Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-14
TElESCDPE|Dl
Horrible Railway Ac-'
cident at jackson
Twelve Killed and
Twenty injured.
!
They Were Worlds
Fair Excursi0nists
Who Had stopped for
breakfast. ~
Given Time to Eat,
None to Die.
The Shock Came Like
Lightning
Many Were Crushed
Instantly.
s
Pitiable Scenes Mid
Dead and Dying.
jackson Turned Into
a Hospital.
Eyewitnesses Tell the
Awful Story.
O. st
Eyewitnesses Tell the
Awful Story.
How the Catastrophe
Happened.

Jscs.<<,. 5t.rll !. it.tt The seeend.
Greatest iedisnt in the history, Of the.
Michigan Central railroad occurred here
this moraing. within 100 yards Of the
yiaes ~hsss. almost fourteen years ago
L. q day. the Pacific express crashed
into freight engine in October. 1872.
and eighteen persons we're killed To-
days disaster has 20 FAR a record Of
twelve dead. i've probably fatally in
lured aud fifteen others more OF less seri-
orsly hurt AZ s49 this morning an
excursion train. originating at Owego.
New York, wnich had been turned over
~ the Dsleware. Lackasana 4 Western
g. the Michigan Central az Buffalo. was
standing on the track az jackson sta
too. shen second special. also laden
uith sxenrsionisis FROM the east. crashed
Into Il from the rear and teIescoped the
three iass cars u the Owego special.
Many Of the passengers % this latter
train hsd teeu out for breakfast. some
had returned and we're ia the coaches
Others were at the station platform.
Their train Wss about ready 10 pnll out
whcn tho sesoud special came into the
yards. and IN SIGHT of tns station under
check When within a few hundred
feet e fho standing train. Engineer
Wuiiam Whcian % the second special.
put on tie brakes. bat found. to his
alarm. that they DID not work.
The spee,l q the train did no, dimin.
ish. ADD. reversing his engine. Engineer
Whclaa and his fireman. Joseph +.
kimbhng. lumpet from the locomotive.
The train kept os. and ia full vies ~
The several HUNDRED persons IN and
about The stafi,,n. dashed into the rear
c.ftch q TIE first train. passing nearly TO
the other end There were eight cars IN
tSs ireB. az New York Central cars.
ona of which Wa put ia al station on
fhe Csnshaa Soothsra division % re-
place ore t-sablrst The ears are much
lighter fhar those on The Michigan Cen
tfal and the seventh and sixth cars
feam The drst engine we're completely
feiescopssi. ne one being itsed into the
ether snagly. The hfth ear vas over
fufnei aad lsy scross a ssietrack about
ffty feet essf - the depot The Mschi
xsn Central car ess newt. and it was
badly smaehci a both ends. the plat.
forms being carfied away and the win
d,slrs AZ smashed The passengers Ia
this ear sera fev. and none q them
~ere ssrioasiy injured n was IN the
axth. sevsatA sni eighth ears where the
slaughter t,,ok place. and not = single
tscopant - either q thesc ears appears
q have escsprd ds.ath or iniary.
T-rriae Concu-<ssn.
The fofls. q tAs train sas sbout fifteen
uliee ~ 1ecr VIXEN it struck the rear
ear ~ ~ Special The force of the in.
pscs .,surt.ri NJ top ~ the rear eosch
eatircig fsse fram the body u the
soaea Z sent taotsnx through the
car ahfed Akr huge bstfesing ram.
tesrins tie hte ,rosn the inmates a ths
ear The Inss e afs ia fhe rsar'csr waa
s.xht reaf.y sii ths. casualties being in
fhe lsiescsFea ere TIE top q the first
ear Nss aweae.i tae rhstle lenrfh q fhe
heai ear aati tae esss ard .sseri.sr raa
x~iead q sp,iatefs r. hok a it a. a
stfsl cn TIE tft.k after tae accssleat. 4
sss bard g. believe snf peresu cautl
esrspe aiige froa enfh a sfssfa trar
Net srscn ni'srEei ia the vreck kst
eas s,nr as iess hsff xl,out ftr Ara
saa ieet Iaie nss ~ ~ rss~un q th@
tefa safs and graahea ifcn sotk un.ler