St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-31
DEVILS AWFUL DEED.
Wisconsin Central Express
Rushes Into a Switch
lyHicH WAS OPENED BY 4 FiEHD.
Eight Reported Killed and
Many Wounded.
FIRE DESTROYS TIE TRAiH.
Terrible Suffering in the
Town Of MarShfield.
SAD SCENES OF S0R80W.

MARSHFIELD, Wis, May so. The st.
Paul limited south-bound train Oh the
Wisconsin Central railroad. which
passed here at :03 4. H., met with
horrible accident. which has never been
eQualed in Northern Wisconsin, and
adds another long list of victims through
disasters of this kind. The train. which
was in charge OF Conductor Gaven, and
made up Of seven coaches and a sleeper.
left AbbotSford behind time, and, while
running at the rate OF forty miles an
hour, struck a defective split switch at
Meanwhile, an old station, derailing the
entire train and piling engine and ears
III heap OF broken timberS. To add to
the horror, the entire mass was toon
In
SHEET OF FLAME,
which, mingled with the groans and
cries of tile injured. made scene that
turned the hearts of the bravest. The
victims are:
Dead:
JAMES HUBBARD, engineer, of
Stevens Point.
GEORGE GEBHARDT, fireman, of
Stevens Point
JOHN BIGELOW. head brakeman.
Of Stevens Point.
RUoSELL, civil engineer. of Stevens
Point.
AGED MAN AND WOMAN, names
unknown, burned III the ruins. 1t is
Said they We're not OH the train at st.
Paul.
Injured:
Henry Chester. Marshfeld. legs and
Ipine uadly injured.
o. W. BOzey, news agent, Stevens
Point. injured internally.
Arthur Turnlce, Chicago. head cut
md otherwise Injured; will recover.
Dr. WeitzeI, Gidder. hurt internally.
Fannie Burtle, Springdale, Ill, hand
badly cut.
William Ryan, Sturgeon Bay, ribs
broken and head injured.
E. \. Twitchell, attorney-at-law, Min
neapolis, head cut.
No. 3, the northbound passenger,
passes No at this place, and as soon
as word was received of the accident
No. went to the scene with a number
of physicians and nurses from here.
1he dead and wounded were brought
back and the depot was turned into a
hospital, where everything was done to
make the unfortunates comfortable.
Meanwhile, the scene of the accident,
was once lively sawmill town. but
lately has gradually sunk to nothing,
and now all that remains is few scat
tered buildings. During the forest fires
foct FOL Ill
is left to mark the place is heap of
BURNED RUINS
and number of side tracks. The ac-
cident occurred at the first switch,
where supposed broken bar caused
switch to open sufficiently to derail the
train. After leaving the track the
train plowed along over the ties for
distance of ten rods. and then roppled
and rolled over, the engine and tender
going into the ditch and the cars pillng
On top OF each other. All were set on
fire by the stoves. From out
of this tangled mess, men and
women who were fortunate enough not
to be pinned down, crawled, many
making wonderful escapes. The
bodies of Russell and Jud Bigelow. who
were caught in the timbers, were not
recovered until about Z o'clock, this
morning and were burned to crisp.
AS near as can be ascertained about
fifty passengers were on the train, and,
as the work of clearing away the
wreckage goes on, others may be found
to swell the list of those who met
death by burning.
Under Direction of Division Superin-
tendent Horne. who happened to be on
the north-bound passenger, special
train was fitted up and left here for
Stevens Point at Z o'clock, bearing the
remains of Engineer Hubbard. Fireman
Gebhardt and Russell and passenger
When the body of Bigelow. the head
brakeman, was recovered it had watch
in one hand and lantern on an arm.
The injured, who are distributed
among the different hotelS,it is thought,
Will recover, except, perhaps. Chester,
Of this city