St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-21

i, own speed clear through the tunnel and
twenty-five feet beyond. The other
part of the train pulled apart, the first
dragging itself half way through the
tunnel. No one knew what had hap
pened, so quickly had the fatal
accident occurred. People jumped from
the train and fell upon the embank-
ment, to be bruised and cut by the cars.
Others were carried along upon the
train, their bodies rubbed and bruised
upon the rocks of the tunnel and the
stones of the embankment. There were
Shrieks of Pain.
Women tainted and men became panic
stricken, and trampled them and the
children under their feet in their mad
flight for safety. When the train finally
stopped the cooler heads immediately
began to render assistance to the
wounded, who lay along the track.
Court Officer DAILY was found beside the
track, the lower part of his body
frightfully crushed. A few feet from
him was found Mr.. Prngle. He was
still alive, and he was carried up to the
top OF the embankment and laid upon
the grass. The others carried UP Rob-
ert Cudley and Henry Sphinx. A ply
sician who was upon the train hurried
I to these two men, and after very SUI
perficial examination pronounced both
of their injuries fatal. He did what he
could for them, and they were trans
ferred to hospital.
Policemen who had arrived Imme-
diately sent orders to Brooklyn hos
pitfalls for ambulances, which soon began
to arrive. In the meantime the wounded
had been gathered up and stretched out
upon the grass OIL the embankment. The
physicians that were arriving attended
to their wounds as best they could. One
hundred persons. il is said, found upon
this green plot temporary hospital.
The people who. in their carriages. had
looked down upon this terrible scene,
stopped and also
offered Their Assistance.
Some of these found upon the grass
plot injured friends. They put them
into their vehicles and took them to
cared for persons unknown to them,
either by notifying the injured
ones friends, or taking them into
their own vehicles and conveying them
away for treatment. The hospital am
balances arrived and into them the
wounded were crowded. Andrew Bar
tholomew, of Seeley Creek, N. Y, i'm
mediately upon his arrival at the hospi-
tai, had his left leg amputated and the
crushed right one dressed.
The cause of the accident and who is
to blame for it are matters which are
yet TO be investigated. The train was
without doubt derailed by a misplaced
switch-it stood there open after the
accident in mute evidence. Whether
it had been opened by the switch
man or whether through long use
had become unsafe and was joted open
by the passing train is not definitely
known. AS the first two cars remained
on the track, it is declared by some that
the switch was shut when these passed
over, but was jolted loose and allowed
the other part of the train to be de-
rallied. The engineer of the train was
John Bachner. The conductor was
George Ormsby. Neither
Would Give Any Statement
as to how the accident happened.
OrmSby said that he was collecting
tickets at the time, and had Just warned
the people to get on the inside OF the
cars. 1t was the persons who were on
the platforms on the right side of the
cars. Those upon the left sides and
who remained in the cars were not
among the seriously injured.
W. II. Blood. general superintendent
of the road, was at the race track this
afternoon, assisting in loading the cars.
AS soon as he heard of the accident he
hurried to the scene Immediately.
When spoken to regarding it tonight
he said he was not IN position yet to
make statement. Thirty feet west of
the tunnel on the north side Of
the tack is a tower in which switch
man is stationed whose duty it is to
operate the switches on the rails that
run through the tunnel. 1t was in
charge of TOwerman McGarry. 1t was
at one time reported that lie was asleep
at the time of the accident, and had
left the switch open. This, how
ever, was positively denied by
McGarry himself, Mr.. Blood and sew
eral trainmen who said they saw him
the time. An inquest will be held to-
morrow forenoon, probably in Brook
lyn. McGarry. the towerman, Is in the
custody of the coroner, and all. the
trainmen have been ordered to appear
at the inquest. AT midnight the track
was only partly cleared.
An unknown man was found under
the fourth car of the train. He was
dead when found. A card in his pocket
bore the name "W. ID. Hutchinson"