The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-06

Trains f.unnirg Too Close Together
Again Resp 'nsibie for Needless sacrifice
OF Life~rhe Victims We're From Among
Detroits Most Exclusive Set.
H~EIIEyUE. Mich. Sept. as.-A bad
accident Cured on the Chicago 4
Grand Trunk railroad at the station
here 1T a. m. Express train No. 5.
west bound. which was two hours late,
was standing at the station, when il
wa run into by the Erie express. also
ives; bound. demolishing "A special car
attached to train No. ,. The special
Chicago 4 Grand Trunk road. and his
wife; Henry A. Ncwland and wife, IA
Their and mother of Mrs. Meredith;
William Co>tles, porter. and William
Alternately. cook.
Nh. and Mrs. Newland were killed
outright. Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith are
badly injured. William Costles is
fatally hurt. but William Alternately
escaped with slight injuries. The fire.
man of the Erie express. named Jcn-
nison, is badly scalded.
The Newland party left Detroit
Tuesday night for a ten days visit to
the Worlds fair. Mr.. Newland is the
senior member of the firm of Henry A.
Newland X Co. wholesale fur dealers
OF Detroit Mrs. Newland was a
daughter of Hon. James +. Joy.
Henry A. Newland had been for forty
years engaged in the fur business at
Detroit, his house being at this time
the leader in the fur trade there. His
wife, who also lost her life. was a
daughter of Hon. James +. JOY. ex-
president of the Wabash railroad.
Howard Meredith was cashier of the
Grand Trunk railroad there. All were
prominent society people. and moved
in Detroit's most exclusive circles. Mr..
Newland was estimated to be very
wealthy.
No. ; was made up Of nine coaches.
all heavily loaded with Worlds fair
visitors. and the special ear of the pay
master of the road. No. .. the train
that ran into No. ), only had four
coaches, but they were all crowded
with passengers. No. ) left Charlotte
only ten minutes ahead of No. o. The
first train stopped at Olivette. 5 miles
east of here. on "A signal to take
on passengers. and lost time. IL also
stopped here. and was just pulling
ont when No. Q, running 40 miles an
hour. crashed into it. The special car
was telescoped. The roof was hurled
into the ticket Office of the station COM
demolishing ii. leaving only
the telegraph Instruments. The tele-
graph operator had just stepped
outside and escaped instant death.
The rest of the special car
was broken into sp~linters. The
rear end Of the sleeper next to the
was crushed in. but no N on
board was hurt. Mr.. and Mrs. Newland
instantly killed. The colored
porter was injured internally. A large
piece of wood wasdriven into his groin.
lie can not live. Mr.. and Mrs. Meri.
ieth Were badly bruised and shaken
ip. but II is not thought their injuries
will result fatally. The cook, William
Abernathy. was only slightly injured.
Fireman Jemison. of No. . was badly
and his engineer was slightly
INJURED.
Train No. ; was in charge Of Con-
iuctor J. w. Reid. and No. Q was in
Of Conductor j. w. McCarty.
There is no telegraph operator at
and there was no way to
ignal No. . of No. SIS stop at that sta.
ion- There was a dense fog at the
line of the accident, and the engineer
u No. y could not see the lights ahead
II him. The cause Of the accident was
hat the trains were running too close
ogether.