The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-24

BUFFALo, N. Y. Sept IA us'P.'S"
from silver Creek. N. r.. 70 the Com
wercsai. Advertiser says, A Niagara Falls
excursion train on the NIckel-Piate ROAD
under The management Of J. w. Butler,
.vcnr.,on AGENT collided with . local
sr~;-ht train In the cut on the curve Just |
s~st ~ here. a eleven o'clock this morn
inn. Lewis Brewer was engineer on me
excursion train, drawn ~ engine
1b9. and VIM. Harris was engineer
81 the freight train, drawn oy en-
cine No. 6. Roth engineers anu
6remen saved themselves BY Jumping.
The ercnrsiou train consisted Of one
hs~~.ga ear one smoker and eleven
cosches. Only those In the smoktng'cs!
verc hurt. Il being completely telescopeo
nv the bacgage-car. Only . partial iie'
81 the killed can be given At present
Several are mangled beyond recognition.
The list OF persons killed ~ tne COY
| lision Is % follows;
| w. w. LOOMS, Of Ertes r. -.
/! Henry Gedhardt aud son. - = ueu'
| hardt, Of Pittsburgh.
| Stephen Cameron, Mayor o. "a'ao'u'
| Pa.
| David Sharp, Erie.
w. w. Rostatter, Erie.
Charles Hirsch, Erie.
Mr.. Iyphcr, Erie
WIN, REYNOLDS, Dunkirk, ny
| Aaron Parkhurst, Mayville.
John Meyers, Of Erie. .....
Two bodies have not been idenuueo.
One is thought to be that Of son o. Mr.
LOOMS.
Henry Huyck, OF Steritina, Pa, both
legs crushed very seriously.
Sam Tracy, Of Erie, head and snou''
ders injured.
william Zimmerly, Of Erie, badly hurt
Louis Linse, OF Erie, badly hurt.
VI Martin Rostatter, OF Erie, shouiue'
and lee Injured. IL r. -.
Edwin w. Marble, No. $40 East E'gn
| teenth street, Erie; legs broken. :.
4 Archie Campbell, Of Erie, seriously ~
i jured. -, s..a IN.
shoulder injured severely.
Charles Diller, OF Erie, right lee broke'
J. J. P. Harrington, Of Erie. badly In
jured. .. 49,,
Joseph Taper Of summit ra'' oau'
Phi. o. Inter, residence unknown
legs crushed. 80.
! slightly
by 4 Misunderstanding Of telegraphic o.
,e ders.
Of BUFFALO, n. r.. Sept. l5.-There o
A. various causes given for the ist
N wreck. Engineer william Harris Of y
in frcicht train is blamed. 1t Is said
~ had orders TO meet the excursion
or Irving. He failed to obey the instru
to lions. and was running at fell speed VIII
IL the collision occurred. The trninm'
70 Will not talk regarding who Is 10 blam
On 4 gentleman who was on the train 80
ne the freight train had orders TO 60 70 ?
ct YER Creek. and the passenger train
he Irving. which u this side, and y "
re- these orders that caused the collision
~ The Messenger and excursion train q
s,s,ed ~ fourteen coaches. The excl
ment on the train among those who
en caped was intense. The scenes In
ty, smoking car can hardly be dcscrips
by The frst warning given was a slight
ing caused by the heavy pressure q tne !
Dut brakes. Some OF the passengers oiae
ing themselves In their seats, seemingly
FOR prehensive Of danger. Then came
re- terrible shock, followed ov INC una
ma mo n windows and the roof Of
- - nk "a I'll was mass
''m S,s.d,nr and struggling humani
r. os 80 Iocked IN each Others AT
gnt sa lin blood while undernc
III coser - ~, s,des ,av the poor uni
lrd: , ,nca,e So Who were Instantly killed
ana "sh.d Ont ~ All human resemblar
hat rsa s,rht was = terrible one, and II
in n nu the ssoutest nerves 10 induce
1" ,ste ! second look. The woun
} an -,sd out II the debris and were
fair s,sssd ~ neivhborinr houses. Pee
Law hr"reht. bedding. ETC., on which to
Mia ~. dead and diving. and all that CO
md then he done was 10 wait until h
-. whirh had been Immediately sent
INA .vrIved
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