The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
PASSENGER NO. 40 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.

on Milwaukee train Nc. AZ, due at
Minneapolis at 1910 p. m, was IN
jured in a wreck one mile east OF Good
Thunder, about 1925 last evening.
The spreading of rails caused h ac-
cident. The coaches, mail cars and
ever the engine tender We're over
turned and fell down an embankment.
The train had slackened its speed TO
cross a bridge just before the wreck
occurred and is said to have been go
ing at about % 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:
Dr.. 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
and left arm broken.
MinneapoIitans 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. Paulites 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.
J.. NJ. Myron, st. Paul, right hand
cut.
o. Hauzer, st, Paul, right foot brok-
en-.
Bascel Dufrane, st. Paul, right hand
crushed.
Injured From Other Places.
w. l.. Bradshaw, Mankato, collar
bone and right arm broken aud hip
dislocated.
B. Wheeler, Mankato, right leg brok-
en-.
A. T. Miller, Mankato, chest crushed.
e. j. Robel, Mankato, head and feet
hurt.
P. Malzalum, Mankato, back
wrenched.
H. ]. Riser, Mankato, right hand
hurt.
o. ESse, Mankato, neck cut.
+. Staber, Mankato, left side hurt.
F. c. Davis, Mankato, chest crushed.
j. Knapp, Mankato, elbow hurt.
A. Knott, Mankato, right shoulder
dislocated.
F. F. Heath, Mankato, knees and
right arm hurt.
George Blach, Mankato, left arm
and head hurt.
William A. Benson, Mankato, right
arm broken.
Miss Eva Benson, Mankato, left arm
and shoulder hurt.
Louis Rosen, Mankato, back and
neck hurt.
NJ. J. Nerbovig, Mankato, left limb
broken.
c. A. Wyatt, Mankato, back
wrenched and left elbow hurt.
o. Amdalsiud, Mankato, back
wrenched and left leg broken.
r. Peterson, Mankato, hands, arms
and head injured.
A. Dawson, Mankato, back wrenched
and left wrist broken.
o. Ouvil, superintendent of schools
of Blue Earth county, left shoulder
d~islocated.
George Clifford, Mapleton, head cut.
E. P. Farrell, Bloomington, Ill, cali
of righ, leg torn off.
j. Janosko, Chillwick, B. c., head
cut.
Brakeman Carries News.
The first word of the accident was
brought to Good Thunder by Brakeman
Frank McNeal, who although suffering
from a number of severe cuts on his
head and a broken arm, walked and
ran the mile from the wreck to the
station. Messages were immediately
dispatched to Mankato where a relief
train was made up to render assistance
to the victims. Word was also SEM
to Austin and a wrecking train was
Immediately sent from there.