Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-01-04
FIVE KILLED IN
6, n. WRECK
FATAL ACCIDENT CAUSED BY
BROKEN RAIL NEAR
SHARON, N. ID.

Finley. N. D., Dec. 81
The G. N. coast train Oregonian
which was wrecked three miles south
Of Sharon, December 30th, added
another to the winters fatalities in
railroad circles. Three coaches OF
the train are now in ashes and five
persons lost their lives as follows:
Official List of Dead
Albert Lodge, chef on diner, St.
Paul
Joseph Mosher, cook on diner,
st. Paul.
M. Mahoney, brakeman, White
fish, Mont.
Mrs. Martha Keefer, St. Paul.
Five-months-old child of DR.. and
Mrs. ]. Bailey, Bottineau, N. D.
Three victims were burned to
death in full view of the passengers.
Immediately after the cars top
pied over into the ditch they could
be seen pinioned under the wreck
age, but rescuers were unable to
reach them. They did not appear
seriously injured, but before the
heavy steel girders and timbers
could be pried off them the fire be-
came too hot to permit rescue. 1t
will be impossible to identify any
bodies from the remains. The wreck
was caused by broken rail. Gener-
al Manager ]. M. Gruber's car was
attached to the train and it and the
observation car were the only ones
to remain on the rails.
Among the injured are:
Hans Peterson, Tracy, Mimi;
three ribs broken, spine injured, and
internally hurt.
Mrs. Nellie Frank, 1926 Ellis ave-
nue., Chicago; sprained knee and
bruised.
James Riley, dislocated shoulder.
Frank Kimball, Mason City, Ia,
spine injured.
Miss Vera Deits, Alexandria, MINI;
badly cut and body bruised.
T. M. Crowder, conductor of the
train; skull badly bruised.
II. Steele, passenger, Campbell,
Mimi, slight abrasions.
w. J. Laramie, passenger, White
fish, Mont, slightly bruised.
Jeffries, passenger, Minot,
N. D., leg bruised.
s. Dickson, st. Paul, sleeping car
conductor, arm bruised.
August Hern, passenger, Minneap-
oils. slightly bruised.
John Muller, Minot, N. D., bruised
about body.
Rescue work has been hampered
by a high wind and temperature
Of IL degrees below zero. The
weather has also added to the sum
ering of the injured. Three of the
wreck victims were burned to death
under the wreckage in sight of the
other passengers, who were power
less to give aid. The bodies of four
victims were brought here late today
and are in charge of local under
taker. The injured were taken to
Fargo, N. d., and Devils Lake, N. D.,
and Breckenridge, Minn., while the
other passengers were sent to Fargo
for the night and will resume their
journey tomorrow.
The Oregonian was travelling at
the rate of about forty miles an hour
when the outer rail on the slight
curve, three miles from this city,
broke, under the rear truck of the
smoking car. The train was compos-
6 ed of baggage car, mail car, tour
ist car, two Pullmans, an observa-
tion car and special car occupied
by General Manager Gruber.
The fatalities occurred in the din
ing car and the bodies were burned
to a crisp by fire originating in the
debris.
With the thermometer registering
Il 12 below and with a twelve mile
wind blowing the injured passengers
ana trainmen suffered considerably
before they could be given aid. The
general managers car. and obserya-
tion car were both transformed into
temporary hospitals for the relief
Of the victims while others were
taken to farm houses near by. Medi-
cal aid was summoned from Sharon.
the engine remaining on the track.
sharon sent citizens to the rescue
also, and they worked all morning
caring for the injured.
A special train was called from
Devils Lake as we'll as the wrecking
crew from Casselton. The heavy
4 locomotive. it / appears, broke one