The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-16
SEVEN KILLED AND
TWEN7Y.TW0HURT
IN SUNDAY WRECK
Missouri Pacific Passenger
Collided Head, on With
Freight Near Omaha
MISUNDERSTANDING OF
ORDERS was THE CAUSE

Conductor Of Freight Sighed on the
Train Register But Did Not Check
the Whereabouts of the Passenger
-Lst Of Dead and Injured.
Omaha, Neb.. Oct. 16-se ven peo-
pie were killed and twenty-t wo in
5ured. four of them seriously in a
collision between Missouri Pacific
passenger train No. 105. north bound
enroute for this city, and fast freight
train at Fort Crook at 10 o'clock Sum
day.
Fort Crook is ten miles south of
this city. The accident is believed to
have resulted from a misunderstand-
ing OF orders on the part of the freight
Passenger train No. los out of Kan.
sas City In charge of Conductor F. r.
Trayers was running late. Conductor
L. Z: Cross Of the freight passed
South Omaha at $3.50. He had 'sign-
ed off" but evidently did not check
the train register as to the where
abouts of No. 1O5.
At the point of collision the track
makes sharp curve. shutting off the
view Of the Fort ;Crook station,
where Engineer E. c. Crawford of the
freight first caught sight of No. 1O5
which was coming at high speed. En-
gineer Crawford. it Is said had no
orders In regard to 1O5. but he whis-
tied and slackened speed. When the
passenger did answer he concluded
that 1t was a. train on the adjoining
burlington tracks but within a short
distance of each other both crews
realized the danger and reversed their
engines. The momentum of the pas
eenger. however. was so great that it
was piled high upon the freight en-
gine. which almost had stopped. The
crews of both engines jumped and
were not injured seriously.
The impact derailed both engines
and telescoped the mail cars upon
the passenger coach, in which about
forty people were riding.
Shrteks and groans mingled with the
hiss OF steam and the cracking of the
cars brought the passengers in the
Pullman rushing to the front Of the
train to find the coach a mass Of
wreckage at the forward end and the
dead and dying lying in every position
from the top of the car. down. DR..
John Coliver of Los Angeles, a pas
Z
ally to assist the injured. The first
man he found was Rouwttmann. who
was blind from blood. mourning for
his wife and child. evidently not
realizing pain. other than the loss Of
his family.
Mourns For Family
"Oh Cod" he moaned. why did
want to live without my wife and
family
The train crew and passengers
formed themselves into a band that
worked under the direction of DR..
Coliver until the arrival of nearby
army post medical corps under Major
Dale and Lieutenant Clark.
AS soon as the extent of the wreck
was realized the call was sent to
Omaha and South Omaha for medical
assistance. Doctors A. H. Koenig. e.
L. Delhanty and F. o. Beck immediate
ly responded together with three
nurses from hospital in Omaha.
Use Operating Room
Major Dale and Lieutenant Clark
post operating room over to the civil
ian doctors who at once began to per-
form such emergency operations as
were needful.
Two squads of soldiers established
a guard about the mail car and kept
the crowd back while the hospital
corps hastened the work Of rescue.
Just as the last man was removed
from the wreckage special relief
train from Omaha arrived with a corp
OF railroad surgeons. These together
with another band Of nurses rendered
all possible assistance.
Shortly before noon, the train re-
turned to this city with the uninjured
and several Of those who were iniur-
ed slightly. and were sent on their
way. The more seriously injured were
being cared for at the army hospital
at Fort Crook.
Governor Gilchrist of Florida who
was a passenger on the Northbound
train, was uninjured.
THE DEAD
F., w. Petring, merchant, Nebras-
Q. w. Keeler, passenger brakeman,
Atchison, Kan.
Mrs. Fred w. Rowttmann, Nebraska
Wisterian Rowttn,aun, 8 years old,
daughter of Mrs. Rowttmann.
scpl,. Mo.
Miss Frances Lillian Kronka, Wash
inxton, d. c.
Unknown colored woman.
The Injured
The seriously injured arc:
FreQ w. 1tOWLtH1dHn, banker, Ne
breska City. wife among the killed.
scalp wound. leg crushed. back hurt
Emma Harvey colored, Kansas City,
both iege broken, hand cut,
w. G. Richards, Maynard. Neb, in
ternal injuries, leg broken.
John Scott, passenger engineer. in
ternal injuries. lacerated head and
face.
Those whose injuries are Of less
RoriONH nature are:
Herman Barber, Auburn. Neb.. con-
cussion.
w. s. West. Kansas City. mail clerk.
leg fractured.
Vernon M. Andrews. Kansas City.
mail clerk, back badly injured. arms
bruised.
Henry Krafe. Nevada. Mo-. lacerat-
Charles F. Nichols. Murray. Neb..
railroad man, scalp hurt. leg bruised.
Miss Hope Conway. Alameda. Cal.
flesh wound on leg.
Edward Collins. Bellevue. Neb..
two ribs fractured. ankle broken.
v. j. Wetherla. Bethel. KAN. arm
bruised, leg lacerated.
+. NJ. Russell. Bethel. Kan. scalp
wound.