The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-25
hideous holes in his throat and seemed
in danger Of collapse.
Opera Singers Heroines.

in danger Of collapse.
Opera Singers Heroines.
Possibly the real heroines of the
wreck were Myrtle Vinton of the Vim
ton Opera company and her companion,
Goldie Correll, who were on the train
bound for Albert Lea. They did not
leaped from the train and with a cool
necs that was marvellous began to tear
up their underclothing into bandages.
Undoubtedly their systematic work as
sisted in saving the lives of several
patients suffering from collapse. Meth
er young woman lost her head for a
moment and Immediately on the ar
rival of the special train from Mime
apolis. they got aboard their car and
continued their trip.
The trainmen who were able to work
were commended highly. J. B. Kelley,
| roadmaster, happened to be on the
wrecked train, and took charge of af-
The fireman, engineer and express
man. got at work at once, and
inspired the townspcople to rcdoubled
efforts to rescue the victims who were
feared to be in danger Of incarceration,
IN case the wreck took fire from the
engines. F. T. Madden, the passenger
who was not handicapped by injuries,
and worked hard.
MIR. Colts Experiences.
M. D. Colt Of Minneapolis, of the
water supply department, was on the
train and assumed charge of the inter-
| lor work on the smoking car. He was
one of the few uninjured railway men,
1T was terrible sight inside the
carr said Mr.. Colt II saw at once
that we could do nothing without jack
screws, and we soon secured them from
the mill men. With the aid of several
of the cooler-headed people, we were
soon at work. Some Of the. men were
pulling the bars out Of the iackscrews,
and when one of them took my bar out
OF my hand [ was angry enough to do
almost anything. With the aid Of
Frank A. Jelinek and J. P. J. Johnson,
the flagman at the New Prague cross
Ing, I managed to make some Roadway
on the tumble. We carried out the dead
men and then released the others who
were pinned down by the tumble Of
seats and wreckage.'
terrifying,' said Jelinek. EEThere was
great confusion and we couldn It tell
how many were groaning their life
away back in the debris under the bag
gage car floor. I carried out Mr.
Brown and Mr.. Demarais. Mr.. Kiln
kerfues was still alive when we laid
him on the grass, but he was too badly
injured to live more than a moment
All Of the dead were badly injured in
their bodies, but their faces were not
m1utllated Peterson of Minneapolis
lay on his back with a car cushion
damned up against his neck, and we
had to chop the seat apart before we
could release him.. -
Formed Living Chain.
B. S. Vanaseck, young man of New
Prague, was one Of the most Jealous of
the rescue workers.. He had taken a
course in first aid to the injured and
did yeoman service. He was one of
the workers in the wrecked car. To
pull out che of the victims Vanaseck
formed a living chain. He crawled
way back under the car floor and
grasped the body of one of the pas
sengers. Another man crawled under
until ne reached Vanaseck' legs and
then the crew outside pulled the three
out. Vanaseck said modestly that he
was able to keep his head pretty well
In the confusion and that his pre-
paratory course in medicine undoubted-
ly stood him in good stead in the emer-
gency He praised highly the efforts
of the women. J. F. Wrabek, the New
Prague postmaster, was early at the
wreck and also gave high praise to the
New Prague women and to Mrs. Durard
for their work.
Relief Measures.
Relief measures in New Prague were
we'll organized by DR.. Laudenberger,
the company's surgeon. Drs. Phillips
and Schneider of Jordan, White of
Montgomery, Lexa, Pozdina and Novak
OF New Prague were, summoned at once.
The Broz hotel was turned into a hos
pital and the city hall into morgue.
Coroner A. Hirscher of Scott county
was summoned by telephone from Shak-
opee and arrived about pm. He d.
rected James Tuna the street commits
sioner, to take charge of the bodies.
which were then in the care of F. J.
Novotny in the fire department s room.
On his arrival the coroner empaneled
jury and ord cred an inquest for Thurs
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F. j. Novotny, M. Novak, H. c.. Eilers.