The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

Results In the Loss OF Eleven
Lives at Kingsbury, Ind,
And the Injury Of - Score 90 Persons.
Some of Them Fatally The Worst
Wreck IN. Wabash Railroad
Has Had in Many Hcars.

the story of the latest OF railroad hor.
rors of which this village was the scene
at daylight. The revised list of the
dead and injured is as follows:
DEAD
J H. Mckennan Cbnteherl Hyde Park. Mass
Harry French, aged IA. fthe London Charity
school. London. England.
Charles Birbee. san Francisco
Alice Reed. East Boston. Mass
Miss Nellie II. Tucker Boston. Mass
Warren G. Ryder. Phonix. ARK
J. Zell. Germany.
J o. Boundy. Lamoille Ia
John Green. engineer passenger train, Ash.
ley. la
J. G. Coulter. conductor passenger train. De
roii. Mich
w. y Lyon aggagemaster passenger train
Detroit. Mich
INJURED.
Frank Dow. Fair Haven. Wash: scalp
wound
Miss NJ. A. Kelly. Brookline. Mass. head cut
and lady hrlsed.
Otto Huok Hamburg Germany: bruised and
ankle sprained.
g. :. Hodsson. Dover ~ H.: injured back.
Mrs. ;. A Scaycy. >omcrsworth " H..
back injured general conclusions AMI nervous
prostrafion-
Mrs G. A. Burbank New Orleans: right
arm and both legs broken. condition critical
Mrs. III ". Ryder Phnnix. Ariz: face and
body cut right leg broken.
Simon Garfield, Ironwood Mich: contusions
OF limbs aud body
Mrs. Garfield. wife Of above: left arm broken
Commissions 10 head
Mrs. D. Duyan. Audenried Pa .sliyht bruises
j. :. Askins. residence unknown: left leg
fractured. internal injuries: unconscious
Edward Rush. youth, London. England: sur
face Commissions
William Evans. London. England aged u:
both legs broken
Albert Mouiton. youth. London. England:
right arm injured
Hattie Hutchins Phnnix Arir internal g..
luries
Mrs II. O. Hill. Somcrsworth. y. H.: left
thigh broken.
Annie Hill. somersworth. y. H.; slightly
bruised.
Henry Vokinr. fireman Of freight train scaIds
and Commissions
Engineer Whitman OF freight train: right
arm broken: hurt in back
John Barber. fireman OF passenger: sealds
and confrsions
\ moment 81 forgetfulness or absent
mindedness by a brakeman who is
given the best of reputation by the
Wabash officials tells the story of the
seconds that preceded the catastrophe.
As To the facts themselves there is no
room for dispute. Freight train No. 4.
east-bound from Chicago. was due ut
this point a. 400 a. m. Ii was under
order, To take the siding and await the
arrival Of the west-bound passenger
express No IS. which, ACCORDING To
the schedule. should have passed the
depot at $40 The express.
however. was an hour and twenty min
utes late, and. owing to the heavy
travel growing out of the Worlds fair.
il was divided into two sections. the
second section running twelve min
utes behind the first. Both sections
were made up at Buffalo. and the pas
sengers included people from that city
As well as from the various lines cen
tering there from Canada and the east.
With the knowledge that under the |
schedule he had twenty minutes to |
spare Engineer Whitman of the freight |
train proceeded from the siding to the |
main track to take water. the switch |
being thrown open by Herbert Thomp-
son. head brakeman of the freight. |
After the engine had taken water. the |
freight was backed to the siding and |
Thompson closed the switch. Regard !,
ny this latter fact there is no room /
Tor question, for AT $40 the first sec
ion of the express. thirty minutes
ate. swept past on the main track. |
giving the usual signal. one long and
.wo short blasts. to intimate to the
freight that a second section was fol-
owing close behind
What were the movements of Brake
nan Thompson in the next few mo-
nents remains To be developed. Certain
I y that when twelve minutes later the
econd section of the west bound cx-
'rcss came laundering along at speed
II forty miles an hour, the switch was
pen.
In the early dawn. the red lights AT
ne switch and the target were hardly
iiscernable. and 1t is question
whether either the engineer or fireman
Il the passenger looked for them. Sc
ure in their knowledge that week in
nd week out they had swept over the
anne ground without hindrance. Like
flash Of lightning, therefore. the
rain took the siding. and almost be-
ore the engineer and fireman realized
hat they had missed the main track
hey had crashed into the waiting
rcight. second later and the air
Tas filled with shrieks. groans. means
nd pitcous appeals for help and as
istance.
The passenger train consisted of a
aggage car. three ordinary coaches
nd two sleepers. The force Of the
oliision was such that only the rear
leerer escaped injury. The locomo-
i've OF the freight was driven half way !
ito the meat car il its rear The bag
age car of the passenger train was
brown TO one side. while the passcn-
err coaches partially telcscoped each
thcr and the third. Grand Trunk
zach. cut into the sleeper ear Exam
~, carrying away the smoking com
artment and sections one and two as
ean as though they had been trimmed
18th razor-edged axe. The two for :
ard coaches were completely wrecked
nj the occupants buried in the de-
ris
Awakened by the shock Of the col &
sion, the slccpcrs in the rear palace |
NJ poured out without waiting 10 don
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