New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-09-28
FATAL TO SEW BIN.
Terrible Collision Between a
Freight and Construction
Train in Iowa.
Six Persons Instantly Killed
and Another Soon Dies
Of His Injuries.

MASON CITY, Iowa, Sept. 26.-Seyen dead
and three injured is the result of railroad
wreck which occurred at New Hampton
to-day. For the number of lives lost and
destruction to property. it is the worst ao-
,cident that has occurred in the state in
years. A construction crew has been at
work on the main line of the Chicago Great
Western replacing rails, and this morning
they were ordered out from Elma to work
south on the road. About 10 a. m. they
pulled into New Hampton on the main
track ard stopped to do some work. The
through freight WAS due at the latter
point at lis The freight was a
little behind time, and was running on
orders not to stop at New Hampton. The
road enters New Hampton from the north,
but within sixty rods makes a turn, going
directly east. This makes q bad curve in
the road, and 1t is rendered still worse by a
grove which entirely shuts out vision until
within forty rods of the station. The train
was going at the rate of about thirty miles
an hour. Whom within about ten rods of
the caboose OF the construction train, the
freight engineer saw the peril confronting
him, and yelling to his fireman to jump,
he reversed the lever and both loft the en-
CINE. 1t was just in time to save their
lives, for moment later the engine
SMASHED INTO THE cABoosE,
fairly splitting it in two, and engine, ca
'boose and three freight cars were piled up
in promiscuous mass. The engine was
buried in three ieet of earth. In the ca
boose of the construction train were at least
twelve persons, and six of these were killed
outright, one has since died, three are dan
gerously injured and two are unaccounted
for. 1t is thought very probable that the
latter are buried under the wreck
age. 1t is known positively that one
more man is under tbs engine,
for part of,him can be seen, and before
morning, it is thought that his body will
be recovered. Tho work of clearing up is
very slow, the timbers heavy and the
facilities Inadequate. A crowd OF curious
men. women and children crowd in and
around the wreck, but many are too faint
hearted to witness some of the sickening
sights. One man as he was taken out OF
the wreck had a great hole plowed through
his body; anothers his entrails literally torn
out, exposing his heart, while others were
so badly cuv and ground up as to be totally
unacceptable. A part of the wearing
apparel Of q lady has been taken out, and
it is thought she may be buried under the
debris. The bodies are now in charge Of
undertakers and ara being prepared for
burial Sheriff Brown has been busy in
summoning jury and opening an inquest.
It will be several days before they will be
able to report. .m
N. Mcnamara, travelling man from In
dependence, was one Of the killed. The
remaining six men have not yet been iden-
tilted and there was nothing on their per-
sons by which they could be identified. A
large crew will work all night at the wreck.
THE UNFoRTUNATEs.
Following are he dead 80 lar as known:
Michael Mcnamara, a travelling man OF Inde-
pendence. Iowa: w. Beeman, Otto Smith, Frank
kubbet. all OF Elma, Iowa. UNKNOWN man;
Henry Mccarthy, Elma, both legs cut off, skull
crushed, died after being removed from wreck.
The injured:
Thomas Gahghan, Elma, injured internally
and legs broken; will die; Owen Connolly. in
Jured i'll head; may live. ia