Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-25
WINNIPEG TRAIN 70 WRECKED
WHEN % MILES OUT FROM
MINNEAPOLIS.
SECOND TIME TWO MONTHS
Michael n. 'conlsy, q. Paul, Dead,
After HsroieaiIy saving
charpe.-ssvsn Others
Are Injured.


the Great Northern railroad. left the
tracks, % miles west Of Minneapolis,
and went into the ditch dragging with
It four cars.
Fire which started in the overturned
mail car threatened to spread. and but
for the heroic action Of passengers
who formed themselves into bucket
brigade, the whole train would have
been consumed.
The dead:
Michael H. Conley. aged 40 years.
single, st. Paul. engineer.
The injured; II
Mrs. b. Bennett, Drake, N. D.. Pull
man passenger. back severely wrench
ed.
Charles weidman. st. Paul. travel
ing salesman, side injured.
w. Wilton White. shoe salesman,
sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Right hand
badly cut, two arteries severed. SUI
fered from loss Of blood.
Carl Olson, mail clerk. St Paul,
back sprained, shoulder wrenched and
leg bruised.
Melvin Finton, mall clerk, st. Paul.
Back sprained and shoulder bruised
possible internal injuries.
Allan Randolph, Kansas City. Mo-,
farmer, negro, knee hurt.
Joseph ]. Ortman. st. Paul. fireman,
back wrenched.
Travelling at the rate Of 30 miles an
honr the train. which left Minneapolis
ON time at $50 p. m, leaped the rails
1t $3.50, one mile beyond the little
station Of Rogers, Mimi, and about 10
miles east of Monticello. where less
than two months ago. a similar wreck
occurred on the same road.
A defective rail, or an unexpected
lurch Of the engine are put down ~
the only possible cause for the wreck
which endangered the lives Of 200 pas.
sengers, bound for Winnipeg OF points
this side. Engine. tender ann mali
coach landed at the bottom OF 10
foot ENTERTAINMENT, the Eail coach
catching fire and bsGg entirely con-
sumed.
The baggage car, smoker and day
coach directly behind the mail car
left the tracks, h>t remained on top OF
the embankment and were saved only
by the work Of the passengers.
Two Pullman cars which brought up
the rear OF the train were pushed out
Of range of the burning cars by the
willing hands of the passengers, In
GLIDING many women
The overturned tender emptied the
contents Of the coal bunker and the
water tank into pool beside the en-
bankment and from this supply OF
liquid the passengers carried water IN
bucketfuls to save the train from de
struction by fire.
Flames Spread Entire Length.
Flames which started from the over
turned stove in the mail coach, spread
Immediately to the entire length OF
that car, surrounding it with smoke.
A relief train sent out from Mime
.apolis at $3.50 p. m. brought the pas
sengers and crew back to the Twin
Cities.
4 4 Engineer Saves Lives.
The small loss Of life is attributed
directly to the bravery Of the engineer.
Michael H. Conley. of st. Paul. who he
roically stuck to his post and applied
the air to the brakes. thereby holding
the rest Of the train to the tracks.
Joseph J. Ortman. the fireman, was
on the upper side Of the cab and wac
thrown clear Of the locomotive. He
was rendered unconscious. but when
picked up was found to be otherwise
uninjured, except fora slight sprain OF
the back.
vonley, the engineer, was to have
been married In one month. Ortman
says that Conley didn't say . word a.
the locomotive with comparative slow
ness started to topple. He stuck to his
seat grimly with his hand on the lever
operating the air and when the Gu
CINE fell sideways to the bottom OF the
ditch, he was crushed between the
boiler head and the side of the cab.