The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-01
Six Months Old Child Has Finger So
Badly Crushed Has - Be Ampu-
tated; Mother Cut.
CONDUCTORS HEAD INJURED
Relief Train Rushed to Scene and
Wrecker Now Busy Clearing Deb
ris From Tracks.

CrOOKsIOn, MIMI, Feb. In >
wreck of the Great Northern's south
bound Winnipeg Flyer, No. 8, at 8
O'Clock last night, one mile north of
Donaldson, 70 miles. north of here,
everyone of the seven coaches were
thrown from the track and although
Conductor Lake and a woman and
her infant child were seriously in
jured, no one was killed.
Mrs. Morris Hirshman of New
York was the woman hurt. Her six
months old baby was thrown from
her arms and its scalp was cut and
one finger SO badly crushed that it
had be amputated. Mrs. Hirshman
is from New York. She was cut
about the head and breast. Both she
and her infant are in the hospital
here. Two other children with her
We're uninjured r.
400 Feet Track Torn Up.
- For 400 feet the track was torn
up by the grinding wheels and today
wrecking crew from Grand Forks
is busy clearing the track which can
not be opened for traffic until late
this evening. The engine did not
leave the rails and the crash is at
tributed either from bar falling
from the locomotive or broken rail
From o'clock, the time the acct
dent occurred, until after midnight.
the passengers suffered from the
cold. The wreck took place in lev
ell stretch and binding blizzard was
sweeping the prairies, with the tenn
perature at low point One of the
men passengers froze his hand.
Crookston Sends Relief.
Word of the wreck was sent to this
city and a relief train bearing three
physicians and others was rushed to
Donaldson. The physicians found
that there was little need of their
services, although Conductor Lake
had severe scalp wounds which, with
those Of Mrs. Hirshman and her child
were treated. The conductor was the
most severely wounded Of the triot
but he was able to continue on the
special train to his home at Barnes
vile.
The relief train left Crookston at
z a. m. today conveying the belated
passengers to points south, arriving
in the Twin Cities this evening.
Crash Near High Culvert.
Although the spot at which the
train left the track was level it was
not more than so feet to a culvert
16 feet high and had the cars jumped
from here the death list probably
would have been long.
The cars fell on either side of the
track and at least one landed cross
WISE The coaches were not badly
damaged and there was little danger
from fire. All the coaches were well
filled. The mail and baggage cars
toppled to one side but did not fall
over on their sides.
Going at Full Speed.
The train was running practically
at full speed at the time, the crash
coming just before the engineer was
about to whistle for the Donaldson
station.
An examination of the track show
ed that some of the rails were in
bad condition but this may had been
caused by foreward coach leaping
the rails when a bar from the engine
was struck, thus causing the wheels
|of the rear coaches to grind the rails
badly.
Trains on the st. Vincent branch
are being re-routed. The accident in
no way hampered traffic on the
Grand Forks-C rookston- Bemidji line.
Band to Give Dance Friday.
There will be a dance at the City
Hall tomorrow evening, given by the
Bemi(lii band Masten:s nrchnstra