The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-18

Had Done His Duty - Thousands
Soon the Scene OF the Disaster.
Where Many Touching Sights Are
Witnessed.
JACKSON. Mich, Oct 1S-Twelve peo-
pie were killed instantly and twenty in
,Jured in a rear-end collision in front of
the Michigan Central railroad station
here at . o'clock this morning. A spe-
'cial excursion train from the East,
bound for Chicago, was standing at the
station. A second special excursion
train came up under Roadway and
crashed into the preceding trains rear
coach. The car was completely tele-
scoped. The passengers in the two rear
coaches We're caught as in vice. The
list OF dead and injured would be most
appalling was it not for the fact that the
cars We're nearly empty of their human
freight at the moment the accident oc-
CURED. The passengers were then taking
breakfast at the station eating house.
The Dead.
Mrs. LLOYD WOODBURY., Bath,
~ Y.
JAMES WOODBURY.. Bath. n. Y.
Mrs J. H. KELLER. Hammondsport.
n. Y
MAGGIE MINISTER. Penn Yam.
n. Y.
HARRIET NJ TERRELL. Pine City,
N Y.
- o-rY.rre r.D1 ,,,. ~ -
GEORGE HOSMAN, Louisville, n. Y
Mrs J. w. BEARDSLEY. Canton Pa
Baby HARRINGTON, six-mOnths-old
child of Mrs. Arson Harrington of FL
mira.
Mr.. and Mrs. GILMORE. Morris Run.
Pa.
Injured i'm the City Hospital.
Kate Healey. Morris Run. Pa. fracture
of thigh.
Joanna Healy Morris Run. Pa. sister
of Kate HeaIy deep scalp wound over
eve. fracture of the leg and compound
fracture of both ankles: will probably
die
J. y. Anderson. Morris Run. Pa,
scalp cut. thigh cut. back sprained.
Mrs. Timothy Donovan. Morris Run,
Pa. hip. head and back badly bruised.
Miss NJ. Benedict, Canton. Pa. frac-
ture Of left collar bone. bruised leg. pos
sibIe internal injuries.
Mrs. Arson Harrington. Emira, N Y,
right leg broken.
Miss Blanche Beardsley. Canton, Pa.
left leg broken. fracture OF skull: will
not recover.
Mrs. c. W Fay. Elmira. n. Y. face
scratched. left hand and wrist bruised.
Mrs. Aura Fay. Elmira N Y. slightly
bruised about the body
W. p. Humphrey. Chenango Lake.
finger of left hand cut and left fore
arm broken.
Mrs. Alfred searles. Elmira. n. Y.
back and side bruised
At StoVveH Hospital.
Miss F. Dolmetch Elmira. n. Y. left
shoulder injured.
Mrs Mary Wakefield Elmira. n. Y,
slight cuts and bruises
Miss Sarah ]. Keller. Hammondsport
y. Y. left leg broken. head bruised. skull
fractured.
Mrs. J. y. Anderson. Morris Run Pa
bad scalp wound. right leg broken, badly
bruised about hip.
L. 3. Ainsworth, Norwich, n. Y, left
ankle and knee cut and side bruised.
Miss Allie Harris, Canton. Pa, severely
injured internally.
AIRS. Mary G. Krfse, Canton. Pa. face
badly cut.
Mrs. G. H Garner. Horse Head, n. Y,
bruised head and side.
Miss Maud Gardner, child of seven
years. slightly bruised.
Mrs. J. \. Burlington. East Springfield,
N Y. head slightly cut, left arm broken.
Frederick Trolley. Columbia Cross
Roads Pa. slightly bruised on head,
right arm and leg; went on to Chicago.
Air Brakes Fail to Work.
The excursion train that was wrecked
left WATERFOWL yesterday for Chicago
in two sections heavily loaded The
first section reached Jackson at $3.50
this morning and came to a standstiI
at the depot in order to change engines.
Many passengers alighted for luncheon,
otherwise the list Of casualties would
have been much larger. While the first
section was standing still, the second
section came tearing through the yard
at a speed of forty or fifty miles an
hour It's speed was slackened some
what when the collision occurred, but
the second section was still running
rapidly when II 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 off the steam and ap-
piled the airbrakes, which, to his dis
may failed TO work. He then whistled
twice for brakes, but it was too late.
Joseph p. Kimberling, the fireman,
Jumped from the cab before the crash
came and escaped uninjured. Engineer
Whalen remained at his post almost
until the very moment of the collision
and then jumped. He reversed his
engine and seems to have done every
thing in his power TO avoid the dis
aster. One Of bis ankles was broken,
and it is feared he sustained fatal in
juries, which will cause his death.
Fated Rear Coaches.
The majority Of the killed and in
jured were in the two rear coaches Of
the fEst section which was telescoped.