Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-23
FATAL RAILROAD CASUALTY.

Adam GOTHAM 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 sons, 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 sAd Sank Rapids. as follows:
Wyman Elliott and wife, Hiram Van
Ness and wife, William Blaisdell and wife,
o. B. Sturtevant and wife, Miss Mcleod and
lady friend, D. B. Murray, James Stanch
field and wife, G. G. 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; Q. W. Chase and family. Mrs
E. w. Chase, g. w. Hendrickson, E. A.
Bates, Miss Kate Nichols, Charles Brimball
W. A. Messenger, of st. Paul; Mrs. G. M.
Bennett and daughter, of Sank Rapids; 81.
Wilson, of Richield; 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
Southwestern branch of the Chicago Rock
Island & Pacific road sixty-ive miles thi.
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 Gig hteen mi les an hour, and
before hal. could be ma de, the rear coach
struck curve, bounded from the track,
broke the coupling, aud rolled over an en-
banknent 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-
sonists were scattered about, number be-
ing in the end where roaring fire was
blazing and as the terrible plunge v %
made they were hurled against the hot
stove, the hot Goals at thesame time being
forced from the stove, setting the clothing
followed almost battles description, bat as
several Of the men at once stamped out the
fire the danger from chat source Was over.
The list killed and wounded so far as
known at the present time, is as follows:
K,Iled-Adam Gotzian, st. Paul; skull
crushed.
Wounded-Mrs. Adam Gotzian, spinal
injuries an0 scalp wound; which Will
probably piove fatal. Miss Anna Gotzian,
nsl:e of Adam Gotzian, two DANGEROUS
scalp wounds extepd ling length ofhead; will
recover. Mac Smith, Valley City, OAK,
badly cut and bruised. Mac Smith, Jr,
cut IN head. Mrs. Mac Smith, injured in
ternallv, scalp wound and face CUT.
G. W. Eendrickson, ex.county superin-
tendent OF schools, ST. Paul. rio broken and
scalp wound; W. A. Wessinger, St. Paul,
severe scalp wound and ba' ly burned from
Goals from stove; Ernest Bachner, Mime
apolis, face and head burned; M. s. Mich.
OILS, st. Paul, agricultural implement man
u.acturer, badly bruised and cut; ISIS
Kate Nichols, right arm badly bruised; s.
M. W Whitney, Minneapolis, slightly injured.
Adam Gozian is well.known real estate
dealer OF St. Paul. and is also associated
with Albert Comnick in the retail dry
goods business. He is brother Of Conrad
Gosziau, the well-known wholesale shoe
dealer.