The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-11
About Twenty Persons Killed and
Twenty-Five Wounded.
"FORTY MINUTES LATE"
Bungling and Recklessness That
Caused the Disaster.


which left Detroit on Thursday night ut half
past ten, forty minutes behind its schedule
time. The deplorable results which followed are
due to this fatal delay. The train was composed
of fourteen cars-scven WagLer sleepers, four
passenger coaches and three mail and baggage
cars. Next to the mail car was an emigrant
and second class car, nearly filed with passen-
gers. The train attained high rate of
speed after leaving Detroit to make up
the lost time, and, when near Jackson,
at siding slight down grade accelerated the
speed, which at that time was not less than
forty miles an hour. Here a switch engine,
whose driver was working upon the main
track, taking advantage OF the time of the sup
posed delayed express, was encountered with
the most appalling effect. The two engines
were in - twinklng reduced to the most COM
plete wreck that it is possible to imagine,
hopeless and undistinguishable mass Of broken
and twisted metal. The tender Of the express
engine had telescoped into the baggage car,
which in turn was forced into the mail car.
These crowded the first passenger coach to the
right on the embanknent and crushed back into
the two following coaches
THE KILLED.
The following is u list of the killed, as far as
can now be ascertaincd:--
GARLAND, Mrs., of Philadelphia.
GARLAND, Miss Jagged tcn), Of Philadelphia.
GILBERT, MILTON, Of Detroit, engineer of
the express train.
JONES, GEORGE A.. of Chalado, Pa
Infant daughter of Mrs. George A. Jones, of
Pennsylvania.
MORGEON, LOUIS, of Buckingham, Canada.
RICE, JOHN, Of PHILADELPHIA
RICE, Mrs., of Philadelphia.
RICE, Miss, of Philadelphia.
SMITH, e. b., of jackson, fireman Of the ex-
press train.
AN UNKNOWN man with dark Clothes dark
mustache; head crushed features unrecogniza-
bic.
AN UNKNOWN man, about thirty-one years
Of age; light brown hair and sandy mustache.
AN UNKNOWN man, supposed to be a
sailor. He has one arm the initials, &c. Z.
r." and device with the words, Faith, hope
and charity.
identified.
THE INJURED.
The wounded recorded up to this time are:-
BARROWS, HENRY, Of Newfoundland, Pa.
head cut.
BENJAMIN, DELBERT NJ, of Jersey City
Heights, N. j.; head, lungs and hip injured
not seriously.
BENNETT, A. A., baggageman, of Detroit;
badly cut and bruised.
BUGGY, WILLIAM, of Troy, VT; right leg
and thigh crushed.
BUNNY, WILLIAM, of Gait, Ont. leg
bruised.
CARLISLE, M. D., express messenger, of
Detroit; collar bone broken.
CARTER. REUBEN, of Gardner, ILL.,; hands
cut. left thigh broken.
CLEMENT, Mrs. THOMAS, of Lockport, N.
Y; arm and head badly cut, severely bruised
OIL head and back
CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE A., of GAINESVILLE,
Wis; left arm broken in two places.
FINLEY, Mrs. LAURA A., of Walworth, N.
Y; bruised about the head and face.
FINN, DANIEL, of Chicago; head cut and
bruised.
HART, Mrs. B. b., of Clinton, Iowa; head cut
severely.
HOFFMAN, LEOPOLD, of Randolph, Mass;
cut on head and foot.
JEFFRIES, JOHN, of Newark, N. j.; head
crushcd will probably die.
JONES, Mrs. GEORGE A., of Chalado, Pa;
cut and bruises on head and left side; one of her
children, as shown elsewhere was killed; another
of her children was badly bruised about the
head.
MASSONNUvE. ARANDUS (French), of
Buckingham, Canada; severe confusion OH face
and head.
MASSONNUvE, PAIMAS, of Buckingham,
Canada; cut about head and leg.
MISDAS, H., of Canada; cut and bruised.
NELL ROBERT, of Trenton, Canada; in
jurcd on back and body.
PARNELL, L. j., of st. GATHERINGS, Ont.
leg broken.
Ont left leg broken.
PARNELL, Miss f., st. GATHERINGS; severely
injured about the head and knee.
PARNELI., Mrs. j. f.. of Toronto head cut.
RICE, WILLIE of Philadelphia, aged four
years; leg broken and face cut; recovery
doubtful; his father, mother and sister were
killed.
ROGERS, ARTHUR, of Philadelphia cut
and bruised; injuries not considered dam
gcrous.
SPARLIN, 8. NJ, of Philadelphia; cut on
head and hurt internally.
STEELE, Mrs. A. NJ, of Detroit leg spraincd
and body bruised.
WARREN, Mrs. H. D., OF Gaines, Mich;
bruised about back and shoulders.
SAD SCENES AT THE WRECK.
The scene which followed the collision was
terrible. When the baggage ear came in con-
tact with the tclcscoped coaches there was
heap of bruised bleeding and dying human
beings, whose means and cries of distress filled
the mir. Mutilatc,l bodies of the dead could be
sedn among the debris of the wrecked coaches.
Under the shapelcss mass which was once the
express engine were the bodies of the engineer
and fireman. which were cxtrcated MS soon MS
possible. Death to them and many Of the other
victims must have been instantaneous. The