Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-14
FAIR TRAINS WRECKED. !.
Twelve Killed and Over Thirty
 Injured.
MANY VICTIMS FROM THE EAST.
An AIrbrake Failed to Work, and One Special Train Dashed Into Another-The Accident Occurred In the Yard at Jack son, Mich.

greatest accident in the history or the Mich igan Central railroad occurred here within loo yards of the place where almost II years ago the Pacific express crashed into freight engine in October. 1879, and IS peo- pie were killed. Yesterdays disaster has so far a record of lS dead, probably fatally injured and I5 others more or less serious ly hurt.
 An excursion train originating at Owego. N. Y. which had been turned over by the Delaware. I.ackawanna and Western to the Michigan Central road at Buffalo, was standing on track at Jackson sta ton, when a second special, also laden with cXcursionists from the east. crashed into it from the rear and telescOped the three last cars of the Owego special.
 Tho Dead and Injured
 The officers of the road gave out the fol- lowing list of the killed:
 Mrs. Charles Starr. Elmira, N. Y.
 Miss Maggie McMaster, Penn Ean. N. Y.
 Miss Harriet Breeze. Pine City. N. Y.
 George Hoffman, Saranac, N. Y.
 Mrs. T. \. Bearlslec. East Canton, Pa
 Mrs. I. IT. Keeler HammondspOrt, NJ.
 Mrs. Lloyd Woodhury, Bath. N. Y.
 James Woodbury. Bath. N. Y.
 Mrs. n T. Gibbs, Wheeler, N. Y.
 Infant child of Mrs. Anson Harrington. Elmira, W. Y
 Two not yet identified.
 UT these, one Is a uark Sklnneu man. with q flowing gray heard, about 6O years of age. There are no means of identifying him. The other is n woman of S5, with dark hair and salluw complexion, having some show of beard on her upper lip and wears wedding ring on the fourth finger of the right hand. The man is terribly crushed about the head and face, but the features are discernible.
 The unknown man and woman dead at q them, but some of the passengers say that they believe their name k Buck and they were husband and wife They were taken out together and seemed to have been in one seat.
 Following is a list of the injured:
 Mrs. Searlc. Elmirn. N Y, badly injured about head: Edward Fay. Mrs. C. w. Fay Miss Laura Fay. all of Elmira. N. Y. all badly iniurcd; Miss Blanche Beard>lec | N. BrarlSlrc. Canton Pa; Mrs. Allen Harris. Troy. Pa. two ribs broken and bruised: Frank Farley. Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. slightly: Mrs. ]. \. B. Arling ham. Springfield, N. N.; arm and shoulder fractured: Sarah kcelcr, llammond~port, \. Y, legs broken and injured internally; Mary B Wakefield, EIm;ra. \. \, slight ly Mrs. F.. A. Dolcmctch, Elmira. N E.. slightly; Mrs w. R. Humphrey, Chenan- go, \. Y. arm broken; William Whnlcn, engineer Wrhh special. seriously burned, leg broken: Mrs. T. II Gardner. Horse heads, N. Y. slightly; l.. B. Ainsworth. Norwich. N. Y. slightly: Robert Walsh rear brakeman. first sect ion. slightly: .Io- hanna llealcy. both legs broken near ankle, right arm broken near elbow. recovery doubtful; !. N. Anderson. aged a. New York state. cut badly about face and hack and legs. recovery doubtful Miss Kate llcaly. Morris Kun. Pa. aged 25 right thigh fractured. bruised, probably reCnver: MrS. Timothy Donovan, Morris Run. Pa. internal injuries. recovery doubtful; Mrs .Au>nn Harrington. Elmira. N. Y. right leg broken lcluw knee. hniy terribly bruised. her recovery doubtful: Miss Mnudc B,urslict, Canton. Pa. injured in hack, hlly painfully bruised, may rccnvcr: Miss Naudr Gardner. Hor~ehcads. N Y. slightly: Mis- IlvIdl,y. Elmira. N. Y. slightly Frederick BruukS. Norwich. V. \: Mr> Frederick Brooks, Norwich, N. \; Edward Nash. Norwich, N. \: Mrs. Edward Nash. Norwich. N. Y: Mary C. kri>r. Canton. Pa. slightly.
 The wreck occurred l0n yards east of the passenger station. An excursion train from the east was standing at the station when another excursion train pulled in. The en- sineer lost ,utrol nf his airhrake and could not stop his train and it rushed at the rate of 4O miles an hour into the train ahead, blowing under II and throwing the cars in all directions.
 Niuc car> were demolished and the loco motive smashed to pieces. Two cars were thrown across the track One car was lrivcn completely through another, and others wcrc turned entirely over. The second section of the ONeGo special ran into the rear end of the head section Six dead bodies were taken out within 2O minutes and the work had only begun. She Carried n Human Head. ! One of the most horrible sights in con ncCtiun with the acrident was n woman lhr crowd, moaning and weeping and ap- plrrutly ravinE maniac She was taken are of by the police.
 Rear Brakeman Walsh of the first sec ton had miraculous escape. He had fin I>hrd trying the airbrstkcs on the first >cC- tiun and Wl> walking to the rear of his train. a distance of only a half car length. He looked up and saw the engine of he second >rctiun almost on top of his train. Both engine and car raised up and left him underneath. He made a rush and got out just a> the engine fell back on the track and plunged on through the car. The car WAS thrown sideways. just missing him. He escaped with bad Irm injuries
 A Jrainmnn. who nl>o escaped death by miracle >ays that the Webb special oIHe rushing into the yards at full speed, He heard the engineer whistle for brakes and then Tor handhrakCs. The handbTakes Ucr,. apI lied. but il was too late, and the ,rash came b-fore they could even check 1 the momentum of the train.
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