Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Detroit Free Press Saturday, 1 September 1894 Newaygo, Mich., August 31, (Special) - The fast train north on the Chicago & West Michigan Railway met with a serious acci- dent at Brookings, a flag station twenty- five miles north of this place. The train was running about forty miles an hour when it struck two cows on the track. The first cow was thrown off, but the second one got under the cowcatcher and threw the engine into the ditch, bottom side up. The other cars were all piled on top of if, with the exception of the chair car, which was not damaged. Engineer JOHN PATTERSON, of Grand Rapids, was scalded all over and died at 4:10 this afternoon. He was scalded from head to foot. He was single and his home was in Grand Rapids. Fireman JOHN KOBE, of Hart, was badly scalded and hurt otherwise. He lived only about an hour and begged from the first to be killed, as he wsa in such agony. He was married and leaves a family. Mrs. C. R. DOCKERY, of Grand Rapids, was badly hurt in the back, but not seriously. She was able to be around the wreck. The wreck has not been cleared away, but tracks are being laid around and traffic will be uninterrupted tomorrow. There were but a few passengers on the train and it is a miracle others were not hurt. This is the most serious accident the West Michigan road has ever had. ===============================================================================