlX DEAD IN WRECK
CONTINUED from First paRs.l

G. WERNER, Chaplin, III.
THREE WOMEN AND THREE MEN
unidentified. +a... r-....
The seriously injured
Miss Ethel Agee, Springfield. ILL.,; ankle
broken.
Mrs. L. e. Cordum. Gillespie. ILL.,, body
crushed.
Miss Mary Duffner. Nllwood. ILL.,. nose
w. v. Dunsan, Springfield. Ill, conductor
southbound car; hip dislocated.
Burt Edwards, Mount Olive, ILL.,; internal
injuries.
John Hohe, Trenton. H.: back sprained.
Charles f. Miller, Sparta, ILL.,, chest in
L. Y: Raine. caritonville. I'LL. chest
Guy Smith. shawneetown. ILL.,; ribs
broken. '
Samuel A. Tarrant. Brooklyn, N. T.;
Edward White, Decatur. ILL.,; leg injured
Unidentified man, had card with the
name of Edwin f. Eioherle, Bellville, H..
both legs badly cut.
Bodies HOrrfbIy ManEIed.
A most graphic account Of the wreck is
given by Conductor A. q. wilconson, in
charge of the first relief train to reach the
scene of the wreck.
Those passengers who were not injured
had removed eighteen or twenty bodies
from the wreck" said Wilconson THE
first man l saw was Land Commissioner
Berry. He was lying next to the east
right-of-way fence. He was alive but
bleeding terribly and while others carried
him away went to the cars.
1T was awful. 1 saw legs, arms, heads
and bodies protruding from every conceiv-
able place People in the wreokage were
crying piteously, and while we did all we
could to rescue them, there were so many
of them that our efforts seemed of no
avail. People were crushed between the
floors of the cars and wsdged in so tightly
we could not rescue them until we got
jack screws and lifted the ears"
The majority of those killed we're men
| in the smoking compartments and women
riding in the front seatS of the two. cars.
Coroner Doris ;empanelled a jury which
viewed the bodies atoEarlinvile this morn
! ing.s.aa, ga n hsVn - s.r
! DIT. A. III, dfunterssof rStaunton found a
| former schoolmate. Charles F. Miller OF
| Sparta, ILL.,, pinned under the ,timbers.
II was on my way to visit YOU" Miller
gasped He is expected to die at the
| Granite City hospital.
Rev. M. o. Heady. pastor of the North
Venice Mission church, is coming here fear
| ing that his wife was one of the unidenti-
! fled dead.
The task OF removing the debris con.
sumed the greater part Of the night and II
is expected that traffic will be resumed to-
day.
Miller Well known In Iowa.
| DIES MONIES, Ia, Oct 5.-James w
Miller of Gillespie, ILL., one of the victims
OF the interurban wreck near st. Louis
yesterday, was for nine years an Iowa state
mine inspector, serving from May, 1894. tC
1903 Mr. Miller was well known in politica
and labor circles in Iowa.
MOtOrman Assumes Blame.
"Motorman John Hermann of the north
bound car admits he alone is responsible
for the wreck" said II. E. Chubbuck
vice president and general manager of tn
Illinois Traction system! who investigates
the wreck near here.
''Liermann was noted for his carefulnes
and there seems to be no reason for hi
fatal absentmindedness by overrunning
meeting point at Wallis Siding.
Both train orders were absolutely clea
to the minutest detail. showing the dis
patching to be flawless. AS far as cal
find out Hermann had no trouble on hi
mind"
'Motorman Hermann and Conducto
Leonhard are responsible for the collision,
said G. f. Handsley. general superintendent
OF the system.
"They received orders TO meet the secon
section OF No. 7s. at Walls sndinE. The
failed to obey orders"
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Breuggs o
St. Joseph were identified this afternooi
i At CarlnnyillA