Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-23
DEATH ~ A WRECK
MILWAUKEE, TRAINS COLLIDE
NEAR SIOUX CITY.
Freight Trains Crash Near a Sharp
Curve While One Is Leaving q Sid
ins--InJurcd Men Are Suffering,
but All VIII

One man was killed and four scri-
tousiy Injured at s o'clock Sunday al
terfaoon in u rear end collision be-
tween two westbound Milwaukee
freight trains leaving Sioux City. The
wreck occurred on the sharp curve
200 yards south of the traction com
pany's station at Riverside. None Of
the injured will die.
The dead: william w. Bates. 1927
East Second street, rear brakeman OF
first train; married.
The injured: u. A Williams. Of
Hawarden, q passenger In caboose of
first train. were bruises about legs,
arms and chest, and deep cut under
chin; Frank Weed. 2623 East Second
street, conductor of first train, seri-
ocsly burned and cut about the face:
WI Hopkinson. 2643 East First street.
engineer second train, ankle broken
and seriously bruised: Robert Sher-
man. 1119 Sixth street, fireman second
train, badly cut about the face. and
bruised: William Vincent, 721 Court
street, rear brakeman Tor second
train. hands burned while tearing blaz-
ing clothes from Weed.
H1 hG LS al III LAG A|tf6t'h
neer Phil Zimmerman. and consisting
,of twenty heavily loaded merchandise
cars. a just left the switch at Bru-
rghier's siding and was crawling slowly
talong the main track when a light
freight train of seven cars, in charge
OF Engineer Hopkinson and Fireman
Sherman, dashed around the curve at
tffteen miles an hour and crashed In
TO 1t.
Tho caboose. in which Brakeman
Bates, Conductor Weed and Williams
were riding, and a box car loaded
with paint and oil. were demolished.
while the third car from the rear. an
empty tool and bunk car. was knock
ed from the track and lay alongside
and at right angles to the engine.
Engineer H~opkinson. OF the second
train, closed the throttle and reversed
when he caught sight OF the train
ahead. Seeing that a collision was In
epitahle he jumped from the cab and
q Jew minute later was found lying
In the right OF way with a broken an
k1e. Fireman Sherman also jumped.
hut although he was painfully cut and
bruised had sufficient presence Of
ttllnQ TO fcInOuHt THO engine when IL
came to a standstill and turn on the
injector. thus admitting water to the
boiler M averting a possible explo-
ision-
The heavy engine. No. 687. plowed
through the wreckage for a distance
OF twenty yards before coming to a
stop. Tho barrels OF oil In the second
car from the renr of the first train
were ignitcd instantly and In q mo-
sment the wreckage was ablaze.
Engineer Zimmerman. h had
ibeen knocked to the floor of his cab
by the shock and the rebound that
followed. was the first to reach the de-
molished engine of the second train.
Lying within a foot OF the driver on
the sright hand side was his brakeman.
Bates, his face crushed to a pulp and
his hands raised to his head. He had
been killed instantly.
Bates was STOPPING over his lanterns
In tho caboose- He undoubtedly had
been Jammed against the side OF the
c1r by the colloding engine. Had Con-
dnctor Weed or Williams. who were
IN the cupola. been below they wouI
nave been killed also.
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