The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-09-28
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Joseph Kuba of Winona, the last MAJ
taken out of the wrecked car, was
found with a bent iron pressed hard
| up against his hack, but which had not
entered his flesh. George Mertens of
New Prague had just recovered from a
broken leg and the other was fractured
in the wreck.
Arthur kilmeyer of Albert Lea, fire.
man on the wrecked freight engine,
chung to life until 5 p. m He was so
badly scalded that little hope was held
out for his recovery, even in case he
had fingered for days. He also suf-
fered a dislOcation of the left hip and
a confusion of the head. Although he
vas apparently conscious until late in
the afternoon, no lucid story could be
secured from him. He dictated a mes
sage to his wife at Albert Lea, and
continually talked about "half a car
length" 1t was the opinion of railroad
men that the crew on the freight en-
CINE knew nothing of the danger until
the crash came and that Kilmeyer
meant that if he had Jumped half a car
length zone he would have escaped.
He was evidently rolled out of the cab
by the collision.
Kilmeyer was carried to a little cot
tage a few hundred feet from the
wreck and there his life ebbed away.
despite the efforts of Drs. Owre and
Hamilton of Minneapolis.
The engineer, Thomas Mcdonald,
Jared better than his fireman, yet he
was so badly injured that no attempt
was made to get an explanation of the
disaster from him. His right shoulder
was dislOcated and his right scapula
was fractured. He had a deep wound
on his forehead, which dazed him, and
the doctors pulled out a jagged piece
of glass, which had sunk six inches into
his hip.
Frank Wrabek, nineteen years old,
who was riding on the right side gang
way of the freight engine, was caught
between the boilerheaC and the front of
the tender. His right leg was pinched
off and it was found later where the
train struck. He was killed instantly.
W. HI. Smith, travelling engineer;
William Wescott, engineer, and l..
Adams. fireman, of Minneapolis, all
jumped from the passenger engine be-
fore the collision. Smith dislocated his
left shoulder, while the other two were
only bruised.
The conductor, c. !. Tierney of ST..
Paul, was just leaving the baggage car
for the smoker, when he wa suddenly
thrown into a corner and buried under
a pile of trunks. Although badly in
jured, Tierney immediately took charge
of affairs, and as soon as his injuries
We're cared for, he took his train again.
Tierney was praised tightly for his cool
ness in the situation and his eagerness
to keep the news flom his wife. who
was seriously i'll in st. Paul. He suf-
fered from a "green-twist twist" of a
rib and his face was lady swollen.
H. d. Mathews, the baggageman, who
rescued Mr.. Tierney from his predica-
ment, was a hero also. Although his
knee and hip were sprained and his
cheek was gashed and Bruised. he con-
tinued at work. Fred Beardsley of Min
neapolis, the "newsie" was one of the
most fortunate persons on the train. He
went back into the coaches to pick up
magazines. A passenger stopped him
to talk and he was just re-entering the
smoker when the baggage car began its
crash through his ear. He was uninjured.
One passenger, describing the wreck
and scenes incident thereto, said:
"The worst sight of all was that of
the four men who had but a short time
before been enjoying themselves at
cards. McLain, who was the, only one
who was alive, was wedged in in SUCH
a way that it was necessary to break
the legs of one, of, the dead men in order
to extricate him." Mr.. Mclean is a part
ner of c. H. Saulpaugh in the automo-
bile business in this city.
Thee wreck is the worst in the his
tory of the Ninneanolis & st. Louis
road.
T. Uncanny stories regarding the robbery
of the dead and injured are being circu-
lated. 1t seems that even in a disaster
of this kind the ghoul who fattens on
the LEAD bodies of tie victims of such
unfortunate accidents was busy. Sew
eral cases have already been reported
and an investigation is being made.
Among those robbed is a man whose
home is in Jordan, MINI. He claims, it
is said. that he was robbed of 800 dur
ing the confusion which followed the
wreck. Another of the victims who is
now at the st. Barnabas hospital. Min
n~eapolis. claims that he lost $45 in cash
and a gold watch, and there are others
who have the same complaint to make.
The authorities are now trying to ver-
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