Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
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Terrible Accident on the Chicago 4 Grand
Trunk Railroad at Bellevue. Mich
Trains Running Too Close Together
Again Responsible for Needless Sacrifice
of Life-The Victims Were From Among
Detroit's Most Exclusive Set.
BELLEVUE, Mich, Sept. ga bad
accident occurred on the Chicago &
Grand Trunk railroad at the station
here at a. m. Express train No. S.
west bound, which was two hours late,
was standing at the station. when it
was run into by the Erie express, also
west bound, demolishing special car
attached to train No. 5. The special
car contained Cashier Meredith, of the
Chicago & Grand Trunk road, and his
wife; Henry A. Newland and wife, IA
Their and mother of Mrs Meredith;
William Costles, porter, and William
Alternately, cook.
outright. Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith are
badly injured. William Costles is
fatally hurt, but William Alternately
escaped with slight injuries. The fire.
man of the Erie express, named Jen-
nison. is badly scalded.
The Newland party left Detroit
Tuesday night for a ten days visit to
the Worlds fair. Mr.. Newland is the
senior member of the firm of Henry A.
Newland & Co., wholesale fur dealers
of Detroit. Mrs. Newland was a
daughter of Hon. James F. Joy.
Henry A. Newland had been for forty
years engaged in the fur business at
Detroit, his house being at this time
the leader in the fur trade there. His
wife, who also lost her life, was a
daughter of Hon. James F. Joy, ex-
president of the Wabash railroad.
Howard Meredith was cashier Of the
Grand Trunk railroad there. All were
prominent society people, and moved
in Detroit's most exclusive circles Mr..
Newland was estimated to be very
wealthy.
No. was made up of nine coaches,
all heavily loaded with Worlds fair
master of the road. No. Q, the train
that ran into No. 5, only had four
coaches. but they were all crowded
with passengers No. left Charlotte
only ten minutes ahead of No. 9. The
first train stopped at Olivette, miles
east of here, on a signal to take
on passengers. and lost time. It also
stopped here, and was just pulling
out when No. 9, running 40 miles an
hour, crashed into it. The special car
was telescoped. The roof was hurled
into the ticket Office of the station COM
pletely demolishing it, leaving only
the telegraph instruments. The tele-
graph operator had just stepped
outside and escaped instant death.
The rest of the special car
was broken into splinters. The
rear end of the sleeper next to the
special was crushed in, but no one on
board was hurt, Mr.. and Mrs. Newland
were instantly killed. The colored
porter was injured internally. A large
piece of wood was driven into his groin.
He can not live. Mr.. and Mrs. Meri-
deth were badly bruised and shaken
up, but it is not thought their injuries
will result fatally. The cook, William
Alternately, was only slightly injured.
Fireman Jemison, of No. was badly
scalded and his engineer was slightly
injured.
Train No. was in charge of Con-
ductor ]. w. Reid. and No. was in
charge of Conductor j. w. McCarty.
There is no telegraph operator at
Olivette, and there was no way tc
signal No. 9 of No. SIS stop at that sta
ton. There was dense fog at the
time of the accident, and the engineer
of No. could not see the lights ahead
of him. The cause of the accident was
that the trains were running too close
together