The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-06-06
HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Assistant Supt. Mackinnon
of the Breckenridge division of
the Great Northern, with head
quarters at Breckenridge, mar.
rowly escaped serious injury, if
not death, by falling between
the depot platform and a fastlv
moving train Wednesday even.
ing.
Mr.. Mackinnon arrived in
Havana from the west on extra
No. 1888 which was returning
from Aberdeen where it had
taken train load of gravel for
the new yards there. The extra
sidetracked here for freight No.
335. due here at 1925, but which
was late Wednesday.
The extra backed out of the
west switch at 9:15 and passed
the depot at a fast clipp. Mr..
Mackinnon was on the depot
platform and attempted to
board the moving train. He
jumped for the head end of the
caboose but missed it and fell
between the depot platform and
the moving car. Where the
official fell the platform is open
underneath and the roadbed
inclines from the track toward
the depot. In falling his right
arm and leg extended out over
the rail but he rolled down the
embankment before the rear
wheels of the car reached him.
After the train had passed he
got up without a scratch and
remained decidedly cool for
having had such narrow
escape.
There is only small space
between a car standing on the
track and the platform and it
was narrow escape for the as
sistant superintendent. He
probably owes his life to the
fact that the depot platform is
open underneath and the steep
incline from the track. Mr..
Mackinnon left on the passen-
ger at 1O:11 p. m for Brecken-
ridge.-Havana Record.
WAHPEToN BOY HoNoRED.
Rev. Milo T. Morrill,, Secre-
ta1y of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Christian
church and former Wahpeton
boy, sailed Oh Saturday June
lst, for Porto Rico on duties
connected with his missionary
work. AS commentary on the
reward of merit we append a
short sketch of his life work:
Rev. MILO True Morrill,. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Morrill,, of
this city, came to Wahpeton
with his parents in 1879. He
was the first student to gradu-
ate from the Wahpeton school,
while Prof. w. G. Crocker was
principal. Later he attended
Harnline University, Mimi. A
record of the work he did there
enabled him to attend Carlton
College at Northtield and grad
uating from that institution,
took a years post graduate
course at Harvard University,
Mass. Following medical ad-
vice he went to Los Gatos, Cal,
where he remained fora season.
Returning from there he took
position as teacher in Starkey
Seminary, N. Y. From there he
went to Woodstock, Vermont,
where he accepted the pastor
ate of the Christian church,
which position he held for nine
years, and from there he went
to Hanover, n. H., and served
two years as assistant pastor of
the church in that village. At
the close of this engagement
he was requested to remain an
other year or more, but while
attending the Christian Quad
rennial Convention last fail, he
was elected to the Office of
Foreig Mission Secretary. At
the close of that convention he
came with his family and made
a short visit in Wahpeton.
Later he was sent to Porto Rico,
where the Christians have sew
eral missionaries, to learn the
conditions and present needs
of the land. He returned from
there last February. The board
recently decided to send him to
Porto Rico again to attend to
the letting of the contract for a
new church, to see the work
commenced and to attend to
other matters pertaining to the
mission.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.