The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-28
Six People Were Injured,
Only One of Whom Was
Was a Passenger
BROKEN RAIL CAUSE AND
NEARLY WHOLE TRAIN D|TCAEO
Fireman Caught Under Overturned
Engine and He Suffered Horrible
AgOnies Before Being Released
Occurred Near Fergus, Falls, Mimi,

Fergus Falls, Minn., Feb. 2S-Train
No. 5, running from st. Paul to Minot,
was derailed this morning at point
four miles northwest of Fergus Falls.
A broken rail threw every coach of
the train, except the rear sleeper,
from the track, while lhe engine,
which was the first to go off, was
thrown down an embankment, being
turned completely around and laid
on its side. Only one passenger was
hurt, but several members of the
train crew and railway postal service
received very severe injuries. Only
one Of the injured, Charles Bohall
Of st. Paul, sustained hurts that may
prove fatal.
Bohall was sleeping in the front
end Of the mail car and when the en-
gine was overturned, the end of the
car was knocked out, the sleeping
man receiving several fierce blows.
His injuries are about the bcak and
hips and may be internal. He is now
in the Fergus Falls hospital.
The others injured are:
Roy Ellingwood. mail clerk, st.
Paul, bruised about head and should
ers.
Frank Ed Reed, mail clerk, st. Paul,
bruised about head.
William Scott, Engineer, bruised
about head and cut about the body.
John ]. Pogreda, fireman, st. Paul,
scalded and crushed Aso badly
frozen while penned under engine in
cold water.
Mrs. - Leidal. Palermo. N. D.,
bruised about the body. She was the
only passenger hurt.
:, Flreman's Terrible Sufferings
4 No victim of the wreck suffered
such painful injuries as did the fire.
man. For over four and half hours
he lay pinned beneath the cab of the
overturned engine. his body being in
ice cold water, which had been made
into puddle by the thawing of the
snow from the heat of the locomo-
tive.
AS he felt the engine leave the
track, he tried to jump. He had one
leg out of the cab window when the
engine turned over, and was caught
In this position. His sufferings were
OF the most painful. as members of
the train crew and passengers work.
cd about him in an effort to free him
from his perilous position. In this
work of rescue, w. Fl. Winchester of
Warren, Minn.. was so active that
the passengers of the train. after be-
ing removed from the scene of the
wreck, called the attention of the
Great Northern officials to his work.
Mr. Winchester was enroute to War;
rem to attend the funeral of his
father, but worked like Trojan to
bring about the liberation of the un-
fortunate fireman.
Came Without Warming.
So sudden was the derailment of
the train that Engineer Scott says he
had no time to even think of jumping
from his post. The train was maxi
ing good speed at the time. as the
cars. one by one, struck the place
where the broken rail had derailed
the engine, they went off the track.
The force of the wreck was so great
that the wheels of the three first
coaches of the train were torn conf
pletely off. and the cars were bat
tered up very badly.
Traffic Tied Up.
lne wreck resulted III general
tieup of traffic in this section for some
time. The Great Northern called out
its wrecking equipment from Grand
Forks and that crew is at work this
afternoon endeavoring to clear up the
wreckage.
Lake Shore Wrecked
Cleveland. Ohio. Feb. 2s-Train No,
25. the west bound "T cntieth Cen
tury Limited" on the Lake Shere. du,
in Chicago at $3.50 "a. H., was derailed
this morning.