The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-10-16
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TWENTY OR THiRTY PHOPLF
KILLED AND MANY MORN
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BY q Railway Collision pI ghe Michisln qtisa
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Switching Engine-TwO Passens
Cars TelescOped and OH.
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Detroit, October 1O-A Serious and Va i ac.
cident occurred on the Micigan Cspi' bad,
a short distance eaA W jackson. hi biock
this morning. The NScfc ex1fs bound
west, which left Detroitforty minull id-
ed with a switch eh6ine on " at
that place. telescopine sthe haptet aN resa
cars, and piling the remaining feh in
number, on top of the Other Ite bach
was filed with emigrants, are
killed or very seriously injure # oC-
cupants of the other coaches Gl OF
injured. It's supposed there ID hty or
or twenty-five passengers killed, tfd eDty To-
thirty wounded. The majority Of thb nupber d
thought to be emgrants and second,ela& en-
gers Physicians and surgeons were at onceAums
moned from Jackson to the scene Of the disaster,
and special train carrying physicians left De-
troit at a, m, A large force of employees OF the
Central company, together with large number
OF citizens of Jackson are on the ground engaged
at work extricating the bodies from the wreck
The railroad officials and surgeons are busily at
work among the wounded, doing all In their
ptwe to alleviate their sufferings. The nafii6
Of the killed and wounded will be published sH
soon as ascertained.
The engineer and fireman of the express train
were literally torn In pieces but the engineer and
firemen OF the switch engine escaped injury by
jumping from the engine.
TIE train was made up Of seven Wagner sleep.
ers, four passenger coaches, and mail and bag.
gage car. The tender Of the express engine was
telescoped into the baggage Car about half its
length. This car in turn forced It's way into the
mail car, and these crowded the first passenger
coach to the right on the embankment and crash
ed back through the other cars. The passengers
In the first coach were comparatively unframed,
the harvest of death being Eeaped in the FIRST and
second coaches The fourth coach escaped with
slight damage, and none of the Wagner coaches
were injured. AS near as can be ascertained, the
accident was caused by the switchman having
charge OF making up the freight train at Jackson
Junction, occupying the main track with the
switch engine and caboose, understal ding that
the express train was considerably behind time.
The express train, however had made up nearly
all lost time.
Uptonoon eighteen dead bodies ad been taken
from the wreck Of the express, ten of whom TAX
en- from the emigrant car, have not yet been
identified. The identified killed are:
Milton Gilbert, Of Detroit engineer Of express
| train.
G. B. Smith, of Jackson, fireman Of the express
train
John Rice, wife and daughter, Philadelphia.
Mrs Garland and ten yesr-old daughter Phila.
delphia.
Louis Mongeon, Buckingham, Canada, and an
infant daughter oil Mrs, George A. Jones, Of Chal-
| ado, Pa.
The following is list Of the wounded as far as
ascertained:
M. D. Carlisle, express messenger, Detroit collar
| boue broken.
A. A. Bennett, baggageman, Detroit, badly cut
| and bruised.
William Buggy, Troy, VT, right leg and thigh
| crushed,
David Finn, Of Chicago, head badly cut and
| bruised
s.. NJ sparlin, Philadelphia, cut on head and
| hurt internally.
| Arthur Rogers, Philadelphia, cut and bruised,
not dangerously.
Reuben Carser Gardner, ILL.,, hands cut and left
| thigh broken.
Geo, Cunningham JanesviIle, Wis, left arm
| broken in two places
| Harry Misdas, Canada cut and bruised
E, j. Parnell, st. Catharines, Ontario left leg
broken
Mrs, E, j. Parnell. St. Catharines Ont, severely
| injured about the head and knee.
Mrs ]. F Parnell, Toronto, head cut.
John Jaffries, Newark, head crushed probably
fatal.
Mrs. Laura A. Finley, walworth, N. Y, bruised
| about head and face.
Mrs N. ]. Warren, Ganges, Mich, bruised in
back and shoulders
Henry Burrows, Newfoundland, Pa, cut in
head.
Willie Rice aged four, Philadelphia leg brok-
en-, face cut, recovery doubtful; father, mother
| and sikter all killed.
Arandus MOsonnuve, Frenchman, Bucking-
ham, Canada, severe confusion on the face and
| head.
Palmas Mosonnuve, Buckingham, Canada, cut
| in head and leg
Delhert NJ. Benjamin, Jersey Heights, N, j., hip,
| head and lungs Slight
William Brinney, Gait, Ont, leg bruised.
Mrs. A. M Steele, Detroit leg sprained and body
| bruised.
Mrs. Thomas Clement. Lockport N. Y, arm
and head badly cut severely bruised, back and
| head.
Mrs. B. B. Hart, Clinton, Iowa. head cut very
severely.
Robert Neill, Newton Canada, injured in the
| back and body
Leopold Hoffman, Randolph, Mass cut in head
| and foot
Mrs. George A. Jones, Chalado Pa, cuts and
| bruises oil head and left side. One of her child.
| ren, eighteen months old killed instantly, anOth.
er badly bruised in the head
| s. NJ, Sparlln, of Philadelphia thinks his wife
and children. aged four and Blk, are among the
dead, but the bodies have not yet been found.