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HUNDREDS BURN TO DEATH
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pushed the lever he sank to the floor exhausted
burned and bleeding. the broken glass IN me
cab having cut him in a number of places quick
~ two men rushed to the cab and bore the form
Of the brave engineer TO the water oe'ow 'ne
emho nkment Here he lay all night, covered
with mud and dirty water and dying. "a most OF
the passengers believed.
"a mile or two from the lake the coaches were
burning above and underneath On board the
naesoneers became panic-stricken. ana u WAS
only by force that many Of the weaker ones were
prevented from spr!ngng through broken WIN
dows or rushing out the doors To prevent TINS
men guarded the doors. Scarcely soul on ooa'u
had any hope Of escape not knowing at wha'
moment the burning train would jump from It's
track Of fire into bed Of hot Goals
REFUGE IN A SMALL LAKE
"At Skunk Lake. sixty more women cniidreh
and men found refuge in the shallow water ana
dirty mud the women walking out In the water
until it reached their waists.
with their hands hey bathed their burned
faces In mud and water. Many OF them were se'i
ousy burned on the train Many lay In thS Huu
covering themselves with II. ard. as often as
this became baked. a fresh coat had to be added
Many on leaving the train rushed of toward
marsh. and Others IAN further along Inc UacN
# is thought that many of those are lost some
few died Of suffocat'on within few rods OF me
pond Many wonen had their clothes partially
burned and torn from their bodies
zone mother was found nursing her sucking
child TO prevent il being suffocated This place
was reached some tim, near O'Clock IN 'he
! everinp ard It was not until morning that the
men ventured on journey to HinckIey' some
five or SIX miles distant. The rails had been SO
h,,ta no
no rim over them Two handcars were dashed
together and on these some OF the 81 raul
Messengers were carried TO Hinckley Between
c,,,,rL Lake and HinckIey twenty-nine bodies
were counted and severa! more were found near
tho lake One man is reported 10 have found
rs bodies along the old Territorial road leading
,,o t,ncklev The train after having been
abandoned. was completely consumed
c. A. Vandever OF Davenport, Iowa, was on
tho Inflated trai-. A part Of his story IL as
follows: again the train plunged into super
heated atmosphere. and this time the cars 'ooh
fire in dead earnest. There was no chance LOT
life now except begin "A personal patue Win
the flames outside-every fellow FOR hinlsef' Al
this point witnessed scenes that Will leave 'heiE
,,,nress,on on my mind to my dying day. Men
and women were driven perfectly frantic by the
heat together with the fear Of an Impending
horrible death One man deserted his VIE ana
child upon the burning train and could not OF
at any ra tie did not for their rescue ana 'h'y
owe their lives to the fortitude Of strangers Inc
conductor lost his head entirely. and seemed TO
be raging in a perfect fever Of INSANITY
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
"Sneaking for myself / may say frankly that
when I stepped from the burning train dc
not know what to do or which way 10 turn
had taken the precaution before leaving the GAIT
to soak my nightshirt in the icewater OF inc
water tank This / wrapped around my heau
and shoulders I believe that nightshrt saved
two lives-my and that OF the wlie OF 'he
chief clerk OF the auditor Of the Great Western
road a lady. whose name nave io'so'''"
was standing by the side Of the track hes.tat-
ing which way to go for safety the names ro''-
ing M from both sides Of the track and meeting
above tn, doomed train, when heard woman
shrek out the cry. Help me. Help me- am
/ burning"
"Through the murky midnight Of flame ana
smoke I saw lady her long hair on fire. run
ming directly toward the burning woods at the
side of the track | sprang forward and caught
her saving Madam, for Gods sake be calin
The only possible chance Of saving your life Is
TO remain upon the track. Come with me IL /
can save my own life can save yours III We
have to die We die together THIS seemed 10
recall all her faculties. took my wet night
shirt from my head and wrapped 1t around h'rs
From that moment that little woman showed
more nerve and presence Of mind than almost
any man in the party myself included.
His account of scenes witnessed along the
weary line Of march was most pathetic IL my
self counted twenty-seven corpses. evidently
the bodies OF settlers and people living In that
vicinity who died while striving TO escape from
the flames. one man was kneeling with hands
raised in the attitude Of prayer. AT another
Mace a middle-aged woman sat leaning against
| stump with five children seated around her, all
| gazing at the mother with their dead eyes wide
| open, as If in pathetic wonder why this dread
calamity had been visited upon them
HEAPS OF HALF-ROASTED BODIES
T. Levine. Of Duluth. was one Of the passengers
| on the fated train 1T was the most awful sight
| 7 ever witnessed" said he. Where the ST.
| Paul and Duluth and the Eastern Railway OF
! Minnesota cross near Hinckey l saw heap Of
| half-roasted bodies should think there were
| from twenty to twenty-five in the group-men,
| women and children. Their clothing was nearly
| all burned off but many Of them still had shoes
| on their feet 1t appeared though these UNI
fortunate people had tried TO get away from the
flames and that they were all overcome with
| the heat at the railroad crossing and that the
| fire lend found them easy victims. Their faces
| were all badly bloa ted: still think their friends
| could easily recognize them should think from
| all the reports that there was probably oco that
| perished in the timber Hnckley. | saw from
| seventy to seventy-five lying dead on the ground
| at Hinckley myself
st. Paul was quick TO respond to the needs
! of the stricken people. Hardly had the sad news
| been read this morning before sympathy was
! aroused and took practical turn. The Philip
| Kelly Mercantile Company, the Hackett Hard
ware Company and Finch Van Slyck. Young
| & Co. responded In practical way to the wall Of
| distress. and they were followed by a score OF
others In an incredibly short space Of time
| "a 600 worth of provisions and supplies were