The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-14
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The locomotive was badly wrecked.
Steam escaped from thepunctured sides
of the boiler and added to the sufierings
OF the victims pinned in the wreck, and
to the horrors OF the scene. Ten thou
sand inhabitants OF Jackson were gath
cred at the scene OF the wreck in very
few minutes, and at once began the
! work OF removing from the tetescoped
coaches the killed and wounded, whom
they tenderly placed in rows on the
green sward nearby. Many physicians
were quickly in attendance and attend
cd the injured, who were removed to
the hospitals and hotels as rapidly as
possible, while the dead were carted of
to the morgue When the collision oc-
Cured tho shrieks that rent the air were
heard for blocks.
WOMEN PAINTED AND MEN WERE UN-
NERvED.
Many women in the throng on the
depot platform who witnessed the acci-
dent tainted and men we're unnetved,
In five minutes hundreds OF men were
working with axes to rescue the wound
ed. The groans OF the dying filled the
air for many minutes, and as each new
corpse was dragged from the shattered
coaches heart rending cry went up
from thousands. Lord have mercy on
my poor SOUL" cried one poor fellow
whose life was ebbing out; Good Jesus,
care for Tommy" calculated woman
who was dying with a child at her
breast.
A PATHETIC APPEAL.
A woman whose name is not known
lay on the side OF the track suffering
untold mental and physical agony. She
was the mother OF child Of two years,
and i'm plored the bystanders to save
her child. "0nly let me SEQ my babe
before l die" she exclaimed. "You
know mothers love; get my child, l
beseech you." Her child was dead.
The work Of removing the dead and
wounded was pushed with all possible
haste and was finished by noon.
Wreckers began clearing the track
promptly, and at 3 o'clock the road was
clear. Trains were not much delayed,
being able to pass the wreck on side
tracks. The uninjured coacher OF the
first train and the second train, with all
the passengers who we're unhurt and
wished to continue the journey, and
some whose injuries were slight, were
sent on to Chicago after short delay
SYMPATHETIC WORK.
Mayor G. II. Bennett and Sheriff Peck
took charge OF the work of the towns
people at the wreck and credit is due to
them and to the citizens generally as
well for their efficient services and for
the attentions bestowed upon the sui.
ferers.
Prosecutor Elmer Kirkby made per-
sonal examination OF the wreck and sat
isfed himself that all the bodies had
been removed before he allowed the
railroad to have tho cars dragged away.
Though thousands OF splinters from the
telescoped cars were scattered for rods
about, but few remained on the ground.
They have been carried away as relics
OF the catastrophe. Cushions bespat-
tered with the blood of the killed have
been torn to shreds and carried away
bv women and men. Splinters hanging
to the coaches have also been borne
away The accident had scarcely hap
pened before the news was flash
cd over the wires to the company.
At the general Office of the railroad
at Detroit, President II. B. Ledyard at
once ordered out his special car, and
was soon on his way. With him were
Henry Russell, general attorney OF
Michigan Central; George L. Nadolleck,
assistant attorney; Chief Engineer A.
NJ. Dale, superintendent OF tracks and
bridges; DR.. A. B. Tibballs, assistant
surgeon, and ]. II. Dessiers, specla!
agent, The car was run as a special
train nearly all the way, and was picked
up by the passenger train which arrived
here at 1850 this morning. The car
was side.tracked and the officials joined
the people who surrounded the wreck.
DR.. Tibbals was active in assisting the
local physicians in caring for the
wounded. President Ledyard did not
remain in Jackson long After learn
ing the extent of tho wreck this alter
noon he left for Detroit.
LOOKING FOR THE BLAME
The officers OF the road arc here look.
ing after the interests OF the company.
The blame, il any, attaches to the active
agents OF the railroad company, and be.
longs to Engineer Whalen, who was
hauling the rear train. None OF the
officials will say that he can be fairly
held responsible for the accident. 1t is
one OF those occurrences which offers q
field for scientific speculation. The all
brakes would not work, and nobody
feels confident to explain why they
would not. The two trains were deliv'
cred to tho Michigan Central railroad al
Buffalo. One came from the New York
Central and the other from the Della
ware & Lackawanna road. They were
both excursions. The passengers were
picked up at local points in New York
and Pennsylvania. Both trains were
running as specials over the Michigan
Central.
The second train was in charge oI
Conductor Webb, and, according to o
A. Jordan, the division superintendent
at Jackson, it was held at Grass Lake, q
station ten miles east OF Jackson, until
the first train was reported as having
arrived at Jackson.
TECHNICAL POINT.
The same authority states that tht
record shows that the second section
left Grass Lake forty minutes behint
the first section, and that the latter hat
been standing in front OF the jackson