The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-09-05
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Engineer VIM. Carroll Killed
in the Yards at
MdnkdtO.
Conductor Hughes Has a
Narrow Escape from
Death.

Engineer William F. Carroll, for
merly of the Redw wood branch of the
Northwestern, but who has been
engineer on the Mankato stub line
train service, was killed in an ac-
cident in the Mankato yards, about
7:3O clock last Saturday morning.
Conductor Thos. r. Hughes, until
within two weeks ago conductor
on the Redwood branch, was SER
iously injured in the same accident,
while Mr., Carroll S fireman, bag
gageman and a passenger were also
more or less injured.
The train was the one running
from New Ulm to Mankato, via St.
Peter, over which Mr.. Hughes was
making his first trip as conductor.
It was between ten and fifteen min
utes late The accident happened
near a sharp curve on the tracks
near the Mankato stone quarry. An
Omaha freight train, with two en-
gines attached, had been on the
main track and was engaged in
getting off to let Mr.. Carroll s train
pass. 1t had succeeded in doing
this to the extent of all but about
four feet of the forward engine,
which was still on the main track
when the collision occurred.
The fact that Mr.. Carroll s train
was behind time was the reason of
his running at very high rate of
speed. and he made sharp curve
around the quarry, and before
reaching the switch, at a high rate
of speed. The curve and an Omaha
passenger train on another track
prevented Mr.. Carroll from observ-
ing that the switch was open, until
it was too late to prevent the colli-
sion. When his engine struck the
forward Omaha freight there was
an awful crash and both engines
were derailed and both badly
wrecked.
When Mr.. Carroll and his fire.
man, B. O. Zisko, observed that
collision was inevitable they made
an attempt to Jump from the engine.
The collision came just as Mr.. Car
roll got between the tender and the
engine and he was caught there in
such a way as to crush his hip,
/ break his jaw bone and receive
other injuries, from which he died
about two hours later, or 9:3O
0 clock. His fireman, Mr.. Zisko.
did not make his jump, either but
the force Of the collision threw him
over the Omaha track, and the land
! ing he made resulted in cut on the
left cheek just below. the eve. It
was fortunate for him that this
happened, for at that very instant
| the Omaha passenger shot by and
had Zisko succeeded in jumping he
would have been run down under
the wheels of that train.
Thos. Broderick was acting in
the capacity of brakeman and bag
gageman. At the time that the
collision occurred he was standing
in the door of the baggage car. The
force hurled him backward to the
other side Of the car and against the
sharp corner of a box, striking the
latter with his back. This sprained
the latter badyl, but the physicians
are of the opinion that it is not
serious.
Mr.. Hughes, the conductor, was
just preparing to leave the caboose
and get ready for the disembarking
at the Union depot, when the acci-
dent occurred. He was hurled
forward in such a manner as to
bruise his head in several places,
bruise one of his hands, injure his
left knee, and also injure his back
to a small extent.
The only passenger that was in