The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-31
WRECK ON MIL Ill
PASSENGER NO. ~ LEAVES RAILS
At NIGHT NEAR
MANKATo.
Twin CITY men VICTIMS
Cars and Tender Upset and Every Per-
son Aboard lnjured.-victims
Taken to Hospitals In
Relief Train.

Mankato, Dec. 24.-Every passenger
on Milwaukee train No. 43, due at
Minneapolis at 1910 p. M, was In
jured in a wreck one mile east of Good
Thunder, aboue 1925 last evening.
The spreading of rails caused the &C.
cident. The coaches, mail cars and
even the engine tender were over
turned and fell down an embankment.
The train had slackened' its speed to
cross bridge just before the wreck
occurred and is said to have been 60
ing at about Is miles an hour when
the rails spread.
Although all of the passengers were
alive when taken from the cars, it was
thought that some of them would not
live through the night. Many of them
were suffering from severely crushed
chests. A number of Minneapolis and
st. Paul people were among those on
the train.
The list of injured is as follows:
Wreck Victims.
The train crew, all residents of st.
Paul:
Conductor T. ]. Murphy, back
wrenched.
Engineer Thomas Cary, hips, arms
and face bruised.
Fireman John Anderson, left arm
broken.
Brakeman Frank McNeal, head cut
opd loft orro hrOkon
Minneapolitans Injured.
o. j. Johnson, Minneapolis, news
agent, both knees broken.
S. P. Smith, Minneapolis, hand and
left shoulder dislocated.
Miss Helen Griggs, Minneapolis, left
side hurt.
A. Coleman, Minneapolis, left side
bruised.
Miss Cora Coffin, Minneapolis, left
hip and knees hurt.
Mrs. Eric Coleman, Minneapolis, left
foot hurt.
St. Pauites Injured.
j. E. Ebert, st. Paul, left shoulder
and collar bone broken.
]. T. HUH, st. Paul, express messen-
ger, left arm and wrist broken.
]. Courtney, st. Paul, back and right
leg hurt.
]. NJ. Myron, st. Paul, right hand
cut.
o. Hauzer, st. Paul, right foot brok.
en-.
Basel Dufrane, st. Paul, right hand
crushed.
Injured From Other Places.
w. L. Bradshaw, Mankato, collar
bone and right arm broken and hin
dislocated.
B. Wheeler, Mankato, right leg brok.
A. T. Miller, Mankato, chest crushed.
E. j. Robel, Mankato, head and feet
hurt.
P. Malzalum, Mankato, back
wrenched.
H. J. Riser, Mankato, right hand
hurt.
o. Esse, Mankato, neck cut.
F. Staber, Mankato, left side hurt.
F. c. Davis, Mankato, chest crushed
j. Klapp, Mankato, elbow hurt.
| A. Knott, Mankato, right shoulde,
dislocated.
F. F. Heath, Mankato, knees and
right arm hurt.
George Blach, Mankato, left arm
and head hurt
William A. Benson, Mankato, RICH,
arm broken.
Miss Eva Benson, Mankato, left arm
and shoulder hurt.
Louis Rosen, Mankato, back ant
neck hurt.
M. ]. Nerbovig, Mankato. left liml
broken.
G. A. Wyatt, Mankato, bacl
wrenched and left elbow hurt.
o. Amdalsiud, Mankato, bac]
wrenched and left leg broken.
R. Peterson, Mankato, hands, arm
and head injured.
A. Dawson, Mankato, back wrenche,
and left wrist broken.
o. Ouvil, superintendent of school
of Blue Earth county, left shoulde
dislocated.
George Clifford, Mapleton, head cut
E. P. Farrell, Bloomington, ILL.,, cal
of right leg torn off.
J. Janosko, Clillwick, B. c., hea
cut.
Brakeman Carries News.
The first word of the accident wa
brought to Good Thunder by Brakema
Frank McNeal, who although sufferin
from a number of severe cuts on hi
head and broken arm, walked an
ran the mile from the wreck to til
station. Messages were Immediate
dispatched to Mankato where relic
train was made up to render assistanc
to the victims. Word was also SCI
to Austin and a wrecking train wa
Immediately sent from there.