The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
THREE MEN KILLED
IN Rail WAY WASHOUT
Heavy Rain i'm Wisconsin
Brings Traffic to a Stand
still.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. IAN
excursion train on the Omaha road,
from Madison to Duluth, ran into a
washout near Augusta at o'clock this
morning
w. Brown. of Mt. Horeb; Patrick
Conley- of Reedsburg; Charles Antis-
del, of Mansion, Wis, and man nam
ed Murphy, of Alton, were killed. The
following were injured:
John Larson. Duluth, back injured;
w. Murphy, arm broken; Mrs. O'Neill.
Beloit, arm sprained; Frank Stempel
Johnson's Creek, and w. Kamout.
The train was popular priced ex-
cursion and about $50 persons were on
board. Engineer Brewer and his fire
man jumped and escaped with severe
bruises. Doctors from August, Fair
child and Eau Claire were called out.
The train was running at a speed of
only about four miles an hour when
the soft place was struck. The engine
passed over it safely, but the tender,
baggage car and three coaches were
derailed. The other seven cars re-
manned on the track
Conley was riding in the combination
car and was caught beneath the wreck
and instantly killed. Brown was pass
ing from the third to the fourth car
and in breaking apart the cars threw
MIN TO the ground and were piled on
top of him, crushing him to death.
Special to The Globe.
THORPE, Wis, Sept. 12-Heavy
rains have caused much damage to
roads and bridges. Railroad traffic is
at standstill. One passenger train
and several freights are stalled here
and the west-bound limited at Abbots-
ford. Repairs on four big washouts
between here and Abbotsford were
completed this evening.
Special to The Globe
GLENWOOD, Wis. Sept. 12.-Rain
has fallen almost constantly the last
twenty-four hours. The farming
country east of here is under water.
Roads are impossible from washouts.
Railroad traffic is almost at a stand
still. The first westbound passenger
train in twenty-SiX hours arrived at
4 this afternoon.
WAUSAU, Wis, Sept. 12.-Heavy
rains last night caused serious dam
age to railroad property. There is
WaShout on the Northwestern road
near Fenwood, no trains being able to
pass that point since midnight. There
Is washout on the Milwaukee road
near Pine river tying up traffic. The
Wisconsin river rose three feet and
is still rising. An unconfirmed. report
states that the Tomahawk dam has
been destroyed. The dam was built
seventeen years ago by the late Will
liam Bradley. 1t is one of the largest
in Wisconsin, costing an immense
amount of money.
MARSHFIELD, Wis., Sept ~
Severe transforms played havoc with
railroads last night. The ST. Paul
limited on the Northwestern line for
Milwaukee was delayed here on ac-
count of a washout at Edgar. No
trains are running on the Wisconsin
Central north of Abbotsford. The
track is washed out in three places
Special to The Globe
LARIMORE, N. D., Sept. 12.-Heavy
rain set in last night at O'Clock and
continued all day today Threshing
is delayed five days. one third Of the
threshing has been completed Grain
is in bad condition, considerable
sprouting in the stack The grade
will be reduced materially.
AUGUSTA, Wis, Sept. 12-This
town and vicinity are flooded, the re-
suit of cloudburst. The Ievee went
out and the flood swept through the
center of the town, carrying every
thing before it. The greatest losers
are: Finch. Worth & Co., Brown
Bros, wagonmakers, building and con-
tents; Taggart & Mohr, farm imple-
ments, building and contents; ]. L.
Ball, electric light plant; John Ander-
son. one building; Cox Bros. company,
barns and sheds moved; O'Brien's liv-
cry. No estimate Of the loss can be
made until the water recedes.
Every railroad running through the
Northwest is crippled from washouts.
At Abbotsford the through north
bound limited on the Wisconsin Cen
trail road from Chicago was still
there at l p. m. today. 1t should
have passed here at 8 o'clock this
morning, but was held on account of
bad washouts on the main line between
Abbotsford, Medford and Chelsie.
where it is reported the rain descend
ed in torrents for some hours, washing
the track and delaying all through
trains indefinitely.
Merrill, Wis, reports the worst cleo
trical storm in years. The Wisconsin
river is high and sixty feet of track
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road is washed out at Pine River. Ru-
raj mail carriers were unable to go
over their routes because of washed
out bridges
Mondovi, Buffalo county, reports
$4,000 damage at that place. Unity
and Glenwood send reports OF farms
under water and great damage to crops.
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