The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13

to A. The car will be attached to
train No. 5 and will pass through
Mankato at 1920 September II. 1t
September II to September IL at
noon. The railway officials are urg.
ing their employees to visit the car
and hear the lectures which will be
practical rather than technical.
Worthington Globe: A very SER
ious accident occurred on the Omaha
railroad, Thursday evening, August
20, when Lew Sitter, one of the
oldest baggagemen for the Omaha,
had his foot injured in the dynamo
of passenger train No. 1. The ac-
cident occurred Thursday night,
while Mr.. Sitter was on his reg
ular run to st. Paul. AS to just
how the accident happened is not
known, although it was learned Fri
day that the injury was of such a
nature as to make necessary the
amputation of the injured foot. Mr..
Sitter is one of the pioneer rail-
road men of this section of the
country and his many friends in
this locality will regret to learn of
| his misfortune
Rochester Post and Record: John
Morrow, a successful Alaskan miner
and merchant, who has spent the
best years of his life in the min
| ing country acquiring a comfortable
fortune and then engaging in the
mercantile business at Ophir, Alaska,
has lost in brave fight for his
/ life, passing away in this city this
| m n
personal friends came to Rochester
few weeks ago from Ophir, Alaska,
making the journey that required
i fifty-two days, on a stretcher. Upon
arrival here it was found that he
was beyond the aid of human hands
and he has been confined to his
room at The Kahler since, where
/ he breathed his last. The remains
will be taken to Seattle tomorrow.
where he has a widowed mother
and three sisters. With him will go
his Alaskan partner, who has given
him every care and attention here.
st. Peter Free Press: serious
automobile accident happened last
Thursday night about ten o'clock
! The Winton Six car driven by
Claude E. Reynolds was ditched
near the state hospital He was
making the turn to go to the hos
pital when his car skidded into the
ditch on the left side of the road
and turned completely over In the
! car at the time of the accident
were Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Van Ryswyk
and infant daughter and Miss Grace
Blomberg Mr.. Van Ryswyk was pin.
ned under the car and sustained "a
fractured collar bone and several
broken ribs. Mr.. Reynolds was badly
bruised and crushed but was able to
help so as to get Mr.. Van Ryswyk
out from under the car. The two
women and the baby were thrown
out. but fortunately suffered nc
more serious injury than few mi
nor bruises and a bad scare, while
the baby escaped entirely unframed
Mr.. Reynolds was injured most seri
ously and his bruises are of sc
painful a nature that the full ex
tent of his injuries has not been
ascertained, although it is hoped
that no serious consequences will
follow. 1t was fortunate accident
in that some of the occupants Of the
car were not killed outright, and II
is miraculous that they were not
more seriously hurt. The car is bad
ly wrecked. The two wheels on the
left side were torn off, the fender
badly bent and the axle sprung. The
car is a heavy seven passenger one
and the tipping over wrecked it con
Siderably.