The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-10
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.

Miles nn Hour. on the Grand Trunk
S.aiiway. Jumps tho Track Near uan-
iitou. ont. Resulting Ia Hal Wreck
and the Killing and inI"rlng % Large
Numbsr ot feopie-Thc Wrecked Cars
Hurncd.
HAMILTON. Ont. April 2o.-The limitel
express on the Grand Trunk railroad due
al t:h5 4. m. met with an accident When
about two miles west 81 this city, the re-
suit Of which was the loss OF many lives.
The train was composed OF an engine,
two baggage cars, a smoker, Chicago ~
Grand Trunk through passenger coach, u
Wabash coach. a Wagner first-class
coach. Pullman car and two Wagner
sleepng-cars in the order named. Con-
tiuctor Poole was in charge OF tho train.
with j. Watson. of London, engineer, aud
T.. Chapman, OF London, fireman. The
accident occurred at the junction, where
~" j. built. II Is used 20 switch
through trains for Toronto on the Toronto
branch from the main line.
The train is said 10 have been running
forty miles an hour or more, when, d.
rectly on passing the switch, the engine
jumped the track and plunged into wa
ter tank which stood near this ~"
smashing the tank and turning the en-
CINE upside down. The baggage cars
first II these was pitched over the loco
motive and thrown on the main track,
leaving its wheels behind The other
baggage car caught fire from the engine,
and the two were soon N flames. The
coaches following. with the exception OF
two Wagner cars in the rear OF the train.
were huddled together by the shock, and
soon caught fire from the baggage cars.
The passengers on The train, numbering
over hundred and fifty, many Of whom
were asleep. had a terrible experience
Large sliyers Of iron flew in all directions
and the confusion among the wrecked
passengers can better be imagined than
described. The majority OF those
aboard the train were enabled 70
ret out before the fire had
reached them, but in the confusion
| which rcigncd, ii l. not known how many
victims were left 10 the mercy Of the
\ flames pinned in by the material Of the
wreck ana unable toextricate iemselves.
4 A man named l.. s. Garvey. Of Brooklyn,
/ had his head completely severed from his
! body BY a piece 81 flying debris, and an
4 other. named Rudolph Eicrer, address
I unknown. together with an unknown man,
4 were also instantly killed.
4 Following is the list Of injured: Ham,
1 ilton Clark, of No. ii7 West Ohio street,
| Chicago. had his right leg broken and his
head bruised, he may also have received
internal injuries. in which case he will
not recover; Antony Maus, an Italian,
on his way from Wisconsin 10 Italy, not
serious; Edwin G. Chapman, fireman, Of
London. not serious: Enoch Kinsey, a
mining engineer; A. Murray, engineer,
of London. England, ribs broken. not Sc
rious unless internally Injured; G. z. AZ
bell, OF Edwarlsport. Ind, cut and
bruised. not serious; VIM. Lepsey, Of No
o. North Sangamon street, Chicago. bad
ly-sprained ankle; a. l.. Doqcy. No. =
West Adams street. Dlnvillr. ILL.,. head
cut. not serious: J. A. Palmer. lllion
n. ", head cut. not serious; George
White, going TO Union Hill. n. ", from
Wisconsin,, ear cut OFF and head cut; An
drewJ. Carpenter, Of Yankton. d T., Gu
ana bruised, not serious; $. T.. Young
No. 2si North avenue. Chicago, knee AM
back hurt, not serious; Joseph Morrow
on his way from the West 10 Clark
Island. Me-. cut about head, not serious.
The two dead bodies and the remains 0
the fifteen burned bodies were brought X
the city and taken 10 the morgue. An IN
ouest has been ordered and will D
opened this morning. An investigation
shows that. a. far as can be learned
there was no negligence On the part Q
the railway company. The train simpl
Jumped the track at a frog.
The engineer ard fireman did not jun
because they had no time. They wer
gotten out from under the debris wit
difficulty. and il i miraculous how the
escaped serious injury. The baggage
man and expressman, Jas. Welsh an
Fred Dumas respectively, both OF Magyar
Falls, were in the car which jumped owe
the engine, yet neither We're hurt.
Seven cars, including ,ne baggage, tw
frst-class coaches, a sn ker a first-cla'
day coach and two N'a.aer sleeper
were burned, there being not vestige (
wood or anything that would burn lef
: one, baggage. was demolished, and Il
4 engine was the most complete wrec
{. imaginable.
i The loss 10 the company will be emo
. nous. Many Of those in the train wei
On their way to New York to take part
! the centennial festivities. Among the
a was a part Of the Detroit Light Infantr
but no one was hurt, except one who g
n slight cut over his eye. Most all Il
l passengers lost their baggage. clothin
NJ etc, and large amount Of mail matt
I was lost BY the fire.
There were rs people on the train b.
sides the ten ;rainmen; Of these fourtes
:. were ia the day coach, thirty five In 81
Y sleeper, five in another sleeper, al
. eleven in a third sleeper, leaving III
y persons in the smoker aud two coache
% Thirty or thirty-hve of these were in 4
ir smoker. This car and the second ba
gage car were tclcscopcd, and took Fl
e. Immediately. The wrecking Of the tal
Il cut of the supply Of water, and the thir
II or thirty-hve passengers We're az Z
"a mercy Of the flames. or this numb
" thirteen, as far as can be learned, got Q
I. safely. Two men were killed Instant
\. one of them. q. :. Curly, Of Chicago, h
his head taken off and his body throw
j clear Of the wreck, and the other,
i Italian. on his way 70 Italy, was crash
II to death.
\ The remains Of from sixteen 70 eighte
:, men were taken out Of the wreck an no
a. or two later. They were cut 10 pieces .
\. most 10 man. aud burned beyond
!, possibility Of recognition. They we
I. huddled together IN a heap in the end
" the smoker, and were pinned IN by ~
o. bcrs which made II impossible 70 ext
he cate themselves. Nothing could be do
HI 49, tt.a,,, ~ account Of tho flames. II