The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-11-22
WRECK on MIL WAUKEE
Is FATAL TO ONE
William w. Bates, OF Sioux City. Meets
Death in Collision Of
Freiuht Trains.


Sioux City. Ia. Nov. 2o.--onc man
was killed and four seriously injured nc
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon In Il rear
/ and collision between two westbo1nd
Milwaukee freight trains The wreck
occurred on the sharp curve 200 yards
I south OF the traction company's station
nj Riverside. None OF the injured VIII
die.
WILLIAM W. BATES. 2s?T East
Second street. rear brakeman OF first
train. married.
The Injured
T.. A. Williams. OF Hawarden. pas
fenger In cabonsc OF FIRST train, severe
bruises about legs, arms and chest, and
deep cut under chin.
Frank Weed. s6s3 East Second street.
conductor OF first train. seriously
burned and cut about the face.
VIII IIopkinson. 2ci3 East First
street. engineer second train, ankle
broken and seriously bruised.
Robert Sherman. iil9 Sixth street.
fireman second train. badly cut about
the face, and bruised.
William Vincent. 12l Court street.
rear brakeman for second train. hands
burned while tearing blazing clothes
from Weed.
The first train. I'm charge OF Engi-
neer Phil Zimmerman. and consisting
OF twenty heavily loaded merchandise
cars. had just left the switch at
Brughier''s siding and was craving
slowly along the main track when a
light freight train of seven cnrs, In
charge of Engineer Hopkinnon and
Fireman Sherman, dashed around the
surve at fifteen miles an hour and
crashed into II.
Cars Demolished.
The caboose, I'm which Brakeman
Bates, Conductor Weed and Williams
were riding. and box car loaded with
paint and oil. were demolished, while
the third car from the rear. an empty
tool and bunk car. was knocked from
the truck and lay alongside at right
angles To the engine.
Engineer Hopkinson. or the second
srain. closed the throttle and reversed
when he caught sight OF the train
ahead. Seeing that n collision was In
evitable he jumped from the cab and
few minutes later was found lying
m the right OF way with broken
ankle. Fireman Sherman also jumped.
but although he was painfully cut and
bruised he had sufficient presence OF
mind To remount the engine when IL
rame TO n standstill and turn on the
Injector. thus admitting water To the
boiler and avcrting n possible expios-
Ion.
Engineer Zimmerman, who had been
knocked TO the floor OF his cab by the
shock and the rebound that followed.
was the first TO reach the demolished
engine OF the second train. Lying with
In foot OF the driver on the right
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 the cnboose. He undoubtedly had
been damned against the side OF the
car by the colliding engine. Had Con-
ductor Weed or Williams. who were
I'm the cupoln. been below they would
have been killed also.
Weed Has Close Call.
Weed miraculously escaped with his
lie. having been despatched with burn
Ing oil When first seen he was
scramblirg mudly up the face OF the
steep blum TO the east OF the track,
looking like human torch through the
trees with his clothes mass OF flames.
Vincent. rear brakeman for the sec
ond train. had been thrown 10 the floor
81 the cnbocsc by the collision. lie was
uulnjurcd and jumped of Ia run for
ward. i!c caught sight OF Weed and
started iu pursuit. The poor man was
insane from the pain az his burns. VIM
fNNi Threw Nltil 40 tue kiNA4tl illl pht
out the ilrc with his coat severely
scorchiug lie own hands. To Vinccnts
prompt action Is due the fact that
Weed was not fatally burned.
The case OF tho watch I'm Weeds
vest pocket bccnnfs red hot and burned
n hole through the clothing To his flesh
IL WAS a half hour before II cooled and
could be handled.
George .. Keenan, was head brake
man on the Gccond train. lie was
standing on the !irst car behind the
engine. n coal rack loaded with sand
when the crash came, but was unin-
jurod The cab OF the engine on the
second train was not injured, but two
cars were set on IRE. but were soon
cxtingulshed.
Neither Engineer Zimmerman. Fire.
man Clarence Allen nor brakeman j
G.. Crew. or the first train. were In.
jured Fireman Sherman, or the sec
ond train. was not seriously hurt and
was able To- go To his home. Conductor
Moody. or the second train. escaped
injury.
Within "A minute after the collision
the wrccknge OF the cuboose and the
oil car was blnzIns fcrcely. Tho eight
cen unInjurcd cars or the first train
were quickly pulled To place OF safe
~ 200 yards up the track. and twenty
minutes later a switch engine arrived
from Sioux City and hauled the seven
cars OF tho second train back TO the
yards.