Orders and crash details from Seneca collision
Conductor G J Martin testified that train No 4 should meet No 13 at Seneca, the engine 609 crew including Engineer Strong and fireman misunderstood the orders, causing the wreck near Seneca that killed about 80 people. Martin said he read orders to Strong and asked Montpelier agent about the Seneca siding before the collision.
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Seneca
Detroit
Mich
G. J. Martin
Montpelier
Strong
Sand Creek
Tony
Burns
Engineer Strong
No. 4
Martin
LAST OF BODIES IDENTIFIED IN WABASH WRECK
The last bodies from the Wabash wreck near Seneca have been identified. An old lady named Ann Upton is believed injured, and remains were sent toward Chat ham Ont. Porter James Brown’s body to Englewood. four caskets hold charred remains to be buried at Oak Grove cemetery. Coroner Hamilton opened an inquiry at the courthouse. A separate report states stockman G. W. Saunderson was killed and a brakeman injured in a Chicago Northwestern wreck near tunnel No. 3 between Sparta and Summit.
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Adrian
Mich
Seneca
Reynolds
Sherman
Tex
Ann Upton
Chatham
Ont
William Upton
Hamilton
LaCrosse
Wis
G. W. Saunderson
Trempeleau
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Sparta
Summit
Miners Survive 700-Foot Fall in Masontown Shaft
In Connellsville district eight miners, seven Hungarians and one American, plunged 700 feet when a mine cage cable parted near Masontown. All were brought to surface alive. three died and others likely fatally injured. Two Americans and six Hungarians were hurt.
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Lambert Mines
Masontown
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