The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-18
Passenger Train Running at Sixty
Miles an Hour Ditched at
BerryviIIe Friday.
PASSENGERS ESCAPE INJURY
Cars Twisted About the Track Like a
Great Serpent Cut Off all Trans
portation--Two Women Hurt.

Running at the rate of sixty miles
North Western railway jumped the
track at the Berryvi11e road crossing
at noon Friday. By some strange
visitation of Divine Providence no
one was seriously injured in the wreck
and only two people suffered any in
jury at all.
| The injured were:
Mrs. Katharine B1yrant, Chicago,
back wrenched, leg slightly bruised.
Mrs. L. B. Salisbury, Ripon, Wis,
left arm badly bruised and wrist
Isprained.
| All the other passengers on the
train, numbering more than two hun
dred, were badly shaken up but not
another injury was registered.
The train which is made up at Mil
waukee to accommodate the people
from the North running between the
northern points and Chicago had left
Milwaukee fifteen minutes behind
time. Engine No. 10 was pulling the
train and Engineer E. J. Mahoney
was in charge of the thrott1e.- Coz
ductor Sykes was in charge of the
train. On account of the fact that
the train was far behind it's schedule
it was running at a terrific speed to
make up the time and one of the train
officials stated that when the train
neared the station at Berryvil1e it was
running at the rate of eighty miles an
hour. This is probably slight ex-
aggeration, but the speed was far
beyond a mile minute when the &C
| cident occurred. There was no pre-
| rdonition of danger. but all of sud-
den the engine gave a 1urch and
swung to one side and in twink1ing
of an eye before any one could have
time to shout warning to the passen-
gers the entire train had left the
tracks. The passengers were thrown
from their seats to the center Of the
car while the cars swayed and fell
over toward the East and West. A
hobo, who had attempted to beat his
way to Kenosha was on the front end
of the baggage car and was thrown
sixty feet over fence at the side of
the road and he escaped without a
scratch.
The first four cars ahead of the par
or car dragged for some yards on the
ties.
| The last parlor car, one that had
| been brought down from the copper
country, and which contained FIVE
| passengers, was the worst damaged.
It was dragged on the ties for some
distance before it went over, and then
it fell completely over and the trucks
were backed up against the track on
/ the west.
/! AS soon as the accident occurred
word was sent to Kenosha, and the
| first flash of news stated that eleven
people had been killed and many
hurt. Doctors were hurried1y sum
moned to the railway station and the
emergency train loaded down with
| the physicians and their assistants
left for the scene of the wreck lust
after noon. The train reached there
in five minutes, and found that the
passengers had been rescued. It was
necessary to remove the passengers
from rear parlor car through a car
window. Those on board were in re-
nlarkab1y good spirits considering the
experience they had been through,
and they were hustled on board the
train and brought on to Kenosha.
Both of the women injured were in
the second day coach at the time Of
the accident, and both were injured
by being thrown against the seats.
The wreck was decidedly lucky"
one, if such thing is possible, and it
was certainly miracle that so many
people escaped injury.