The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
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Scenes About Wreck Excit-
ing-Occurred on Curve
and High Embanhnent

Eighteen people were 30 seriously
hospitals, and eighteen others re-.
ceived minor injuries when the Great
Northern Oriental Limited No. was
thrown from the rails eight miles west
Of Lakota at 9:10 o'clock Tuesday
night. One Of the victims. Engineer
W. e. Prindeville of Devils Lake may
die. He has both legs broken, a
broken arm and internal injuries. At
noon today the engineer had shown
hopes for his recovery were enter
tanned. His sisters. Miss Helen Prtn-
deville Of Grand Forks, and Miss Mar
tha Prindeville Of Minneapolis left
Grand Forks this morning for Devils
Lake.
The Mst of Injured.
The complete list of injured fol-
lows
Engineer William Prindeville. Dew.
lis Lake. both legs and arm broken
and internal injuries.
A. Palmquist. mail clerk. st. Paul.
Minn., scalp wounds and bruises.
- Cotton. mail clerk. st. Paul,
Minn.. three ribs broken.
Miss Clara Rusness, Inkster. con-
fusion right limb.
Mrs. D. E. Baldwin. Devils Lake,
snkle bruised.
NJ. A. Mace. 271s Penn avenue
north, Minneapolis, back badly hurt.
Scott Berger. Osnabrock. injured on
the head.
Anton Berger. Osnabrock, injured
on head and back.
Dennis Blessas, a, Greek, Minot,
bruises on body
g. w. Colifax. Eureka, Mont, hands
and back injured.
Mrs. q. W. Colifax, Eureka, Mont,
thrown through q window. and back
and feet injured.
Patrick Shields. Granville. collar
bone and rib. broken.
William Henzie. Devils Lake. head
and back injured.
Fireman A. Halverson, Grand
Forks. minor bruises.
M. L. Holman and son, 8 years Of
age. severe brpises on head and body.
A. l.. Harvey. Sherwood. hack in
jnred.
A. J. Got. cook. Minneapolis. in
Mssa Rosie Hermann. Seattle,
thrown through window and back and
Tnohnss o'Brish, st. Cloud. MINI.
bruised and cut.
j. r. Ford, Butte. Mont. hand and
arm cut.
IF. D. White and sons. Frank. Jr.,
and. William. enroute British Colum-
bia to England. all cut and bruised.
Engineer ATTEMPTED to. Jump.
Engineer Prendiville had evidently
attempted to Jump from the cab, as
he was Lying about thirty feet from
the engine. being on the far side Of
the smoking car. which laid between
him and the locomotives. It was in
this jump that he had broken his legs.
How the Wreck Appears.
The wrecked train presented a re-
markahle. appearance when It was
finally brought to a stop. The train
had just. gotten off the curve when it
made the leap from the rails. The
the engine. and was lying next to the
track. about ten feet away from the
rails. Beyond the mail coach. and
closer to the rear part, was the en-
sine. partially buried in the snow and
dirt. The tender was several feet to
the. rear Of the engine.
The baggage. car was in place be-
hind the mail car. and the front part
Of that coach was lying against the
rear part OF the engine.
Back OF these cars and the engine
voe the. day. coach. lying almost at
right angles with the track. The end
closest to the rails was removed about
eight feet.
AT the far end Of the day coach was
the smoking car. the end Of the day
coach being At about the middle Of
Ing car. and forming a ''v'' shape with
the cars making one line and the
coaches the other. stretched the rear
Of the train Three coaches were still
on the grade, one Of these, the third to
the last car Of the train, a standard
Pullman, being partially down the
bank. The dining car was on its side,
as were the tourist cars.
Prof. Birdzell Reaches Home.
Its wonder to me that there was
not someone killed outright in the
wreck OF the Oriental Limited" said
Prof. L. 2. iBlrdzell OF the university
college OF law. who arrived home this
morning. He was In the second to the
last coach on the train, and says he
was never 30 grateful for anything in
his whole life as when the car came to
q dead stop.
Matches Source Of Danger.
Scenes were certainly exciting
about the wreck immediately after the
cEash." said Mr.. Birdzell. In the day
coach. which was lying on it's side. and
where gas was escaping freely, people
we're lighting matches. endankering
their own lives and those Of others.
but those who we're more cool man.
aged to lessen the danger from that
source by issuing orders against thu
use Of matches.
Passengers In the day coach were
compelled TO break their way through
the windows to get out. as the coach
was lying on its side. They had to
climb to the upper side. and crawl out
In that manner.
"Our nrst intimation Of the wreck
came when we felt the eating Of the
coaches ahead. and we braced our
solves against the shock. We were
bumped about quite badly, but nobody
In our car was hurt.
Tho wreck was we'll handled, the
injured were cared for In a rapid
manner"
Convert Pullman Into Hospital.
Injured trainmen and passengers
were taken care Of In one Of the
Pullman sleepers, medical aid being
brought to the scene Of the wreck By
relief trains sent from Devils Lake
ana IAkotA. The hospital car pre-
ssntsd bloody scene whom the ply