The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-16
B0MINENT IOWA
PEOPLE INJURED.
|AD ENDING or ENcAMPMENT
AT MASON CITY.
RoLLEY CAR JUMPS TRACK.
twenty-five Of Fifty People Aboard
q Are Injured, Some May Die
:. Among Victims is Command

CT Ok
Mason City, Ia, June 10.-The thir-
Il. til encampment Of the Iowa Grand
q ny Of the Republic came to sad
jse at 6 o'clock last evening by an
fortunate accident on the Mason
ty & Clesr Lake Electric line. A
-plley car running at full speed
rmped the track and Of the fifty
neople aboard, twenty-five were hurt,
me seriously.
i THE closing session of the encamp-
\ emit was held at Clear Lake, a sum-
z err resort ten miles from the city,
ID exercises held in the beautiful
,srk had closed most auspiciously
e best encampment held in years.
ARA Barton, OF Red Cross fame, had
oxen with Governor Cummins and
aplain Jesse Cole, of the soldiers
me in the closing speeches OF the
: mp IRE and had congratulated the
!, ,ople on the good fortune that no ac-
8 lent had occurred to mar the per-
81 1t meeting.
Three trains, with 1000 happy peo-
), started back at o'clock, and,
.angely enough, just opposite the
~ snOrial university, the trailer on
= ) first train, car with trolley used
A. the city lines, jumped the track
Is d caused the destruction. 1t was
slded with men and women, and
: zen it left the track was detached
pm the rest Of the train, which ran
!, !. sEurlong before it could be stopped.
= ere were fifty or more people in
4 . car and twenty-five OF them were
Ere or Tess injured. Providentially,
car in rolling over struck Gull
&c, which kept it from falling on
. people who were precipitated
asm the windows, although the car
to be pried from one man whose
was broken. Tom Way and Hon.
B. Funk were in the Inflated car.
ay had his head bruised and Funk
injured slightly in the leg, but
Way, the Tenth district COM
nan, escaped without scratch.
{. Blythe to the Rescue.
I. e. Blythe, another well known
itician, was on the car directly
lad and was quick to grasp the sit
ion and rush to the nearest tele-
zen summoning all the doctors and
ks from the city. The car rolled
.pletely over and the scene of TAX
ekdisabled veterans, MANNED and
ed, and women collapsed by &C
can and fright was all to- rasl ", IN
and u t1qk ri HES get aris saayf
i sffcsss OF blood by the injured was
4, 5fuse that heroic measures had
d taken. A nearby house was
I'm open and the sheets off the
"a nd all the linen that could be
2 was taken for bandages.
seriously injured:
e VI. Jones, of Bristow, veteran,
4 cut of, internally injured; un-
kscious.
AIRS. w. G. Wallace, of Mason City,
red internally; badly bruised.
omas Hamilton, of Garner, vet
tn left lege broken; pinned under
Cfb Al. M. Fuller, of Usage, Shout
hosl back injured face cut; at hos
se:c r. T. st. John, wife of the
! elected department command
SRiceyille, internally injured and
Pc shocked; at hospital.
tn G. Claussen, of Mason City, head
aoigntly injured. "
tbT,ksam Coalson, Governor Cum.
A. valet, hands cut, bruised.
rs William Coalson, bruised and
cnt.
is. d. E. Ross, of Ackley, side of
tnand head cut.
an Fomey, of GAINESVILLE, leg cut.
tnts. Leo Vernon, Of Mason City,
~ tut in head, back hurt.
J. ]. r. Fowler, of Hampton,
e5ider bruised and face cut.
RS. Fifer, Of Muscatine, bruised in
lea. G. McCarty. of Emmettsburg,
thtaruised. s. d.
u Duncan, of Emmettsburg, side
sell Kane, of Emmettsburg, hand
.sf. Surfus, of Bristow, head cut.
G. Nolte, of Belmond, back
mo, NO way. q Mason City. head
ven. A. B. Funk. of Spirit Lake,
loflNuTed.
Il. St Clair. of Mt. Auburn, bad
id neck
Thompson, of Sheffield, bruise
ad and arm.
.ns. Huffman, Of Waterloo, bruised
lnIfe and face.
no Huffman, same injuries
pr Ernst, of Lucana, leg hurt.
sel,0. Wallace, of Carlisle, knee cut.
lad ,. Scoyflle, of Carlisle, bruised.
Improving Property.
Lizzie Jackson is making
Extensive improvements to her