Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-09

o. E. Garrett, Murray. Cut and
bruised about the head and body, not
serious.
Col. ]. T. Hume, Des Moines. Bruis-
ed about nose, left eye, right arm.
Col. ]. A. Olmstead, Des Moines, Sc
yerely injured.
George Won Bhern, Charlton. Right
side injured, not dangerous.
M. Shirley and wife, Of Omaha, on
their way home from Ottumwa. Mrs.
Shirley was cut about face and head
and neck bruised Mr. Shirley escaped
with lesser injuries.
w. A. Stott, 4842 Dearborn street,
Chicago, dining car man. Injured in
the back, right leg and foot bruised.
! Albert Brown, dining car man. In
jured in right arm and right leg.
Clarence Woine, Grinnell, enroute
to Villisca, bruised about the back and
| injured about the limbs He has a
scalp wound.
l.. NJ Gallup, Sheridan, Wyoming,
seventy-six years of age, enroute to
Randolph, Iowa. Left leg and right
knee and left wrist injured. He has a
scalp wound.
E. G. Carter, Charlton. Bad cash
on left lip and arm bruised.
| F. F. Flag, Chicago. Injured in
wardly and about the head; serious.
| j. l.. Farthing, Creston. Right hand
broken.
VIM. W. Bond and ]. D. Johnson,
Chicago, dining car men. Bruised.
c. M. Buchanan, Fairfield. Bruised.
Mrs F. A. Bell, Fairfield. Slightly
bruised.
P. Bates, Chicago. Injured in back
and chest.
VIM. Treffel, Burlington, head brake
man. Bruised, nothing serious.
A. G. Sweeney, Keokuk. Slightly
bruised.
E. L. Gardner Charlton. Injured
about head. shoulder and hips.
D. o. Campbell, Cleveland. Slightly
injured about head, shoulders and legs.
He is superintendent of Cleveland coal
mine.
S. D. Reed, Osceola. Slightly injur-
ed.
Walter Crowley, WOODBURY.. Legs
badly injured
]. L. McFarquhar, Gallon, Ohio.
Badly shaken up.
DR.. Averill, Alton. Injured in back.
Mike Butler, Corning. Head, Shout
ders, chest and hips; seriously hurt.
! T. ]. Burk and wife, Jacksonville,
Florida. Wife badly cut about fore.
head, back hurt He is slightly injur-
| ed
Mary Cherry, Leroy. Chest, head
and inwardly hurt; seriously injured.
Clyde Wilson, Hopeville. Collar
bone broken. head and legs bruised
and cut. Works for Joe Dill. Creston.
R. B. Mitchell Weldon. Head and
face badly cut and bruised.
A. B. Millner, Clarinda. Slightly in
jured, both arms and head
Roscoe Norman, Talmage Bruised.
Frank ketcham's Experience.
| An Ottumwa man who had a thrill
ing experience and came out of it with
practically only a few scratches, is
Frank ketchum of Janney street, tow
err inspector for the Burlington. He
was in the front end of the smoker
when the accident occurred, and the
car rolled over and over down the en-
bankment. Mr.. Ketcham tried to get
a hold on one of the seats, but was I'M
able to do so, and was thrown to the
end of the car when it struck the
ground
Just as the car stopped" said Mr..
Ketcham, 81 felt cold stream of wat.
er pouring down upon me, as to the
source of which l had no idea, until
discovered that it came from tank
in the car and was intended for wash
ing purposes. l got out of this as
soon as possible, being compelled TO
kick the glass out of the door in order
to make my escape. The greatest
fear had was that another car would
come falling down the embankment
and strike the one in which was.
Everybody on the smoker and the
two chair cars were more or less
bruised and shaken up. The wounds,
however, looked much worse than they
really proved to be, as there was ITO
chance to stop the flow of blood or to
wash the wounds until the surgeons
came to the scene of the wreck. Then
good work was done, and everyone
was well cared for. What made mat.
tiers worse than they otherwise would
have been was the fact that so many
were frightened into an almost hyster-
ical state.
Grant Dawson Interviewed.
Grant Dawson, who was one of the
passengers on Burlington No. al
4 Thayer yesterday, returned to Ottum
wa today. He was seen by a Courier
representative this afternoon ant
said: mo. 3 struck an engine anc
tender just about 200 yards west Of
the station at Thayer The freight
engine was thrown to the south and
the engine on No. was thrown clear
around and faced eastward, to the
north Of tho track -
| Mr.. Dawson was sitting in the real
of the first chair car, and Hugh Dorar
and John McCune, also of this city
were sitting close to him. When the
train struck, the passengers all jump
ed to their feet, but the rolling of the
car prevented any attempt at escape
1t was but second when everything
was brought to an abrupt stop and the
passengers all began to realize that {
bad accident had occurred. Efforts
were at once made to get the injured
out of the wrecked cars, and do al
that we could do for these unit
surgeons arrived on the scene Mr.
Dawson received slight scrath over
the left eye, and also bruise on the
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