The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-14
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wrsek oe ~ Expres~ Trul. ..
shore Road ~ h~aysiew. \. N. -
~ the Train ssresking IN T~. v>.."
s"ns Reported Killed anh 4 i.,.s ~
rer isdared- Definite ns,ali. NV
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NrFfAto. n. ", March !. -rh.r
land 4 Chicago express on ,hn ,'
shore railroad. due here from N. ~"
AZ s;a5 p M. broke in two an n,
station, about six miles from I'M
last night The two sections cans
gether and q terrible wreck res,,.
II Is reported that several person.
killed or injured, how many can y.
yet be Learned.
An engine has arrived from ,hc $50.
Of the wreck, bringing a man MAJ
lost an arm. lie was immr iia,ol.
under the influence 81 ether. IN I"
particulars could be Learned from XII
The railroad men refuse n /.
word about the wreck. Reporters n.
physicians have been sent from NJ
city and the hospitals have been ,n.'
fed to prepare for a number II pa,is,,.
Reporters could not obtain ,ran.,o-.,
tion from the railroad company "a
were Obliged 70 go I 0 the scene III bo-.s
and buggy. thus greatly delaying nv.
Of the accident
The latest report places the pum,..
Of killed at ten. The train va, r,,.
ming at . high rate Of speed ID mate \.
lost time when the break occurrea
The front part Of the train. conss,ip,
Of the engine. tender. smoker and ..s
day coaches, was quickly brough, :
stop.
The rear portion. consisting .. ars
heavy Pullman cars. came down ia
grade at full speed. and dashed into ~
second day coach. The coach was ,hrps,
upward by the greater .eight IL r,ha
Pullman. and now lies on top Of ,ba
Pullman The Pullman tclcscoped -be
first day coach. The day coaches xere
full Of passengers, and the loss o. lsfe
and limb Is probably very large. Ten
persons are reported killed oatrIrh.
and ii is not known how many arc IN.
jured.
The railroad company sent a train 81:
from here with surgeons and wrecker,.
but refused 10 allow reporters on board.
One reporter Struggled himself in a. A.
sistant to q surgeon.
As nearly as can he learned 4, ,hls
hour ten were killed and twenty-fvein in
jured. The list Of injured asi x
AN be asccrtained is:
II. T. Jaeger. Rochester.
Chas. j. Rice. Newton Falls. \
l.. II. Fisher. Boston; leg SPIRAL
chin badly cut
Rev. Thomas A. Hall, Buff a
badly cut.
+. A. COMBS. New York; anl
chin cut and both legs spraincdu
Julia Haley. Boston; cut ii reas
over left eye and head.
Geo. r. Allen. Buffalo. ansle pr2ine
Joseph D. Barnes and wife. Hostc
the man not much, the woman iatal
A great bonfire on the side q
track throws q lurid light upon thr
rible scene.
Apassenger says the coupling Vas
fectivo- II broke precisely IN the "a
p1ace . TIE train VA leaving Gle
Athals-pas1 Twelve o'clock q re-
train VAS made up and ten Of the ~
seriously injured we're brought 10
Fitch Institute 1t Buffalo. The
ward portion Of the trainlwas stop
by Conductor Houghtsiirg. y mi
the bc~ll-rope. Most Of nos IN
day coach we're warmed u their
time to leave the ear. Tut thos
frst Pullman car had 20 warninE "
were in the q when il tclcsc, Z.
was buried under the other.
J. F. Minnie. whose arm
was placed on the engine. y
It once for Buffalo 70 brin1
was two hours and = half b.
clans arrived; but : wrets.
came sooner and began the wor
Treating the victims. The
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