Durand, MI Circus Train Wreck - list of dead and injured

Casualty and Seriously Injured Listings
DURAND, Mich., Aug. 8 -- Listings for the Wallace Brothers train collision:

Fatalities (at site or died in hospital):
WILLIAM GRIFFIN, 36, laborer, Saginaw, Mich.
ALLEN JOHNSON.
FRANK (CHARLES) KERNS.
JOSEPH H. KEYES, Penna.
C. R. MAXWELL.
JOHN STILLMAN, menagerie worker.
GEORGE SMITH, blacksmith, home unknown.
JOHN THOMPSON, 36, Peru, Ind. (died in hospital).
JOSEPH WILSON, driver, Pittsburgh, Penna.
Unidentified Male.
CHARLES H. (last name not known).
ANDREW HAVILAND, canvas-man, N. Y.
JOHN KELLEY, showman, Ind.
LAFE LARSON, six-horse wagon driver, Cambridge, O.
JOHN LEARY, foreman of the ring stock, Springfield, Ill.
JOHN McCOY, canvas-man of side show, Columbus, O.
JOHN PURCELL, canvas boss, Peru, Ind.
ROBERT RICE, harness-maker.
G. THOMAS, stake and chain gang, home unkonwn.
CHARLES SANDS, six horse driver, Peru, Ind.
HARRY ST. CLAIR, assistant on the reserved seat gang.
JOHN R. STEWART, 31, Denver, Colo. (died in hospital).
FRANK S. THORPE, 37, master of circus train, Dundee, Mich.
FRANK TILLY, Rising Sun, Ind. (died in hospital).
TOFFLEMEYER, 26, Ia.
ROBERT WRIGHT, showman.
EDWARD YORK, 38, teamster, Terre Haute, Ind. (died in hospital).
JAMES W. McCARTHY, 39, engineer Grand Trunk, Battle Creek, Mich.
ALBERT W. SANGER, 41, special officer for Grand Trunk, Mich.
A. W. LARGE, chief detective for Grand Trunk, Battle Creek, Mich.

Seriously Injured:
JAMES W. FOLEY, special officer of the Grand Trunk, shoulderdislocated, head bruised, condition serious, Detroit, Michigan.
JOSEPH S. BENTON, New Milford, Conn., internal injuries of serious nature.
W. H. ROE, Armstrong, Illinois, driver, internal injuries of serious nature.
BOLE ABRAMS, Sandusky, Ohio, injuries to head and shoulders, will recover.
BURT McGRATH, Connellsville, Ohio, back seriously injured.
JOHN W. KOONS, Bairdstown, Ohio, cut and bruised, will recover.
GEORGE BARTLEY, Los Angeles, California, head injuries, will recover.
W. L. CONE, Dubuque, Ia.
JOSEPH PATTERSON, Grand Prairie, Ia.
JAMES COFFELMIRE, Orel, Ia.
JOHN COLLINS, Des Moines, Ia.
JOSEPH ANDERSON, Evansworth, Ind.
JOHN THOMPSON, Peru, Ind.
J. KLING, Portsmouth, Ohio.
E. J. CONNELLY, Emmetsburg, Ohio.
J. J. MEADOWS, Anderson, S.C.
C. F. BARKER, Hammond, Ind.
JOSEPH MONKS, Vassar, Mich.
JOHN GLIEBER, Bellaire, Ohio.
STEPHEN BENNETT, New York City.
GEORGE CLOUGH, Trumbull, Ohio.
J. R. STEWART, Denver, Col.
G. W. TERRY, Chicago.
N. CALDWALLADER, Indianapolis, Ind.
MARSHALL NETTIS, Chicago.
HENRY CONKLIN, Binghamton, N.Y.

Parts of the above listings were taken from:
The Ogden Standard Examiner Utah 1903-08-07
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!