The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-12-18
BAD MILWAUKEE WRECK
Engine Crashed Into u CahnoSe
Where Six Men We're sleep
ing ami None We're llnrt.

Five miles east OF Alexandria, at
40 clock Monday L, III. occurred a
had wsGcE on the Milwaukee road in
which an engine was ditChed and
practically demolished, and live cars
we've consumed hy lire. while six men
had 4 miraculous escape from in.
slant death.
The onelnr OF III" regular freight,
No. ~. had hcrome disabled at Il
point i've miles east OF Alexandria
during the night aud the crew stop
ped there about.two our to fN. It
Failing in this Conductor rcnrose
decided 10 cut the train in Two and
send II on to Alexandria. After the
engine reached within a mile OF the
town it was again disabled and that
much Ot the train was left At that
point. The engine caluc on to Mitch
ell and another engine was Sent back
to bring IN the rest Of the train, II
was then that the conductor diScov-
cred what had happened.
Tive brakemen were left 10 guard
the train aud had they followed the
rule Of the company they would have
gone back the distance OF Il mile at
least and placed ]torpecoeS on the
track 10 warn m approachiug. train.
This they failed 10 do and Tor their
negligence they nearly lost their
lives. those Of four passengers. besides
wrecking an engine and i've freight
ears. The Si> met went II sleep in
the cahooSe ana without the first
warning OF the approaching danger
the extra freight came along and
crashed iutC the car. II was split
wide open aud wrecked beyond all
possibility OF repair, The men in the
car were thrown SOME distance down
the embankmenr, and after they had
Agot themselves tocctnsr x va dis
covered that n0uc Of them were in
jured. with the exception 81 n OF
the hrakemen. AhQ was slightly
bruised in one Or TWO places.
". Z. Thomas vas one OF the tIav-
cling men who came back to Mitchell
at noon and in conversation with him
he stated to The Republican that
they did not have the slightest init
nation Of the Impending danger.
They were aii asleep in tie raboOSc.
and were awakened by being thrown
through the air They crawled vi
OF the wrecked cahoose with injuries
OF no Importance whatever. II Was
Que OF those miraculous escapes he
said, that enc reads OF but is rarely
participant in. The only reason he
can assign why the htakeuien. did not
put toIpedoeS on the track MAS that
there are : o lew might trains on this
division that they dIu NOT think it
necessary 10 take aur pIstaQuun,
The engineer GA tie 4pproscAlng
fIeighr said that when tie VAS TWO
hundred yards away lie saw the slIm-
mer OF the four red lights on the er2d
Of the csboOse. but thar " MN isn-
possible u get his train under conuol
III ltEal SsfNlI NiSbIL+N>- HS SfS%SS
his engine ana the engineer ara he
fireman Jumped for rhei- lives.
Immediately after tic caoao>o naS
struck the IKE from The stove Sp-sad
among the broken pieces Q; woni 206
il SOU was ahlaEe The ire caugh,
on s box car that MAS loaded With
merchandise and from there II went
to q car loaded with Posts anu Their
10 two cars Of coal. In 4 short time
there was quite Il large oondagraSj1n
going on with no way % step il, and
it has been burning 'le greater par,
Of the day.
Just as 5000 as daylight approached
the tsainmen routed out sons farmers
in the Vicinity Of the Wick and with
their teams hauled about fifteen car:
OUT OF raage Of the al Fl burning
cars.
AT an early hour thas morning 4
wrecking egem was >Sui cut Of Mitch
ell 70 clear the tiacS. The east pas
ssnesr Was sent around by tue va,
Of Scotland 70 yet back on It's divts
ion AZ AaSiou JnrrrinC.