The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-14
GIRL FALLS FROM
EXCURSION TRAIN
Serious Accident Mars the
Closing Night of State Edi-
tors Pleasure Trip

Miss Amy L. Olson. Virginia flats,
Minnesota street and Summit avenue,
fell from the Minneapolis & St. Louis
train carrying the State Editorial as
ISOLATION excursion near Willard, MO,
late Sunday night and her absence
was not discovered by her fellow pas
sergers until late Monday morning.
The young woman was thrown by
the momentum of the train clear of the
right of way and into a farmers field.
She was discovered by the farmer
about o'clock Monday morning in an
unconscious condition, and from her
railroad transportation, which she had
upon her person, her Identity was
made known to the people by whom
she was cared for.
A telegram reached the excursicA
train about II o'clock. apprising them
of Miss OlsOn's accident, and C. c.
Whitney, of the executive committee
of the association, and Mrs. w. "A Pot
ter, 2SS Nelson avenue, left the party
at Albert Lea to return to Miss Olsons
aid.
Miss Olson Joined the editorial party
as the representative of the A. o. u.
w. Guide, published at st. Paul. She
is employed in the Office Of Charles E.
Larson, grand recorder of the A. o..
U. w, and is the stepdaughter of
Mrs. Frances Buell. Olson, grand
recorder of the D. of H., the women's
auxiliary of the A. o. u. w. She
makes her home with her stepmother
at the Virginia flats, and is twenty
one years old.
Falls From the Train
Miss Olson was chaperoned on the
editors trip to ST. Louis by Mrs. Pot
ter, and occupied the upper berth of a
section in which Mr.. and Mrs. Potter
had the lower berth. Sunday even
ing, after the party had taken supper
at about 10 o'clock at Moberly, Mo-,
sleeper to visit young lady friend,
and it was in returning from this call
that she fell from the train.
one OF the -Sleepers was an old-style
car, the veStibule door of which could
be opened without raising the step,
and 1T is believed that some of the
young members of the party had
opened this door. 1t is the theory of
members of the party that in passing
this door, Miss Olson was thrown
through 1T by the lurching of the train,
or that she mistook the door for one
leading into the next sleeper and
stepped off the train. The train was
| running fully fifty miles an hour and
its speed threw the young woman en-
tlfely outside the right Of way. for
she was found in his field in the morn
ing by farmer near Willard, a station
IN Adalr county, some fifty miles north
of Moberly.
The fact that Miss Olson was thrown
clear of the track saved her from in
| jury from later trains, but it DELAYED
the finding of the unfortunate girl until
by chance the farmer came. across the
injured passenger. She was uncon-
Sclous when found, but later reports
are that while she is seriously injured
her wounds are not necessarily fatal
Mrs. Potter Turns Back
Immediately upon learning of the
accident, Mr.. Whitney and Mrs. Potter
| left the editorial party at Albert Lea
! and took the first train for Willard,
| where Miss Olson is receiving every
care and attention. She will be
brought home to st. Paul as soon as
she is able to travel. The girls mother
| left st. Paul only a few days ago for
Chattanooga, Tenn, to attend the SUI
| preme lodge meeting of the D. of HI. as
| delegate from Minnesota.
! A telegram received last night by w
| A. Potter from c. c. Whitney said that
Miss Olson had partially regained con-
| seriousness and the probabilities were
! that she would recover. No additional
particulars of the case were given, and
| the exact manner in which the young
woman sustained the accident will not
| be known until she has recovered con-
| seriousness and is able to talk intelli-
gently,