Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-10
WAS WRECKED IN A FOG.
North Western Train Runs Into a
Freight.
TWO TRAIN MEN HURT,
Passengers Are Bruised and Badly
Shaken Up-Wrecked
Cars Burn.

Oshkosh, Wis. Oct 7-[Special. !
The southbound passenger train coming
from Marshfield. on the Ashland divis-
ion OF the Chicago < North- Western
road, coliided with the rear end of Il
freight train At Smells station, eight
miles north Of Oshkosh. this morning at
o'clock Those injured are:
GEORGE VlELE. fireman. home at
MarshtieId, fracture of the collar bone
l.. H. FOCBORE brakeman home at
Marsnfield, conclusion Of the spine, may
die
Injured men were taken to St. Marv's
hospital at Oshkosh.
Several passengers bruised but not seri-
ouSiy injured.
The train was running south at the
rate of thirty miles an hour when it ran
into 4 freight train running III the same
derlctlon. the dense FOG preventing the
engineer from seeing the train III front
or Ann. The collision occurred suddenly
and without warning. the engineer being
taken by surprise He was slightly in
Jured. The smoker was completely over
turned and the baggage cars totally
wrecked
.. Andrews. ole of the passengers. who
Is postmaster at ShaWanO. bound for the
Postmasters' convention at Chicago, says
he was in the smoker. He was thrown
the full length Of the car and was badly
bruised. lie says that the passenger
train was going about thirty miles an
hour south when it collided with the
rear end OF the freight train going south.
The dense fog, he says, prevented the
engineer from seeing ahead of him.
Postmaster J. L. Stewart OF Cli2tonviile
says he was standing il the door of the
baggage car two minutes before the col
hSion. He went 10 the platform OF the
smoker and was standing there when the
tra:n struck the freight. He was slight
~ injured.
At SHELLS station the injured and the
passengers were transferred onto 4 Wis
consln Central train and taken to Osh-
kosh. where the injured were taken TO
ST. Mary's hospital
The brakeman was Standing in the
front end of baggage cac when the trains
came together and was thrown through
Il hole i'll the front end Of the car made
by the collision and landed on his back,
first going over the engine Conclusion
of spine resulted.
There were two other freight trains
on the siding al Smells and the tracks
were not long enough to accommodate
all the trains. even had the freight had
time to get in. Defective working Of
the block system IS assigned as the cause
OF the accident. There were TWO
coaches ON the passenger besides a COM
binatlon smoker and baggage car which
did not leave the track. The engine
baggage car and smoker the other. There
were thrty-fiye cars in the freight train.
The passenger engine was completely
demolished aud the caboose and three
freight cars were wrecked. The wrecked
cars caught fire and We're burned. The
road is badly INSTRUCTED.
The passenger train left Neenah at
Go o'clock and was due here 1T $50.
The freight was short distance north
OF Smells. The passenger had been Civ
en- a caution card at Neenah to look out
for the freight which was trying to get
in on the siding at Smells when struck
10y the passenger. The fog was very
thick and the engineer of the passenger
could not see three car lengths ahead.
He jumped and yelled TO the fireman to
jump when he saw something black
ahead. The engineer was only bruised
about the nose but the fireman was
hurled through the window of the cab
and landed about, twenty-five feet away.