The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-11-22
FATAL RAILROAD CASUALTY.

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idam Gotzian of St Paul and His
Wife and Niece Dangerously In.
jured.
Thursday at $50 a. m. party of ladies
and gentleman, numbering about fifty
pc 8. MS, left St. Paul, by the Albert Lea route,
tcr trip across the continent. TIE party
was made mp of residents of St. Paul, Miu-
neapolis and Sank RAPIDS. as follows:
Wyman Elliott and wife, Hiram Van
Ness and wife, William Blaisdell and wife,
o. B. Sturtevant and vile, Miss Mcleod and
\ lady friend, D. B. Murray. James Stapch-
i field and wife, c. G. Chase. wife and daugh-
ter, Charles CIPHER and wife and daughter
Susie, Max Smith, wife and son, E. Bach
mex, Miss Mary Stark, s. NJ. Whitney. all OF
Minneapolis; G. ". Chase and family. Mrs
E. W. Chase, g. w. Hendrickson, E. A.
Bates, Miss Kate Nichols, Charles Brimbal
". A. Messenger, OF st. Paul; Mrs. G. NJ.
Bennett and daughter, of Sank Rapids; 81.
Wilson, of Richheld; Mr.. Barnum of Whit
Bear.
Early on the morning of the 10Th th
train to which the Two special cars bearins
the party were attached met with an acct
dest at Jamesport, Mo-, station on the
Southwestern branch of the Chicago Rock
Island & Pacific road si1ty-fve miles thi.
side OF Kansas city. A numbe of passen-
gers in the rear coach discovered that some
thing was wrong. The bell chord was
reahed for, but the train was going at the
rate of about eighteen mi les an hour, and
before halt could be ma &c, the rear coach
struck curve, bounded from the track.
hrr, bo% L1 NlS- l1nl
bankment about f'teen feet high. The coach
turned completely over once, and almost
over second time before 1t reached the
bottom. the rest of the train proceeding
some distance before coming to a stand.
still.
In the car at the time the st. Faul excur.
sionists we're scattered about, number be-
Tag in the end where roaring fire was
blazing and as tho terrible plunge nes
made they were hurled against the hot
stove, the hot Goals at thesame time being
orc. d from the stove, setting the clothing
Of two of the ladies on fire. The scene that
f'llowed almost b. fl IS description, but as
several OF the men al once stamped Oft the
nre the danger from that source was over.
The lit killed and wounded, so far 8
known at the present time, is as follows:
k'led-Adam GOTHAM, st. Paul; skull
crushed.
WOunQeO-Nr5. AORm GOtzlaD, Spinal
injuries and scalp wound; which will
probably piove fatal. Miss Anna Gotzian,
ae!Ie of Adam Gotham, two DANGEROUS
scalp wounds extending length of head; will
ecover. Mac Smith, Valley City, OAK,
badly cut and bruised. Mac Smith, Jr.,
cut a head. Mrs. Mac Smith, injured in
ternallv, scalp wound and face cut.
G. w. Hendrckson. ex.county superin-
tendent o. scAools, ST.. Paul, rio broken and
scalp wound; W. A. Wessinger, St. Paul,
severe scalp wound anu ba ~ burned from
Goals from stove; Ernest Bachuer. Mime
|Apolis, face and head burned; NJ. s. 'N,ch:
OILS, st. Paul, agricultural implement man.
u :acturer, badly bruised and cut; Miss
Kate Nichols, right arm badly bruised; 8.
n. W hitney, Minneapolis, slightly injured.
Adam Go'zsan is well! known real estate
dealer OF St. Paul. and is also associated
with Albert Comnick in thu retail dry
goods business. He is a brother of CONRAD
Gnziau, TIE well-known wholesale shoe
dealer.