Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-14
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piumI scsnos.-Cause OF the Dis
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riumI scsnos.-Causo OF the Dis
Hster
JACKSON, Mich, oct. i3.-When the
coll sion occurred the shrieks that rent
tle air could no h ard for blocks. Fire.
man Joseph Kimberling Jumped from
TIE cab before the crash and escaped
uniniuTod. Engineer VIM. MhRlen
remained ut his post 20 the lRnt aud
was BADLY Injured. He may not fe-
cover. As the mHnglcd forms were
gradually removed from the coaches
the mass Of onlOOkers groaned In SYM
pSthy and tue injured cried cut In
agony.
"Lord have mercy on my SOUL"
shriesed one poor fellow whose life
was ebbing away. "GOOd Jesus, care
iur Tommyl" cried n woman who was
dying with n child at her breast.
A woman whose name IA un.
known lay on the side OF the track
differing untold mental and physical
bgony. She was the mother Of child
lwo-years old, an1 implored the by
ISLANDERS 10 save her child. SONY lot
me ssu my baby before 1 dic,D said
she. "Eou who know n motherh love,
yet any child 1 beseech you" Her
'hild was dead.
The work OF removing the dead and
blurred was carried on with all posi-,
blu dispatch. Mayor Bennett and
Sheriff Peck took charge OF tins work OF
The town people anu 10 them and the
citizens generally Ia duo great credit
Tor the attention bestowed upon tho
tuiluTeTs. Though q thousand splintoTs
were scattered about this morning, but
lew remain on the ground tonight.
They have been carried away by the
CuTluua as mementOes OF the awful
wreck. Cushions bespattered with
the blood u the killed have been torn
to shreds anu carried away likewise.
The cause OF the wreck lisa mystery.
Some Of the railroad officials SOY the
only responsible agent In Engineer
Whalru, but none OF them say ho can
he fatty held responsible for II. The
nisbrakoa would not work, and nobody
feels competent TO explain why thoy
would not.
The two trains were delivered to IN 10
Michigan Central nj Buffalo, one from
the New York Central, ana the other
from the Delaware, Lackawauna y
Western. Both were excursions, the
passengers having been picked up Mt
local points Ia New York and Penn
sylvauia.
Engineer Whalen was able tonight
to talk TO representative OF the A.
ISOLATED Press. He said the engine
was a new one, and In all particulars
had worked beautifully on the run
from Detroit. He stopped at two
points anu slowed down nj one Juno.
'Ion, anu ON these three occasions tho
air worked beautifully. just east OF
Jackson Junction, n mile east OF where
the disaster occurred, he touched the
AFRAID found It all right. AZ the train
crossed Elmer avenue ho began 10
slow down aud applied the air. Ho
found the brake held on the engine
but would not on the train. He
whietltd for brakes anu reversed the
enginu. The fireman Jumped but
Wnalen stayed with the engine until
within three car lengths OF the other
train, when he went through the cab
window, as he had no tine to reach
the gangway. The only possible ex.
PLANTATION Nhalen has for the failure
OF the air TO work Is that, while lying
at hpsilanti, some mlsofeant may
have turned the shut-On cock between
the tender ana the cars.
THIS wreck Is the first one Of oonse.
quence on the Michigan Central since
October 10, 1879, when the wOslbOund
faciho express crashed into switch
engine and several freight cars abouta
mile east VI t0day's happening, killing
eighteen people and lIJuring Unity.
1--WE.
James II. Hyde, OF New York City,
who was standing near the wrecked
train Oh tue platform ~ the other
tram crashed into II, says the sight
was the most awful no ever Witnessed.
lie Engineer Whalen luat before
lie Jumped, and adds tnat he never sew
tueh an expression ofagony ON a mans
face.
All the passengers had lnteresting
stories to tell Of their experiences. The
tale OF Benrdsley OF East Canton, Va,
was a particularly sad one. Hu o..
cared injury himself but his VIE
was killed aud his daughter 30 severely
hurt that she cannot recover. 81 hnu
brought some coffee 10 my wife and
uaugntor a lew moments bof0re,D said
he, "aud had gone to the smoker near
the head Il the train 10 have cigar.
had scarcely got seated when the