The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-16
DEAD IN A BURNED SLEEPER.
AN OPERA SINGER AND HER MAID
OVERLOOKED By THE RESCUERS.

Seventeen Others. Many or Then Also Mem.
bers OF the Andrews Opera Company.
Injured In an Accident ON the Northern
Pacinc-Caused by q Broken Rail.
BRAINERD. Mimi. Jan. 1.-two persons
were killed and seventeen injured in an acci-
dent on the Northern Pacific Railway at James,
willie. seven miles from this city. shortly before
9 o'clock this morning. The train consisted OF
an engine. baggage car. and q sleeper which
contained about thirty I've passengers. includ-
ing the members OF the Andrews opera COM
pany. The opera company was being con.
veyed from West Superior to Grand Forks.
The train left Wost Superior at IL 35 o'clock
on Thursday night
At GAINESVILLE broken rail was struck. The
sleeper ran 250 feet on the ties and then over
turned with crash. The wreck was soon
ablaze. and how SO many passengers escaped
death is difficult to conjecture.
Tho uninjured and the railway men worked
hard to extricate the less fortunate passen-
gers 1t was thought that every one Of them
had been got out OF the wreck. bat a closer in
Of Edward A.. Andrews. proprietor Of the opera
company. and her maid. Lille Wallace. were
missing
The sleeper was by this time enveloped In
flames. and was burning fercely. The 1re
was bravely attacked and subdued. The re-
mains OF Mrs. Andrews and Miss Wallace were
discovered in On upper berth in the forward
END tba tho
was heard from them hem Wills the rescue Work
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soubrette Of the company and one 81 Its rrin;;
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81 the rescued Tas bab
With the Resn a1ae @ % Below zero their
Ths Is Ts list 81 ff tEe fEsd and nured
KILLED
Mas z. A. Aspnkws. wife of E. A. Andrsws OF the
An I'Is,E w epsIs se Of Minneapolis.
INJURED.
MAI DoroLAs. burned on the back.
IsT1ss. f,s1Sn primS donna. burned on the hands
Mas sAax.s sister of Ms Frsch, shoulder dslocassd
" Farm. slightly injured
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WILLIE k1us hand. burned. $780,,
~. igHslsa fset f:oasn si!sr the sec,dsn.
Fl ALLEN Zee. out and neck and BAG. burned
Miss FLoExscE Jor, badly burned.
The passengers In the sleeper who escaped
uninjured were:
x Ha xsSy ss:.;s
years old. whose mother was killed: Lulu Well
Seaman, and II. ". Alien.
Five. physicians from this, city were. sum
moned to the wreck. and the injured were
brought to tho Northern Pacific Hospital here:
The severe frost Is supposed to have caused
the breaking OF the rail.
The Andrews Opera Company. has never ap:
NeE bit e bSs
on the road for about two seasons. and all last
summer continued to travel, singing Tho
s psees CITY s1s Mss Last 4ns sy
minneapolis. The manager. Edward A.
Andrews. is we'll known In this city. and sey-
Grad q the singers In bic tronps have friends nSs
were burned one. Mamie Wilkinson. was an
actress Of experience. good singer and the.
wife Of Manager Andrews. It Is not recalled
that she ever sang In New York. unless in a
minor role; but In her husbands company
The best known member Of the troupe is
Lolita Frltch. who is reported to be severely
burned She is a st. Louis girl. and has trav-
elled with most OF tho prominent opera COM
panics She was educated for grand opera.
and has frequently sung IN concerts. oratorios.
this city. Many. OF the persons IN the com
pnny had joined 1t In the West during the
summer. most OF the people being engaged in
jay TayGg Ssa e ss s st
| tenor singer Of some repute. WHO was In the
| Casino's forces a few years ago. and since
| then has been engaged with various travell ing
companies. None OF the other men named in
| the dispatches Is we'll known in this city