The Dickinson press., 1883-11-24
FATAL RAILROAD CASUALTY.

Adam Gotham of st. Paul and His
Wife and Niece Dangerously In.
jured.
Thursday at $40 a. IN. a party of ladies
and gentleman, numbering about fifty
persons, left st. Paul, by the Albert Lea route,
fer a trip across the continent. Tie party
WAS made mp 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. Sturtevant and wife, Miss Mcleod and
Il 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. ". Chase and family, Mrs.
q. w. Chase, g. w. Hendrickson, E. A.
Bates, Miss Kate Nichols, Charles Bsimball,
W. A. Messenger, of st. Paul; Mrs. g. M.
Bennett and daughter, of Sa1k Rapids; II.
Wilson, of Riehfield; Mr.. Barnum of White
| Bear.
Early on the morning of the 10th the
train to which the " special cars bearing
the party were attached met with an acct
dent at J%amesport, Mo-, a station on the
Southwestern branch of the Chicago Rock
Island & Pacific road sixty-five 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 eighteen mi les an hour, and
before a halt could be ma de, the rear coach
struck a curve, bounded from the track.
broke the coupling, n rolled over an EN-.
| hurHr,ort about G{fooO fonf hsv1 III ....l
turned completely over once, and almost
over a second time beforei it reached the
bottom, the rest Of the train proceeding
some distance before coming to q stand.
still.
In the car at the time the st. Paul excur.
sionists were scattered about, a number be.
ing in the end where a roaring fire was
blazing and as the terrible plunge ves
made they were hurled against the hot
stove, the hot Goals at thesame time being
forced from the stove, setting the clothing
of two Of the ladies on fire. The scene that
followed almost battles description, but as
several of the men al once stamped out the
FIRE the danger from that source was over.
The list killed and wounded, so far as
known at the present time, is as follows:
k,;]ed-Adam Gotzian, st. Paul; skull
crushed.
Wounded-Mrs. Adam Gotzian, spinal
injuries anO Sc8jp wound; WniCh will
probably psove fatal. Miss Anna Gotzian,
| ns,ee of Adam Gotzian, two dangerous
scalp wounds extending length ofhead; will
recover. Mac Smith, Valley City, OAK,
badly cut and bruised. Mac Smith, Jr.,
cut IN head. Mrs. Mac Smith, injured IN
ternally, scalp wound and face cut.
g. W. Hendrickson, ex.county superin-
tendent of schools, st. Paul, rib broken and
scalp wound; ". A. Wessinger, st. Paul,
severe scalp wound and badly burned from
GOALS from stove; Ernest Bachner, Mime
apolis, face and head burned; N. s. Mich.
OILS, st. Paul, agricultural implement man
uiacturer, badly bruised and cut; Miss
Kate Nichols, right arm badly bruised; s.
NJ. Whitney, Minneapolis, slightly injured.
Adam Gotham is well-known real estate
dealer of st. Paul. and is also associated
| with Albert Comnick in the retail dry
| goods business. He is a brother of Conrad
Gotziau, the well.known WHOLESALE shoe
dealer.