The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
Collision on the Michigan Central RaiIvTa,
-8Iapy killed and Injured.


Mary killed and Injured.
Especial to the st. Louis Globe Democrat
JACKSON, MICH, October 10.-The most
hdghtful accident in the history of the Michi-
gan Central Railroad occurred between and
O'Clock this morning, three miles east OF this
place. The Pacific Express train No 2, con-
slsting OF seven wagner sleepers, TOUR piissen-
ger-coaches, with mail and baggage cars,
which was due to leave Detroit at 80 last
evening, had been delayed, and left Grand
Trunk junction 40 minutes late. On arriving
at the switch quarter of mile east of the
jackson Junction, without the slightest warn
ing, it s,,-esrrf,. s.,..-.
coLLIDED WITH SWITCH ENGINE
which had been left on the main track. Both
engines were completely demolished. When
the Pacific Express struck, her engine and two
baggage cars passed of to the left, leaving the
smoking gear to strike the switch engine and
telescope with the first passenger-car and
heaviest burden of the disaster. The tender
of the express engine was telescoped into the
bae,era DEL car aboIIt half IFS length and this
car IN turn forced its way into the mail car,
and these crowded the eInigTstnt- ear on the
track to the embankment and crashed
back through the two following coaches. All
was in nextricable confusion The cars were
broken tilnbers lay the dead and dying in
great numbers.
It was some time before those who were
able to assist the suffering could recover from
their shock sufficiently TO understand the fun
force of the disaster When the locomotive
struck, the engineer ana fireman OF the
switch engine jumped of and saved them
selves. Milton Gilbert OF Detroit, the engi-
neeT, and smith OF jackson, the fireInan, were
both literally torn to pieces and buried under
demolished the first coach were some SO
or go French Canadian emigrants, bound for
the northern woods 10 engage in cutting lum-
ber The majority OF these were instantly
killed or fatally injured. There were several
women and children among them. Many OF
these were buried under the fragments of cars
and hcmmed in by the train and timbers,
and shrieked and moaned in vain for assist
ance.
ger coach were mainly unframed, the harvest
of death being reaped inthe second and third
coaches. The fourth coach escaped with
slight damage, and none of the Wagner cars
were at all injured.
As near rs can be ascertained,
THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED
by the switchman having charge of making
up freight train at jackson junction Occu-
pying The track with his switch engine and
clfic express was very considerably behind
time. The express train, however, had been
running faster than her schedule, and had
made up nearly all of her lost time.
The news Of the disaster reached Jackson
very soon after, and people We're aroused
from their beds and hurried to the scene.
Physicians and surgeons We're at once sum
mOned from Jackson and Detroit. a
sDeciaI train left the latter CITY with n
number of physicians on board at 5
o'clock this morning. a large force of en-
ployees of the railroad company were gath
cred and proceeded at once to the work of
eXtricating the coaches from the wreck. The
railroad officers, surgeons, citizens and EN-
ed, doing everything in their power to alleviate
their sufferings.
Few, if amy, of the first class passengers
were killed, and but one is known to have
been injured. This was Arthur Rogers of
Philadelphia, who had both legs crushed.
Manager Ledyard arrived at the scene with
a corps of assistants at an early hour, and did
much toward assisting the unfortunates. The
victims were brought by special train to this
city, the injured being cared for at the Hurd
and Hibbard Houses, and the dead being laid
out at the undertaking establishments of Potts
& Olnlstead and Simmons q Quears. The road
was blockaded SO that no trains could pass.
THE KILLED..
The number killed is fifteen, as follows:
Milt Gilbert, engineer of the Pacific express
train, aged SO; Z. b. Smith, fireman of the Pa
Canadian; VIM. John Rice, Philadelphia; Mrs.
w. j. Rice. wife of the above: Mrs. Garland.
! Philadelphia; Annie Garland, daughter Of
the above, aged 10 years; Moses Gray, Troy
Vt, aged 81; Willie Elkins, Troy, VT, aged "a
Mrs s. Nj. Sparklin, Philadelphia, and two
children, aged and years; two men, names
unknown.
THE WOUNDED.
The list of the wounded is as follows:
child of E. j. Parnen, st. Catherine, Ont
5. N. SDarkIin, Philadelphia, whose wife and
children were killed; confusion in the face
and sprained wrist. The family were bound
for Chicago Hermis Desmafsauve, Angus
Ont Rosimon Desmaisauve, brother of the
above; bad confusion of the hand. Arthur
Rodgers, PhiIadeiphia, brother of Mrs Cart
land and cousin of Mr. and Mrs. Rice, al
bound for Sterling, Kansas; badly bruised al
over. but ne bones broken. Milton CaIliInbe
Bennett, baggageman; bruised generally, but
no fractures. VIM. Baggy, Troy, Vt; severe
confusion of the right leg; bound for Califor.
MIA. Daniel Finn, labOrer, Chicago; cut and
bruised generally. John JefrieS, Newark, N
j. bound for Chicago; fractures and contu'
siOns; viii probably die. Little Willie Rice
mother and father both dead leg broken. j
Parncll, st. GATHERINGS, Ont; leg broken at the
ankle Joint; hands and face injured from
splintcrs. Mrs. j. r. Palnel, st. Paul, Mimi:
eut about the head; deep cash IN forehead
Geo. \. Cunningham, Greenville, Wis; lef
ann broken in three places; bad scalp wound
Mrs. Parncll; cut over left eye, and lcftlee
spIained. Reuben Carter, Galsey, Ill, just.re
turning from England right arm and htl
confused; little finger cut OF. Robert Weld
Trenton: severe injuries i'll back and body
Leopold Hoffman, Randolph, AIass. ;--sever'
cut ON foot. Delbert w. benjamin, jersey
Heights, y. J.. injured in the elbow, hip, head
and lungs very generally. Wm.Barney, Gault
Ont, bruised quite severely. Mrs y W. steele
Detroit, left leg badly sprained and slight
ly bruised on body; shock caused temporary
Deafness Mrs. Thomas Camp, LOckport, n
Y, arm and side of head badly cut and Sc
verely bruised in back and side. Her daugh
ter, little girl about years old, was slightly
bruised on the side of the head. Mrs. B.
Hart, Clinton, la, cut about the head severe
~, but not seriously.