Cremated Alive

Eaxnibal, Mo., Jan. o.- A head-end collision at an early liour yesterday morning between two passenger trains on the Wabash caused one of ihe most. fatal and üsastrous wrecks in the history of that road. The accident occnrred at Aladdin, a switch about two miles from this city and lmost opposite, on the Illinois side, where trains regularly pass. Seven live were lost and from twelvo to fifteen passengers more or ess injured. A dense fog settled over this section Monday night and this was directly the causo of the accident. 'J?he cannon ball passenger train, eaötward bound, loaves here about 1:20 a. m. and has the right of way over the west-bound train, passing at Aladdin. Lost His Bearlngs in the -Fog. Yesterday morning the east-bound train, ia charge of Engineer J. R. Wilson, pulled ent of the Union station here on time. Gonnections at Aladdin are close, the 1 trains arriving within a few moments of each other, but the east-bound trains go by at a good rate of speed, while the westbound trains are sidetracked. When the passing point was reaehed Kngineer Wilson, failing to see the other train on the sidetrack, slackened his speed, but at almost the same instant the two engines ame together ivith a fearful crash, both boilers exploding. The engineer of the weetbound train, owing to the fog, lost bis hearings and, passing the switch, tore into the oncoming train at fulJspeed. l'imr Italians lïurinl Alive. Both engineers were killed instantly. öne fireman cannot survive, but the ürenaan of the eastbound train will recover firom his injuries. The scène at the wreek was beyond description. Seven of the ches caught fire and were entirely conwamed. At least four Italian emigrants wio were in the smoking car of the westbaund train were caught under the debris and were cremated alive bef ore help reaehed them, nothing but a few charred. bones remaining to show they ever existed. Both trains were well filled, and the escape of the passengei's f rom death is miraculous. This is the third wreek one of the engine kas been in during the past two months, but it is now a pile of scrap iron. ThelloH of Dcad and Injured. Following are the killed: J. R. Wilson, engineer east-bound train, Springfield, Hls.; body burned up; unmarried. George Bushart, engineer west-bound train, Springfield, Hls.; scalded to death, married and leaves a family. Warboys, flreman west-bound train, Springlield, Hls.; badly scalded and injured internally; cannot live. Four Italians, emigrants; uames unknown; burned alive. The injured, so f ar as can be ascertamed, are: Conwell, fireman east-bound trai,., badly hurt; Miss Ella King, en route to Dorchester, Neb., skull and right ltg Iwoken; Moses Bryant, Decatur, Hls., bad sealp wound; George Webb, chair car portr, shoulder broken; D. Dünham and E. P. Clough, express niessengers, injured sKghtly; Mis. William Groves, Hannibal, Hio., wrist sprained. Cost the Haïlway 100,000. A large forcé of men went to work immediately clearing the track. Broken watches, rings, money and everything imaginable wore found. The sidetrack was cleared at 2 o'clock in the afternoon so that rains could pass. Nearly all of the injared were sent to Moberly hospital yesterday morning. The destruction of railroad operty is estiniated to be over 5100,000.