Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-06-27
sEveN7eEN HURT IN WRECK
Broken Rail Causes Wreck Near
Palermo.

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Palermo.
Seventeen people vera injured In
the wreck of No. 2 on the Great
Northern, four miles west Of Palermo.
No one was killed. Nine cars plunged
down a twenty-foot embankment and
all but the mail car burned. Engi.
neer James Longevan went down the
embankment with his engine. but mi
raculously escaped injury. Fireman
Hugh A. Nolan, who sustained an
injury to his right foot and ankle,
jumped from the engine before it went
down the embankment.
The wreck was caused by broken
rail, which Engineer Longevan says
that he saw before the engine left the
track. Wrecking trains were hurried
to the scene from Minot and Willis
ton, and the injured were cared for in
the hospital at Minot. The injured:
c. H. Jackson, st. -'aul, bruised
about the face and body.
Daniel Davis, st. Paul, injured about
the head.
T. j. Skull, st. Paul, injured on head
and body.
William johnson, Saskatchewan. in.
jured on head and body.
Richard Anderson. Michigan, shout.
der hurt.
Mrs. Nelson, Tennessee, injured in.
ternally.
Kawanish, Japanese en- route for
New York, injured internally.
Thomas Armstrong. Green Bay
Wis.,. injured in one side.
Ole Knutson, Hoople, N. D., left
shoulder hurt.
Ed F. Genoa, brakeman, arm frac
tured.
James Drury. Green Bay, Wis.,, con
fusion of left leg.
John Drury, Green Bay, Wis.,, arm
hurt.
Hugh A. Nolan, Minot, fireman
right foot and ankle bruised.
Miss May Belle Gustafson, injured
about head.
Alfred Gustafson, legs injured.
D. r. Davidson, Lawton. N. D., cut
ON head.
Thomas Bailiff, Portland, bruised OF
face.
1t is not thought that any of the in
jured will die. Mrs. Nelson, who sus
tanned internal injuries, is in abou
the worst condition. Dut the phys
icians believe that she will recover
Kawanish, a japanese, was also in
jured internally, and 1t is impossible
yet to tell how seriously.
The escape of engineer Jane!
Longevan is one of the wonders o
railroad wrecks. Mr.. Longevan stoot
at his post to the last and held to tn
throttle of the engine as it plunged
down a twenty-foot embankment. HI
never wavered, but remained in tn
cab until the engine came to stand
still down the deep grade. Enginee
Longevan said:
1.-The wreck was caused by broker
rail. We were going about thirty mile
an hour. looked ahead and saw tn,
broken end of a rail sticking up ant
I knew that there would be trouble
Immediately put on the air brakes
and could hear the engine strike tn
broken rail. The engine plowed alon,
the road bed and after passing som,
distance plunged down the embank
ment. The fireman, Hugh A. Nolan
jumped from the cab before the en-
CINE left the roadbed. could see hin
lying along the right of way as tn,
engine took the leap.
1.-The man who carried the news o
the wreck to Palermo asked the fire
man what had become of the engineer
and he said: 'Longevan is killed.
saw him go down with the engine
This is how the story Of my supposed
death originated.
Over $500 OF dining car receipt
were burned. This amount of none.
was left there when the business o
the day was over. Nearly every pas
senger lost his ticket.