Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-08-13
NO. 2 WRECKED
A Bridge Near Glendive, Mont,
Burned and No. 2 Wrecked.
Three Men Killed.

lnree Men Killed.
Word was received in the city Mon.
evening Of distressing accident that
occurred at the small station Allard,
short distance this side Of Glendive.
AS near as can be learned bridge
was partly burned and train No. 2,
was wrecked by plunging off the en-
bankment. The engineer, fireman
and the express messenger were
killed and a number of passengers
slightly injured. No serious injury
to any other members of the crew or
to the passengers lis reported. The
! express messengers name is John Will
son of St. Paul, one of the old time
employees of the company. He leaves
wife and two children. The acci-
dent occurred at Allard, the second
siding east of Glendive and happened
about five o'clock yesterday after
noon, No. 2 being on time.
Harry Nierling and O. J. Edwards
of this city were on the mail car but
as far as learned no injury occurred
to either. Owing to a storm last
night the railroad companies wires
west Of Mandan have been seriously
interfered with and messages have
been impossible to get thru. If the
bridge is restored as expected trains
will be running as usual tomorrow.
Further information regarding the
wreck Of No. 2 near Glendive was re-
ceived last night and today. The
list Of dead numbers four, viz. Ex-
press Messenger Wilson, Fireman
Mathews and two unknown tramps
Those most seriously injured are re-
ported to be: G. d. Litch, engineer,
injured internally. H. Oliver, Man
dan, N. d., injured about head.
William Newman, Great Falls, burned
and internal injuries. II. P. Frahl,
Wilton, Mimi, injured back. D. w.
Bean, Brooktield, Mimi, back in
jured. Amund Tuition, Amherst,
Wis, wrist and shoulder injured.
Mrs. Junie, New Ulm, Minn., head
hurt.
Engineer Litch will probably re-
cover and all other persons injured
were reported in a satisfactory con-
dition. One of the passengers on de-
layed No. 2 which reached here to-
day, stated that as near as could be
learned, either l6 or 10 persons were
detained at Glendive in the hospital
and other places until their injuries
could be carefully examined by ply
sicians. Among those injured were
Harry Nierling of jamestown, one of
the mail clerks, who is reported to
have been slightly hurt in one foot,
but not such as preventing him
walking from the car. Postal Clerk
Edwards of Jamestown was also hurt
receiving dislocation Of the shoul-
der and a slight cut upon the head.
The train was running about IS
miles an hour The engine ran onto
; the middle of the bridge and went
straight off, front end down, dis
tance of about 20 feet. The express
car, and mail car also left the track
and piled up on and near the engine,
the mail car going to one side. The
smoking Car also ran off at right
angles, and overturned. The day
coach ran onto the smoking car and
overturned and in this coach occur
red most Of the injuries to the pas
sengers. The fire that started from
the burning bridge plank was soon
put out. One of the hoboes was
found under the engine. John Will
son, the express messenger, was well
known to a number of people in
jamestown. The passengers were
transferred across the creek at the
scene of the disaster and the east
bound thru trains that have arrived
since were trains that were turned
back from their west bound trip
The track will be cleared by this af-
ternoon, and trains run as usual.
A relief train left at once for the
scene of the accident. The day coach
was tilted upward on one end, which
shook up and injured the most Of
the passengers. The baggage and
express were soon removed from that
car and the flames easily extin-
guished. How the bridge caught fire
is not known. The engineer reversed
the engine and threw on the emer-
gency brake which undo doubtedly saved
I the lives Of many people.
rs Henry Mathews, the fireman, re-
sided at Dickinson. Messrs Nierling
and Edwards were detained BY phy-
'sicians in Glendiye, and, were ex-s
pected to get home on Nc today. !.
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