The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-16
ar.les Attached to wrecked R,~ sto,
On Track; ana Refuse to Move
Three Killed In y Wreck In Iowa
Spreading Rails Cause Wreck In
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vile to get supplies for their board
ing house. A 'girl named Grace,
daughter Of . neighbor, and four Of
their boarders. William Booth, Charlef
johnson, William Poole and another
man whose name was not learned, ac-
companied them. They did not OBJ
serve the train, which was coming q
high speed. When the engineer saw
them. he blew his whistle; but it was
too late to. reverse steam or. stop the
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 morguel
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 Iewa.
Cedar Rapids. Ia, July 1.-Two st.
Paul freight trains collided Thursday.
night near.Amana. Both engines and II
cars we're piled in . confused mass. The
dead: Joseph 'Dusek. fireman, Cedar
Rapids; George Haynes; brakeman,
Cedar Rapids; unidentified man. sup
posed to be a tramp.
:, The injured: Engineer Joss, Marion.
slight; E. G. Peeley, fireman, slight.
q Several tramps who were stealing q
ride may be, under the wreckage. The
collision was caused by misreading or.
.ders. .s5s{se .:li5titksfs1ia; j<zi
oae Killed, In . Wreck.
St. Louis. July 11.-One person, .
girl, was killed; four were seriously ii.
;j,lred,s at least one offwpom will die,
aud score slightly hurt in q wreck on
! the Terminal railroad association' slime
between Granite City and Madison, ILL.,
Friday. The dead gi-l, whose name wae
l.Afma 3. Jerskamp, 81 st. Louis, and the
slightly injured were left in Madison
I while those. more seriously. hurt were
brought to st. Louis. Among the lat.
ter are Fred Winker, both legs severed
UClOW tu0 AuSSS WALL OAOs xIVSASt 1A3ole
3-ings, left Deg 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
e Madison, were Charles Blankey, Of st.
Louis, knee injured; Kate Haynes. oi
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 Madison, arm, head and BODY badly
bruised. 800 !a5's$
Fred Winter died soon after being
taken to st. Mary's inhrmary at st.
Louis. 81. $50! 4. II III s52}Ef il IA +
The terminal passenger train, which
left st. Louis at 6:25 a. M, consisting Of
nine gcoaches loaded With workmen for
the factories Of the Trj- Cities, jumped
the track ON small trestle' just north
asof the American Car and Foundry COM
:pany's shops at Madison. tsfaH 1i (
One coach rolled over onto the track
of the Chicago &. Alton. striking the
baggage coach Of q passenger train pass
ing in the opposite direction. The de-
rallied, cab was badly crushed. The Chi
.cago & Alton train was not wrecked.
q Spreading Of the rails q the trestle
which had been weakened by the food
ds believed to have caused the accident