New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-14

STARR, Mr, Charles. Lma' " l.
WOODBURY.. james.
Wo1d6uiy. Of Bath =. y
INJURED.
AIxswoIrII. L. l.. Norwich. y. Y, slightly.
,Xnrr>Ov ! a. New. York Statr cut badly abou
face back and legs recovery doubtful
EEARDsLEY. J. y. Caaton. Penn, slightly
BEARDsLEY Mis-, Blanche, Canton, Penn, fatally
BENEDICT Mss Maude of Canton Henn., injured II
back and body aid painfully bruised may re over
BrEIINGmAM Mrs. ]. A., Springfield. ~ y arm an;
uoIrWrrCu Mrs f. A. Elmlra y. V. slightly.
DONOVAN. Mrs, Timothy, of Morris Run rcna. in
ternol injurlc- recovery doubtful.
FARLEY, Frank. Columbia Cross Roids Penn, slightly
rAy Edward Emrs, y. y, seriously.
FAY Ms. {. W, Elmire. ~ Y, seriously.
Jay Miss Laura, ElmIa, y. y seriously
GARDNER Mrs J. H., Horsehcad7 y. y, slightly.
GARDNER N>, MIudc loIseheads y. Y. slightly.
HARRIS Mrs. Allen, Troy Penn, two ribs broken.
uEApIEY Miss Elmira " Y. slightly
luAIEY johanna both legs broken near ankle right
ann Lfoker above elbow; recovery ooUDuuL
IILALY Miss Kate Of Morris Run Penn, age twenty
i've; right thigh fractured, bruises viii proOao!
recover.
dsa blow Enes and BODY badly bruised
doubtful.
HUMPHREYS. Mrs. W. T.. chenansO' n. " arm
KEEi.ER. Sarah nammondsIor,. y. Y legs broken and
injured internally.
HElSE Mary c.. CsntoI, Penn. slightly
sEARIE. Mrs. Elmira. y. Y. seriously
WAKEFIELD Mary b.. Emra, y. Y, slightly
WALSH Robert brakeman first section signify
wHALEN. William. engineer Webb special seriously
burned, leg broken.
OF the unidentified dead, one is dark-skinned
man with a flowing gray beard about sixty
wears of age. There are no means OF identiiy-
;np him The other is IA woman of thirty
FIVE. with dark hair and sallow compleNion
having some show of beard her upper lip
ripC fourth finger OF
the right hand The man is terribly crushed
.hout the head and face but the features are
dt.cernibIe They have not scrap to identity
them but some of the passengers say that
,hey believe their name is Buck and they were
husband and wife. They were taken out to-
cether and seemed to have been in one seat.
The first section Of Il Worlds Fair excursion
train from the East was standing at the depot
when the second section pulled in. The en-
gineer lost control of his airbrake and could
not stop his train. and it rushed at the rate
OF forty miles an hour into the train ahead
ploughing under it and throwing the cars in
all directions.
Inside of twenty minutes six dead bodies were
taken out. and the work had only begun The
cars were terribly smashed. two OF them beng
thrown across the track. One car was driven
completely through another and others were
turned entirely over. Thousands Of people
were aboard the two trains, and they were
wedged in in all kinds Of shapes. Some Of the
cars were not badly enough wrecked to xiii
any OF the people on board, but it is miraculous.
considering the shape the were left in, that
any at all escaped without injury in some Of
the cars.
The trains were Delaware and I.ackawanna
day coach excursion specials. The first
ton had stopped TO let the passengers take
breakfast. It had been standing at the depot
twenty-sx minutes when the second section
came crashing into it. The signal scma phore
was up all right. but the engineer claims that
his airbrake would not work, and he was
powerless TO avoid the accident
The first section of the excursion train was |
called the "Oswego" and the last section the !
Webb" special +. =. Reid. conductor of the /
Oswego special sent The following dispatch 10 |
the officers Of The road in Detroit
] was stopping at Jackson for breakfast and had |
asst started when the Webb special, gol"s west.
caches cannot ascertain how many Nerc In |
ard by the sernaphore
Engineer william whaen. who lives a. Jack.
on. running the last section. He says:
I saw the signal in the yard 10 keep back
when came down near the train which was
till my air-brake would not work and | ran
nto the coaches. The failure of the air-brake
experience before.
Whalen is badly burned. One of his legs is
roken. but he will live.
No less than nine specials had already passed
through Jackson going West this morning in
ddition TO the regular trains.
Rear-brakeman Walsh, OF the first section.
ad a miraculous escape. lie had finished
rying the airbrakes the first section, and
'as walking TO the rear Of his train. a dis
ance Of only a half-car length. lie looked
p and saw the engine of the second section
lmost on top Of his train Both engine and
AZ were lifted up and left him underneath.
lie made rush and got out just as the engine
eli back on the track and plunged on through
ne car. The car was thrown sideways. just
Kissing him. He escaped with bad injuries to
is arm.
trainman. who also escaped death almost
miracle. says that the Webb special
anne rushing into the yards at full speed He
card the engineer whistle for brakes. and
zen for hand brakes. The hand brakes were
pped. but IL was too late and the crash
anne before they could even check the mo-
entum of the train.
One of the most horrible sights in connec-
oH "itH tHe dcclueHt was Il woman CARRYING
head by the hair around through the crowd.
gaming and weeping and apparently Il raw
g maniac. She was taken care Of by the
,iice. and the head which she carried was
ken TO Police Headquarters.
This wreck is the first OF consequence
at has occurred the Michigan Central I
ad In fourteen years. The anniversary of {
at fatal wreck was Tuesday last II
singular coincidence that both these dis I
tiers occurred in the yards NJ the Central
ad In this city, and in the same month and .
the same day of the week-Friday On Oc- q
Der 10. 1879. the westbound Pacific express
ashed into a switch engine killing eighteen |!
opie and inJuring thirty-five others /