The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-01
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Of Mrs. Bickford. who Is suffering from
hem0rrhage Of the brain, or of A. c.
Mcconnell. Both have been uncon-
scious since the catastrophe. The rest
Of the injured will recover. with the
possible exception of Miss McCune
who was seized with violent convul-
sions and vomiting during the day.
Examination failed to develop the ma
ture Of her injuries, which are inter-
nal.
AS the details of the catastrophe are
developed, the fact that anyone es-
capped with his life Is almost miracu-
lous. Travelling at a speed of forty
miles an hour. the train was struck
by the tornado, lifted and hurled
through The air. leaving the track and
roadbed entirely uninjured. Moving in
a narrow compass Of not over 200 feet
wide, the tornado cloud struck the
coaches, tearing them from the en-
CINE, which was untouched, and entire
ly without warning, the passengers
were hurled through the air and down
a twelve-foot embankment, the cars
striking the earth with the force of a
catapult. The baggage car was sc
completely demolished that there was
no salvage, and 1t was burned on the
spot this morning by the wreckine
crew. The other cars are now being
raised to the track.
Engineers Graphic Recital.
In an interview Engineer J. X. Nit
chell, of the Inflated train, stated:
"Ten seconds more either way would
have saved us. I saw the tornado
cloud but an instant before it struck
us. The engine was safely beyond its
scope and I thought we had escaped
until felt the air brakes set on the
engine and I knew something had hap
pened to cut the train in two. All was
inly blackness; I could not see the
coaches. The engine came to stop
about 600 feet further on.
II backed the engine and could see
no one alive, excepting Conductor w
HI. KinZie, who crawled from beneath
the second coach. supposed all were
dead and I FASTENED to the village OF
Meriden for aid"
Train Officials Were Brave.
The heroism of the rain officials
was remarkable Conductor Kinzie,
his foot bruised, hip injured and hard
ly able to stand, staggered up the en-
bankment and taking a flag warned
freight train which was following
from the East. He remained on duty
until the relief train arrive an hour
later from Waseca, and staggering to
the train, dropped exhausted. He has
been taken to Winona for treatment.
Brakeman Reko and Baggageman
Miller displayed equal heroism in ex-
tinguishing the flames In the rear
coach and caring for the injured.
Senator Knatvold, of Albert Lee
seen in his bed at the Grant house,
said:
Senator KnatvoId's Experience.
II did not see the cloud. 1t came en-
tirely without warning to me. felt
a draft and was standing up to close
a transom at the top of the car when
we were struck. / was conscious OF
being thrown across the car and as
1t struck the ground was lying across
one of the windows and could feel the
car sliding along the ground from It's
! momentum. A man, whom ! after
wards found to be Schollgejerdes, was
lying across me. My only thought was
to save myself from falling through the
window and being ground to death
under the car. A moment of deathly
stiffness and blackness followed and
then, as If by signal, the cries and
groans Of the injured commenced and
it was a scene of horror which I shall
never forget. I am feeling well and
hope to continue my campaign within
a week."
jured can be sent to their homes with
in few days. The railroad officials,
while reluctant to give out details of
the affair, are doing their utmost for
the injured.