Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
AN UPTURNED CAR.
A Fatal Wreck on the Northwestern
Railroad in Michigan.
Three Men Instantly Killed, One of Whom was
the Lieutenant Governor OF the State-sev-
eral Passengers Severely Wounded.

MARQUETTE, MICH., Jan. l9.-OI
the eastbound passenger train on the
Northwestern railroad near Elnwood
station, sixteen miles east of Watermast,
at O'Clock this afternoon one of the
trucks under the rear coach broke and
threw the coach off the track The
coach was derailed about five car lengths
when it struck a stump and was smashed
to pieces, killing or injuring all the octu-
pants The killed are;
John A. Mcdonald, lieutenant-gover-
nor of Michigan;
William Corcoran of Escauaba;
r. a futile, Cleveland, Ohio
The wounded are: Mrs. Percy Reaves
of Ashland, Wis, spine injured very
badly: Mrs. Mcclure of Watermast, wife
OF the train brakeman, badly cut and Sc
we're internal injuries; Mrs. +. z Foster
OF Iron Mountain, severe cut in the head
and injury to the spine; Conductor II .
Armstrong, injured in the head and leg
broken
O. G.. Davidson Of Commonwealth, at
the time OF the accident was playing
cards with Lieutenant-G Governor McDon-
aid, Mr.. futile and Mr.. Corcoran. Hid
says that the first intimation he had that
anything was wrong was
JOLTING SENSATION.
The car then swayed two or three times
and then turned on its side He
remembered nothing more until ne found
himself 200 or 800 feet i'll the rear of the
train. IT seemed that the car in turning
over struck Il stump, which penetrated
it between the men who were playing
cards. Mr.. futile, who was seated i'll IA
seat to the rear Of him was Instantly killed,
his neck being broken. Mr.. Mcdonald
was in the same leat with him, and his
arm was torn out of the shoulder and was
found at least forty feet from the body.
The whole side of the car was torn out by
a second stump, and it seems miraculous
that any escaped. The dead were picked
up and brought to Waternast where they
remain up TO this writing. 4 special
train will convey Mr.. Mcdonald and Mr..
Corcoran to Escanaba tonight, where
they reside. Mr.. Tuttle viii be taken to
his home in Cleveland Ohio
TIE GOVERNOR NOTIFIED.
DETROIT, MICH, Jan. ia Free
Press special from Lansing says:
The message informing Governor Luce
of the fatal accident 10 Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Mcdonald contained no particulars
He Immediately wired Mrs Mcdonald,
extending his sincere sympathy A
covering the sad occurrence
will be issued from the executive office.
AN UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. IA Free
Press special from IshpeniGg says:
From what can be learned here of the
accident to the Chicago and Northwestern
train il must have been caused by the
breaking OF the trucks, and could not
have been guarded against as the scene
of the disaster is twelve miles from the
nearest village, iron River, and there Is
no telegraph station nearer than that.
The particulars are meagre.
Mr.. Mcdonald was elected lieutenant-
governor in 1854 and was reelected last
He was sixty-two years of
age, and leaves a widow, a son and
daughter. His estate is valued at over
$500 GOO.
Mr.. futile was wei known in Cleve-
land and the Lake Superior mining dis
tricts. He leaves widow and one child.
n. p. Foster. of Iron Mountain is a
prominent mining man, whose operations
extend over the Marquette, Menominee /
and Gogelic ranges.