The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-10-18

Miss Maud Bailey Canton, Pa, injured anout
back and internally; probably fatal
Miss Kate Healey, Morris Run, Ps, bruises
on body; NOT seriously.
johanna Hcaley, badly, right arm crushed and
both legs broken; recovery doubtful
! Mrs I. Donavan, Merris Run, Pa, chest
bruised and hip injured.
Mrs A. Harrington, Efmira, ~ T., leg frao-
tured and otherwise bruised, ankle and leg
broken and injured internally
| Miss Sara A Keeler Hammondsport, N. Y,
/ lag broken, injured internally.
! Mira Herbert Gardner, Horseheaes, n Y,
! head bruised
One Of the most horrible sights in
connection with the accident was q
woman carrying \ head by the hair
around through ths crowd, moaning
and weeping and apparsntly . yaving
maniac, She was taken care Of by tho
police, and the head which she carried
was taken 10 police headquarters.
The officials Of he road were ON the
scene rs soon as = special could carry
them from Detroit and State Railroad
Commissioner Billings also arrived be-
fore noon. So far rs explained the ac-
cident was not due to misplaced
switch. Epgineer Whelap, who livos
here, was running the last section. He
says:
81 saw the signal In the yard to keep
back and had my engine in hand as I
thought, but when came down near
the train whieh was still, my air brake
would not work and I ran into the
coaches. The failure OF the air brake
made 1t impossible to stop. l never
had such an experience before"
The scene in the city and about the
station after the wreck was indescrib-
able. Business was at a standstill all
day, the leading houses closing, while
knots Of men and women stood on the
street corners and talked about the
dreadful event.
The sheriff OF Jackson comfy and
the police officers have taken posses
sion OF the effects OF the dead to hold
them for their friends. A coroner's
jury was impanslled Friday after
noon and the inquest will begin next
Monday.
DETROIT, Oct. IL. - The following
statement Is made to the United Press
by General Superintendent Robert Mil
Ter, as 70 the disaster at Jackson:
at is utterly impossible for me to
understand how 1t happened; the more
news get, the more mystihed / am.
Now, for instance, here 10 the state
ment OF the superintendent TO the ef-
feet that the engineer tried his brakes
at Jackson Junction. This is In ac-
cordance with rule IT Of our regula-
tions governing the running Of trains.
Jackson Junction Is only milo from
the station, and he therefore must have
found his brakes all right only few
minutes before the accident
According TO this same report, and
It Is suppogtsd TO some extent, he found
out that his brakes would not hold
when within quarter Of mile OF the
train he smashed. He at once reversed
his engine and notified the conductor
by whistle that his air was not work.
ing. The conductor then tried the air
on the train, and neither was it good.
presume the conductor then made an
effort to use the hand brakes but pos
sibly before anything could be done,
the crash came.
"In the midst Of the greatest passen-
ger traffic In the history Of the Michi-
gan Central this accident comes That
possibly makes natural your question
as TO whether or not the men have been
overworked. They have not been. We
will not permit that II man says he
is too tired TO work, we will not permit
him TO go out"