The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-24
NINE LIVES LOST
IN TRAIN WRECK
HWenty-seven Persons Injured
Accident on SauIt Ste.
Marie Road in N. Dakota.
QUICK RESCUE SAVED MANY.
FIRE ADDED TO THE HORROR OF
THE DISASTER.
QUICK RESCUE SAVED MANY

st. Paul. Dec. "a special to the Pio-
heer Press from Enderln, N D., says:
Loaded to its fuU capacity with people
going to their homes in the east to spend
the Christmas holidays, the southbound
train on the Minneapolis. st. Paul &
Sault Ste. Marie crashed into a switch
engine in the west end Of the railroad
yards at this place at 2:lO o'clock this
morning. Eight men were killed outright
and one has since died of his Injuries
IWenty-seven We're seriously injured and
II Is likely that the death list will be add
ed TO- All of the fatalities occurred in
me snoking car, which was completely
telescopcd by the baggage car, and only
: TWO of the occupants of this car escaped
INJURY The car was crowded, and as the
Whlstle mad just sounded for Enderlin al
most every one was on his feet when the
crash came. and the dead and wounded
We're piiod into great heap with the
Wreckage.
Work of Rescue.
A rescue party soon was formed and
the work Of taking out the dead and in
Jured was begun at once and continued
throughout the night. The little hospital
was soon crowded with those hurt and
me hoteis were converted into emergency
hospitals. where the other injured were
cared Tor There are but four physicians
IN t'nderlin. and a special train with phv-
scans and nurses was hastily made up
al valley City and rushed to the scene of
the wreck
The wreckage took fire from the over
turned stoves used in heating the cars and
lueIe was race between the rescuers
ana the flames. BY almost superhuman
et1JrtS the reseuing party managed TO
light off the flames until all of the dead
ana injured had been removed from the
wrecked cars, which were then allowed
TO burn.
Only few passengers in the dav
coaches were injured, and in the sleepers
none of which left the track, there were
no casualties
The Dead.
Charles Baekus Bergen. n. d
N j. NolkerIng. AnamOose N D.
John Satterburg, Anamoose, N. d.
Tony eileen, VelVa N D.
ID. j, Berresford. Medicine Hat Alberta
H. Rosenbaum, Nelva, N D.
". J. Danieison. Sheldon. N d.
a, U. Anderson, Starbuck. MINI.
Nels Hanson. Kenmore n. d.
Train Was Late.
The train which was wrecked was the |
southoound accommodation, running be-
tween Moose Jaw. Canada, and St Paul /
IL IS due here at las p. m. but last |
night was nearly three hours late The
engineer was running his engine at a high |
rate OF speed in an endeavOr to make uD |
the lost time. A switch engine was shift
ing a lot OF box cars in the western end 1
of the yard and had just pushed them on
suddenly swung into sight around the |
curve. The siding was not long enough |
to allow the box cars and the engine to |
clear the main track, and a head-On col
lslOn ensued between the switch engine /
and that of the passenger train. Both To-
comotives were practically demolished,
and the baggage car crashed through the
smoking car, telescoping it. One of the
day coaches was also derailed but only
a few passengers in this coach were IN
Jured. The other day coaches and the
sleeping cars did net leave the track
Blame Not Yet Located.
1t is impossible TO learn who was at
fault in the accident 1t is said that the
switch engine had been given a portion of
the running time of the passenger in !
which TO shift cars in the yards and y Is
supposed that the passenger train had |
made up more of its lost time than had
been anticipated by the crew of the switch
engine.
The cOroHer this afternoon empanelled
a jury and began at once an investigation
into the causes of the wreck. -
The engineer and fireT an on both the
switch and passenger engines, when they
saw that a collision was inevita ble leaped
and saved their lives.
List of Injured Withheld.
z<1t has Sc Tar been impossible to secure
81 list of the injured in the wreck Claim
q gents and other employees of the railroad
haVe taken charge of the injured and alb
those hurt or to permit newspaper CORE
spondeDts 10 secure the names in other
ways. The newspaper men on the ground
have entered a strong protest against this
action on the part of the railroad officials
but far il has been without avail