St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-04
Two Trains Come in Collision
Just Outside OF Mime
apolis.
One Man Killed Outright, and
Twelve More Badly
Hurt.
A Horrible Accident, and One
for Which the Fault Is
Clear.
Details Of the Wreck, and a
Complete List Of the In
juPed.

Arrangements have been completed for the
complimentary musical and literary enter
tainment of the retail clerks union at Cretin
hall, corner West Sixth street and Fort. Thurs
day, Oct. 6. An elaborate program me is TO be
rendered, and the public will be welcomed.
A serious accident occurred last night
on the Northern Pacific road, one mile
west of the north town junction at Min
neap0lis. which resulted in the death of
fireman and the injury of twelve peo-
pie. The accident occurred at 9:10.
1t was the result of the telescop-
ing of a passenger train and freight
train. all due to the carelessness of the
conductor of the latter. The Dakota
express, with a train of eleven cars,
LETT the union depot. Minneapolis, on
its schedule time. S:35, for its trip to
North Dakota. The adyices at the
depot were that the track was clear.
and everything all right for a safe
trip. 1t was therefore never dreamed
when the train pulled out from the
frame canopy at the depot that ter
rible tragedy would precipltate itself
upon the passengers ere a half hour
had passed away. At $50 yesterday
morning the local freight left with a
train of cars loaded with miscellaneous
merchandise. In some manner two
hours were lost, and when the freight
left Anoko for Minneapolis it was two
hours late. The conductor. Rossell,
seems to have forgotten that Passenger
Train No. left the union depot at S:35.
and unless warned would inevitably
have 10 get here with the freight
at some point in the road. The engineer
was told to go ahead. and obeyed
orders. When mile west Of the north
town junction. the passenger engines
cleaning headlight could be seen loom
ing through the darkness. Both trains
were bowling along at top speed. When
the engineers saw their danger they re-
versed their engines. but it was too
late. The crash that followed was
terrible one. The two engines rushed
at each other like maddened beasts,
and
An Awful Death Followed.
The fieman of the passenger engine
was standing ness the coal box and
when the engines teiescoped, the end
OF the tender struck him. His body was
cut in two at the middle, and life van
ished like the putting out of a candle.
1t is impossible to go into detail for
SPACE and lateness Of the hour forbids:
suffice it to say the wreck was a bad
one. the tender of the passenger was
thrown on top of the engine. The first
two cars happily were dead-deads, or
"empties." and following them
came the smoker and regular coaches
and sleepers. The empties were
crushed together and the smoker heaped
on the top. This car was filled with pas
sengers. and it was here the most Of the
people were injured. They were
iammed together and thrown about like
so many reeds. Two Swedish women
and child, whose names and residences
could not be learned. were thrown
out the door of the smoker when it
made its aeriel fight, and lighted upon
the roof. All three were injured, but
not seriously. The engineer OF the
passenger escaped death in a miracu-
lous manner, receiving injuries to his
Sack and spine. His fireman, poor fel-
low. died in horrible manner.
few feet from him. The engineer
on the freight also escaped, though his