Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-01-15
WRECKED AND BURNED.


Special ON the Northern Pacific. Carry
| ing andrews Opera Company to Meet
an Engagement. Wrecked at Joncsviiie,
MINI. and the sleeper Petrol burned
Mrs. Andrews and Her Maid Crematcd
In Their Bcrths--rhe Rest of the Com
pany Variousiy Injured.
BRAINERp. Mimi. Jan. l6.-A horri-
bic accident occurred on the Northern
Pacific railway at Joncsville the first
station east of here, at $50 a. IN. a spe-
cial train consisting of the sleeping car
"Petrel' and baggage car was rum
mig as the second section of No. 0. the
regular train from Superior. The spe-
cial left South Superior ut ll:35 Thurs
day evening, having on board the An
drews opera company, going from
Duluth TO Grand Forks The
train was running ut the usual
rate of speed, when it struck
broken rail and the sleeper left the
track, going down an embankment
and landing bottom side up Flames
broke out from ali parts of the car inn
mediately and burned so rapidly that
the crew could do nothing but extricate
viz l'aiNStiSNlS i-olll lllt NItCh. W ltb
all had been rescued. as was thought.
a search revealed the fact that Mrs.
Ed Andrews, wife of the proprietor of
the troupe, and her maid, Mrs. Lilly
Wallace, were missing. BY this time
the flames We're burning so fiercely that
it was impossible to get near the
car. When the flames were finallysub-
Anal l,n
badly burned that it was impossible to
identify one from the other. Mrs. An
drews and Mrs. Wallace had occupied
an upper berth at the forward end of
the car, and We're wrapped in the bed
clothes There was no cutlery from
this berth while the work of res
cning the injured was progressing. and
it was supposed that both occupants
We're killed Instantly The rapidity
with which the flames caught
hold and spread through the car caused
no little surprise. 1t is not known
whether they caught from the lamps or
the stove, but it is supposed, from the
rapidly with which they spread, they
caught from the lamps.
Twenty persons all more or less Sc
riousiy injured, were taken from the
wreck. Physicians Were taken from
Brainard on special train. The in
jured were brought back TO this city
and taken to the Northern Pacific hos
pital rs soon as possible. Here they
were given the best of care and medical
attention. The hospital is one of the
best in the United states, and the in
jured will not suffer from want of care
Mrs. Andrews stage name was Mamie
Wilkinson.
The list of injured is as follows:
Florence Joy, chorus girl; severely
burned on back and head; viii proba-
bly, die.
May Douglass, chorus girl; burned on
head and arms; viii probably recover.
Miss Letitia Fritch, prima donna
burned on hands and arms.
Mrs. L. T. Barker, her sister: shouf-
der dislocated.
Miss Marie Roe, soprano; Slightly
burned and bruised.
George Andrews, baritone; burned on
arms.
Miss Ella Harris, chorus girl; burned
on neck and arm.
Jay A. Taylor, tenor: cut and bruised
II. Allen, chorus; burned on neck
Fred Allen, chorus: bruised.
Miss Shearer, chorus girl; slightly
burned.
L. I. Barker, son of Mrs Barker;
burned on hands and arms
Conductor Ball, who was in charge
of the train, says the sight was the
most appalling of any he had ever wit
messed. The shrieks and means OF the
women could be heard half mile
away. Miss Douglass, when she was
brought from the ear was literally en-
veloped in flames. Many of the wom-
en- were nude, but We're wrapped up as
they were taken out. Mr. Andrews res
cued his little baby and supposed his
wife was safe. He is wild with grief.