Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-11
Railroad Horror.
EXPRESS TRAIN TELEsCOPED.

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accident occurred on the Michigan Central
railroad, short distance east of the juno
to,,, about l o'clock this morning. The
Pacific express train, bound west, which left
Detroit forty minutes late, collided with a
switch engine on the Michigan Central road
at that place, telescoping the baggage and
express cars rand piling the remaining
coaches, eleven in number, on top of each
other. The first coach was filled with emil
grants, most of whom are
KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Many occupants of other coaches were also
killed Or injured. 1t is supposed there are
about twenty to twenty five passengers killed
and twenty to thirty wounded. The MAORI
ty of the number is thought to be emigrants
and second class passengers. Physicians
and surgeons were at once summoned from
Jackson to the scene of the disaster, and q
special train carrying physicians left Dstroit
at A. NJ. A large force of employees of the
railroad company, together with a large
number of citizens Of Jackson, are on the
ground extricating the bodies from the
wreck. Railroad officials and surgeons are
busily engaged among the wounded, doing
everything in their power to alleviate suffer-
ings.
DETROIT, Mich. OCT. 1O.-Up to noon
eighteen dead bodies had been taken fr am
the wreck of the express, ten of whom were
taken from the emigrant Car. They have
not yet been identified. The identified killed
are:
Milton Gilbert, of Detroit engineer of the
express train.
G. B. Smith, of Jackson, fireman of the ex-
press train.
John Rice, wife and daughter, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Garland and q ten year old daughter,
of Philadelphia.
Louis Mongion, Buckingham, Canada and
an infant daughter Of Mrs. George A. Jones, of
Chatodo Penn.
THE WOUNDED.
The following is list of the names of the
wounded as far as can be ascertained:
NJ. D. Carlisle express messenger, of De-
troit; collar bone broken.
h 4; A. A. Be Ben Sh5;.a basgageman' of Detr0t
VIM. Buggy, of Troy, N. Y; right leg and
thigh crushed.
Daniel Finn, Chicago; head cut and bruised.
8. NJ. Sharlin, Philadelphia, cut on the head
and hurt internally.
Arthur Rogers, of Philadelphia, cut and
Bruised not dangerous.
Reuben Carter Gardner, ILL.,, hands cut and
left thigh broken.
G. A. Cunningham, GAINESVILLE, Wis left
arm broken in two places.
Harry Misdas, of Canada, cut and bruised.
Mrs. j. +. Pannell of St. Paul, head cut.
E. J. Pannel), Of st. Paul, Mimi, left leg
broken.
John Jeffries, of Newark, head crushed
probably fatal.
Willie Rice. aged IA, of Philadelphia leg
broke face cut, and recovery doubtful.
The father, mother and sister. all were
killed.
Mrs. Laura A. Finley of Walworth N. Y,
bruised about the head and face.
Mrs. r. J. Warren of Ganges Mich, bruised
about the neck and shoulders.
Henry Burrows, of Newfoundland, Pa, cut
in the head.
Arondus Massonave, Frenchman, from Buck
inRham, a severe confusion of face and head.
Palmer, Massonave of Buckingham, Canada
cut on the head and leg.
Gilbert M. Benjamin, of Jersey Heights, N.
j., hip, head and lungs. slight.
VIM. Calf of Ontario, leg bruised slight.
A. NJ Steele of Detroit, leg sprained and body
bruised.
Mrs. Thes. Clement of Lockport, New York,
arm and head badly cut and severely bruised
on the back and head.
Mrs. 3. B. Heart OF Clinton, Iowa, head cut
severely.
Robert Mel of Trenton, Canada, injured in
the back and body.
Leopold Hoffman of Randolph, Mass, cut in
the head aud foot.
Mrs. George A. Jones of Chaladopha cuts
and bruises on the head and left side. One of
her children, eighteen months old, was killed
instantly, and another was badly bruised Oh
the head.
s. M. Parkln of Philadelphia thinks his
wife, and children aged four and six, ore among
the dead, but the bodies have not been found.
LITERALLY TORN TO PIECES.
The engineer and fireman of the express
train were literally torn in pieces, but the
engineer and fireman of tho switch engine
escaped injury by jumping from the engine.
The train was made of seven Wagner Sleep
ers and four passenger coaches and mail
and baggage cars. The tender of the OK
press engine was telescoped into the bag
gage car about one-half its length. This
car in turn forced its way into the mail car,
and thus crowded the first passenger coach
to the right to the embankment and crushed
through the second following. The pas
sengers in the first coach were completely
unframed, the harvest of death being reap
ed in the second and third passenger coaches.
The fourth coach escaped with slight
damage, and none of the Wagner coaches
were I'M ured. As near as can be ascertained
the accident was caused by the switchmsn
having charge of making up freight trains
ct Jackson junction, occupying the main
track with the switch engine and caboose,
understanding that the Pacific express was
considerably behind time. The express
train, however, had made up nearly all the
lost time.
H0tc IT Occurred 80
TESTIMONY OF YARD MEN,
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1O.-At jackson this
afternoon the Michigan Central railroad of.
fcials examined the different yard employees
on duty last night at the air line junction