The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-05
|RIoWN Off TRACK
,vc, ONE KILLS AND MAINS PEG.
o, ON RUSHING TRAIN NEAR
OWATONNA.
1npft KILLED, THREE Will Die
lclRs TOSSED IN AIR LIKE FEATH.
ERS AND DASHED TO
TIE GROUND.
SENATOR KNATVOlD BADLY HURT
ruiRTY.ONE OTHERS RECEIVE
MORE OR LESS SERIOUS
INJURIES.

O~watonna, Mimi, Sept. 2. 49, The
Northwestern local passenger train
from Winona to Mankato was blown
from the track by a cyclone a few
miles west of here about $40 Satur-
day evenin g
Three persons were killed, three IA
tally injured and t%hirty-ore others re-
ceived pal aful injuries
Among the injured is Senator r. v.
Knatvold Of Albert Lea, candidate for
congress against Congressman Taw-
rey. He had two ribs broken and it
| will be a week before he can be moved.
The following is the list of dead and
fatally injured:
Delmare Peterson, Waseca, five
years old; head severed.
Miss Ethel Richardson, New Ulm.
fourteen yeaFs, cerebral injuries.
Unknown woman about thirty years
| of age, weighing about 100 pounds.
Fatally Injured.
Mrs. Almira Bickford, Albert Lea;
hemorrhage of brain.
A. c. Mcconnell, Brookings, S. D.,
cerebral injuries.
Miss Caroline McCune, Worthing-
ton; internal injuries.
OF the other injured Conductor
Kenzie is in the most serious condi-
ton. Broken bones, cuts and bruises
painful, though not serious, were the
extent Of the injuries sustained by the
others.
The train was composed of a bag
gage car and two day coaches. 1t was
running about forty miles an hour
when the storm, which was cyclonic,
struck it.
The thres cars were picked up as
though they were feathers, turned
ever two or th1 ee times and then
dashed to the ground. The baggage
car was totally destroyed and the two
coaches were completely wrecked
The occupants of the coaches were
Ct ught beneath the wreckage.
The work Of r~escuing the injured
wa sconcluded about 10 o'clock Satur
day night. OWN gto the escaping gas
1t was impossible to continue the in
vestigation until morning, when the
coaches were raised and it was founo
that evry passenger had been removed
the night before. Investigation re
Wals the fact that the storm was less
than 100 feet In width. From all re
ports the engine evidently escaped the
Jury OF the cone-shaped cloud but by a
few feet and remained on the track
wher the coaches were carried into
the air. One Of the coaches caught
the full force of the storm and was
carried further from the track thar
the other two.
The storm destroyed grain stacks
OF Thomas Rake, on whose farm the
wreck occurred, and then passed be
tween thu house and barn, leaving
both unframed. It then passed north
west through Medford, a town on the
Milwaukee road. Several large barns
were totally destroyed, as were also
two houses in Medford. The resi-
dence of Frank Speakerman was
struck by lightning just previous te
the cyclone and totally destroyed.
Great credit is given Conductor
kenzie for his heroic conduct during
the work of relief. Though suffering
from a serious cash in the forehead
and a badly bruised hip and leg, he re
fused any aid, but urged every one tt
Jake care Of the passengers first
through it all he worked with the gri'
and courage of a hero. 1t Is feared
that he may not survive the terrible
shock.