Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-06
Score Injured in d G Collision on
the Illinois Central Road
Near Ghieag
Most of Them w ere SstocklneI
From Western Iowa and
South Oak tas
Five Men Cremated in a New
York BoWery Lodging
House Blaze.

CHICAGO, March wenty stock
men and railroad employees were iIl--s.
jured, two probably fatally in a col
Gsion between two Illinois Central
freight trains near Broadgiew, afew
miles out Of Chicago. The injured are:
Joseph Hobbs, Marcus, Ia. may die.
Frank I. Mccall, brake keman, Freeport,
Ills, may die.
E. E. Farwell, Manchester, la; ]. B. I.
COUNSEL, Dyersyille. Ia, left thigh frac-
tured; Edward Jaeger. Pringhar, Ia.
scalp wounds and fracture of left arm;
Charles Peters, Matloek, Ia, head cut
and arms and legs bruised; H B. Amer
son, Manchester, Ia, scalp wounds and
right hand brokens j j. Collins, con-
ductor, face and head cut and arms
bruised; j. a. Clark, Elmhurst, Ills,
nose broken and head severely cut;
J. H. Dunno, Marcus, Ia, left shoulder
and left. knee dislocated; w. r. Spear,
brakeman, Dubuque, ankle broken and
head cut; Joseph Bernard, Anton, Ia,
right wrist broken, scalp wounds and
| back bruised; S. NJ Wi1cell, scalp
wounds and both legs bruised; H. o.
Boooth, Sioux Falls, IS. D., left foot
fractured and head cut; Peter j. Baadt,
Matlock, Ia, both feet broken and head
and back bruised: c. r. Slater, Sioux
Falls, S. D., hands and feet cut; j. Nv.
Bryant. Cleghorn, Ia, left leg cut and
right arm broken; w B. Braze1l Otto,5
Ia, bruised about head and body;
Thomas Mcmahon, Quinby, Ia, three
ribs Of left side broken; E. a. Wilin-
son, Quinby, Ia, right hip dislocated
and chest and back bruised.
Train Broke in Two.
The two trains had been running
| about mile apart. While climbing a
| long grade coupling pin in the middle
| of the head train broke. The rear sec
! ton of the train Immediately started
down the back grade and was soon en-
tirely beyond control. 1t struck the en-
gine of the oncoming freight train with
a terrific crash. Both trains We're on
the way to Chicago from Western Iowa,
and We're made up mostly of loaded
stock cars, with q caboose and passenger
coach for the stockmen All the pas
sengers were asleep in the day coach
and the first intimation the occupants
of the coach had of their danger was
when they were thrown violently
from their cots to the floors of
the cars. The caboose telescoped the
coach, pinning a number Of the unfor-
tunate passengers in the debris. Fire
broke out almost Immediately and for a
time many of the injured were in great
danger of roasting alive, but by hard
work on the part of the uninjured pas
sengers and the train crews, all were re-
moved in safety. The cars were almost
totally consumed. The engineer of the
forward train had in the meantime
backed his train to the scene of the ac-
cident, and as soon as possible the
wounded were loaded into an empty
box car and taken to Broadyiew, where
they We're given medical attendance by
the one physician of the village and
women Of the neighborhood, until the
arrival Of a special train from Chicago.
when they were brought to Chicago and
placed in the Central hospital.
NOT DOUBLY LIABLE.
Supreme Court Upholds Contention OF
Bank of Minnesota Stockholders.
. ST. PAUL, March 6.-The supreme
court in q decision written by Judge
Lovely has affirmed the finding of the
court in the case brought against the
stockholders of the Bank of Minnesota
by the receivers. The lower court ruled
that stockholders were not liable for
dOuble the aInount nf their haldinc,s ~