The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-16
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ot tho Wreck-in Opera Troupe tt
Played in Continuous Bnd Luck,

ot tho Wreck-in Opera Troupe That
Played in Continuous Bnd Luck.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 15.-Tho An
dFews Opera Company was wrecked in
4 bad railway accident seven miles east
OF Brainerd to-day, the wreck seeming
the elimination OF a set OF troubles that
have well niSn overwhelmed them dur
Ing their stay OF several months in the
northwest. They came to Minneapolis
early IN the iall and played there for
several weeks, but owing to poor bust
ness or bad management wcrc barely
aoIo to get away from that'c city when
ihey again sought to 60 on the road.
alter playing 4 week at Mankato,
several weeks at Duluth and
week or more at West Supe.
nor they started for Winnipeg
Yesterday, from there intending to make
: r., mp 10 tho coast, playing on tho way.
Ahey were on special train, on the,
second section OF the Northern Pacific.
Just outside OF Jonesvillc, small town
ABOUT seven miles west OF Brainerd. at
$50 o'clock this morning. the train
sIuck broken rail. The engine and
baggage ca! passed over in safety, but
Hle sleeping car was dcrailed and ran
como 3VO feet on the ties, when it
.olP!ed over, breaking loose from the
tFaih, and went down All embankment
some i've feet high, lying on its side.
III minute a!l was confusion. AS
S0oh as the windows were broken to
hDeratc those inside the flames shot
our and in 4 very short time the car
WIS eIniyoIoped in fire. Tho train men
soon liberated those whowcre unable 10
eIHfSHcatc themselves, but none were
lO!e TO save their clothes, and the night
Gehig the coldess OF the season, tho
..Ene'lhGmeter .E reaching forty below zero,
tILe suffering OF the injured was terrible
NJ. NJ ms timo 1t was discovered that
MFs. I'd. Andrews and Lille Wallace
O.,I, %Sts missing, but no human effort
y"aiu ~"r render them assistance as the cur
was mass OF flames.
conductor Ball SAYS the catastronbe
WIS sudden, and without shadow OF
Mathlng. The train was running
SStnootnly S. and not faster than twenty.
nse miles IN hour when there came n
,t %Iitnc laFch which suggested at first to
ne ne tram hands that tho engine had
H,GhEed through 4 culvert. Every ono
i,s !" .H9 ~ baggage car was pitched against
~ ~, s'HSS S and more or less hurt. When
,sr 'S tu'! extent oil the wreck became
TriHtent mdG organized efforts were ut once
sI. Iaue 10 scre the occupants OF tho
SiSssper' ny Twenty were takoniout, most
W " them badly injured. There was no
yTT.efE from the end berth occupied by
,Ia, tts, andrews and her maid. IL was
s%cuSat s"co%, they had escaped, and before i
boIaigi bJ"ag CAort could be mado in their
TsnIii ConG the car was enyeloped in flames
4 ;;SIuuetor ;S', Ball believes that both wore
"gSS'aHily gSnHnily killed whentl cur capsizcd.
iban ,nm The mtmlers OF the opera com.
/ TSe:; TTS,,$ were a'loepwhcn the crash came.
/; itor, i's'nIe shr!eks and groans were heard
d ,OG, III, within tho wrecked car is soon
/ ;SnnS M'S WfecS could be reached 1t was
! Tss %i'S That the car had taken iirc and
II iii ,E burning turiously. 1t was not un.
: sie terribly excited survivors were