The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-25

occurred on the Chicago & Northwest
ern road at Depere a station five miles
south of here, at 10:15 this forenoon. A
| northbound passenger train, loaded with
excursionists bound for the Saengerfest
IN this city, ran into a freight train
100 yards south of the station There were
thirty-seven persons injured and five kill
| ed outright. Two of those injured died
| before they could be taken to the hos
pital. The list of dead are:
DEAD.
ED KUSKIE Fond du Lac, Wis, drug
gist, aged twenty-seven
| LAWRENCE PLANK, Fond du Lac,
aged twenty-five.
GEORGE L. LLOYD. Eden, died on way
to hospital.
CHARLES MIERSWA. Oshkosh.
BURT IVES, Oshkosh.
NAN from ashland, name unknown. -
| ADAM WEBER, Fond du Lac.
MISSING.
ED KAWsON, Neenah.
INJURED.
John Bartin, Green Bay leg hurt.
Fred Wagner, Fond du Lac, leg broken.
William Kaufman, Fond du Lac, both
legs broken.
Charles R. Tinke, Ford du Lac. legs hurt
Charles Epwing. Fond du Lac, hip an5
knee hurt.
! Schmitz, Neenah chest injurc].
| Frank Ransenski, burns, hip hurt
Thomas Lamb, Fond du Lac leg broken.
Joseph Landeman. Fond du Lac, leg bro
ken.
B, Frottling, Fond du Lac, leg broken.
Edward Rabe teau. Kaukauna, leg broken.
II. Lloyd, Fond du Lac. leg broken.
Herman Ross, Fond du Lac. leg broken.
r. Gieser Vandine, leg hurt.
,T"hr K. Lyner Vandne, ankle hurt.
A. H. Radditti, yandine, hand hurt
Burt Kraus, Menasha, head hurt
Miss Leada Clarke, Fond du Lac, head
hurt.
Otto Laukreitz, Fond du Iac, head hurt
John Pvan Fond du Lac, face injured.
Ernest Gardner, Neenah, nand injured.
Louis Hansen, Fond d 1 Lac, head cut.
henry Schauft Nand!re, knee hurt.
Bert Dorst Oshkosh, badly HI uised.
lanes Gaffaey, Vand'',e back and les
hurt
E. J.. Keyes. Fond du Lac, leg hurt.
It. Reinz, Fond du Lac hand hurt.
- Schaefer, Fond lu Lac, hand injured.
Mrs. Eiche, Fond du Lac, hip hurt.
Miss Feider, back hurt.
Fred Harper, FcI du Lac, head cut.
John H. Thompson, Fond du Lac, arm
and back burt.
Ell Carr Fond du Lac, leg broken.
Jean Carr, Fond du Lac, both legs bro
ken.
Emil Severine, Fond du Lac, arm broken,
head badly cut.
H. Soike, Fond du Lac, left arm injured.
M Thompson, Fond du Lac, slightly.
Mrs J. Thompson, Fond du Lac, injuries
to spine.
A. F. Hickey, Friendship. left foot in
jured.
Richard Lamb, Friendship, right arm
August Beauchaud, Fond du Lac, leg
bruised.
w. J. Cooper. Fond du Lac, left leg
broken.
Joe Froench, Fond du Lac, shoulder dis
located.
Ditlef Flick, back bruised, Fond du Lac.
E. Frazer. Fond du Lac, both legs in
jured.
Otto Hankwitz, Fond du Lac, arm broken.
]. Donovan, Vandine, right knee injured
Oscar Kraemer, both legs injured, Fond
Albert Kobes, Fond du Lac, both legs
bruised.
Mrs L. Keiser, left hand injured.
c. H Finney, Davenport, To-, right leg
injured
]. Grilles, Chicago, right leg hurt
Peter Koenags, Taycheedah, right arm
and left foot injured.
The accident happened just as the pas
senger train was pulling into the station
A double header freight was backing into
a side track to let the passenger train by,
but it had not cleared the switch.
Those injured were nearly all in the
second coach. When the two trains came
together, the first car, which was a com
bination smoker and baggage, was driven
I through the second coach, causing great
I loss of life. The dead were taken out of
/ the wreck and to an undertaking estab-
! hshment at Depere. The injured were
| brought to St. Vincent's hospital in this
city. They were first taken to the Depere
high school, which was converted into a.
hospital. for the time being, and received
medical care None of the trainmen were
injured, the engine crews jumping In time
to save themselves. Both engines were
badly damaged and two coaches broken
into kindling wood.
The excursion train was made Up at
Fond du Lac and was packed With peo-
pie from that city, Oshkosh and Neenah.
The first two coaches were a combina-
ton baggage and passenger and smok-
er and were almost entirely filled with
Fond du Lac people. The freight, an es-
pecially long one made up at Green Bay,
was ordered to be sidetracked at the
Depere station. Enough of the train to
fill the passing track had been cut off
and the remainder had just started to
back up on the sidetrack back of the
station. curve in the main track cut
Off the view Of the oncoming passenger.
A flagman stood in front of the train to
flag the approaching passenger train.
Suddenly it came into view, running at
nearly full speed. 1t was tagged and
many of the train men say that the
air brakes did not work properly. The
two trains crashed together. The first
two coaches of the passenger train were
telescoped and demolished, few of the
passengers escaping injury. Some were
killed outright, others were terribly man
gled and manned and the arms and legs
of some were broken. Other badly
! crashed and MANNED were hemmed In
the@ debris of the cars. None of the
other coaches were damaged. None of
the4rain crew were injured, all jumping
iIlsE8ime to save themselves.
The cause Of the accident, so far as has
been determined at this time, was due