St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-14
AWFUL WRECK IN MICHIGAN
TWELVE PE0FLE KILLED AND TWENTY
ONE INJURED
ON TEE MICHIGAN CENTRAL.

ON TIE MICHIGAN CENTRAL.
Worlds Fair Special From the
East Crashes Into the Rear of
a Second Special at jackson,
Mich-The Terrible Suffering
Described by Eye Witnesses
Cause OF the Accident.
JACKSON. Mich, Oct. IS. - Twelve
people were killed instantly and TWEEN
ty.0ne injured in rear-eud collision in
front of the Michigan Central railroad
station here at o'clock this morning.
A special excursion train from the East,
bound for Chicago, was standing at the
station. \ second special excursion
train came up under Roadway and
crashed into the preceding trains rear
coach. The car completely telescoped
the one ahead of it. The passengers in
the two rear coaches were caught as in
a vice. The list of dead and injured
would be more appalling were it not for
the fact that the cars were nearly emp
tied of their human freight at the mo-
ment the accident occurred. The pas
sengers were then taking breakfast at
the station eating house.
TIE DEAD.
Mrs. d. L. GIBBS. Wheeling, y. Y.
Mrs. LLOYD WOODBURY., Bath, NY.
JAMES WOODBURY., Bath, n. Y.
MKS. j. II. kEELER, HammondSport,
\. Y.
MAGGIE MINISTER, Penn Yam, \. Y.
HARRIET BREEZE, Pine City, \. Y.
Mrs. CHARLES STARE, Elmira, \. Y.
GEORGE HOFFMAN. Louisville, n. Y.
Mrs. j NJ. BEARDSLEY. Canton, Pa.
BABY HARRINGTON. siX-monthS-0ld
child of Mrs. Arson Harrington, of Ell
mira, \. \.
MIR. AND MRS. GILMORE, Morris Kun,
Pa.
In the City HospitaI-K Kate Healy.
Morris Run. Pa, fracture of thigh;
Joanna Healy, Morris Run, Pa, sister
of Kate Healy, deep scalp wound over
eye, fracture OF the humeruS and COM
pound fracture of both ankles, will
probably die: j. n. Anderson, Morris
Run, Pa, scalp cut, thigh cut, back
spralned; Mrs. Timothy Donovan, Nor
IFS Run, Pa, hip, side and back badly
bruised; Miss Maud Benedict, Canton,
Pa, fracture of left collar bone, bruised
leg, possibly internal injuries; Mrs. An
son Harrington. Eimira. \. Y. right leg
broken; Miss Blanche Beardsley, Can
ton, Pa, left leg cut. fracture of skull,
will not recover; Mrs. c. W: Fay, Elni-
ra. \. T., face scratched, left hand and
wrist bruised; Mrs. Laura Fay, EImira,
\. Y, slightly bruised about body; W.
Il. humphrey, ChenangO Lake, finger of
right hand cut, left fore arm broken;
Mrs. Alfred SearleS, Elmira, n. Y, back
and side bruised.
At Stowell House-Niss E. Dolmetch,
Elmira, n. Y. bruised, left shoulder in
jured; Mrs. Mary Wakefield, Elmira,
\. Y. sights cuts and bruises; Miss
Sarah |. Keller, Hammondsport. n. Y,
left leg broken, head bruised, skull per
haps fractured; Mrs. j. w. Anderson,
Morris Run, Pa. bad scalp wound, right
leg broken, badly bruised above hip; l..
3. Ainsworth, Norwich. n. Y, left
ankle and knee Cut and side bruised;
Miss Allie Harris, Canton, Pa. several
ribs broken. possible internal injuries;
Miss Mary G. Krise, Canton, Pa, face
badly cut: Mrs. q. II. Garner, Horse
heads. \. T., bruised head and side:
Miss Maud Gardner, child of eight
years. slightly bruised; Mrs. j. A. Bur
lingame, East Springfield, \. Y, Lead
sIlgntld cut, left arm bruised; Frederick
t,roley, Columbia Cross Roads, Pa,
slightly bruised on head, right arm and
leg-went on to Chicago.
he excursion train that was wrecked
left WATERFOWL, \. Y, Yesterday for
Chicago i'll two sections heavily loaded.
he hrst st elton reached jackson at
500 this morning. and came to a stand
stlll at the depot in order 10 change en-
gineS.
MANY PASSENGERS
alighted for luncheon. Otherwise the
list OF casualties would have been much
longer. While the first section was
standing still the second section came
tearing through the yarQ at speed of
forty to fifty miles an hour. Its speed
was slackened somewhat when the col
lision occurred, but the second section
was still running ut a rapid rate of
speed when it crashed into the rear end
of the train ahead. 1t is said that when
the second section entered the yard the
engineer, William Whalen, of this city,
Shut Oft steam and applied the air
breaks, which to his dismay failed to
work. He then whistled ice for brakes
but 1t was too late. Joseph =. Kimber-
ling, the fireman, jumped from the cab
before the crash came, and escaped I'M
injured. Engineer Whalen remained at
his post almost until the very moment
OF the collision, and then jumped. He
reversed his engine, and seems 10 have
done everything in his power to avert
the disaster. One of his ankles was
broken, and it is feared that he sus-
tanned internal injuries which will
cause his death. The majority of the
killed and injured were III the two rear
coaches of the first section, which are
teleScOped. Every passenger in these
cars was either killed or terribly i'll
jured. The third coach from the rear
Of the first section was thrown to one
side, the | st two coaches being
pushed away beyond where it
stood, and fur passengers in it
were killed and others injured. Some
OF the other cars in the first section
were damaged, but none was COM
pletely filled. and none of the passen-
gers in them killed. with the excep-
ton of the engine and baggage car the
second section of the train was not
much damaged. The baggage car
jumped the track and was dashed
against some empty cars on a siding
1t was reduced to kindling wood, but
the two occupants of the car crawled
ont of the wreck, having sustained only
slight scratches. The locomotive was
badly wrecked. Steam escaped from
the punctured side OF the boiler and
victims pinned in the wreck and to the
horrors of the scene. Ten thousand iu-
habitants of jackson were gathered at
the scene of the wreck in a very few
minutes, and at once began the work of
removing from the
TELESCOPED COACHES
they killed and wounded. whom they
tenderly placed in rows on the
greensward near by. Many physicians
We're quickly in attendance and attend
ed the injured, who were removed in
ambulances to the hospitals and hotels
as rapidly as possible, while the dead
were carried off to the morgue When
the collision occurred the shrieks that
rent the air were heard for blocks.
Many women in the throng on the depot
platform vino witnessed the accident
tainted, and men were unnerved. In
five minutes hundreds of men were
working with axes and SAWS TO reScua