The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-20

shows clearly that the dispatches from
Spokane have left untold the worst
features of the wreck.
Mr.. Dixon says that up to date TWEEN
ty.three are dead and 102 injured vic
tins are being cared for in Spokane
hospitals, as a result of the terrible
accident
Ed Dixon Badly Hurt.
Dixon sustained more serious in.
juries than was at first reported. His
right elbow was bruised and cut; he
sustained a cash on the head; his right
leg was broken in two places between
the knee and ankle; he received a Sc
we're bruise on the left thigh about the
size of a saucer and came near get.
ting broken thigh. A three-cornered
piece of wood was damned clear
through his derby hat. He will be in
bed six or seven weeks before he will
be able to be lifted into a wheeling
chair. He has been splitting blood
since the accident.
William Beck's Injuries.
William Beck, the Northwestern
conductor who was with Dixon, has
two broken arms, each arm being
broken just above the wrist his left
elbow was broken; face cut and right
leg bruised.
One of Dixon's fractured legs, after
starting to knit, had to be broken
again to get it straight.
John Bridge, formerly of Norfolk,
writing about the wreck, says that
when Dixon got to the hospital the
suit of clothes he wore was a solid
mass of blood.
Ten Dead Right Around Him.
Ten people were killed right around
Dixon. He considers himself remark
ably lucky to have escaped with his
life.
Beck sustained his injuries jumping
through window when he saw the
crash coming. Dixon was on the other
side and was unable to move.
The car in which he was riding was
telescoped until it was only twelve feet
long, by actual measurement.
Woman Dies Across His Feet.
Dixon tells of a sickening moment
when one poor woman, the top of her
head knocked off by big timber, died
lying across his broken leg.
Following is a part of the letter:
Well, old man, guess I'm up against
"big cigar" for awhile. 1t will be
six or seven weeks before l get up out
of this into a wheel chair. 1t was the
| fercest deal l was ever in or saw. |
stood and watched them come right
together. I could not get away from
| It, That car looked as big as a noun
tain. The car in which / was riding
telescoped until it was only twelve
feet long by actual measurement. Ten
people were killed around me. l was
| lucky. One woman died across my
legs, the top of her head knocked off
/ by a big timber. besides slivers run
into her body. 1t was sickening
sight. I was blood all over from cut
on the head of my own and others
! bleeding over me.
So far twenty-three are dead, 102
| injured. This hospital is overcrowded,
not help enough, flies are fierce, no
screens at the windows or doors, the
grub is the limit-always cold. l
asked the guy yesterday how far away
| the kitchen was. He said, ooh, it's
right down here" told him thought
it was a couple of miles away, as
everything was always cold.
This hospital dip" is simply rotten.
| I'd give a good deal for a cup Of
ma'am's good coffee. Been having
some fever, but it's going down now.
Slept pretty good last night; night be-
| fore, not at all.
l have been splitting blood ever
since the wreck. DR.. is looking after
| it, though. Can't write any more
my arm is too tired from writing, now.