New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-03
STARVE ON STALLED TR AIN
1NOPIFNT RIOT AND ATTEMPT AT SUI
eide IN BLIZZARD BOUND
CARS on PRAIRIE.

81. Paul. April 2-Passengers arriving TO-DAY on
Great Northern train which was due last frioaE'
tell Of being snowbound for four Gays ana iNe
nights on the praires North Dakota in the worst
blizzard the Northwest has seen In many years.
with food enough for only frugal meals day
and with such "A small amount n fuei lhat inc
women had to wrap themselves in blankets anu 'he
men wore their overcoats day and night 10 Keep
from freezing. The train was completely IoS' ~
the world for a time.
Late on Thursday afternoon it picked its precarl-
Gus way out of Williston in the hope OF pelns aoie
10 reach Mnot. about fourteen miles TO the east
before night Almost midway, at little stopping
place called Ray. where there only a sldlns d
u,s,ar tank and coal shed the train was stalled.
The engineer thought he could run the engine pack
to wilston and get aid, and taking the conductor
started on the trip The lone engine was STUCK III d
arie+ T., a c1t short distance of the town and
had to be abandoned. This left the tram OF eish'
coaches and about two hundred and hfty passen-
gers alone on the siding. with all communication
cut off.
Then began the long siege, during winch the oou
had to be borne and hunger stihed 1hefe was M
suffering An incipient riot broke out on the III 81
dax The second class passengers insisted that
they must have as much food as the Others OF
more and they were in the maJorItS 1t va"
difficu confne them to their quota MdilS "e
not willing as the class passengers insisted
that the women and children should be fed and
taken care of first but after some argument 'hey
were prevailed upon TO be quiet.
On Monday evening Professor Colesrove' OF the
University of Washington who had been despond-
ent and morose. attempted suicide by cuttils iilS
throat with a There was physician on the
train but he had facilities for performing the
necessary operation. and if was absolutely necesSory
to into communication with one OF the nelghpor-
In their desperation the passengers broke
open everything in the trains chest. and In the
conductors box found a telegraph nstrument
young man. an electrician. faced the blizzard and
tapped one OF the wires and attached the lnstru-
ment. He notified the operators at both Mfnot and
Nilliston OF what had occurred.
From each place snow plough started in
front OF engine. bearing surgeon The one
from Minot reached the siding early the following
morning, and the wounded man vas removed on
the first train to St Paul. where he cared for
the city hospital The almost tamished pas
sengers. who had suffered from the cold and eX-
posure fed and warmed in the first train
that got through the drifts. The rotary plough
made one trip through the drift between Ray and
Minot. but the piled in rapidly that 1t
necessary for the rotary pass through
again and then precede the passenger through
the
Professor Colegrove was brought to ST. Paul
early this morning The juguar vein is partially
severed, and IT is not believed he can recover. Mr..
ColeSrove had been Ill from. close application
TO work.