The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-18
THE ORIENTAL LIMITED
WRECKED AND BURNED
Eleven Persons Killed and Twelve Injured at
Bartlett, N. D---One of the Killed Was
VIM. B. Jones, the Mail Clerk,
Former Min0t Boy.

The Oriental Limited, No. l,
the pride Of the Great Northern.
was wrecked and totally destroy
ed by fire Monday morning at
1:23, three-fourths of a mile east
of Bartlett, N. D., while running
at a rate Of perhaps fifty miles an
hour. Eleven people were either
killed outright in the wreck or
cremated, ten Of whom are sup
posed to be Italian laborers who
were occupying a smoking car.
The other was VIM. B. Jones, the,
mail clerk, who formerly lived in
Minot where hundreds of warm
!, friends mourn his untimely
death. Jones was killed instant
ly. He was at work in the front
end of the car when the train
left the track, Jones' body was
recovered a few minutes before
the flames reached that part of
the car. Jones was only about
thirty-one years of age. When
but;a lad he clerked in this city
in Strain Bros store. He was a
fine young fellow, with exempla-
ry habits. He was a member of
the Tyrian Chapter in Minot. He
was married and while of late
years he has lived in Grand
Forks, both he and his wife have
often visited in this city.
Twelve persons were injured I'm
the wreck and are as follows:
Alfred Qualley, Osgood, n. d.,
feet smashed and internally in
jured.
Peter Ferguson, engineer, La
rimore, facecut, severely inJur-
ed about the body.
s~sRoy Cur tis, fireman, Larimore,
N. d., left shoulder broken,
body bruis ed.
Archie Sanders, Florence, Wis,
thigh broker.
C. H. Fpdness, mail clerk,
Grand Forks, eye destroyed ano
both arms smashed.
Matthew Nelson, Fosston
Mimi, left arm broken.
j. ]. Weeks, Minneapolis, trav'
cling salesman, knee broken.
Thomas Ellis, Larimore. neck
and head severely injured.
Isaac MCGOWAN, Grand Forks
travelling salesman, several body
bruises.
Green, "newsy, f" leg;anc
back badly bruised.
The entire train, consisting Of
eight coaches, with the excep'
ton of the sleeper and observa'
ton and sleeping car, was barn
ed.
The engineer believes that the
spreading Of the rails caused the
wreck and suspects that the rails
had been tampered with.
Perhaps the names of the Ia
borers who were killed will never
be known for their bodies have
been burned beyond recognition.
Immediately after the wreck,
"a special train carried the Devils
Lake doctors to the scene of the
wreck and the injured were
placed on the train and taken to
Grand Forks at once where they
are doing very nicely at the
Deaconess hospital.
Roy Curtis, the fireman, had a
miraculous escape. When the
engine went over the steep en-
bankment, he was hurled forty
feet and landed beneath a coach.
He was found in about a foot of
water, not badly hurt.
The G. N. passenger No. 5
was wrecked only about 100
yards from the scene of No. Is
wreck, last summer a strange
coincidence.
E. B. McCutcheon Of this city
was on the wrecked train but
was not injured. He was re-
turning from st. Paul.
Mr.. McCutcheon was seen by an
Independent representative and
induced to tell the story OF the
wreck, altho every time he thinks
OF il, a shudder goes over him.
He said: "We were tied up at
Grand Forks for three hours on
account of a small wreck some
where, and a number OF US who
had come on the Oriental Limit
ed from the Twin Cities, were ac-
tually afraid to 60 any farther.
Some OF us talked Of remain
ing over in Grand Forks, we
seemed to have a premonition