St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-07
THREE were KILLED.
A Shocking Fatality Ends q
Days Outing.
THE UKF0RTUNATE VICTIMS
Aae Mrs. H. M. Clouse, Mrs. j
P. Rordstrum
AND A NAV NAMED REWSTRUM
A Frightened Horse Dashes
Before a Train.
AND A NAV NAMED REwSTRUw
STRANGE ESCAPE OF A cHILR

A terrible and horrifyi4g casualty oc4
Cured at White Bear lake yesterday. in
which Elias Newstrum, Mrs. q. NJ
Clouse and Mrs. john T. Nordstru!u
were sent into eternity with but mo-
ment's warning. The story of the fear4
full occurrence is as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans NJ. Clouse. of
st. Paul, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. T,
Nordstrum, of White Bear, wsni
out in the morning to visit and
spend the day with the FAM
lily of E. w. Newstrum.
decorative painter in the employ
OF the st. Paul & Duluth road,
who resides at Dellwood. The hus.
bands of the st. Paul ladies went out
upon the lake to fish. and Mr.. New
strum, taking his little child and his lady
| guests, started with a horse and bug
gy for drive. As they came to the st.
! Paul " Duluth track, near Dellwood sta
tlon,a train was backing down the track
as is the custom, from Mahtomedi td
| White Bear station. The railway crosse
| inn is in a deep cut. This fact pre-
vented Mr.. NewstrOm from seeing tha
fast-approaching train. He did not re-
alze his danger until he had driven
upon the track, and the blood froze in
his veins. He saw death stariug him in
the face, and he lost all presence of
mind. 1t is the consensus of opinion of
all who witnessed the horrible tragedy
that had he whipped up his horse he
could have made the crossing in safety,
although the train was coming af
an unusually rapid rate But ha
seemed to be paralyzed, and
suddenly reined in the horse.
The animal partially stopped
and then Mr.. Newstrum attempted te
turn him back to the side of the Uracli
from whence the approach had been
| made. But the effort was futile. The
train bore down upon the.iuckIess peo.
pie, and to the horror of the spectators
the rear platform of tfie car struck the
carriage and the horse, throwing both
to the ground. The two ladies were in
stantly killed. Fhe back of their heads
were literally crushed in. The man
was thrown several feet to one side of
the track, and he was picked up in an
unconscious condition and died shortly
after, or before surgical aid could be
summoned, although there were several
doctors near by, who were enjoying an
outing at the lake for the day.
The most miraculous part of the acck
dent was the escape of the child. AS
tt.pi OF. ha
with rare presence Of mind, grasped heI
little girl. VINO was sitting by her side,
and threw her from the buggy. The
next instant the train had drawn the
carriage against the side of the coach
with terrific force, Overturning it and
dashing the unfortunate occupants of
the vehicle head foremost against the
revolving wheels. The three were
killed almost instantly, and, strange as
1t may seem, each one met death through
injuries about the head only.
One OF the witnesses who viewed the
casualty, and who was only few rods
distant at the terrible moment, did his
utmost to warn the victims Of the acci-
dent of the danger. He saw the train
backing down upon the carriage and it's
were so soon to be hurled into eternity,
and. realizing the situation, cried to MIR.
NeWStrum to stop. He hot only shouted
at the top of his voice. but he frantic.
ally mOtiOned him back But the occus
pants of the vehicle were evidently
SO deeply absorbed in the conversation
that was then being had that they
neither heard nor saw the Warning
cries nor the danger signals. There ID
no thought that the result would have
been different had this witness not been
there TO attempt to prevent the catas.
trOphe. Mr.. NeWstrom was totally
ignorant of ms presence throughout
He first became aware of the approach
of the train when he had driven upon
the tracks and saw it. The horse was
disemboweled and instantly killed and
the buggy totally wrecked.
The train was stopped a short dis
tance down the track, and the con-
ductor and brakeman came back to see
what had happened. 1t was then that
controversy arose as TO what should be
done. The conductor thought the
bodies Of the dead people should be left
there until the coroner of Washington
county could be sum moned, for
the accident happened some forty
rods beyond the county limits. The
people who had meanwhile gathere d in
large numbers insisted that the bodies
should be taken by the train to White
Bear. Finally this was done. The re-
mains were carefully taken on the train,
and then at White Bear they were
placed in the little station, where they
were left until the coroner OF Washing
ton county ordered them taken to Still
water, where an inquisition is to be
held by the coroner this forenoon.
Mr.. Clouse was stllI out or the lake
fishing. He was searched for bv his
friends, but they were unable to locate
him for an hour, and when the terrible
news was broken to him he was nearly
Frustrated by grief. He soon after ref
turned to his home, 81 Williams stree
in this city, where he was compelled 20
inform his three children that their
mother was no more. Last evening he
took the train for White Bear again,
and he accompanied the remains of his
wife-to Saltwater, and will be present
at the coroner's inquest today.
Hans NJ. Clouse is a deputy clerk In
the office of the clerk of the municipal
court, and he is highly esteemed, not