St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-30
ARRIVAL AT ST. PAUL.

Fourteen Injured at st. Luke's
HospitaI-Dr MilIard Withholds
Names.
The passengers on the train wrecked
at Kent on the Chicago Great Western
road arrived in st. Paul yesterday after
noon. They came from the scene of the
wreck on three trains, the first arriving
at 2 O'Clock, the second an hour later
and the third at o'clock. The third
section carried those most seriously in
jured, the sleeping car Sussex being
used as atemporary hospital. Fourteen
of those hurt were taken from
the train at the station in
West st. Paul. This was done
to avoid the crowd which had assembled
in the union depot. The ambulance,
four patrol wagons and a squad of
police were on hand when the train
drew up at the station. Officials of the
railway had secured a number of hacks,
and, under direction of DR.. P. H. Mil
lard, the manned were at once taken to
st. Luke's hospital. Nearly all the ex-
curSloniStS Oh the train were bruised
and marked by the shaking up received,
and presented sorry appearance. Some
had their heads bandaged, others their
hands, and the display of countenances
dIsfigured by court plaster strips was
particularly noticeable.
A GLOBE reporter called at the hos
pital at 6 O'Clock last evening to get
list of the men taken there and the eX-
tent of there Injuries. He was Informed
that Dr.. Millard, surgeon for the road.
would be there at o'clock. when the
names and other information would
probably be ready. Shortly before
o'clock DR.. Mlllard telephoned the hos
pital to allow no one to see the injured
and not to give out any information.
Seen at his residence Oh Holly avenue
later in the evening, DR.. Millard said
only one person, w. E. Ackers. of Mime
apolis, was killed and twenty-eight in
jured. Of that number fourteen were
at st. Luke's hospital. Only one of
them, ii. S. Ottie, of Minneapolis,
was dangerously injured. Ottie is in
jured internally, and, in the opinion of
the doctor, il he lives through the night
his chances for recovery will be favora-
bic. The doctor could not give the
names of the injured in the hospital nor
the extent of their injuries. He said
he had been working Oh the persons in
iured all day, and was not prepared to
give particulars. All of the men, he
thought, would be able to 90 to their
homes within week, and some of them
today. The accident, he said, occurred
OH straight piece Of the road two miles
from Kent, and was caused by broken
rail. The train was running about
ten miles all hour. The engine
crossed over the broken rail all right,
but the tender and three of the coaches
left the track. The injured. he said,
were in an exhausted condition, and he
had given orders at the hospital not to
allow any one to see them. Several of
the people had requested him not to
make public their names. so that rela-
tiveS and friends would not be alarmed.
j. II. Tenant, who resides at 422
Sixth street south, Minneapolis, was in
the fifth coach from the engine. The
first intimatlOn the passengers had was
jar, and then, as the Goa ch left the
and the car fell over the embank-
ment. 1t all came so suddenly that
the first he knew he and other passen-
gers were'climbing out of the windows,
the car being on its side. The scene
that followed, Mr.. Tenant said, could
not be described. The majority of the
passengers we're so excited they did not
seem to know what to do. A number of
them hurried forward to assist those in
jured i'll the for ward coaches, while
others walked up and down the wreck
too excited to be of any service to them
selves or others.
L. A. Barber, of the firm of Payton,
Kimball & Barber, of Duluth, was in
the third coach from the engine, and.
fortunately, escaped injuries. He said
4he scenes following the wreck were
hard to describe. OF the nine cars in
rolled down an embankment ten or fif-
teen feet. Two of the cars turned
over, and were resting on the
roof Of the others on the side.
One of the cars was thrown
forty feet from the track. 1t was i'll this
coach that the passengers were most
seriously injured. At the time of the
accident the rain was falling fast and
| steadily, but the weather was warm,
which was exceedingly fortunate, espe-
cially for the passengers more seri-
ouSly injured. j. Watson, col0red
who was employed in the coach used
as cOmmlSSary headquarters. was Sc
yerely cut about the head. According
to his statement, W. E. Akers, who was
the only passenger killed, had just left
the commissarY car and was on the
platform when the coaches lett the
track: Aker's body was found in a
snow drift some distance from the
wreck, and was frightfully mangled.
THREE CANNOT LIVE.
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