Listing of Fatalities

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Train No. 5

"The Pacific Express"

 

 

 

 

Name

Age

Gender

Marital Status

Residence

Occupation

Unrecognized

Alby, Thomas

-

M

-

Murfeesboro, Tennessee

-

-

Aldrich, Joseph H.

-

M

-

Des Moines, Iowa

-

Yes

Austin, Ellen

-

F

Single

Omaha, Nebraska

-

Yes

Austin, Mary

-

F

Single

Omaha, Nebraska

-

Yes

Barnard, Louis J.

-

M

Married

Buffalo, New York

Merchant

Yes

Birchard, Mary

-

F

Single

Fayetteville, Vermont

-

-

Bliss, Lucy Young

-

F

Married

Rome, Pennsylvania

-

Yes

Bliss, Philip Paul

38

M

Married

Rome, Pennsylvania

Gospel Music Composer

Yes

Bradley, (Mrs. Bradley's Baby)

-

-

Single

Chicago, Illinois

-

Yes

Brunner, C. T.

-

M

Married

Gratiot, Wisconsin

Merchant

Yes

Brunner, Mrs. C. T.

-

F

Married

Gratiot, Wisconsin

Housewife

Yes

Brunner (Son of C. T.)

6

M

Single

Gratiot, Wisconsin

-

Yes

Brunner (Daughter of C. T.)

8

F

Single

Gratiot, Wisconsin

-

Yes

Caine, Charles

-

M

-

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

LS&MS Porter

-

Campbell, D.

-

-

Married

Milledgeville, Illinois

-

-

Campbell, John R.

-

M

-

-

-

Yes

Chamberlain, Hiram

55

M

Married

Cuba, New York

Merchant

-

Chittenden, David

-

M

Married

Cleveland, Ohio

Merchant

Yes

Clemens, William

-

M

-

Bellevue, Ohio

-

-

Coffin, Mrs. Emma

-

F

Married

Oakland, California

-

Yes

Cogswell, M. P.

-

M

Married

Chicago, Illinois

-

-

Cook, M.

-

F

Married

Wellington, Ohio

-

-

Cram, Lewis

-

M

Married

New Haven, Connecticut

Traveling Agent

-

Crimp, J. E.

-

M

Married

Somerville, Massachusetts

Merchant

-

Doyle, James

-

M

Single

Ashtabula, Ohio

LS&MS Porter

-

Fonda, Sarah

80

F

Married

Schuylerville, New York

-

-

Frame, Mary

36

F

Married

Rochester, New York

-

-

Frame, (Child of Mary Frame)

8

-

Single

Rochester, New York

-

-

Frame, (Child of Mary Frame)

-

-

Single

Rochester, New York

-

-

Gage, Clarence N.

-

M

Married

Charlestown, Illinois

Traveling Agent

-

George, Mattie

-

F

Single

Cleveland, Ohio

-

-

George, Mrs. W. J.

-

F

Married

Cleveland, Ohio

-

-

Gilley, Alfred

-

M

-

Cranberry Island, Maine

-

-

Hall, Mrs. H. L.

-

F

Married

Chicago, Illinois

-

Yes

Hall, H. L.

-

M

Married

Chicago, Illinois

-

Yes

Hart, L. W.

-

M

Married

Akron, Ohio

Traveling Agent

-

Hodgkins, Frank A.

23

M

-

Bangor, Maine

-

Yes

Holdridge, D. M. 

-

-

-

-

-

Yes

Hopkins, Dr. A. W.     

-

M

-

Hartland Four Corners, Vermont

Physician

Yes

Hubbard, Dr. George F.

45

M

Married

Polk City, Iowa

Physician

-

Kepler, George W.

29

M

Married

Ashtabula, Ohio

Merchant

Yes

Ketlerville, Annie

-

F

Married

Beloit, Wisconsin

-

-

Knowles, Mrs. P. M.

-

F

Married

Cleveland, Ohio

Housekeeper

Yes

Knowles, (Child, Mrs. P. M.)

-

F

Single

Cleveland, Ohio

-

Yes

Koppler, Elizabeth

-

F

Married

Chippewa, Ontario, Canada

-

-

Lannegan, Lawrence

22

M

-

Buffalo, New York

Expressman

-

Levenbroe, Peter

-

M

-

Cleveland, Ohio

LS&MS Locomotive Fireman

-

Lewis, Maggie L.

17

F

Single

St. Louis, Missouri

-

-

Mann, Sarah S.

