The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-07
ONE MIN WIS KILLED.
PASSENGER TRAIN RUNNING SEW
ENTY MILES AN HOUR COILIDES
WITH FREIGHT
WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT
THIRTY PEOPLE ON THE PAssEN-
GER MORE OR LESS BADLY
INJURED
EXPECTED OTHERS MAY DIE

OTTUMWA. To-, May 6-Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy passensgN train No. g.
while passing Thayer, q small town eigh-
teen miles east of Creston, struck the
engine of a freight train which was en-
deavoring to get out of the way by back
ing onto a side track. The passenger
was derailed, killing Engineer S. D.
Brown, of Burlington, and injuring thirty
people. All but the two rear
cars of the passenger train left the rails
and rolled down twenty-foot embank-
ment. Owing to the fact that both tracks
for great distance are heavily curved
neither engineer could see the other train
until within 200 feet of each other. The
engineer of the freight heard the passen-
ger coming and made frantic endeavorsI
to back his heavy train onto a side
track He succeeded in getting all but
the engine in a place of safety.
The passenger was coming at a rate
of seventy miles an hour. The crew of
the freight engine made desperate efforts
to avoid the impending catastrophe, re-
naming on the engine until the last sec
ond, when they jumped. The freight en-
gine was thrown across the track, and
the passenger engine was hurled down
the twentyfoot embankment, followed by
the baggage car, express, day coach and
three chair cars. The agent telegraphed
Ottulnwa for relief, and special train,
with surgeons and nurses, left for the
scene.
LONG J.TST OF CASUALTIES.
The list of killed and injured follows:
The dead:
SID BROWN, engineer, passenger,
home In Burlington, 10.
Injured:
Q. E. Garrett. Murray, To-, head and
body bruised
about nose, left eye and right arm.
Col. Olmstead, Des Moines, severely
injured.
hurt.
NJ. Shirley and wife, Omaha.
Mr.. Shirley. cut about face and head,
neck bruised; Mrs, Shirley Bruised.
W; A. Scott, Chicago, back injured.
Albert Brown, right arm and leg
bruised.
Mrs. Ellis Pixley, West Salem, H.. in
ternal injuries, serious.
l. t. McCune, Ottumwa, hurt in stom-
ach and breast.
Clarence Weine, Grinnell, scalp wound,
limbs injured, bruised about back
T. M. Gallup, Wyoming, en- route to
Randolph. 10, scalp wounds. right knee,
e. g. Carter, Charlton. To-, lip cut.
T: Y, Flagg, Chicago, internal injuries,
salesman, Omaha, right hand 4fsiHS badly
bruised.
William E; Bond
J. J. Johnston, Chicago bruised
C.. M. Buchanan, Fairfield. To-. severely
P. Bates. Chicago. back and chest in
jured.
Mrs. F. A. Bell. Fairfield. To-, slightly
bruised.
William Treffel, Burlington, To-. head
brakeman passenger train. bruised.
To
E. L. Gardiner, Charlton. To-, head,
shoulders and lips bruised and cut,
s. D. Reed, osceola, To-. slightly
wounded.
Walter Crowley woodburn, legs badly
U: /. Farquahr, Gallon. O.. badly
DR.. -Averill. Alton, To-. back injured
T ]. Burk and wife, Jacksonville,
hurt; Burk's injuries slight.
Mary Cherry, Leroy To-. chest and
head hurt. serious internal injuries.
Clyde Wilson, Hopeville, To-, collar bone,
head and legs bruised and cut
r. B. Mitchell, Welcome, To-, head and
face badly cut.
G. B; Miller, Clarlnda, To-, slightly in
jured. both head and arms
William Elder, Ottumwa. shoulder dis
located head cut
Rosice, Mownan. Talmadge, To-. Sc
verely shocked.
Clarence Whittack Osceola, cut over
eye, severe bruises
Fireman Mike Carney, Ottumwa, badly
bruised and cut, arm broken.
F. Loneland. Chicago, leg and three
Will Harper, Ottumwa, head and hands
cut.
Mrs VIII Harper, ottumwa, back
sprained.