The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-09
WATCH SAVED THE
LIFE Of J.
M0EDE
It Was Struck By Pipe and
Protected Body From Ter
rible Blow.
OLIVE OIL AND NAPKINS
Were Used By Duluth Man in
Binding and Healing the
Injuries.
OLIVE OIL AND NAPKINS

]. Moede the Griggs, Cooper traveller
probably had one of the most miracu-
lous escapes of the Ojata Oriental
Limited wreck. He was sitting in
the back end of the smoker when the
horrible crash came with its havoc of
flying timbers and broken glass.
Mr.. Moede was in the midst of the
flying missiles of death, He was
struck in the stomach by a flying rod
and would undoubtedly have been
mangled had not the rod luckily struck
his watch. The force of the blow was
SO great as to crush the watch case
together as though it were so much
paper. Mr.. Moede's hat also shows
signs of being struck by flying missiles,
the rim being torn half way around the
top.
Many grimly humorous incidents of
the wreck are being told today. Mr.:
Moede states that when the crash came
he jumped into the aisle only to be
hurled to the floor by the ton or more
of debris. When he struggled to his
feet, he discovered that he was carry
ing in his arms a small baby which
had been thrown to the floor.
Escaped Through Windows.
Many of the passengers utilized the
windows to escape from the wreck.
V. r. Waldo with F. A. Patrick of Du-
luth, was one of those to aid in the
rescue work. He was sitting four or
five seats back of the place where w.
c. Anderson met his death. When the
coach stopped, Mr.. Waldo broke a
window and crawled outside The
lights had gone out in the meantime
and the women and children were
cropping through the mass of splintered
seats with cries of terror.
P. j. SALES, the Stone, Ordean, Wells
man was sitting with Mr. Waldo, and
after both had escaped via the window
route, they aided in the rescue work.
They pulled a lady through one WIN
dow and farther back in the coach res
cued mother and three terror
stricken children. While engaged in
this work, they were startled by cry
from overhead For Gods sake help
me down." Looking up they discover
ed one of the mail clerks clinging 20
the roof of the mail car which had
been cut in two by the day coach.
They helped him from his perilous po-
sition. They also assisted w. c. An
drews out of the wreckage. Mr. Wal
do states that the cook on the dining
car did heroic work.
They Transferred.
F. J .Clough with the Superior CT
gar Manufacturing company of De-
troit, Mich, also had a narrow escape
from death. Mr.. Clough was sitting
in the day coach in which the fatalities
occurred, and just previous to the pile
up, had spoken about a wreck. He
transferred from train No. 6 to the
Oriental at Rugby. and says many
other passengers did likewise, this
accounting for the exceptionally large
crowd aboard the wrecked train.
Olive Oil and Napkins.
Charles ]. Chapman of Duluth with
Freiker Bros. & Co., was seated in the
smoker when the 1rst "spasm" was
felt. He jumped to the aisle seized
the sides of the seats and awaited the
end. Mr.. Chapman says the first no.
tice of an accident was rumble fol-
lowed In quick succession by tremor
which shook the entire train. Then
came the rending shock of the car as
it hit the ditch and half upturned.
AS soon as the car stopped Mr.
Chapman rushed out to aid in the
rescue work, he himself escaping with
but slight bruises. AS he scrambled
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