, 1870-07-23

An Express Train on tho Michigan
Central atond sknux Into IA Freight
Trotn-INvo Men Killrd, several
Wounded, and Ii Heavy Los. Of |
Property
From me Detroit Free Press- July q.
About O'Clock Yesterday morning, Just af- |
ter the engineer OF the Atlantic Express tain ]
On the Michigan Central Road lad blown his /
whistle for Wayne Station, eighteen miles:uest !
Of this city, and while hin tram vas moving ut !
the tate Of thirty mlles an hour, he discovered !
that the switch, which there combines to form |
! track on each side OF the station, was set 40 I
that he wss running his tram right into lhe |
rear OF a freight train standing On the ride !
track, which was alao boHnl East, but had !
switched III to give up the main II Ack TO tie ca
press. AR toon - the startling truth WAS evi-
dent, the engineer sounded 'sdoHn brakes"
and the hrakenen had them On in In instant,
hut they could only sllckeu the great speed, az
the distance was not three hundred feet be-
fore the engine went into the caboose Of the
freight tzain, tearing il into splinters destroy
| lug the next two freight cars, then overturn-
| ing Itself on the ground, with the forward
| ttucke resting in the kitchen Of the station
| 4 locust tree, aa large III mans bodS, which
| stood in the way. was cut clean OF, part Of it
| alec going into the house.
; The freight train had been waiting for some
time, and two hskemen were in thgraboose,
fast asleep. The body Of one, named Joseph
RobaEBc, OF this city, was fshed out Of the
wreck without eign kof life, but the other,
named Van Allen, who tesiaes near Wayne
Station, lived I few moments afteE being taken
up. Both we're very badly bruised, seeming to
have received the full force Of the shock.
KobarEe leaves wife in Detroit, but the other
| ono ia aiEgle man
No further damage was done to the freight
train, but sad wreck was msde OF the Ia
piled up in great heap Of splintcrs and bro
ken iron, with the freight scattered up and
II seems that the fireman on the express
train jumped from the engine as soon as it waa
been that q collision Was coming, and be es-
capped with . dislocated ahoulIer and > few
body brnises. The engineer, Isaac kmtal1,
Of this city, attempted TO mako his leap when
! the trims were almost together, but struck
the water tank and fell back, and seems to
He IL very badly injured, aud it is feared tunt
be has some Internal hurt which will result in
, death. He Was lying ACROSS the track when
found, and spoke few words on being carried
into tho hotel, oesiring that they should carry
him down and let him see how bad 1.-THE ole
! eaI" was smashed up. The engine was . yer.
! tue one. and il badly damaged
I When the collision oc<hrfed, the baggage
+ MASTER was seated in about tito centre Of lit
1 car. aud be states that he performed som'
!, inyoluptasily on his s,.rt. and when he came Il
u ret settled, la found both ends OF hla car com
= plctely smashed, willie there veto \ few lee
Il III the censfe almost untouched By the shock
n Several trunks were ground to pieces, an'
q some OF the other light freight damaged. Ha.
n the man stood few feet nearer either end
4 he could OF have escaped with his Life Th
o passeugers in the first coach were rude'
s aroused by the shock going nnder and ose
10 the seats, and regular stampede occurred a
q koou as the car ceased to bump. In one Of th
front seats sat man aud wife, aud they lei
. Young child bctwven them. The corner q
E the coach WAS Hheared clean of, splnters au
bolts dying il every direction, and get nettht
OF the three was IN the slightest degree it
iured 4 man sitting just behind them wa
r" lifted over two eeats aud left in the male. bu
d. it all occurred SO gently {Aat . it was sever
" minutes before hu was sufficiently awake
understand that the train had not halted
e. Eu1ne station. Tho collision WAS NOT muc
ts | felt fui t!cr down the train, and some OF II
ch eiceping passengers harslIy woke up over it.
n The accident, which one can only wonder
~ not resulting in fearful loss Of Life, n,
brought about through the alleged negGgcu!
Of the bwitehm1n. After letting the freis
II train in he il eaia to have walked on leavlr
Is tho switch VIDE open, and knowing ihat 4
d. fast train would soon be along. A. the col
ax eion occurred on the switch the main tra'
an ne uas not iucumbered, and no del1y occurred
~ | other tralbr.
Isl, ,at Quite a singular coincidence is called
TO mind bs the death Of Kobarge. Many will !
he r.cmt er tlat, year or two ago. fircma
% named Moses kobarge (Eho was cousin
Oh Oh Joseph), was killed, At Huron Station, by /
an ,p explosion Of q locomotive boiler. Moses il
to eequeptly married, and now the poor som
es- il second time widowed Ly nearly the Bal
log terrible agency which deprived her OF her I'll
nj | husband.