-

F

Single

Cleveland, Ohio

-

 

Marston, Mrs. C. M.

-

F

Married

Waterbury, Maine

-

Yes

Marston, Mrs. J. D.

-

F

Married

Waterbury, Maine

-

Yes

Marston, (Child of Mrs. J. D.)

-

F

Single

Waterbury, Maine

-

Yes

McNeil, Philip

-

M

-

Nottingham, Ohio

LS&MS Baggageman

Yes

Merrill, S. H.

-

M

Married

Dayton, New York

Merchant

 

Meyer, Birdie

5

F

Single

Cleveland, Ohio

-

 

Meyer, Isaac

-

M

Married

Cleveland, Ohio

Merchant

 

Mixer, Minnie

-

F

Single

Buffalo, New York

-

Yes

Moore, Mrs. W. L.

74

F

Married

Hammondsport, New York

-

Yes

Moran, Fredrick W.

-

M

-

Clayton, Michigan

-

Yes

Negus, Libbie

-

F

Single

Buffalo, New York

Milliner

 

Nusbaum, Victor Lewis

-

M

Single

Cleveland, Ohio

Merchant

 

Osborn, Richard

-

M

-

Tecumseh, Michigan

Farmer

Yes

Packard, Mary N.

-

M

Single

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

-

 

Palmer, Mrs. G. E.

-

F

Married

Binghampton, New York

-

 

Pickering, Charles R.

6

M

Single

Buffalo, New York

-

 

Pickering, John D.

22

M

Single

Chicago, Illinois

Clerk

 

Potter, John

-

M

-

Painesville, Ohio

-

Yes

Purington, George A.

36

M

-

Buffalo, New York

Express Messenger

Yes

Rice, Jonathan

-

M

Married

Lowell, Massachusetts

Retired Merchant

Yes

Rodgers, Dr. Daniel A.

-

M

Single

Chicago, Illinois

Physician

Yes

Rodgers, Henry G.

-

M

Married

Springfield, Ohio

College Professor

Yes

Rodgers, Mrs. Henry G.

-

F

Married

Springfield, Ohio

Housekeeper

Yes

Rossiter, Charles

-

M

-

Chicago, Illinois

-

Yes

Russell, Boyd L.

30

M

Married

Auburn, New York

Traveling Agent

 

Shattuck, Frederick

-

M

-

Millersburg, Ohio

Traveling Agent

Yes

Smith, Charlotte N.

-

F

Single

Roundout, New York

-

Yes

Smith, J. W.

-

M

-

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-

 

Smith, Martha Ann

-

F

Single

Roundout, New York

-

Yes

Spooner, George H.

-

M

-

Petersham, Massachusetts

-

Yes

Stindal, Robert

40

M

-

New York, New York

Traveling Agent

 

Stockwell, Albert H.

49

M

Married

Ashtabula, Ohio

Traveling Agent

Yes

Stowe, Garwood B.

45

M

Married

Geneva, Ohio

LS&MS Carpenter

 

Thayer, Clara J.

-

F

Single

Springfield, Massachusetts

Nurse

Yes

Thomas, Mrs. Lucy C.

40

F

Married

Buffalo, New York

-

 

Thomas, Willie

-

M

Single

Buffalo, New York

-

 

Thomas, W. W.

-

M

Married

Cleveland, Ohio

Merchant

 

Tomlinson, H. T.

-

M

-

Memphis, Tennessee

-

 

Trueworthy, Emeline

-

F

Married

Oakland, California

-

Yes

Unknown (African-American)

-

-

-

-

-

Yes

Unknown (African-American)

-

-

-

-

-

Yes

Vogle, Charles

36

M

Married

Albany, New York

Merchant

 

Volk, Martha Lolita

16

F

Single

Rochester, New York

School Girl

 

Wagner, Harry

-

M

Married

Syracuse, New York

LS&MS Conductor

Yes

Waite, S. D.

30

M

Married

Toledo, Ohio

Express Messenger

 

Washburn, Reverend Alvan H.

50

M

Married

Cleveland, Ohio

Minister of the Gospel

Yes

Webb, James

-

M

-

Boston, Massachusetts

LS&MS Porter

 

Wilson, William F.

-

M

Single

Boston, Massachusetts

Merchant

Yes

 

 

Please note that this list has been compiled with great care from the various eyewitness accounts and from records created during the various investigations regarding this tragedy.  It is as complete as is possible and places the official fatality count at 98 persons. 

 

 

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