The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-07

the cab of the engine, showing it for
ward to the smoke stack The engi-
neer, William Sheridan, and fireman,
p. H. Trainer, who were in the cab,
sank through the floor as the cab was
torn from its place, and in some man
ner crawled through hole that
CHANGED to be left for them to escape
at the bottom of the pile. AS the cab
was showed ahead, the top of the en-
CINE boiler was ripped off and steam
escaped in heavy and hot volumes and
enveloped the scene in white clouds.
PASSENGERS JOSTLED OUT.
The sleeping passengers were wax
ened from their slumbers by the jolt
Ing of the cars as they ran off the
rails and over the ties, and the next
instant several cars toppled over on
their sides and rested in a ditch.
Immediately there was pandemoniun1.
The passengers cried for assistance.
and those who could do so crawled
through the windows to the outside,
few waiting to don any garments. The
steam escaping from the engine pour
ed into the cars so that in making
their way out the passengers had to
exercise ingenuity. to prevent them
selves being scalded.a When they got
to the air they found themselves on a
prairie in the midst Of blizzard. 1t
was showing hard and blowing and
pitch dark. In the distance they could
see one small light, but the rest was
dark and misery The trainmen had
two or three lanterns, but they were
not sufficient to afford the passengers
a view of their surroundings, and
they ran hither and thither looking
for friends and shelter.
LUCKY SIDE WAS UP.
The passengers in the compartment
car Nicaragua were saved by the cor
ridor from being scalded to death in
their compartments. The car tipped
over with the corridor on the under
side, and the escaping steam found
free vent through it. Had the car tip
ped on the other side the steam would
the occupants would have been scalded
to death.
AS soon as the cars came to stand
still the train crew went to work to
rescue the passengers. They all be-
| haved splendidly. and gave most eff
hcient service. All the passengers
agree as to this. A colored porter,
named Sam. took an ak and broke ev-
cry window in the train so the pas
sengers could escape from the cars
that way if necessary. Some of his
strokes with the ak nearly smote pas
sengers. who had to dodge them, but
as they were meant to do good, no one
complained
In the compartment car Nicaragua
were several ST. Paul and Minneapolis
reople. Among them we're z. w. Berg
meier. editor Of the Volkszeitung; Rob-
ert Mannheimer. Of Mannheimer
Western Autographs Register COM
pany; j. H. Kane, Of the Chicago
Great Western office In this city, and
Edward w. Sumner of Minneapolis.
Mr.. Bergmeier was in1 compartment D.
and when the car struck the ties and
began to turn over he jumped up and
made for his clothing. He was next
saluted with a dash OF ice water, which
flowed from an overturned water cooler
and then he was nearly smothered In
a cloud of steamItha poured into the
compartment. He hastily grabbed his
shoes and pantaloons. coat and vest
and proceeded to climb through the
door. which was above him. While
he was making efforts to get out
George w. Hughes, who occupied COM
partment C, knocked on the side of the
car and asked If he was alive. Neither
man had his underclothes and when
they met outside they lined their outer
garments with papers which they
found scattered about Robert Mann
heimer was unable to- get any Of his
clothing. except such as he wore when
he retired. and he crawled through a
window and started to walk in the
snow in his bare feet, finally making
his way to the baggage car. He was
not injured. but he suffered much from
the cold.
WONIEN WE'RE BRAVE.
The forward car was well filed with
passengers of both sexes, but the wom-
en- maintained their e1f-possession un-
til one Of the male passengers said
something which alarmed them all and