The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
d., :. $. ~ n. Passenger Train
Crashes Into Freight
= Near Champion.
ENGINEER GREEN HURT.
Miraculous Escape Of Coaches
Full Of Passengers-Engine
and Tender Go in the Ditch,

William Green, one of the oldest
engineers on the South Shore. was
seriously hurt in a tail-end collision
Monday evening near Champion.
between his train, No. 1. which
leaves LAnsc at 4:22S and the
Houghton freight, No. 81. Frank
Mills, the fireman on the passenger
engine, hurt one knee by jumping.
These two were the only ones of
either crew hurt. None Of the pas
scngers We're injured Engineer
Green is well known in l. LAnse.
he having had charge of the first
passenger engine that passed over
the extension of the South Shore
road to this city in 1872.
The following account of the ac-
cidcntlriS taken from the Mining
JournALo{ Tuesday
The wreck occurred at place
about a mile west Of Brown ; siding.
Train No - is supposed TO be on
the siding To allow the passenger to
pas, it. but il is claimed the crew
OF the freight miStook the time when
the passenger was due, and left the
cabOosc and -four on five ears on the
main track, while the engine and
the balance Of the cars were pulled
upon the siding 20 get some other
cars which were standing there. It
was impossible for the crew oi the
passenger train which was runuing
along at a high rate Of speed, to see
the cars on the track until nearly up
10 them Then il WAS too late to
stop the train The engineer put
on the ;til' and reversed his engine.
Both. he and the fireman jumped.
Though lis speed was considerably
reduced by the time it struck. the
engine went crashing through the
cars on lis way with a force that re-
duccd them 10 matchwool Then it
jumped the rack, and both engine
and tcndrrrolird over into the ditch.
total wreck. Had the engineer
aud fireman stayed in their cab they
would certainly have been Killed.
Everything back OF the tender
remained on the track, though the
mail car. Immediately behind the
tender was somewhat smashed up.
The train seems To have been
stopped ~ the crash into the
freight cars, together with the air
brakes and the reversed engine,
None OF the three cars back OF the
mail car jumped the track. though
the passengers in them were badly
shaken up and frightened
Word of the wreck was sen; 10
Champion and from there news OF 1t
came by wire to Marquette The
wrcchcr was hastilvdispatchcd to the
scene OF the accident Mrs Green,
wife Of the engineer who was hurt,
was taken up with the wrcckcr
Mr. Green was brought home ON a
Stretchcr in the baggage car. lie
was placed in a carriage that was
waiting for him and taken to his
home. the Queen City hotel, corner
Of Washington aud Fourth streets.
Upon examination he was found
to bc badly bruised all over and to
have a large scalp wound ON the
back of his head He lost great
deal OF blood from that.
lie was suffering from such a
shock that his nervous systcm was
all unstrung, and il was thought 1
best to let him rest as quietly a, he
could through the night and defer q
close examination of his injuries TIL
morning. The examination that
was made failed to reveal any brok
en- bones. Unless it proves that he
has internal injuries he will prob
ably recover.