Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-15
TRAIN STRIKES 4 WAGON, TONE week HAS PASSED.
Accident at a Crossing Near Cincin-
natl, in Which Five Persons
Are Killed.
Three OTHERS ARE FATALLY INJURED
mules Attached to Wrecked Rig Stop
ON Track and Refuse to Move
Three Killed in a Wreck in Iowa
spreading Rails Cause Wreck in
Illinois.

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Pennsylvania train No. 81, from Co.
lumbus, struck a wagon containing
nine people at crossing near Red
Comb Junction, eight miles east Of this
city shortly before eight o'clock Thurs
day night, killing five, fatally injur-
ing two and seriously 1njuring two
others Of the occupants Of the wrecked
rig. Robert Copenhagen, with his
wife and two children, aged eight and
two years, respectively, were going
from Red Comb Junction to Madison
Vile to get supplies for their board
ing house. A girl named Grace,
daughter Of a neighbor, and four of
their boarders, William Booth, Charles
Johnson, William Poole and another
man whose name was not learned, &C
companied them. They did not OBJ
serve the train, which was coming at
high speed. When the engineer saw
them he blew his whistle, but it was
train in any manner.
Due to Balky Mules.
The mules, on hearing the whistle,
stopped still and could not be moved
The animals were across the track and
escaped unhurt, while the wagon was
completely wrecked and all the occu-
pants either killed or injured. The
train brought the victims to this city.
The dead were taken to the morgue
and the injured to the hospital. Rob-
ert Copenhagen and two of his chill
dren, the girl named Grace, and Will
liam Poole were killed.
Three Killed in Iowa.
Cedar Rapids, a., July 1.-Two St.
Paul freight trains collided Thursday
night near Amana. Both engines and II
cars were piled in a confused mass. The
dead: Joseph Dusek, fireman, Cedar
Rapids; George Haynes, brakeman,
Cedar Rapids; unidentified man, sup
posed to be tramp.
The injured: Engineer Joss, Marion,
slight; E. c. Peeley, fireman, slight.
Several tramps who we're stealing a
ride may be under the wreckage The
collision was caused by misleading Or
ders.
One Killed In a Wreck.
St. Louis, July 11.-One person, q
girl, was killed, four were seriously in
jured, at least one of whom will die,
and score slightly hurt in wreck on
the Terminal Railroad associations line
between Granite City and Madison, ILL.,.
Friday. The dead girl, whose name was
Arma J. Jerskamp, of St. Louis, and the
slightly injured we're left in Madison,
while those more seriously hurt were
brought to st. Louis. Among the lat
ter are Fred Winker, both legs severed
below the knee, will die; Everett Hast
ings, left leg and arm broken and head
cut: George Fry, right foot crushed and
left arm broken; Joseph Stein, left leg
broken and right ankle crushed.
The injured, who were cared for in
Madison, we're Charles Blankey, of St.
Louis, knee injured; Kate Haynes, OF
Madison, face bruised; Rose Jordan, of
St. Louis, back injured; Lille Over
berry, of North Venice, side bruised:
Mabel Overbery, of North Venice, head
bruised, arm and leg cut; Edith Klump,
OF MaUlSCA, dTu, uedu duu DOuy Uduly
bruised.
Fred Winter died soon after being
taken to St. Mary's infrmary at St..
Louis.
The terminal passenger train, which
left St. Louis at :25 a. M, consisting of
nine coaches loaded with workmen for
the factories of the Tri-Cities, jumped
the track on a small trestle just north
of the American Car and Foundry COM
panys shops at Madison.
One coach rolled over onto the track
Of the Chicago & Alton, striking the
baggage coach of a passenger train pass
ing in the opposite direction. The de-
rallied cab was badly crushed. The Chi
cago & Alton train was not wrecked.
Spreading of the rails Of the trestle,
which had been weakened by the flood,
is believed to have caused the accident.
Man and Money Missing.
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