The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-10-17

ths MttNtkah AFbsfHl fatifHAd HNs faHHs4i
i~Nlf far .eafs urrn iis freedom ffum Aeri
dents. bsil iss time far manrnArs arrived on
10 n,sining III sha iush III uctui.er. nj 1 49,
A thar hour the tacihc express. dun In thl
saao a. q m, aas rounding curve ., Jack.
r.n tNichl Junction jnst eas "a the Ia-i
switch - the hugh bridge east ~ ihc junction,
~ncn sl,e engineer, Milton tsllhcti, saw, through
Ito fus, an engine and train bas |. few rods
sh,sd ~ iho main traek rho whistle sound.
q fof hfAkes, and u II ruprneed the rnRine
wa~ reversed and All Efforts made BY ilsc ~
III. msHs of living freight behind them; bu,
Trey dp NOT live ~ i.il ihe tAlr,
The cnkihetr md hts man IN the switch Ell
Esnr, wh.ah thus n.ssteiiussls rtu,d nron tho
niain track jnrt a. the express might ~ ~
lectctl, jumped and save,l tl,.ir lives. They
ha'i Inst rn,lcd of ,hc a,v SWITCH, Winch
terms the gateway 10 tho Jackson sNrfr. III
Ia h On ihe sisie track, aud wtte preparing %
Imrk, when the sArrsrs appeared, romin. NJ
full sretd aroni tlu curve
Tho express train was compasci VI Tho en
eine, baggage car. smnkinE rAr--in which
there wcro lN.niy parrrngrts tive carloads III
e,n,gfanta, mostly French Canadians going ny
u thu luinl~r 1omir IN Nnstl..rn Michigan;
ono flrst-claas And seven Wagner roArirs
Twelve ears In AlI. Tho engines EsApplrd ike
sxo living monsters, rarh pilel over tl,e Utller,
the lighter switch II kline nprcrmo.t, and hoil
fnll ~ The nDItl Hislr ~ The Track, mountain
~ iron, bnrying bs,es,h II lilo crushed bodies
ot tho engineer aud fireman. 1'hc baggage
aiii sn.0hing.car and tender wero broken n
pieces, aud. moat mtaemlonsly, both tho *.
pfcss messenger anil bn.gagcmAn cecaped
With their lives. though ba.iiy injured
Tho ncst car io tho rnokn. car. the hrs,
Atsnnsl class, WAS the ono IN which the terrible
carnage took place, Tho car ~ ~ rear icf. y.
trucks and trlarearel through II aud Elk feel
beyond, crushing OVER and through TIM seats
an,l killing and wonnding tl,e occupants In I
manner that cannot be described, ~ scarceis
any oye- witness from that fatcd car h loft abls
~ tell anything Ont of ~ least hfty passen.
gers u contained, there are fifteen deaths known
ID have resulted, There werc nune In
that car that escaped death or rcrions
injury. In tho car that icloscoped this QUO and
hd tho fearful work there Wrsp nome kilIcsl, hnl
many were injured lack Ut this there we're
nome hMIi, ~ Tim force NJ TIM collision carried
tho entire wreck several rods, aud tho long
line nj rear cars lost tho great force NJ tl.s
shock aud kept on tho track. Indeed, there
were man, Ia tho sleeping coaches who lid
not rven Aakn UP,
ko,nu i..ra ot lie horror III tie wreck may III
obtained from the fact thAt tho tfnrks IT ths
five saru were all crowded close t0gcthcr npo,
thu track, and occupied less than one fourth
The train wax manned - fnllvwA' |. Isdi
oi peircis conductor; Mill Hilbert, of Detroit,
engineer; II. H. smith, vi Detroit, fireman
John Howell and William prinKln, brakeman
h. Bennett. bagsagen,an; aud N. Carlisle. 81.
prcss naessenger. The only 0nen killed Of this
iirs were thu engineer and hrcmAn. Tho "
presr and baggaH. men were badly brntMud,
hut hal no homes broken,
l'hr work ~ getting u tho dead and wounded
Was nj once commenced BY i large force nl
railroad employer, std continued through tht
night. Tin wounded who needed care were
taken A. quickly ~ possible 70 ihr Hnrd and
iiihbArd Houses, Al JAekspn, and tho deAd
NnAr, Ai the wounded hal friandH among I'll,
killed, aud moAns ~ anguish from tl's sufferers
ii both niHd And bniy we're agonlzthg besoh.
description a fnll eorpe Of physicians AMI
surgeons aild many nubts 1Atlics were buss ~
night, making tho wounded ~ comfortable ~
possible, ~liiis thu nndcrtAkcrs were Assl.ic,
M performing tAo last 0ttic0s OF the deAd TO-
those Who were Identified
Tho number of dead bodies recovered from
the wreck waa seventeen, wlile over M icrsnn
were moro or less injured, of whom scverA
will dic.
General Manager ITdyArd and several oshc
oncers u she roAA resolved themselves into
council Of Investigation. |, appears that u
Y: :a ss v n: " y: Z ,Ss ssr:s
ONCE q tho junction and rot Information thu
tho Pacific wss nearly nfsy minutca lAsc. II
reported u Jones', thn engineer of the switch
engine, that tl,ey had forty -6ve minutes At ~
pacihcs time in which " make up 4 frctkht
train, and II wAs this work thsy wcrc engages
In when tho collision occurred. EnglnAcr OH
hrrt had made mp u lear. twenty nstnutrs .
spscd through Tho toy, 10 destruction. tftcs
s,hintltcn before hO II axnNctStI