St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-30
AFTER The WRECK.
A Graphic Account Of the Ac-
eident to the Lumber
mems Train.
The Worst and Yet the Luck
lest Railway Wreck on
Record.
Nearly Fifty Men Injured and
but Two Were Fatally
Hurt.
Arrival Of the Injured and
Their Treatment in the
Twin Cities.

Five hundred men, many of them
with SWathed heads, bandaged arms and
hands, blackened eyes and plaStered
faces; all of them tired, haggard, smoke
and soot-begrimed, smelling of crude
petroleum, gasoline and the odorS of
pJorly ventilated railway cars, arrived
in the Twin Cities yesterday afternoon
over the Chicago Great Western railroad.
Some of them had to be carried from
the cars TO hospitals and homes: others.
who should have teen carried, limped
away, glad to be safe at home, even at
the cost of bruised limbs and Scared
faces. They were survivors of the
wreck of the Northwestern Lumber
mems associations special train, meager
accounts of which were given yesterday
morning. They came on three trains,
which arrived at st. Paul at 2:1O, $40
and 4:10 p. m., respectively.
The reports of yesterday morning
were correct in one particular-Only
one man was killed, W. E. Akers, of
Minneapolis. The number OF people
who were in ured more or less is not
less than fifty. twenty-five were
brought to the Twin Cities under the
care Of physicians. The others
had been so plastered up
that they we're able to care for
themselves. The stories told by the
survivors of the lumbermen's special
indicate that this was one of the worst,
and at the same time one of the luckiest
railroad wrecks chrOnlcled. 1t was
bad wreck in point of cars ditched and
CT InpKV -
surprisingly small loss Of life, under
the circumstances, and the slight nature
of most of the injuries inflicted on pas
senger5.
Nearly whole train was wrecked.
An engine,tender was smashed, and
baggage car and four coaches were
diCched in the wreck of the lumber
mems special, and left at the foot of
an embankment. Before the wreck
the baggage car held fifteen or
twenty men. and all the coaches
were crowded. Why the damage
and loss of life was not greater is one of
the questions that has been asked
hundred times since Saturday by every
man who was a passenger on the train.
All of the 500 stood face to face with
Death, only one succumbed to his call.
About fifty came off with few wounds.
The following is a complete list of the
killed and I'M ured of those who were so
seriously injured that they remained
under the care Of the physicians until
the trains arrived in Minneapolis:
w. E. AKERS-Ae was probably killed
while passing from the trout coach to
the baggage car. George Haven says
AkerS was just behind hin, and he en-
tered the baggage car just before the |
wreck occurred. AkerS was probably |
ha cih do of 40
and killed by the cars going over him. |
Death seems to have been instantaneous. |
A brakeman who went off on the upper |
side of the car, landing on the snow un- |
hurt, corrobOrateS this. Another man |
claims to have seen Akers go through |
window, but his story is not credited.
w. Z. OTTIE-Lives at Berkeley hotel, |
Minneapolis, and represents GOdell & |
Walters, of Chicago. Badly bruised
about the breaSt.and injured internally. |
Condition critical.
NJ. j. RILEY-Traveling salesman for
Brown Brothers, Rhinelander, Wis. |
Hurt in breast and abdomen.
PETER CHRISTIANSON, Sleepy Eye, |
Minn.-Scalp wound, and possible in
ternal injuries.
o. W.. OLSEN, Wilmot, S. D.-Jaw
broken and badly battered.
WILLIAM HARTWELL, III Nicollet |
Avenue. MinneapollS-Arm broken and |
otherwise bruised.
G. p. CHASE, Willow Lake, S. D.
Ribs bruised and badly shaken.
G. l.. STEWART, Cannon Falls, Minn.
Was caught in second coach with foot |
through window; car had to be lacked
up and foot cut out; snow under car
alone saved the leg; foot and ankle |
badly jammed and twisted.
irh inf
and ankle Wrenched.
B.W. FOSTER, 1869 South Sixth Street |
Hand cut and body bruised by falling |
boxes in baggage car. Seemed all right |
for long time, then taken with vomiting. |
Serious Internal injuries feared.
S. w. SWIFT, Yankton, S. D.-Shoul- |
der broken and body bruised.
MAC ALEXANDER, OWatanna-Badly |
stunned and bruised. Body badly |
shaken.
All of the above are now in st. Luke's |
hospital, st. Paul, in care of the rail-
road, except Alexander, who was sent |
home.
c. H. MORSE, AIinneapolis-Scalp
wound.
II. l.. HARRIS. Minneapolis-Collar
bone broken.
GEORGE PERKINS, Willow Lake, S.
D.-Jaw and shoulder badly hurt. No |
bones broken.
j. NEWTON MIND. Minneapolis, Ed |
itor OF the Mississippi Valley Lumber |
man-Injured by falling boxes in bag |
gage car. Inj uries internal in region of |
kidneys.
j. p. HARRISON, freight agent, Chi
cago GreatWestern. Minneapolis-Badly |
bruised.
burg, Io.-Scalp wound and bruises.
II. H. COLLINS, st. Paul - Scalp |
wound.
j. 2. HUBERT, representing BardWeli- |
Robinson company, Minneapoiis-Leg |
bruised and wrenched, and foot punct- |
ured by spike; blood poisoning feared. |
DR.. g. E. BACHMAN, 7O1 South Tenth |
street. neapolis-Knee-cap injured |
and shoulder injured.
o. w. FIRKINs, Minneap0lis-S |
wound and chest jammed.
All of these last-named were brought |
to Minneapolis, and are here at home or |
with friends. Among those who suS-
tanned bruises, cats, etc., not serious, |
were the following:
John Moore, Cobridge, Neb.; Sam G. |
Chambers, elevator man in Lumber |
Exchange. Minneapolis; A. McGowan,
Arlington. :. d.: E. n. McGregor.
Granite Falls. Mimi; John Wilson, |
Minneapolis; Gus Hessler, Q. q. w. |
car repairer, Minneapolis; Hi Smith, Gil |
man, To-. G. E. Floete, Spencer, 10. his. |
Harris, Minneapolis, 1850 Crystal Lake |
avenue; J. p. Lansing, Minneapolis; A. |
A. Bennett, Granite Falls. Mimi; ii. I. |