The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-10
\, ?. FAST TRAIN
OERA|lED And
IW0SC0RE HURT
Seeming Miracle; Saved an Aw.
full Slaughter Of Sleeping
Passengers
COACHES ROLLED DOWN A
ten FOOT ENBANKMENT

Broken Ran Threw Train From the
Track But the Front Coaches Skid.
ded Along in the Snow, Breaking the
Eject Of the Crash.
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 10.-Running
at the rate Of fifty miles an hour the
North Coast Limited. the crack train
Of the Northern Pacific, went over a
ten-foot embankment near Mckenzie
shortly after midnight last night. The
engine. mail and baggage cars kept the
grade, although the cars left the rails.
The balance Of the twelve coaches In
the train went down the embankment.
The cars at the front end Of the train
struck q deep snow drift and skidded
along in the snow. Not a car tele-
scoped or smashed. To this fact is
due the absence of fatalities and the
fact that while large number Of
passengers were injured but one or
two of them we're seriously hurt. The
passengers brought to the local hospi-
tai for treatment are:
G. d. Pease, Benton Harbor, Mich.
back hurt and internally injured. Is
serious.
Aaron Remly, Colgate. N. D.. ribs
broke and shoulder dislocated.
+. q. Laviolette, Spokane, WASH,
ribs broken.
H. q. Williams, Pittsburg, face badly
cut with broken glass.
Pierce Apeche, Billings, Mont, soall
wounds and hand injured.
Charles Mill, New York, face badly
cut and scalp wounds.
Meta Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, back
bruised, contusions.
William Frazer. Oshkosh. Wis, back
bruised.
Chris Kruger. Duluth. MIMI, back
Nh. i Montgomery. carringtonl, I n s..
face and body cut. @ @ s: .. .5 t,s. I,
Ben Schubert, Kankakee, I'LL, head
cut and badly bruised.
Mrs. H. w. Cullifore, Seattle, leg
hurt.
The wreck occurred fifteen miles
east Of Bismarck at little station
called Mckenzie and was caused by
broken rail. Most Of the passengers
were asleep when the crash came. Be-
fore they realized what had happened
the cars had left the rails and were
plunging down the embankment. The
lights on the train were extinguished
instantly, as the train is electric light
ed and the cutting of of the engine
left the coaches in total darkness.
Judge N. G. Young Of Fargo, attorney
for the Northern Pacific in the state,
was passenger on the observation
car to Bismarck. He says they heard
q crash and then felt the observation
car running down the side Of the em-
bankment. Few Of the passengers had
sufficient warning to help themselves,
and many were bruised and cut in the
swinging and swaying Of the coaches.
Fortunately the passengers were able
to get out Of the doors and windows.
The night was warm and as soon as
possible a relief train and doctors
were sent from Bismarck and Mandan..
Four physicians and a wrecking crew
were dispatched Immediately and the
injured we're cared for temporarily on
the ground. A fence was pulled down
and set afire. Beds were pulled from
the Pullman car to the fire and the
injured were made az comfortable as
possible until the arrival Of the relief
train. There was large number Of
women and children on the train but
fortunately all escaped with but slight
injuries. The relief train was unable
to reach within mile of the wreck
and the injured passengers were taken
on stretchers and In hay racks to the
station at Mckenzie, whence they were
brought to this city. The doctors
were busy all night dressing the
wounds Of the injured passengers, not
finishing their work until this morn
ing. All of them are doing we'll and
are expected to recover.
Aside from those who were serious
~ enough injured to be taken to the
local hospital about thirty passengers
suffered slight bruises and cuts. These
were cared for at the local hotels and
are ready to start on their Journey az
soon AZ train service is resumed. Judge
Young Of Fargo had his face badly
bruised and was injured by striking
his back against car seat. Apeche,
one Of the passengers injured, was on
his way home from the Rochester hos
pital whore he had just undergone q
surgical operation. The passengers
most seriously injured were in the
smoker and one or two Of them were.
thrown clear through the car windows
in the derailing Of the cars. H. q.
Williams of Allegheny was thrown
through q car window and his head
and body was so badly cut that he.
nearly died from the loss Of blood be-