, 1870-12-13
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
| ColllAion Oh the michigan Central
Lo.s oG Lt1e-SeveEAi Pcrweau lu-

Loss oG L4i7e-soveEni Pcrweap lu-
$Nfed.
Firm ne DttreN Ta.i, Dre. ..
Yesterday n.u1niIE. few minntee before 7
o'clock, there hAppeued, about milo eaAt OF
DeLton StAtinn, tho most serious accident
that has oceu11td On the Michigan Central
Railroad in . long tiuae. l. Aeenas that tbs
Lieht express east, Conductor Ladd, duo here
1t 7s45 \ n., v1s On tius It fpsalanti. Boon
after 1eaTing that station tho engineer OBJ
served that there WIS something wrong with
the pump weNk fed tho boiler. He accord-
ingsy bfougR p tA'u to full stop It the
point first ahoya iele1Aea5. md proceeded 70
uith the rules of tbs ros9 esxzen we're sert
hack to waru tho approaching train, - IL vsH
novn that the road train followed c1ose after
The express ftatn fpsilanu. They SAW the
road train coming On ut full speed, and made
every dernLnatEatlnn Of warning fot il to ttop.
On the pstt ct the engineer to a!Ackan its
speed, and dashed into the rear end OF tho
expreaa train, xhlch WA standing still on the
main track.
Ths Pullman sleeping coaches A,bsoa and
CITY OF Detroit formed the rear ead4 OF the
tta1u, 1nd wero pretty badly amsahed- They
we're filed With passengers. but, fortunstsly,
doubtless due to tho great strength Of tia
coaclee. Several persons vera mora or feas
Injured. These were brought directly t. this
esty. They vera met It tha Depot hf Dr.. E.
w Jenk+, surgeon OF the Michigan Central
Railroad, and two aaaiatante, aud placed ia
where they were provided with comfortable
quarters, their woutds DRESSED. aud avery
t1irg possible dono to relieve their sunerinEr-
The follcWing ia Z List OF the injured par
eons: E. Zuizer. commercial agent for Hscht
& Hofenthsl, Now York, Injuries very ssrious.
and *ill rrababiy prove fAta1; Dlnn5 hositz,
S.uSlasepoa;; & ; II eigst % injares About ths hesd
aud facat Ar. aud Mra- e. A. Mbee, of Au-
rora, IL, Injuries slight Mr. l. his ! cut on
tho forehead, and Mrs. /. hss bruises sbout
the hips and lover linaba. They will be able to
continue theft journey In day or two. All Of
these parsiss Are now At the Russen House. In
Marshal Harry blanchard receiTed some
hruisca and internal injuries, Ehlch Ara not
believed, however, to be Sor1ous. ThnEo may
have been cthcsa who Teeeived slight cuts,
but the sboyc.naEned wern all the persons on
the passenger train who required su1gica1
attention.
Tho angineer On he road train, when he
discovered that colfision was Inevitable,
ehut OF steam ard jumped from his engine.
He received bad cut On the head. A brake
man On the road train, named Parl, hTing at
Ypsilanti, had both legs taken Oh and Va.
tA.own rome distance. He survived until
! about o'clock ic tho afternoon.
The accident eeems to haze been one os
those uraccourtable snsirn which the officers
! Of no road, however welt managed. conld pre-,
| vent. The track ia parfeetly eta,ght for many
miles, and under culinary circumstances
train could be seen At lcast tire mills a7ay
It is incomprehanhihla that the engineer die
not see the signals In time to etcp his t,ai,
1 and avtrt the calamity. Tne most reAsonsbl,
tupposition ia th1t the smoke md steam oh
ssuted The WOW from the cab windows.