The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-14
TWELvEKILLED IN A WRECK.
TERRIBLE REhR-END Collision At
JACKSON, MICH.


| Second Section OF n Worries Fair specis
Excursion Smaahe- tnto the Fir.t sect,o,
| at = sfstion-Air Brakes Nyon't Wort,
| JACKSON, Mich. Oct 13.-The second sectior
| OF the Oswego special on the Delaware ant
Lackawanna ran into tho rear end OF tn heat
section 100 yards from the station here at AZ
o'clock this morning. The cars were piled II
mass upon the tracks and tho engine OF tht
| second train smashed up
The trains were day coach excursion spc
cials. Tho first section had stopped to le,
the passengers take breakfast 1t had beer
standing at the station twenty-six minutes
| when the second section cnme crashing into
1t. Tho signal semaphore was up all right
/ but the engineer says that his air brakes
would not work and no was powerless to avoid
the accident.
The cars were terribly smashed two OF them
being thrown across the track. One car was
driven completely through another. and others
were Knocked upside down. Several hundred
persons were aboard tho two trains and they
we're wedged In in all kinds Of shapes. Within
twenty minutes after the accident occurred
six dead bodies had been taken out of the
wreck.
Some OF the cars were not badly enough
wrecked to Kill any OF the people on board
them. but IL is miraculous. considering the
WITHOUT some moro or less serious injury.
Following ia a corrected list Of killed and in
lured. 80 FAR as known:
Magic MeMaster.. Penn Yan,.s.y.
S sss,s I WssSsS, Waf KIT INV "a
Mrs: Lloyd Woodbury.. Bath. dnushter.in.law of
WEI. f SsiS. m.Hn s.v,i':o Nj
Mira Charles starr. klmra y. Y
Ens,nee %' whs S,G0 d,s a sns AFTERNOON
INJURED.
M i Ris5ssi s Ss,Sa'sy fatally
IdwsrdFay. Einira. seriously,
Mr. M: Laura Ffn sy f Rnn. ' ss1i"s.y;
William Whalen. engineer Webb special. seriously
Mrs j; j. Inrdnsr IIorseheads. N Y. slightly.
Mrs Allen Harris. Troy. Pa. two ribs broken and
Frank Farley Columbia Cross Roads. Pa. slightly.
., Mr. j. A. Birmingham. Springfield. N Y. arm and
kobsr 4S, .,,n 1ss ssh Ara, ,v,
SIsaps ssi:y right
n; Sss:i:S;% Al SsPs. am; sgs O.dl,
nEh
be os bosy s s sfSf
Mss Mands Benedict Canton Pa ,njnred G IN back.
0%aS ,S%sasy. sT%e %s .sn
Mary G Krise Canton Pa slightly.
Miss lieadey ElInira, slightly.
sarah kee-r. iammondsport. n. Y. legs broken and
in ure,i INT ernally.
Mary n. wnkeheld, Elmira. slightly.
Mrs. T. A. Dolrmetch. Elm'ra. slightly.
Mrs ", X. Humphrey. Chenango. y. y. leg broken.
Frederick Brooks, Norwich. NY.
Mrs. Frederick Brooka
Edward Nash Norwich.
Mrs Edward Nash.
" R. Humphrey. Norwich. not seriously.
The first section Of the excursion train was
called the "Oawego" and the last section the
Oswego special has sent this despatch to the
officers Of the road in Detroit
stopping at jackson for breakfast and had Just
cd when the webb" special going west struck
my train in the roar part ami broke three coaches
cannot ASCERTAIN how many were injured Ny train
protected IN the Jackson yard by tho semhphore
Engineer William Whalen. who lives at
Jackson. was running the last section. He
says:
and had my engine in hand as | thought, but
when [ came down near the train which was
still, my air brake would not work. ami ran
into the coaches. The failure Of the air made
1t impossible to stop. never had such an ex-
perience before"
One OF the most horrible sights in connection
with the accident was woman carrying n
head by the hair around through the crowd,
m gaming and weeping. and apparently raw
Ing maniac. She was taken cnre OF by the po-
lice and the head which she carried was takcn
to Police Headquarters