The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-24
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.


Collision on the Michigan Central Hallway
MANY Killed and Injured.
Especial TO the 81. Louis Globe. Democrat
JACKSON. MICH, October i0.-The most
frightful accident In the history OF the Mlchi.
gan Central Railroad occurred between ana
O'Clock this morning, three miles east of this
place. The Pacific Express train No. ? con.
sisting Of seven Wagner slecpers. four passen-
ger coaches. with mail and baggage cars
which was due 10 leave Detroit III D 80 last
evening had been DELAYED ana irft s:ran1
Trunk junction 40 minutes late. ON arriving
~ the switch quarter of mile east OF thc
Jackson Junction. without the slightest warn
ing. it
coLLIDED WITH A 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 on % the left, leaving the
smoking car 10 strike the switch. engine aud
telescope with the first paSScnger-car AMI
cmigrant coach. Upon the latter fell the
heaviest burden Of the disaster. The tender
Of the express engine was tsleScopcd into the
baggage. car about half It's length, and this
cnr Ia turn forced its way into the n.il.cnr.
and these crowded the cmigs,nt car OF the
track on to the cmbankincnt and crashed
back through the two following coaches. An
was in ncNtricublc confusion. The ears were
henpcd one upon another, ana beneath the
broken tmncrs lay the dead and dying in
great numbers.
Il was some time before those who we're
able 20 assist the suffering could recover from
their shock sufficiently 20 understand the full
force Of the disaster. When the locomutne
struck. iii, engineer aud fireman OF the
switch engine jumped OF ana saved them.
selves. Milton Gilbert of detroit, tho cngi
nrsr, ana smith 81 jackson, tsr fireman. were.
both literally torn To pieces and buried under
the wreck. Both engines we're thoroughly
demolished. In the iir-t coach were some 80
or 80 French Canadian emigfnnfS. bound for
the northern woods 20 engage IN cutting lum.
Der. The majority OF these instantly
killed or fatally injured There were several
women and childirn among them Many Of
these were buried under the fragments Of cars
and hcmnled In by the train and timbcrs,
and shfiekcd and nioancd in vain for assist.
ance.
The passengers in tbs first regular passcn-
ger couch were mainly unharmsd, the harvest
OF death being renpcd inthc second aud third
coaches The fourth coach escaped with
slight damage, and none Of the Wagner cars
were NJ all injured.
As near as can be nscertaincd,
THE ACCIDENT WAS Caused
by tho switchinan having charge Of making
up a freight train az jackson junction occus
pSing the track with his sMitcli-en.rinc ana
caboosc with the understanding that the Pa
citic express VERY considerably behind
time. The express train, however, had been
running faster than her schedule, and had
made up nearly all uf her lost time.
The news a the disaster reached Jackson
very soon after and prople ~cIc aroused
physicians and surgeons were az once sum
moned from jackson and Detroit.
special train left the latter city with a
NUMBER Oh puN~lci.iiis on botliO az D
O'Clock this morning. 4 large force az cn-
ployees Of the railroad company werr gath
ercd and proceeded ~ once 70 the work ~
cNfricnting the coaches from the wreck. The
railroad Officers, surgeons, citizens and cln-
ployccs worked with a will among the wound
cd,doing everything In their powerto alleviate
their -uferings.
Few, II any, Of the first class passengers
were killed, and but one L. known 10 have
been injured. This was Arthur Rogers 81
Philadelphia. who ind both lc4-- crushed.
Man.IWnI l.rtiNafI arrived tho with
corpS uf assistants AZ an carly hour. aud did
much toward assisting the unfvitnnates. The
victims were brought by Especial train to this
city, the injured being cared for ~ the Ilurd
and HlbDard Houses. and tic dead being laid
out at the undertaking establishments Of Potts
q Olmstcad nnd simmons QuearS. The road
was blockadcd so that no trains could pass.
THE KILLED.
The number killed Is fifteen. rs follows:
Milt Gilbert, engineer Of the Pacific express
cifc express, aged 20: Lewis Mongeon. French
tanadian, VIM. John Rice. Philadelphia; Mrs.
" y. Rice. wife Of the above: Mrs. Garland:
the above, aged 10 years; Moses Gray, Troy.
Vt, aged y; Willie Eikins, Troy, VT, aged "a;
Mrs ). NJ. sparkiin, Philadelphia, and two
children. aged and years; two men, names
unknown.
THE WOUNDED.
The list OF the wounded T. as follows:
child Of r. J. parncll, st. Catherine, Ont.
:. NJ. >parxin, Philadelphia, whose wife and
and spraincd wrist. The family were bound
for Chicago. IIerrnis Dcsrnaisnuvc, Angus
Ont. HOSinon DcSmai~nuvc. brother OF the
above. bad confusion Of tho hand. Arthur
Rodgers, Philadelphia, brother ~ Mrs. Cart.
land and cousin Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rice MI
bound Tor sterling, kansas; badly bruised AL
over. but no bones broken Milton tarnmhe,
express messenger. very badly hurt Alfred
Bennett, baggngcnan: bruised generally, but
no fractures. WIN. Baggy. Troy, W.; severe
confusion " the right leg, bound for Caller.
mia. Daniel finn, labpfcr, Chicago. cut ana
bruised generally. John Jehr'cS, Newark ~
j.: bound for Chicago: fractures and cuntu-
sions: will probably die. Little Will" Nce;
mother and father both dead leg broken. W
Pmfncll, -. GATHERINGS, ont leg broken ~ the
ankle Joint; hands ANA fissc injured from
splintcir. Mrs. J. y. rarncil, II. Paul. Mimi,
cut about the hrnd: deep gn~h IN i..IeheAl
Geo. a. Cunningham, GrrcnNiilr. Wis, lett
arm broken in three places bad scalp wound
Mrs. rnrncll cnt over lrfg eye, and LETT leg
sprstncd Reuben Carter. tsni-Scy, H.. Just re-
turning fv,n En1lund: liaht arm mnh hip
confused little finger cnt 90. Robert WELD,
Trenton: injuries ~ back and body
Leopold Hoffman. RansluIph. Mass. severe
cut IA foot. Delbcrt VI. benjamin. Jersey
Heights. n D., injured In the elbow. mp, bead
and lungs worry generally VIM. Barney, tntlt.
Ont, bruised quite severely. Mrs A. W. steele,
Detroit, cit icg badly SnImined nnd Sli4ht-
~ bruised On body shock caused Temporary
deafness MR. Thomas CaNip. ipA kpott, y.
vcrcly bruised 10 back smd side. Her nnn2l'
ter u little girl Ant.f wears old. wa slightly
bruised on ihr ~s,lr ~ the hrnh Mis-. y. Y.
Hart, Clinton. iA.. t,lf about the head severe
~, but not seriously.
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