Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-21

from the ground near the second coach, to
which he had been thrown or fell, suffering
from internal injuries, brought to the city
and sent to ST. Josephs hospital, where he
was attended by DR.. Murphy, who pro-
nounces his injuries dangerous but not
necessarily fatal. The bodies of Harrity
and Roberts were brought to the city by the
6 o'clock train on the Manitoba line, but
as the accident occurred in Hennepin
county they were returned to
Minneapolis for the purpose of holding an
inquest. So far as could be ascertained
none of the passengers were seriously
hurt, which is remarkable in view of the
fact that the train was running at the rate
of thirty five miles an hour, and beyond a
considerable shaking up they escaped in
jury.
Harrity, the engineer, was said to have
been working as substitute for William
Gallup, the regular engineer, who had
temporarily laid off, and yesterday was
one of his first trips in that capacity. He
was 80 years of age, an accomplished me-
chanic, reliable man in every respect,
and a resident of st. Paul. How
he could have failed to notice
the danger signal which the
swltchman asserts to have been carefully
set Is beyond speculation at present, but
may be brought out by the coroner's in
Vestigation.
Mr.. Roberts, the dead baggageman, was
upward of thirty years of age, and had
been in the company's employ for the past
ten years. He was highly esteemed by
his superiors, and included upon his list
of friends every man in any way identified
with railroads in this vicinity. When the
news of his death was received here, ex-
pressions of the most sincere sorrow were
heard about the union depot, not only
for the cruel fate which had overtaken him,
but for the bereaved family he has left
behind, consisting of wife and
two children residing at Elroy,
Wisconsin, whittier his remains will be re-
moved to-day. upon the conclusion of the
inquest.
Trains on the Manitoba line arrived and
departed from the city on time by differ
ent route yesterday, but the disabled track
will be repaired and ready for business
this morning, large wrecking force hav-
ing been sent to the scene last evening.
The remains of the engineer were
brought to this city by the 1870 train last
night and taken in charge by Leigh & Co.,
the undertakers. The body of the baggage
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when by request of the railroad company
post mortem and inquest will be held, so
as to determine the responsibility for the
accident.
A GLOBE reporter went to the scene of
the accident and interviewed the switch
man, Michael Merely, who is held respon-
sible for the terrible catastrophe. He, of
course, was anxious to wash his hands of
the blood of the unfortunate men, and
made the following statement: Switch
engine No: 80, coming down the road, gave
the signal for me to open the switch, which
did at once, leaving the switch open on
the main track. put up a signal for No,
81 to stop, but it came right on and ran
into the open switch.
At the instance of the coroner the bodies
were taken to Warmers undertaking rooms,
where an inquest was begun last night.
Only two witnesses were examined for
the purpose of Identifying the bodies,
that they might be removed TO their late
homes in st. Paul.