The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-13

The Park Rapids Train I'm the
Ditch Near Clarissa.
\ Dozen Passengers Cut ans
Bruised, but mo- Fatalities.


Ditch Near Clarissa.
A Dozen Passengers Cut and
Bruised, but mo- Fatalities.
The southbound train on the Park
Rapids branch OF the Great Northern
road was derailed, while running at the
usual speed, about mile south Of Cla-
rissa, the first station this side OF Eagle
Bend. The train was in charge of Vim.
Stephenson. Fred Marvin engineer. 1t
is mixed train, having number Of
freight cars ahead, with two coaches
and combination, mail and baggage
car. A broken rail was the cause of the
accident, the engine and all the box cars
but one passing over it in safety. One
box car and the coaches and combina-
ton car were thrown into the ditch
from an embankment several feet high.
the coaches turning over upon their
side, with their twenty-five occupants.
The cars were badly shattered, and one
of the cars took fire from the stove, but
the flames were speedily extinguished.
That no ore was killed, or that any
escaped serious injury is rem arkable.
The accident occurred about halt past
ten O'Clock in the morning, and word
was sent at once to Clarissa. and the
engine was detached and went to Lcng
Prairie. DR.. Fisher of the latter place
with a corps OF volunteer assistants,
and DR.. Nutting OF Clarissa, were soon
en- the ground, doing every thing possible
foi the injured. A wrecking train was
made up at Melrose. and at this place
Drs. McMasters and Dubois were picked
up and taken to the wreck. arriving
there at $3.50 p. m, TO find that most OF
the wounded had been well and skill
fully cared for. Some were taken to
Clarissa and others to Long Prairie.
About seven o'clock everything possible
had been done, and the relief train re-
termed to this city bringing most OF the
injured, with the other passengers, and
during the night the Sank Centre House
was transformed into hospital.
The following is a list of The injured:
w. B. Hill, Osakis.
]. m. Kerr, Minneapolis.
A. R. Paulson, Grand Forks.
Mrs. Geo. Berger, Little Sank.
Mrs. c. H. Kenegy, Long Prairie.
Mrs. w. 5. Gilpin, Alexandria.
CT. Campbell, tie inspector, ST. Cloud.
L. c. Remand, Minneapolis.
Mrs. John Kemp, Clarissa,
John Kemp, Clarissa.
Mathew Kemp ,Clarissa.
Rev. w. F. Hitzemann, Long Prairie.
e. E. Randall, Sank Centre.
Mrs. GiIpin, wife Of the editor Of the
Alexandria Citizen, sustained the most
serious injuries, her face being very badly
cut and disfgured. and her body sus-
tanning serious bruises. She returned
to CIarissa, where her mother resides,
and whom she had been visiting.
Mrs. Berger is also seriously injured,
and remains at Long Prairie. The
others are cut, scratched, bruised and
shaken up in greater or less degree but
! not seriously injured. The company did
everything possible tor the sufferers, and
| all the train men acquitted themselves
| nobly and heroically. Conductor Steph-
| enson is entitled to great credit for his
! cool and masterful action in directing
| relief work. He was inS the baggage
car when the accident occurred, but he
lost no time in getting down to hard
and cool work. His first efforts were
| directed to extinguishing the fire in the
first class car. Snow was the only ap-
| phi ance at hand for accomplishing the
york, but it .sufflced.
Claim agent Howard went up to the
wrecker, which was in charge OF Supt.
Britton, and lent his services to the relief.
It was a bad accident at best, but it
might have been iniinitively worse.