The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-20
AN AWFUL DISASTER.

Mich. Oct 1.-THE second
greatest accident in the history Of the
Michigan Central railroad occurred
here yesterday morning within a
mile OF the place where almost four
teen years age Ia a day the Pacific ex-
press crashed into a freight train in
October, 1879, and eighteen people were
killed. Yesterdays disaster has so far
= record Of twelve dead. five probably
fatally injured. and fifteen others more
or less seriously hurt
At s:4s o'clock yesterday morning an
excursion originating at Watertown.N n.
r.. which had beer turned over by the
Delaware. Lackawanna 4 Western to
the Michigan Central at Buffalo, was
standing on the track at jackson
station. when n second section. also
laden with excursionists from the east.
crashed into it from the rear and teles-
COPIED the three last cars.
The officers of the road give out the
following list Of the killed and in
jured:
KILLED.
Mrs. Charles Starr. Elmira. y. Y.
Miss Maggie McMaster. Penn Yam.
n. Y.
Miss Harriet Breeze. Pine City. n. Y.
GEORGE Hoffman. S~aranac. y. Y.
Mrs j. A. Beardslce, East Canton. Pa.
Mrs. j. H. Keller. Hammondsport.
N. Y.
Mrs Lloyd Woodbury.. Bath. n. Y.
James Woodbury.. Bath. n. v.
Mrs. II. J. Gibbs. Wheeler. n. Y.
Infant child of Mrs. Arson H~arrinr-
ton. Elmira. y. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilmore. Morris Run.
Pa.
THE JrI
Mrs j. A. Graham. New York.
Mrs j. H.. B~urlingame. East Spring
field. otsego county. y. ": injuries
not known.
Mrs c. Reyes, Canton. Pa: face
badly scratched.
Mrs. Allie Harris. Canton. Pa: in
Jured internally; recovery doubtful
Mary IL Wakefield. Elmira. y. Y,
lace cut badly. badly bruised.
Mrs Z. A. Dolmchant. Elmira. y. V,
slightly injured.
Mrs. j. NJ. Anderson. Marsh Run.
county. Pa: badly cut about
head and face.
Mrs Blanche Beardslee. Canton. Pa;
badly cut and leg hurt, and doctor
thinks her skull fractured.
Mrs. Alfred Searls. Elmira: injured
internally.
Mrs CIV. Fay. Elmira: badly bruised
Miss Laura Fay. Elmira; slightly.
Mr.. W. T.. Humphrey. C~henango. y.
r.; left arm broken. right hand cut.
Miss Maud Bailey. Canton. Pa: in
)urcd about back and internally. prob
ably fatally.
Miss Kate Healv. Norris Run. Pa.
on body. not seriously.
johanna liealev. right arm badly
and both legs broken.
Mrs L. ODonovan. Morris Run. Pa,
bruised and hip injured.
Mrs. A. A. Harrington. Elmira.
bruised. ankle and leg broken and in
internally.
Mrs Sarah A. Keller. Hammonds-
bort. y. u: leg broken. injured inter
tally.
Frank Fraley. Columbia Cross Roads.
"a: badly scratched.
Mrs J. II. Gardner, Horsehead. Y.
l.: head bruised.
In addition to these Robert Walsh. .
rainman. was seriously bruised. VIII
Phillips was hurt internally. L.
J. ~Ainsworth. of Elmira. y. v. had
us leg hurt: John Beardslec. of Can
Pa. whose daughter is So badly
Iurt that she may die. crushed about
body.
a Detroit lewsboy named George
ellis was struck by the boiler of the
and slightly injured.
Engineer Whalen. Of the collidinc
rain. had n OF his legs broken. but
e will not die.
Many of the passengers of the first
action had been ont to breakfast.
ome had returned and were in the
others were at the station
Their train was about ready
pull out when the second section
into the yards and in sight Of the
under check. When within a
w hundred feet of the sta nding
ain Engineer Whalen of the second
,ecial put on the brakes. but found
his horror that they did not work.
he speed Of the train did not dimin-
h. and reversing his engine. IL is said
nrinecr Whalen and his fireman. Jos.
imling. jumped from the locomotive.
train kept on. and in view Of the
veral hundred people in and about
C station. dashed into the rear coach
the first. passing nearly to the other
ID.
were eight cars in the train,
all of them New York Central
RS. The cars are much lighter than
ose on the Michigan Central. and the
vcnth and sixth from the first engine
ere completely telcscopcd. the one
ing fitted into the other snurlv.
ne fifth car was overturned and
across n sidetrack about fifty
east of the depot. The Michigan
car was next. and IL was badly
'ashed on both ends. the platform be-
2 carried away and the windows all
Iasiied- The passengers on this car
re few. and none OF them was se-
'usly injured. 1t was in the sixth.
'enth and eighth cars where the
tighter took place. and not a single
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