The San Francisco call., 1906-12-24
n IL - IL rim
nine KILLED AND.
MANY INJURED
Belated Express Train on
Eastern Road Crashes
Into a Switch Engine
WRECK TAKES FIRE

ENDERLIN, n. D.. Dec. 23.-Loaded
TO It's full capacity with persons CO.
ing to their homes In the East to
spend the Christmas holidays, the
southbound train on the Minneapolis.
ST. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
crashed into switch engine in the
west end of the railroad yards at this
place at 2.10 O'Clock this morning. Nine
men We're killed outright and one died
of his injuries Twenty seven We're
seriously injured. and it is likely that
the death list will be added to.
All of the fatalities occurred in the
smoking car, which was completely tel
escoped By the bag gage car, and only
two of the occupants escaped injury.
The car was crowded, and as the whis-
tie had just sounded for Enderlin al
most every one was on his feet when
the crash came and the dead and
wounded were piled into great heap
with the wreckage.
A rescue party was soon formed and
the work of taking out the dead and
injured was begun at once and contin-
ued throughout the night The little
hospital was crowded with those hurt
and the hotels were converted into
emergency hospitals. where the other
injured were cared for. There are but
four physicians in Enderlin and a
special train with physicians and
nurses was hastily made up at Valley
City and rushed to the scene of the
wreck.
The wreckage took fire from the
overturned stoves used in heating the
cars and there was race between, the
rescuers and the flames. BY almost SUI
perhuman efforts the rescuing party
managed to fight off the flames until
all of the dead and injured had been
removed from the wrecked cars, which
then were allowed to burn
Only a few passengers in the day
coaches were injured. and in the sleep
ers, none of which left the track, there
were no casualties. The dead:
CHARLES BACKUS, Bergen. N. D.
r. ]. VOLKER1NG, Anamoose. n. D.
JOHN SATTERBURG, Anamoose, n. p
TONY GLEEN, velva, ~ 2.
D. ]. BERRESFORD, Medicine Hat
Alberta.
H. ROSENBAUM. yelva, n. D.
w. J. DANIELSON. Sheldon. n. D.
A. o. ANDERSON, Starbuck. Mimi.
NELS HANSON, Kennare, N. D.
1t has SO far been impossible to Sc
cure list of the injured in the wreck
Claim agents and other employees of
the railroad have taken charge Of the
injured and absolutely refuse either to
give out list of those hurt or to per-
nit newspaper CORES pondents to se-
cure the names in other ways. The
newspaper men on the ground have en-
tered a strong protest against this ac-
ton on the part of the railroad officials,
but SO far it has been without avail
The train which was wrecked was
the southbound accommodation $ run
ming between Moose Jaw. Canada and
st. Paul 1t is due here at Has D. nl.
but last night was nearly three hours
late. The engineer was running his
engine at high rate of speed In an
endeavor to make up the lost time. a
switch engine was shifting a cut of
boxcars in the western end of the
yard and had just pushed them on the
siding as the accommodation train sud-
denly swung into sight around the
curve. The siding was not long
enough to allow the boxcars and the
engines to clear the main track and
a head-on collision ensued between the
switch engine and that of the passen-
ger train. Both locomotives were
practically demolished and the baggage
cars crushed through the smoking car,
telescoping it. One of the day coaches
was also derailed. The other day
coaches and the sleeping car did not
leave the track.
1t is impossible to learn who was at
fault for the accident. 1t is said that
the switch engine had been given
portion of the running time of the pas
senger in which to shift cars in the
yards, and II is supposed that the pas
senger train had made up more of it's
lost time than had been anticipated by
the crew of the switch engine.
The Coroner impaneled a jury and
began at once an investigation into
the cause of the wreck.
The engineers and firemen on both
the switch and passenger engines,
when they saw that collision was
inevitable, leaped and saved their
lives.