The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-11-22

Adam Gotxian Of St Paul and His
Wife and Niece Dangerously In.
jured.
Thursday at $40 a. m. party of ladies
and gentleman, numbering about fifty
PEI ms, left st. Paul, by the Albert Lea route,
for trip across the continent. The party
was made up of residents of st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Sank Rapids as follows:
Wyman Elliott and wife, Hiram Van
Ness and wife, William Blaisdell and wife,
O. B. Sturteyant and wife, Miss Mcleod and
a lady friend, d. B. Murray. James Stanch-
field and wife, @. c. Chase. wife and daugh-
ter, Charles CIPHER and wife and daughter
susie, Max Smith, wife and SON, E. Bach.
ner, Miss Mary Stark, s. NJ. Whitney, all OF
Minneapolis; G. W. Chase and family. Mrs
E. w. Chase G.. w. Hendriokson, E. A.
Bates, Miss Kate Nichols, Charles Brimball.
W. A. Messenger, of st. Paul; Mrs. G. NJ
Bennett and daughter, of Sank Rapids; Fl.
Wilson, of Richteld; Mr.. Barnum of White
Bear.
Early on the morning of the 10th tie
train to which the two special cars bearing
the party were attached met with an acct
dent at Jamesport, Mo-, station on the
Southwestern branch o! the Chicago Rock
Island & Pacific road sixty-hve miles this
side OF Kansas city. A number 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 de, the rear coach
struck curve, bounded from the track,
broke the coupling. and rolled over an en-
bankment about fifteen feet high. The coach
turned completely over once, and almost
over second time before it reached the
bottom. the rest of the train proceeding
some distance before coming to stand
still.
In the Car at the time the st. Paul excur
sionists were scattered about, q number be
ing in the end where roaring fire wa!
blazing and as the terrible plunge ives
made they were hurled against the no
stove, the hot Goals at thesame time being
,orcsd from the stove, setting the clothing
of two of the Ladies oa fire. The scene thai
followed almost battles description, bat a
several of the men al once stamped out thu
ire the danger from that source was over
The lit killed and wounded, SO far os
known at the present time, is as follows:
k,led-Adam Gotzian, st. Paul; skull
crushed.
Wounded-Mrs Adam Golzian, spina
| injuries and scalp wound; which will
probably p,ove fatal. Miss Anna Gotzian
nsloe of Adam Gotzian, two dang erou
scalp wounds extending length Of head; will
recover. Mac Smith, Valley City, OAK.
badly cut and bruised. Mac Smith, Jr.
cut n head. Mrs. Mac Smith, injured il
ternallv, scalp wound and face cut.
G. w. Eendrickson, ex.county superin
tendent OF scaools, St. Paul, rib broken an
| scalp wound; w. a. Wessinger, st. Paul
severe scalp wound and a,ly burned from
| Goals from stove; Ernest Bachuer, Mime
apolis, face and head burned; M. S; Mich
OILS. st. Paul, agricultural implement man
Kate Nichols right arm badly bruised;
NJ. Whitney, Minneapolis, slightly injured
Adam GOTHAM is weli-known real estat
dealer OF st. Paul. and is also associate
| with Albert Comnick in the retail DIR
goods business. He is brother of Coma
Ga;zian, the well-known wholesale she
| dealer.