Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-05
DOWN A STEEP GRADE.
A TfRRJRLE CILsMTrY OYER
TAXES A CtRCUS TRAIN.

The Ftrst section freaks In Two, and the |
Liberated Cars Dash Down into the Foi- !
lowing sec,ion-five Persons KILLED and
thirty or Forty Wounded.
From Morning Editonl
Sr. PAUL, Oct. A terrible accident hap
pened on the Fergs Falls branch OF the North
ern Pacific railroad seven miles west OF here,
this morning by which five men lost their
lives, and thirty or forty more were more or
less injured. John Robusons show left
Wshpeton, OAK, for this place in two sec
| tons When within seven miles OF Fergs
| Falls, near a small place named French, the
| bead or baggage section broke in two while
going up a grade, aud ten or twelve cars
WENT FLYING BACK AT A TERRIFIC RATE.
On the rear of the train were three sleep
ing cars occupied by workmen. over two
hundred in number, all OF whom were sourd
asleep and were not aware OF the impending
danger. The cars which had broken loose
increased their speed as they approached the
second or cage section, and probably had run
mile before they struck it, The engineer
OF the rear section saw the cars approaching,
; but only had time to stop his train before il
struck him. The brakemen on the loose
cas- tried to put on the brakes, but
they had difficulty in running from
T car to car, on account of the veg ms, which
2 | impeded their progress Had the engineer OF
the rear section had a moments more time he
could have backed his train sud avoided the
calamity. but it was too late, ana
THE CARS STRUCK HIS ENGINE WITH TREMEN.
a Dous FORCE,
| 81 nin three a ners trnm the track md
smashing them beyond recognition. t.,
t result was soon apparent. More tn
a hundred men were buried in tn,
Y debris The scene an hardly b,
l. described. The night WAS fesriully dark, anC
- the groaus OF the men were appalling. Th'
people In the rear section at once began tn,
y work of removing the victims, five OF whom
e were found dead and many others wounded
q and bleeding Word was A. once dispatched
to this city. and a train 10 charge of Supern
u tendent Vlning at once went to the scene
e and the dead and wounded were broush
e here. The work of removing the men trou
10 the debris WAS sorry task A mao aliv
- and uuirjured was taken from under tw
y dead ones. and it was simply miracle tina
n be escaped. The following isl
Il. LIST or THE DEAD.
II GEORGE kRAUSE said to have 4 brothe
| IN the na uNart DuSlutsS hl ~ mhlu sAItt
Cincinnati.
e, ROBERTS (f-st name unkuowu), hire
re out at Wadena, Friday night, and wanted
~ 20 10 Circnnaii
CHARLESWALLACE joined at Portan
r Oregon, an teced u,s unknown.
IL JAMES WILSON, train watchmsn, ly,
Id at Hummel House, Cincinnati, formerly G
TO- the police force OF thai city.
be- SAMUEL BLAIR, joined at Colfsx, '
T., autecedents unknown.
ey THE WOUNDED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WM. WINFIELD, OF AppomattUx, Va, n
OF expected to live.
IA JAMES Z ECLES, Nova Scotia, bo
~ hostler, shoulder dislocated and injured i
VI ternsllv.
nd f. ZIEGLER, Cincinnati leg hurt bad!
es- JAMES COLEMAN, colored, injured i
ternally.
p. JENKINS, boss canvassmap, Cinci
a natl jaw and shoulder hurt
HENRY ROISEE, Norwich, n. Y, slight
en- injured.
JOE BROWN, feet mashed.
e' WILLIAM MURRAY, head jsmmed.
OF A long list are also more or less injured
ties hospital car is expected from Branari to
en-. move the ", unded to that place. The &C
p 6fsf VIII hold an inquest tomorrow niornit
''H but it Is evident hat no one is to blame, n
sed | that il was an u1avoidable accident