, 1864-12-18
FRlGnTFuL RAILROAD ACCI-
DENT. :,

e. @. L.
FRlGHTFUL RAILROAD - ACCI-.
DENT.
COLLISION BETWEEN TWO
TRAINS on TIE GRAND
TRUNK ROAD.
Dreadful Loss Of 1.ifa and
Property. -.
The Cars on Fire--Several Persons
Roasted Alive.
[From tho Detroit FREQ Press, Dec. la1
A most dreadful accident, attended with
loss Of liac, occurred last night, shortly betore
o'clock, on the Grand Trunk railroad, about
q mile and q half west Of the Detroit Il Nil
waukee junction, through collision between
thG Dag passenger e1pEess west and freight
ssg sst has ans @ nsssy Shse " @
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The passenger train Was behind time, and
had made MI tho necessary parsea, according
to, the telegraphic instruction, until 1t had
P1esSa Nsw naluMose atAtaon, Wnefe " ie
said 1t had orders to pass the freight going
cast at the Detroit & lIilvaukee Junction:
When It arrived there, according to the story
OF the operator at the Grand Trunk junction.
It had orders to proceed all right. Under
these instructions 1t passed the Junction.,
when shortly afterwards the engineer thought
he discovered an engine ahead. The next
moment be heard the whistle to down breaks,
whtn he Immediately gave similar order md
reversed hls engine, There were with him In
the cab at the time two other persons, besides
the fireman. Before they could jump the two
engines came craahtnE together In ftightful
teTsy ;tS %akang chaos Of
oosetaied lnto each other IN an inseparable
MANNER, and the maA and baggage car Of the
forward passenger car, thereby causing the
ftEhttul catastrophe which followed.
onir ee tPassengef tfan' wh,en consisted Of
on1y tHo Goac1es aud baggage car, was
crowded win passengers. Both cars were
eren 70 1ds 1tmo 80 musn e that scarce
tNe fSen ,a se,anaanE room coa3a ne obtained. After
srssu ~" ~ tuuse ~ lug FORWARD. caE, who
~ ~ ~ nlp.y LED anInea, eaoeasored to
~ as so2 r. ~ ppssloie' Is satd and VIC
senrers that the ~ vpe who y 'nn pas
peaas, % aae %enalge q me train-there being
ny coacncloF I1 anoafn-or one OF the brake
lusn; ls snaI tne alno 9oor Of the car, and would
~. iof solne tune allo" the passengers egrcsE,
sta;.ns sta,l d tuat mere ws no danger: lmmedi-
Maa aesas ,,1, sei tne 1masa occurred the stoves
VET VET inpset ana me eass took hre. In an al
,.,1s must aacIeaioie space Of time the hames en-
,ss!oteu INC Maole, WIN tae exception OF the
. sass tss' s1t' Ill" uo" a'aoy Pcilsued TINE alone
eaT ~ ~:
4ne eaames snot up IN broad sheet, illumt-
e e eT T. haIh Asssen
4p 4pse 9a o1nnle We ola1ng At the Skating Park.
Inc oeHs sounded the.salarm, and the engines
turned out, but alter proceeding short dts
tance ta e. up woodward avenue, they found that
the hre Was far beyond the city limits and
as 70 ne cause, bnt It was not until after the
aff,fq1 ehn. o. some o. ths In the city
certained,
escanel tnIned thr;r nttenf,on ~ tho r,sn,. "mo
orfhose in danger and rncceaaed e., ai.,ta
fng eevcra1 fon Tho. hnrninr mass Wh,ist
this enrnrcd Inv sra,a :a-e se' uuss
sipht With fa;riy cmr,s mge iocco IT, % witness
Veins and iowars ie rccte, 5fc eeoa a r. thsr
~ Mil1cn f. tSom ME- Po,t ~ M,enn ,nan aent; George
be ta1nmad ~ % hatvean "ns ~ afpn, waa found TO
ue@d NC ~ oee"een 1ne oaggage and for;
tsfwccn iwG n5ecn. of hroiaS Il "Io o,h haaty aei1
MA A. ,osc,," h,. p.uhn hsfnea oGt M ano ~
aumcs cnru1nI,cd him n tt,a,r ~ so,ds ,.sn1
f,t;ie' TSc nnst h"-rnioen n;taNt ,1us paossa
cate h1a cr,,shaJ ord hioe1a e1s ia,s ee e1t
frnsf,I cmhrana a. .'aa1 t.taps tl lEoni ~
anraoI,nr Tan,os 49,, u'Iu, ~, ~ .nc Iaploty
tkeSr Wns, In1 nnd tho1 u9ove @ ~ aa9oFete rom
him n"rish hearc tSo,s "erc 1otfed M TO witness
siiac1 amid H. soS snels G Gars sor he!p until
ronrn@ @'n nSa,nn .nS sAs G nne names Of the de-
ssrrnn|3,c sAs s!+aht n9u y! 1eaven, u was
~ e,,a,se,aa s's, una couPieteiy enefvatcd
otScIa ~ oso esnsn4 10 ter duty to
t1nnt ,no %ea IrG sasen mac quincy aow ny eharred
arms ana md 1c1s @ lug rns, 1he 1end
hnds s anu eomRletets aevoured, and the
ooas ~ suastsa hsa 70 cl9aef'
m.nr a. "s m.sn aase s.attsa y y @ not known how
an1n 1ny g pessone . pee1sneo' we can, therefore
tes sono to
among thc snina discovered nortfon fmnekl9g nF
the bones OF human being among Tho aa1,es
Another person drew from The rnins q ,,orIior
Of the bottom OF a silk drese. and = ticIat
upon which was the eadrcss /" Mia M"rv
Boorllngam, Oneida, N. T." hit whrthsyr
Tits belonged to.any one who pcrisIeaihas mt
set been discovered, Il ia saii that ,aav
and two cLildrrn were in thc car' srhn haraa ha
not turned m. and that a 1,1,vsio,om rns 1iu ~
tie city awai,Inr thu arr9rat nf s,atar ~, ~
scmc female relative. or both monrns thsfr
ne5Ishea neydnS H. roe1ann, nsc or slS have
Nr Niiilen nn tsfher nsmas l,an., =. ueasu VI
Thc nnmes ~ ffa wnrnt,as - t.n y. sp'.su; o;,
bc asccrfa;ncd toccthcr VIII = ~ ~, nasn ~ uuaa
thcir Injuries. arc Is follows. NJ navsds,u e VI
cxpret6 agent, Detroit, head and flee Acyert,.