Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-08

to the News from Hartford City, Ind,
says: A head-on collision occurred at
2:40 Monday morning between west
bound Pan Handle freight and the east
bound passenger. Number Of persons
injured Is. Some may die.
The injured: w. H. Maui, Logans-
port, left leg cut and bruised: George
Aldworth, 231 West Conger street,
Chicago, going to Ireland, right leg
crushed of below the knee; M. L. Balm,
Richmond, right leg shattered; c. H.
Frederick, Ridgeville, Ind, left leg
broken; J. A. Watts, Chicago, right leg
cut In several places and dislocated:
Christopher Gerhardt, SO East Huron
street, Chicago, both legs crushed and
hurt internally. William J. Wells, Chi
cago, both legs crushed and one side in
jured; P. j. Barrett, Chicago, both legs
broken; George Rowe, Logansport, en-
gineer of the freight, bottom of right
foot torn and bruised, caught between
apron of engine and tender; Ben Pala-
ors, Denver, on his way to Italy, right
leg bruised; John R. Killing, Logansport,
conductor, going to Bradford to take
the local, left leg broken at the ankle,
right foot bruised; George Galtwein,
Chicago, on his way to Boston, feet
bruised and cut and back sprained; E..
w. Snyder, Logansport, on his way to
Columbus, right foot crushed: w. A..
Rumell, Logansport, on his way to
Union City, left leg bruised; Ephriam
Whistler, Logansport, rural route No. 5,
on his way to Columbus, left leg badly
sprained and bruised between the knee
and ankle, left side bruised: Richard
Harvey, Elmwood, on his way to Pitts
burg, right leg broken between the knee
and ankle, big toe broken on left foot.
These are the most seriously wounded.
Five or six others were cut and bruised.
How the Accident Happened.
The accident happened opposite the
Clelland factory. The freight was sec
ton of No. 81. 1t had orders to get tc
the lap track west of the Clelland fac
tory and to let the passenger by. A
broken drawbar caused six minutes
delay. The engineer sent the brake
man ahead to flag the passenger
The freight stopped at the Washington
street crossing, but soon followed the
f1agman. There was heavy fog, max.
ing it impossible to see so feet ahead
Opposite the Clelland Office the flagmar
saw the passenger coming at full speed
He had just time to give shout ant
jumped for safety. Both engines were
reversed when they met, but the mo-
mentum was not checked to any ex
tent. The passenger train consisted o.
six cars. There were two baggage ant
express cars, smoker, lady's coach
the Pullman sleeper Woodland and {
tourist sleeper. The second baggag,
car telescoped the smoker, tearinf
through half it's length and sweepinl
the people from it's path like chaff.
The shock threw many people from
their seats. The passengers from tn.
other cars rushed to the aid Of those II
the front of the smoker, but it was near
ly an hour and a half after the accident
wreck Of the smoker.
Terrible Accident i'm Austria,
Berlin, Aug. A dispatch to tn,
Volks Zeitung from Breslau reports :
serious disaster on the railway be-
tween Sucha and Kalvaria, Austria,
Silesia. A train consisting of II car.
heavily loaded with stone broke thei
couplings and ran at terrific specs
down a sharp grade for 20 miles unit
they collided with passenger train
Thirty persons are said to have bee,
killed and 81 others severely injured.