The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-22
misunderstood ORDERS WERE
THE CAUSE OF The DISASTER
Horrible Scenes at the Wreck When
the Dazed and Half Paralysed Pas.
sengers Realized the Awful Catas.
trophe From Which They Escaped


condition and are not expected to
live.
The Dead.
Following Is the list of dead:
w. e. BOWMAN, Bluffton.
A. e. HYDE, Pennville.
8. 3. STUCkEY, Vera Cruz.
VIM. s. BEERS, Bluffton.
LLOYD BROWN, Bluffton.
L. c. JUSTUS, Bluffton, general
manager Bluffton, Geneva and Celina
traction line.
s. H. ROBERTSON. Blpffton.
H. D. COOK, Bluffton.
ERNEST Crosse, Bluffton.
S1LAS THOMAS, Warren.
RALPH WALSER. Bluffton.
w. d. BURGAN, Bluffton.
OSCAR ZINIMER, Bluffton.
MISS PEARL SATLER, Bluffton.
r. F. FOLK, Washington, Ind.
JOHN SCHWARTZ, Uniondale.
F. B. TANfM, Warren, Ind.
JOHN w. TRIBOLET, Bluffton.
CHARLES REBER, Uniondale.
BLANCHE ARCHBOLD, Ossian.
THOMAS GORDON, .Bluffton. 80
FRANK KING and WIFE, Warren.
SON Of LLOYD BROWN, Bluffton.
about 1S years old.
HAROLD NELSON. Bluffton.
JOHN JOHNSON. Markle.
JESSE HOFFMAN,. Marion
DIR. 8. E. THOMPSON, Ann Arbor,
Mich. fs.
MRS. HIRAM FOLK. Bluffton.
MRS. MYRTLE HARLEY, daughter
Of Mrs. Folk.
MARY DAUGHERTY. Bluffton.
DANIEL DEBACH, Petroleum, Ind.
J. E. SCHWARTZ, Bluffton.
JOSEPH SAWYER, Bluffton.
JOHN SMITH and WIFE, Mont
pelier.
JOHN REED, Battery E., Fifty ar
tillery. New York.
MRS. GARRETT MAXWELL, Gar
rett. Ind.
JOSEPH EDENS, Hartford City.
GEORGE SUMHURST. Warren.
BEN CRAMER, Frankfort. Ind.
FREDERICK C. JONES, Warren,
Ind.
Cause of Wreck.
While officials of the company re-
fuse to give out their opinion as to
where the responsibility lies. rumor
fixes the blame with the crew of the
special which was speeding south
from Fort Wayne empty. The crew
knowing the local was ten or more
late, it is said, took the
chances on making the siding and
failed.
AS the horror of the wreck begins
to sink into the grief stricken minds.
the pail of gloom over the cities of
the dead grows deeper. The stricken
families today are recovering from
their stupor and will begin the fu-
neral arrangements. A few may be
held today, but many more will wait
until tomorrow.
The Investigation of A. A. Shane,
the Indiana railroad commissioner,
will continue today and it is expect
ed he will reach some decision ::e-
garding' the cause of the collision
later in the day.
Owing to the confusion the identi-
fication of the dead was not rapid.
The fact that so many of the cars oc-
were dead and SO many other
seriously injured placed a great ham
dicap on the efforts to identify those
who had been killed.
Few in the cars escaped death or
injury and those in their dazed state
at first could render but little aid in
who the dead were.
OF the four trainmen-Cordwcll
and Wilson on the limited and Van
Dine and Spiller on the local-three
were killed.
The wreck is the worst rail disaster
that has ever taken place in Indiana
and in number of fatalities and other
seems to be one of the
worst in the history of railroads in
this country.
That the cars were going at terrific
speed when they came together on
the curve Is proved by the complete
ness of the destruction.
There were two physicians on the
cars at the time of the wreck. One
Of them escaped serious injury and,
with the other, who had himself been
hurt. rendered assistance to
those who suryivei.
Relief cars were hurried from this
city and physicians went from Bluff
ton in automobiles. Many of the
dead had been removed from the
debris Of the splintered cars aud the
work Of taking bodies from the far
ther recesses Of the wreckage was
taken up by the more skilled hands
Of the company's wrecking crews.
The bulk Of the people on the