Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-17
FATAL CENTRAL WRrrK
Passenger Train Wrecked and e.
Near Dale, Wis.

Passenger Train Wrecked and r,u
Near Dale, Wis. '"e
WEYAUwEGA, Wis, March 14-Ou.
the most disastrous wrecks -
history of the Wisconsin Can. .A
Railroad occurred two miles raa
of Dale and fourteen miles "s'
Of this place, this morning. Near1r t "a
entire train was derailed and b.M
wrecked, the cars taking fire and al "
ing consumed. One man was kila
| and dozen passengers injured.
Train No. from Chicago and 3Ii1r,,
kee. due at this station at $50 o,ro"i
6. w. Whitney, conductor S'o oa
Charles Smilter, engineer, broLo" '
rail after the engine and mail car h. Il
passed. The baggage car iumnpd "a
track and rolled down the embankmS"ane
some ten feet, taking with it the +o,,.
| lists sleeper and the smoker wb baIl
also fell on their sides. The noS
coach, the first-class passenger. Loft "a
track and was turned end for on oI'l
| The two Pullman sleepers wera da
rallied, but remained upright On tIol
roadbed. Vl
Conductor Whitney was sitting ,iop. /
over the truck of the baggaee-car wbarl
it left the track, but by jumping ont or|
the platform he escaped without " i
scratch. Forward Brakeman Geor,o
w. Gimberllng, who was killed. Of Tb
cago, was standing about two feet fror,
him, but was caught by falling bsaaeaa
and his head crushed to u i5ilv. T5a'|
list Of dead and injured are:
GEORGE ". GIMBERLING, brakeman ri
| Chicago: head crushed and lee broken IN
! stantly killed.
HANS OLEsoN, of Chicago, hurt abopI
head.
G. Fl. DoDD, travelling salesman, Of Osb,
kosh, injured about head AID injured in.
ternally.
NJ. A. COHEN, Of Milwaukee, TRAVELLING
, salesman, foot hurt.
Il. MEEK CHER, of Neenah, head injured
Z. ]. MIKLER, badly burned.
MRS. DELLA FLE1EMING, Elkhart. Ind
injured about limbs and head.
L. E. WILSON, express messenger. SLIGHT.
ly hurt.
A. w. JONES, Dale, slightly injured
e. A. SMINKLER, Chicago, not seYiopsy
hurt.
A. W. JONES. injured about the head
F. j. WINKLER, Chicago, badly burned
After the passengers were taken from
the wreck the smoking car was discov.
cred to be on fire. The flames Soon
spread to the other coaches, competelv
destroying the smoker, the tourists car
the passenger coach and two Pullman
sleeper5. A train was dispatched from
Stevens Point and returned with the
passengers about noon. The BODY
Of brakeman Gimberling and most Of
the injured passengers were brought TO
this place. The wounds Of the Injured
were dressed by Drs. Jones and
Corbett, and q jury was i'm
paneled by Justice Woods to
hold an inquest over the BODY
Of Ginlberling. The jQry has
not completed taking evidence So
lar the evidence shows shat the wreck
WAS caused by a broken rail.
Gimbering, the dead brakeman, was
a man between so and 60 years Of age.
and has family. A son is now EN-.
ploved as brakeman for the Contra!
road.
Wrecking trains were sent from Wau-
kesha, Neenah, Oshkosh and Stevens
Point. The track was badly torn up
and an order wes sent in for six rails
and 100 ties. The injured were taken
to Weyauw ega and cared for.
OSHKOSH, Wis, March 1.-THE north
bonnd passenger train on the Wiscon-
sin Central Railroad, which left here at
SOP this morning, was wrecked by 8
broken rail two miles north Of Dale,
Waupaca County, at 6:222 this morning.
One man was killed and four hurt.
The train was in charge of Con-
ductor George Whitney and Engineer
Smelten. The baggage car, two coaches
and two sleepers were ditched and
overturned. The wreck took fire and
sleepers and coaches were entirely de-
stroyed. The passengers escaped from
tho wreck before the flames spread.