New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-11-06
John Gratz, Formerly Of New
Ulm, Meets With Serious
Accident.
North Western Passenger
Kills Five Valuable Colts
for D. Williams.

John Gratz who was born and
raised here, met with q serious acci-
dent directly west of st. Charles q
point 80 miles this side of Winona
SUNDAY night at 1l:3O which, if it
does Lot prove fatal, will lay him up
for long time and may leave him
permanently crippled.
Mr.. Cratz has been freight copduc-
tor on the Chicago & Northwestt I'm
for the past four years and until last
July was employed in the local yards
Since then he has been on regular
run from Waseca to Winona.
On the Inflated night be was in
charge of -four train, No. 482 going
from Waseca to Winona. Shortly
before the accident happened, he was
walking along on top of the cars as is
the custom with trainmen when they
near q station. After the train
stopped, be climbed down the side of
the car and when he bad reached the
last rung of the ladder, he stepped off,
expecting to strike solid ground. Just
at this point there is y huge culvert
which was not known to him at the
time and in stopping over too far, he
fell off the embankment, . distance of
Is feet striking on the hard GROUND
with full force. His head was severely
bruised and he received other painful
injuries. When found shortly after
wards he was unconscious. he was
Immediately taken to the Rochester
Hospital in charge Of the Msyos
where according to the attending
ply sician he IL resting - easily rs
can be expected under the circum-
stances. An examin alton at the hos
pital disclosed the fact that be had
received some ugly wounds on the
head and that he was partially para
lyzed as he is unable to move his
right arm or his right leg. The ex-
tent of his injuries has not been def
nitely determined at this writing. He
has been hurt internally but how
seriously may not be fully known for
few days. Mr.. Gratz is a married
man and his family still lives here.
Mrs. Grstz (nee' Guldan) left for
Rochester Monday morning and will
remain at the bedside of her husb band
until he is out of danger. Since
writing the above We learn that Mr..
Gratz is resting comfortably and that
he is out of danger.
Passenger train No. SIT of the Chi
cago & Northwestern in Oh arge of
Engineer Billiard struck and killed
five colts belonging to Dan Williams
near Cambria Monday morning about
one O'Clock. Four of them we're killed
outright and the fifth had one leg cut
of and was put out of its misery by
the section crew when they went to
work. #.. ..
Mr.. Williams had his colts in the
pasture that night as he had during
the entire summer, and as far as he
could see they we're out Of harms
way, as the gate leading to the right
of way was closed and was found
closed the next morning. An investi-
cation, however, disclosed the fact
that the colts had escaped upon the
right of way at this point. How the
gate was opened and how it happened
to be closed the next morning is still
shrouded In mystery.
MIR. Williams did not learn of the
accident to bis colts until the threshers
came around tho next morning and
told him about il. He immediately
investigated and found bis colts dead
on the Northvestern's right OF way.
Mr.. Williams Immediately wired tho
Supt. Of the company apprssing him
of his loss, which he estimates 70 be-
In the neighborhood of $1,000. Three
OF the colts we're year olds, ono 4
years old and one II years old.