Connecticut western news., 1893-10-19


 In the Yard at Jackson, Mioh.-Tweivs Killed and Many Injurod-Eastorn Pso. pie the Victims.
 JACKSON, Mich, Oct. l4.-The second greatest accdentin the history of the Mich. igan Central railroad occurred here within 100 yards of the place where almost 14 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 13 dead, 5 probably fatally injured and IS others more or less serious ly hurt.
 An excursion train originating at Owego, N. r., which had been turned over by the Delaware, Laokawanna and Western to the Michigan Central road at Buffalo, was standing on a track at Jackson sta tion, when a second special, also laden with exoursionists from the east, crashed into 1t from the rear and telesooped the three last cars of the owego special.
 The 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 Yan, N. Y. Miss Harriet Breeze, Pine City, N. Y. George Hoffman, Sarnnac, N. Y.
  Mrs. J. H. Keeler, Hammondsport, NY. Mrs. Lloyd Woodbury, Bath, N. Y.
 James Woodbury, Bath, N. Y.
 Mrs, D. J. Gibbs, Wheeler, N. Y.-
 Infant child of Mrs. Anson Harrington. Elmira, N. Y.
 Two not yet identified.
 Of these, one is dark skinned man, with a flowing gray beard, about 90 years of age. There are no means of identifying him. The other is a woman of 35, with dark hair and sallow complexion. moving 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 the morgue have not a scrap to identify them, but some of the passengers say that they believe their name Is 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. Searle, Elmira, NY, badly injured about head; Edward Fay, Mrs. c. W. Fay, Miss Laura Fay, all of Elmira, N. Y., all badly injured; Miss Blanche Beardslee, Canton, Pa, is in precarious condition; l. N. Beardslee, Canton, Pa; Mrs. Allen Harris, Troy, Pa, two ribs broken and bruised Frank Farley, Columbia Cross Roads, Pa, slightly; Mrs. J. A. B. Arling ham, Springfield, N. Y.; arm and shoulder fractured; Sarah Keeler, Hammondsport, N. r., legs broken and injured internally; Mary B. Wakefield, Elmira, N. r., slight ly; Mrs k. A. Dolemetch, Elmira, N. r., slightly; Mrs. W. R. Humphrey, Chenan- go. N. Y., arm broken; William Whalen, engineer Webb special, seriously burned, leg broken; Mrs. J. H. Gardner, Horse heads, N. Y., slightly; l.. B. Ainsworth, Norwich, N. r., slightly; Robert Walsh, rear brakeman, first section, slightly; Jo- hanna Healey, both legs broken near ankle, right arm broken near elbow, recovery doubtful; J. N. Anderson, aged b0 New York state, cut badly about face and back and legs, recovery doubtful; Miss Kate Healy, Morris Run, Pa, aged 25, right thigh fractured, bruised, probably recover; Mrs. Timothy Donovan, Morris Run, Pa, internal injuries, recovery doubtful; Mrs. Anson Harrington, Elmira, N. Y., right leg broken below knee, body terribly bruised, her recovery doubtful; Miss Maude Benedict, Canton, Pa, injured in back, body painfully bruised, may recover; Miss Maude Gardner, Horseheads, N. r., slightly; Miss Headley, Elmira, N. Y., slightly; Frederick Brooks, Norwich, N. Y.; Mrs. Frederick Brooks, Norwich, N. Y.; Edward Nash, Norwich, N. Y; Mrs. Edward Nash, Norwich, N. r.; Mary c. Krise, Canton, Pa, slightly.