Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-14
THIRTEEN WERE KILLED.
Latest II Reports of the Disaster a
Jackson, Mich.

Latest Reports of the Disaster mt
jackson. Mich.
Latest reports of the disastrous railway
collision at jackson. Mich, yesterday re-
duce the number killed to thirteen, as fol-
lows:
Mrs. G. n. Beardsley, Canton, Pa; Miss
Harriet Breese. Pine City. N. Y; Mrs. OAR
win j. Gibbs. Wheeler. N. Y; Susie Head
ley. Warrior Run, Pa. George Hoffman,
Lounville. N. Y; Harrington, six-months-
old babe of Mrs. Arson Harrington of FL
mira. n. Y; Mrs. j. II. Keller, Hammonds-
port. n. Y; Maggie McWatson, Penn Yam.
n. Y; Mrs. Charles Starr. Elmira,. NJ Y;
James Woodbury., Bath. y. Y: Mrs Lloyd,
daughter-in-law of James Woodbury., Bath,
y. Y; unknown man; unknown woman.
The following is list of the injured: L.
B. Ainsworth, Norwich. N. y, leg cut; j.
y. Anderson, New York state, cut badly
about face. back and legs; Miss Maud Bene-
dict. Canton. Pa. injured in the back: j.
y. Beardsley, Canton, Pa, slightly; Miss
Blanche Beardsley, Canton, Pa, fatally
Mrs James A. Burlingame, East Spring
forehead; Mrs. Timothy Donovan, Morris
Run. Pa, injured internally: Mrs. E. A.
Dolmetch, Elmira. N. Y, slightly hurt: Mrs
C. w Fay. Elmira, n. Y. slightly; Miss
Farley. Columbian Cross Roads. Pa. head
cut and badly bruised; Mrs. j. II. Gardner,
Horseheads. N ", slightly: Maud Gardner.
Households, n. Y, slightly; Miss Ella
Harris. Troy, Pa. broken ribs; Miss Head
ley. Elmira, n. Y, slightly; Miss Kate
Healey, Morris Run, Pa. right thigh frac-
tured: Miss Johanna Healey. Norris Run.
Pa. both legs broken near ankles. right
arm broken; Mrs. Arson Harrington, Ell
mira, n. Y, right leg broken. body terribly
bruised: Mrs. W. r. Humphrey, Chenango,
n. Y. arm broken; Mary c. Kreise. Canton,
Pa. slightly hurt: Mrs. Sarah Keller. Ham
mondsport, n. Y, legs broken and injured
internally. Mrs. Alfred Searles. Elmira n.
Y. back and chest injured; Mary b. Wake
field. Elnira, n. Y, slightly hurt.
This wreck is the first one of consequence
that has occurred on the Michigan Central
road in fourteen years. The anniversary of
that last fatal wreck was on Tuesday last
: 1t is a singular coincidence that both these
terrible disasters occurred in the yards of
the Central road in this city. and in the
same month and on the same day of the
week--Friday.
On October 10. 1879, the west-bound Pa
eific express crashed into a switch engine,
killing eighteen people and injuring thirty
FIVE others.
a coroner's jury was empane:ed to in
vestigate the cause of the accident.
Rear Brakeman Walsh of the first sec
ton had narrow escape. He had finished
trying the air-brakes on the first section,
and was walking to the rear of his train,
a distance of only a half car length. He
looked up and saw the engine of the second
section almost on top of his train. Both
i engine ana car raised up ana fe1t MIN IN
beneath. He made rush and got out just
as the engine fell back on the track and
plunged on through the car. The car was
thrown sideways. just missing him. He
escaped with bad arm injuries
a trainman who also escaped death by a
miracle says that the webb" special came
rushing into the yards at full speed. He
heard the engineer whistle for brakes
and then for hand-brakes. The hand
brakes were applied. but it was too late.
and the crash came before they could even
check the momentum of the train.
One of the most horrible sights in connec-
ton with the accident was woman car
ryins head by the hair around through
the crowd moaning and weeping and APP
parently a raving maniac. She was taken
care of by the police. and the head which
| she carried was taken to police headquar-
| tiers.