The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-17
Wreck On Milwaukee Road Near
Wells Late Yesterday.
LOCOMOTIVE TURNED TURTLE
Went Down TwenH-Four Foot Embank-
ment; Smoking Car Was Thrown
From Track.
THE DEAD.
Dan Heating, Austin, fireman.


THE INJURED.
c. n. Moore, Austin, engineer,
shoulder broken, injured internally.
John Wheldon, La Crosse, eonduc-
tor, head cut, injured internally.
J. II. Carroll, Minneapolis, travel
ing man, back injured.
Charles Memo, Minneapolis, news
agent, bruised and injured inter
ternaIIy.
John Newcomb, La Crosse, bag
sageman, slight injuries.
From Fridays Daily. !.
While running at the rate of
twenty-five miles an hour over
tracks that were packed with sand
and dirt, passenger train on the
Southern Minnesota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road was thrown down twenty-four
foot embankment and the fireman
was killed, engineer seriously injured
and other trainmen hurt; also pas
Sengers were cut and bruised. The
wreck occurred two and one-half
mics west of We::s at ABOUT five
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The engine plunged down the
south side of the track and ends
were reversed so that it was headed
toward the west, and turned COM
pletely over. The tender was drawn
east of the engine about fifteen or
twenty feet and also turned over,
while the mail car was carried
down the embankment and was
thrown in an upright position, as
though it stood on rails. One end
of the mail car stood touching the
tender while the other end stood as
though connected with the engine.
The baggage car turned completely
over and lay upside down just west
of the engine. The smoker went
part ways down the embankment
and turned partly over. This car so
tilted that the passengers had to
crawl out in order to reach safety.
The ladies' coach, however, which
was more to the rear in the train,
did not leave the track at all. The
engine was badly damaged and
buried in the earth.
Engineer Buried in Coal and Dirt.
Engineer c. II. Moore was buried
in the coal and dirt up against a
stone culvert about forty feet from
the cab, which shows to some eX-
tent, with what force the engine
left the track and hurled it's occu-
pants to distance. Engineer Moore
had to be dug out and when an
examination as to his physical con-
dition was made, it was found that
he was badly injured, with shoul-
der broken, besides being hurt in
ternally. He is an elderly man, be-
ing about sixty-fve or seventy years
of age, and resides at Austin. He is
a veteran on the road.
Fireman Is Dead.
Fireman Dan Heating was taken
from the cab with considerable diff
ficulty. He was badly scalded on
the face and died a few minutes
after his rescuers reached him. The
Kissing steam had done it's worst.
He was about thirty or thirty-iive
Ncdlo vi dSt lSoluCu dI Hao'ih'
He was brother to Thomas Keat-
ing, who formerly was conductor on
a passenger train running between
Wells and the twin cities, but is
now running on the Iowa and Min
nesota division.
Conductor John Wheldon was in
the baggage car at the time of the
accident and was badly cut on the
head and is injured internally. The
physician who was called to the
scene entertained some hopes that
he would live. When found Mr..
Wheldon was lying in pool of
cream, which had escaped from the
baggage car. He was covered from
head to foot, with cream and dirt, |
while blood flowed freely from a |
cut on his head. Mr.. Whedon re-
sides at La Crosse, Wis.
/ j. II. Carroll, travelling man,
whose home is at SIT Sixth avenue |
southeast, Minneapolis, was hurt in |
the back, but will probably recov-
err He was taken to Minneapolis |
last evening. |
James Feely, who travels for the
Lanpher & Skinner company of st. |
Paul, and George Pond of this city, |
yere seated together in the smoking |
ar and were conversing when the !
ngine made the plunge. Mr.. Pond !
ad boarded the train at Fairmont. |
IT, and Mrs. Frank Day of Fair |
ont, well known throughout the
ate, were on the train, but suffer |