Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-23
Later Particulars

Later Particulars.
BISMARCK, D. T., March ga special
from Mandan to the Bismarck Tribune gives
the details of the railroad disaster as follows:
Your reporter accompanied Division Super
| fntendent Taylor to the scene Of the wreck
this mornlug, and tie coroner from Mandan
IVES also OIL board. The unlucky spot is
about nineteen miles west of Bismarck, at
what is known as Soap Stone cut, Sweet brlar
creek. and two miles east Of Sweet Briar STA
ton. About $50 last evening the snow pillow,
work or boarding train, and the passen-
ger left Sweet Briar in the order
| named. The snow plow passed safely over
| the ten bent bridge, which spans Sweet Brlar
| creek. but the work train, which was COM
| posed of fat cars next to the engine, followed
by two sleeping cars, for thirty men each, a
| diang car, kitchen car, and store car did
net. The first indication of something wrong
was sound like broken wheel. The Train
was going at about ten miles Per hour, and
tbs engineer hearing the jar immedi-
ateiy reversed the steam, but
beAurc he had time to think
the terrible crash came and eight human
souls were landed in eternity. 1t seems that
wheel on the head truck of the fat car broke,
ana the whole truck had jumped the track
Evidences of its course upon the trestle ex-
tents back nearly mile from the wreck. AS
| the short curve leading to the bridge was
reached, the strain upon the car was SO great
| that the truck must have been broken in num-
erous pieces, some of the more teoacious
striking the trestle on the bridge and
| showing them before it. The iron being left
without support, the sleeping car was imme-
diately precipitated into the river, thirty feet
| below, striking on its side. This was followed
by sleeping car No 2, which car ended over
and finally assumed position as No l. The
dining car followed, crashing into both the
Others. After this was the kitchen car, which
remained upright against the dining car. Inc
Office and store cars were but partially
| off the track, Four bents in the bridge were
| broken into splinters, and their sleepers
COMPLETELY demolished. There were about
| fifty men on the train at the time OF the
| accident, and the escape Of even one seems
miraculous after viewing the wreck. In
sleeper No. were about twenty-four men.
Some were lying on hunks asleep, DINERS
smoking and reading, and some playing CARDS.
| AS soon as the car overturned, the bedd:ng
] caught fire, and the men fed. The dying
| were roasted almost beyond recognition. The
The MI, aeaths were among those in this car
Those who escaped Immediately grabbed
such buckets as they could and worked like
heroes to extinguish the flames, but the straw
bedding, blankets aud other combustible mate
rial made it impossible. 1t is supposed that
seven of the eight men killed were killed in
stantly, before being burned, as but the voice
/ e for ba1 heard He
living with his feet to the flames, and held in
| tolls of broken pieces Of timbefs. His COM
rades could do nothing and were obliged to
see him gradually roast to DEATH
| The hcene
BEGGARs DESCRIPTION.
| scattered here and there promiscously
among burned blankets, valises, clothing,
broken car wheels and iron rods wer6 the
charred remains of the unfortunate victims.
One peculiar feature of the accident was the
fact that but two of the:twcnty three injured
and not killed we're seriously hurt They
had their shoulder blades dislocatcd, and one
of them had broken arm. The names oil
| the killed as recognized were:
Ole Johnson; found with one leg partially
burned to crisp, head smashed and arms
over his head, as if suffering internal agony.
| liz udd cCut iOi LILO fanny 1" ava WI -"
| ioin him in Bismarck.
| Thos. Wilson was about ten feet from
| johnson and a charred mass.
VIM. Watson was lying with one arm over
his head, and the other with the hand burned
off completely.
| J. Mccormick was found in role of blank
cts. He was probably first smothered and
| then burned.
Thos. Grady was found with head burned
nearly of and charred pocketbook was found
beside him containing some time checks ana
a considerable sum of money.
Geo. Mosier, James O'Brien and VIM. Nc
Andrews were found In q similar position,
seriously injured.
Geo. Miller, an American, without relatives
or friends, had an arm broken and was cut
badly about the face.
+. o. Berry, shoulder dislocated and cut
about the face.
The following comprise the list OF
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
and are now being taken care of by the
Northern Pacific officials at Mandan: M.
Hanson, Peter Lombard, A. sunstrom, Jas.
Kennedy, Pete Mum, Jno. Percellcs, Thos.
Connors, Nels Quanstrom, Fred. Mosher,
Fred. Harris, Chas. Corwin, Chas. Lanigan,
VIM. Brennan. Chas. Sage, Jno. Marry, Joe
Smith, Joe. Donegon. Z. 0. Berry, Henry
| Mum, w. j. BaDOck, lHOs. blCQulnu.
Messrs. Simmons and Duncan who run the
boarding train for the Northern Pncifc rail.
way, had over $70O in the rear car, which was
saved
Thos. O'Conners, engineer of the fatal
train, says the wreck caught fire almost in
stantly.
The coroner's jury found the wreck to have
been accidental, and both train men and
Northern Pacific officials are held guiltless.
A partially burned book with the following
suggestive title was found in the ruins,
acknowledge is safety" The dead were wrap
ned in blankets and brought to Mandan this
afternoon, where they were solemnly inferred
The wreck is being rapidly cleared away
and Superintendent Taylor says trains will
be resumed on time to-day. The ladies Of
Mandan are taking an active part in attending
on the wants of the injured, who are mostly
foreigners, having no friends in this country
The Railroad accident.
The following is an abstract from the oil
cial report of Division Superintendent TaJlol
of the Northern Pacific: