Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-24
e5 HAGENBAcK-W WALLACE
 CIRCUS EMPLoYES KILLED
Ia Wreck on Michigan Central Road
 Six Miles West of Gary, Ind.

Gary, Ind, June 23.-Sixty two bodies of Hagenback- Wallace circus employees who were killed in the wreck six miles west of here on the Michigan Central railroad tarly Saturday lay in temporary morgues here and at Ham, cers endeavored to compile an ac- curate list of dead and injured Only "A of the bodies had been identified. Most of the others were charred and mangled beyond recognition.
 Edward M. Hallard, general manager of the circus, tonight issued state ment saying figures compiled indicated that probably 85 persons had been killed. He said a hasty tabulation of scattered employees showed that 50 are missing in addition to the A identified dead. Most of the missing were said to be "razorbacks," many of them ne- groes. F. s. Whipple, railroad train master, also has been given up as dead.
 Parts of Bodies cremated. Parts of two bodies cremated in the furnace of tangled steel and timbers which was the circus train were dug out tonight. The authorities said that | if the dead list is as great as esti- | mated by circus men, the additional | bodies probably were reduced to ashes.
 An inquest will be held at Hammond 1 tomorrow, and GustaVe Klauss, fire man of the troop train of empty Pull mans, has been ordered brought to 1 Hammond to testify. We will have the engineer, Alonzo | K. Sargent, present when we are ready for him. was all Deputy Cor oner Greene of Lake county would say. Sargent is being held in Kalama- zoo, Mich. Neither man was injured. New York and Chicago heatrical men and officers of the Showmen's league sent representatives here today 1 to offer assistance to the injured and | to relatives of the dead. Plans were discussed providing for the purchase I of lot in which all unidentified vic l tins would be buried under single monument.
 l :, None of the s25,000 in cash reported 1 by circus officers as being lost in the wreckage was recovered. 1 Revised List of Known Dead The revised list of known dead fol- lows:
 James Connor. baggage superinten- dent of horses, Bliss. Okla.
 Mrs. Verna Connor, wild west rider Bliss. Okla
 Arthur Diericks, Joseph Diericks Max F'rehj F,reehand. members Three
 Strong Swiss" Erickton, Md
 Big, ,Red" Rarnum, driver
 Jennie Ward, aerolist, Bloomington Ills.
 Eddie Devoe clown. New York. Mona McDhy, equestrienne, Michi
 gan.
 Victoria McDhy. equestrienne, Mich igan.
 Virgil Barnett, rider, Bliss, Okla
 Nellie Jewett, animal trainer, tige
 horseback act, Washington D. c.
 Mrs. Joseph Coyle, Cincinnati.
 Joseph Coyle, Jr., II. Cincinnati
 Charles Coyle, 3, Cincinnati.
 Jeb Cattanacs, electrician, Chicago Mrs. Bessie Cattanacs, aerolist, Chi cago.
 Mrs. George Brown, equestrienne Denver.
 Leroy Jessup, usher, Toledo, o.
 Henry Miller, animal trainer Ney r r York
 5 Charles Rooney, bareback rider, Chi ! cago.
 . Earl Michael Berry, Schenectady, \ Y.
 Il Henry Hanson, West Baden. Ind. f An attempt to remove Fireman Gus C tave Klauss from Michigan City { n Hammond tonight met with failur o Acting Coroney Henry C. Greene ser . a deputy to summon Klauss, but th
 man returned to report that Klaus
 had. gone to Kalamazoo. Mich, whe1
 Engineer Sargent is awaiting summon
 to the inquest set for tomorrow | It is expected that by tomorrow cil GUS officials will be able to furnish a IF authentic list of the missing. TT
 time sheets it was said, will be avai
 able at Beloit, Wis. where the sho \. had been booked to play Tuesday.