Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-19
Sleeping Car
 Telescoped
TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK IN
 MINNESOTA.
A REAR-END COLLISION
Second Section of "coIumbian Flyer" Crashes Into Rear of First Section
 The Injured Victims Number Twenty

OdessS, Minn., Dec 1s-Twelve are dead and nearly twenty are more or less seriously injured as the result of silk train on the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul road, which was running as section No. 2 of the Colum- bian Flyer, dashing into the real sleep CT of the flyer at the staten here early today The engine of the silk special plowed for five feet into the sleeper, but the greatest loss of life was in the front end of the sleeper, which was telescoped by the dining car just ahead
 Two Bodies Cut to Pieces.
 Long after it was believed all the dead had been removed from the de- bris, wreckers late this afternoon found two bodies iE the sleeper literally cut to pieces. Identification of these, it was stated tonight, is impossible.
 Sleeper Gut in Two.
 Although both the diner and sleep e were of steel, the former shearei the upper portion of the sleeper from the floor as If 1t had been cardboard. In some manner the diners floor be- came elevated slightly above that of the sleeper, at the impact, and with all the force of section No. 2's engine behind the sleep er was .amma1 along for fully 25 feet, while the diner. as gigantic knife. cut away the upper structure, and did it's work of destruc- ton.
 The Dead.
 The dead are:
 Dr. R. F. Whetson, Minneapolis.
 Mrs. R. F. Whetstone. Minneapo (Relatives question whether Mrs. Whetstone was on the tra-in-)
 Mrs R. M z, Myer. Newcastle. Ind
 Mrs Mrs z " Barber. Barber A Terry, TGsniss Mont D., wife Of Supt. Richards of the Trans Missouri Slope division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rail- road.
 
 Mir and Mrs. Richards
 Miss - Petersen, Green Bay, Wis.
 - McCone. Minneapolis. sleeping car conductor.
 cook in dining car
 Unidentified man, about 25 to 30 years old. a passenger.
 Two unidentified passengers found in sleeper.
 The Injured.
 Among tine injured are the follow c. C. Cragin, New York.
 w. H. Swan, Toronto, Canada.
 Responsibility Not Fixed.
 Responsibility for the wreck has not been determined definitely, but is said tonville Junction. the operator here, and the flagman of the flyer. Of all the occupants of the sleeper, but two escaped without injury. Immediately d1ltf tle dCClQ0nL l4I6 uHIuJuIeQ Ildf5- tened to the work of rescue and many feats of heroism were performed.
 Bluejacket Does Good Work.
 G. F. 8chuster. a bluejacket on the battieshfp West Virginia, on his way to his home in Toledo. Ohio. on fur tough, was conspicuous in the work of rescue. T was dead for lack of sleep" he said, "and didn't know anything of the wreck until awakened by the groans and screams. Then I got cut and went to work
 'It was & terrible sight" said Alpha LeBlanc, who was but slightly injured. That sailor boy Schuster did wonders in getting the injured and the bodies of the dead from the wreckage.''
 Injured Taken to Minneapolis. Nearly all of the injured were taken to Minneapolis. and many of them continued on to their destinations. The bodies of the dead are being held here and will be sent to their destina tions as soon as word can be heard from relatives
 Due to CareIessnsss. Minneapolis, M1nn-. Dec. 1s-That earelessness by two operators and a f1agman caused the wreck on the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway at Odessa today. was stated by J. H. Foster, assistant general superintend- snt of the road.