The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-21
FAST TRAIN KILLS
Ten VICTIMS AND
|OTHERS ARE HURT
One Section Of Flyer On Mil,
waukee Crashes Into the
First Section.

Odessa. Mimi, Dec. 19.-Ten persons
were killed in q wreck on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road here today,
and many more were seriously injured
when the second section of train No.
18, the Columbian from Seattle,
been stopped. on signal. The dead:
MRS. r. C. MYERS, Newcastle. Ind.
MRS. G.. w. BARBER, Perry, Mont.
DIR. r. F. WHITSTONE, M%inneapo-
lis, MINI.
MRS. r. F. wHITsToNE. Minneap-
oils, MINI.
MRS. PETERSON, Green Bay. wis.
THOMAS ALEXANDER, second
cook on diner.
Four unidentified dead.
List of tho Injured.
Following is a list of the more Sc
riously injured:
Conductor McKeene, Of dining car
Minneapolis: Miss Eliza Clement, Bos-
ton, Mass, back and arm: Mrs. w. III.
Perry Vancouver, B; &, heas ssa arm
Wash. back; Ralph D. Brown, Levy,
Mont, back; DR.. Sherman, Levy,
Mont, back: Mrs. Leblan, Seattle,
back injured; Miss LecHa Keane5y,,
Newcastle, Ind. back injured; Mrs. L.
Revier, Three Forks, Mont, slightly
injured: Mrs. F. j. Mather. Butte,
Nloit.s DTuiSeus ItdlpH AMY, dSSii'
8. D., ankle broken; Mrs. Addie
Deutsch. Butte. Mont. ankle; Mrs. F
". Williams. Lennon, S. D., back
strained; Miraldus Peek, Seattle,
WASH, back injured; j. Alexander,
sleeping car porter, bruised: John Sam
uelson, Aberdeen, 8. D., head injured;
Joseph Sandal, body badly bruised; two
sisters, unidentified.
Story OF the Accident.
The accident occurred q short die.
lance from the signal tower here. The
first section had been stopped by the
towerman, because OF q freight train
in the block ahead. The second Sec
ton, which closely followed the first
ives what is known as a silk train car
rying merchandise.
The railway officials attribute the &C
cident to the failure of the operator to
set the signals against the second sec
ton, They also believe the brakeman
of the first section failed to run back to
flag the second section.
Because Of the darkness the en-
gineer of the second section did not see
the rear lights of the train in front In
time to avert a collision.
TIL rear car of the first section vas
telescoped and the car next to it was
badly shattered. The nine dead were
occupants of the last a as We're most
of the injured.
Lie Wreck TORE QOWn inc IHiePrfipn
wires and there was some delay in get
ting word Of the disaster to the head
quarters Of the road.
Seriously injured were talk to a
hospital at O%rtonville, MINI. Heroic
work was done by those on board the
train in assisting the wounded and aid
ing those not injured TO escape from
the wrecked cars.
Taken to Minneapolis.
st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 1S.-Persons in
jured in the wreck at Odessa, Mimi.
were taken to Minneapolis in a special
train.
Details OF the wreck which occurred
at 4:50 a. m. are meager Reports to
officials in the Twin Cities Indicate that
the failure Of the operator to block
the trains caused the accident.
The regular first section was in the
lead. 1t was proceeding slowly when
the second section crashed into the tail
end of the Columbian" The second
section, it is said, was proceeding at a
high speed. A sleeping car and the
dining a We're twisted n those
asleep We're caught in the wreckage.