The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-15
TELL THE BOYS I'll
SOON Be BACK
ON RUN
So Says Engineer Prindeville
From Bed in Devils Lake
Hospital Today
DID
VALIANT WORK
University College of Law
Man and Three Passen-
gers Gain Distinction
"I'Lh SOON BE BACK ON
TIN RUN" SAYS ENGINEER

u "I'Ln SOON BE BACK ON v
- THE RUN" SAYS ENGINEER y
You can tell the boys I'll he /"
. back on the run again pretty .
. soon." says Engineer w. Z. Prin- I"
> deville of the Great Northern. ly- Z"
: ing on a he'd in the general hospi- +"
' tai at Devils Lake. this morning. =
= I'm going to get we'll again and .
. it won't he long before / will be =
' pulling No. 2 from Devils Lake .
= to Grand Forks again. {"
" Engineer Prindeville was the =
= most seriously injured in the +"
: wreck of the Great Northern =
= train, No. .. near Doyon Tuesday .
. evening. .
This morning a thorough en- Il
= animation of all wreck victims /"
' was made and resulted in the .
statement that none would he =
' manned for life. except. probably. "
' in a minor way. .
Edward Prentice, conductor OH the
Oriental Limited, No. . which was de-
rallied at DoNon Tuesday night. was
the hero of the wreck according to
passengers who participated in the
disaster, and it was because of his eX-
SeiieIiI WoTh thdl tle injured were ~
we'll cared for. and that the situation
was in hand within such a compare
lively short after the coaches went off
the rails.
Four hours he worked about the
wreck. sometimes wading in water
above his knees. and during the entire
time he was engaged in helping his
charges-the passengers. When the
wreck occurred Conductor Prentice
was in the rca tourist Pullman, and
by the time he WAS able to break his
way out of the side of the car. the
day coach and tho smoker. where
rcsemblcd chambers of horror.
With the big gas tanks under the
several cars broken. and with gas
flowing freely. passengers began
lighting matches i'm the cars to find
their way out. but the conductor was
finally successful in averting danger
On hat score.
Cannot Appreciate Horrors.
When n reads of a wreck" said
one of tho passengers, "lc little APP
preciates what happened. But when
you are on The scene and come out of
a comfortable coach into the dark
night. with the train strewn over the
prairie:. with children crying, women
'Aotei iehi anu StIoHS HIGH uSIitlIS
With each other to get out. you begin
to understand more thoroughly what
a wreck means. That was the situa-
ton at Doyon. Great Northern
luck" had nothing to do with the fact
that the results were not SO serious.
1t is the equipment that is responsible
for the fact"
L.. F.. Birdzell of the University Of
North Dakota college of law. and
Conductor Fullerton OF the dining car,
were other men who did valient work
during the wreck. while three passen-
gers assumed command Of portions
of the work.
The wreck is being cleaned up very
rapidly and soon all evidence of it
will disappear from the scene Of the
disaster. Trains are running over the
route regularly, there being no fur
Their delay to traffic.
Engineer Prindeville. SO seriously
injured in the wreck. is not married.
One a Travelling Man.
The Minneapolis Journal has the
following with reference to two of the
injured:
IN. a. Mace, 271s Penn avenue n,
injured in the Doyon. N. D.. wreck.
has travelled for the state penitentiary
for eighteen months. disposing of it's
stock of binding Irvine to dealers. He
has a wife and three children. War
den Henry Wolfer of the prison says
he wired several days ago for Mr..
Mace to come in. He had O heard
of his injury in the wreck and took
steps al once to visit the family.
"A. j. Golf. Is Fifteenth street n, in
the list Of seriously injured. was MAX
ing his first trip on the Oriental Linn
tied. as second cook. He left home
February S and was expected back at
1880 a. m. yesterday. He has q wife
and m boy.