New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-28
STORM TAKES p LIVES.
MAKES RAILROAD WRECK.
Pats out Danger Signal on Pere
Observation-Disclosures Injured.

names or those killed and injured follow:
THE DEAD
BALDWIN. L J. OF HuIksn. Mich
BALDWIN Mrs. L J.
BALDWIN. Louis. son OF Nr and Mrs l. J. Baldwin.
BURNS. Frank Of Detroit, fireman No 3
DEVINE. Charles A.. OF Grand Rapids
GII-ES. Mrs. Daisy Lowell. Mich
GIILFsr. F. N. oc Burr Oak. or Portland Mich
5iEI.MIeICH. William. 81 Detroit baggagenan
HULL Joseph oolored. OF Windsor Ont
JORDAN. Walter. os Grand Rapids
MYERS. Burt OF Grandy1Ile. or lake Odessa Mich
PALMER George OF Detroit. American Express agent
sauTB William. Of saranac. Mich
sToDDARD, Charles A. OF Detroit. engineer No G.
WASEk Austin /. Of No ls2 sxteenth-st. Detroit
WELLS. Allen H. Of Big Rapids. Mich
wIERENGO Peter ". OF Grand Rapids
WILLIAMS. Lester. OF Lansing Mich.
Fcu- unidentified men.
THE INJURED.
HARBE.R W, J. Of Muskegon Heights. Mich: injured
EoIs Henry T. % Grand Rapids: leg badly injured
s3 70 6 badly G er g1s,HsssG sSdat Sssd Mich mail clerk
sEANcz H O. . sunheId, Mich; badly injured about
BROWN. Claude OF Grand Rapids: leg injured
cEzAABgEFs charles % r q IoPi3 Mich; injured
head ina leg ana coliarboae broGer @0'o'
GAY. R: F. Of Detroit brakeman; head. body and right
GOULD T q sEsad Rapids Mich: badly cut about
oRtT 6Fa.s5 A ss, head Of 5aG ss Sps Rapids Mich badly
HPaRET @ r The Rsy . James ,P Past9r & The Church Of
KILLER Asa Of Clarzsvfue. Mich; left leg injured
KENT, Ms p. OF Grand Rapids Mich. injured inter
MALTBURo sfaaas Of Hart Mich: badly burned about
legs. hand breast.
Marcus Coupany eft leg fractured injured about
MINOR Howard. Of Grand Rapids. Mich left arm
No2N q r 3- O. GRIND @ Fssas @ - Mich & fireman of Train
AoIEAN l &c (isrt r Of Grand Ra1tls M,c:: internal
MEL Georee of Grand RAPIDS Mich conductor Train
No 2. ert leE broken and badly injured about body
@ @ ana Fd s' so8g H ao5a5 s 5o3T e9Ef aaG hips aos'
oUALEY Timothy. q Grand Rapids Mich.; seriously
ROSS John. Of Lansing. Mich injured about legs and
broken ard heaa inaTed Ni'h' risht leg
EPRAGUE. Andrew, OF AIeean. Mich. injured about
sPRAGrE. Miss Gale Of AIegan. Mich: injured about
ETTaEETER, Mrs Il. r. Of Grand Ledge Mich badly
ousy injured about head. face Iaoerated and inter
WEST Charles. Of saranao. Mich. both legs broken.
ieft land torn or pronshly fatally injured
WooDNoTsTH. J. c. Of Salem, Aich injured about head
II was the most disastrous wreck in he his
tory Of the Pere Marquette system. and, instead
Of being caused by mans carelessness or. mis-
take, is charged TO the high wind which extin-
guished the red signal light in the order board
at NcCOrd's Station. where the west bound train
was expected TO stop and receive new orders.
Two minutes before the train rushed by Nc
Cords, the light was burning says the operator
there. but in that brief interval the blizzard
that was raging extinguished it, and train No
o flashed by the station. TO crash into east
bound train no. G. near East Paris
The trains. which two OF the finest on
he
Of broken and twisted timber and metal. with
dead and injured pinned down and crushed bv
the fragments Of the heavy cars. Five cars and
TWO large engines were jammed into a space
ordinarily occupied by three coaches. and the
~reckage was stTewn across the right of way
from fence TO fence
When train No. 3. bound west. whizzed by
AcCords instead Of stopping, the frightened
operator Informed the dispatcher. ard then found
that his red light had been extinguished He
reported this, and there was only one thing left
70 Go. The collision was inevitable The
cispatcher's Office called for medical aid and
gave orders 10 hold at the station here the
;rain which was 10 go over the Saginaw branch,
Iao get the Wreckng outfit under steam The
oflcials then waited for the word they knew
must come.
NO CHANCE TO SLOW DOWN.
There was no chance Of the fast running
trains TO see each other through the driving
blizzard IN time even 10 slow down, and in a
feW minutes word came from the conductor Of
No that they had crashed together and that
there was an awful loss Of life.
The Nestbound engine drove through No. 6s
engine ike wedge, separating the gear from
the boiler and standing the latter CT end The
running gear was crumpled ike thin paper
Great cast steel side rods were bent into many
shapes and even the steel tires of the big driv
Ing wheels were split and sprung from the
wheels, landing IL some cases ten feet from fha
engine.
The boiler Of No SIS engine turned over sew
era times and the very force OF the twisting
impact seems 10 have been the means Of saving
the lie Of Waterman, the engineer. He was
thrown forty feet over the fence at the edge Of
the right Of way. Moon, his fireman. was sit
ling on the opposite side of the cab. and he
also was thrown clear OF the pile Of wreckage
as the engines came together the steam dornes
q the boilers blew of and the steam escaped, or
there would have been added horrors from the
bHering steam.
hAoKER TELESCOPED ENTIRE LENGTH. /
No. g. eastbound, was composed Of a mail and
Asggage car. combination smoker, buffet parlor /
car, day coach and diner. The baggage car. /
aught between the engine and heavy train. was /
smashed 10 kindlings, only the roof remaining I
partly unbroken The big blind mali coach /
heavily bulkhea6ed. took the brunt OF the blow. /
uai withstoOd the crash, and communicated il 1
70 The smoker. next in the rear The smoker /
vas swept clean as the mailcar telsscoped its /
entire length and turned over at the north side 4
u The track. The smoker IN turn crashed sew
tfsl feet into the parIor car. and IL was at the !
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