The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20

pieces, the wheels broken and the
axes sprung. There were other
minor damages.
The Belgrade hin is a treacherous
one even in good weather and when
there has been fall of rain is a
hill which is positively dangerous
to climb with an automobile. Any
one who attempts to go up OF
down it in an automobile without
chains on it's wheels is taking his
life in his hands, and yesterday
accident will serve as warning
to those who have risked too much
there in the past The sides of the
hill should be protected against just
such accidents as that which hap
pened last evening.
The injured were doing nicely
this morning, and all will recover.
Mr. and Mrs. Roust are well.known
residents of Nicollet county. Mr.
Roust is about sixty years old.
Last evening when Walden Roust
was being conveyed to his home
in Nicollet county, the livery team
he had engaged collided with
another team on the Belgrade hill.
But slight damage was done to the
rig which was in charge of Mrs.
Melvin of Minneopa The collision
occurred at about 7:45 o'clock.
Len Burrill, well-known resi-
dent of Belgrade, was riding toward
Mankato in his car He witnessed
the accident. 81 was coming down
the hill" said Mr.. Burrill today,
when | observed the team coming
toward me. Right behind the team
was Mr.. Roust and his party in the
formers auto. | turned out to al
low the team and auto to pass, but
the accident happened before the
car reached me. Mr.. Roust tried to
drive his car past the team on the
left hand side, but the machine
skidded and it turned from the left
to the center of the road. When the
front end of the car was in the
center of the roadway, Mr. Roust
attempted to drive it up the hill,
but the hind wheels skidded, throw
ing the machine over the embank
ment. think Mr.. Roust must have
lost control of his machine. ! saw
the machine go over the embank-
ment and turn turtle four times. 1t
could not have been more than
four seconds between the time the
car started down the hill and when
it reached the bottom. 1t was a
thrilling sight, and l expected that
the occupants of the car would all
be killed I rushed to their assis-
lance. Mr. Roust was lying about
twenty feet away from the car and
up the hillside. Mrs. Roust, Mrs.
Scott and Walden Roust were all
lying near the car and close to
each other. Realizing that doctor
was needed at once, l fastened at
once in my car to summon DR..
Beach. A small railing on the side
of the roadway would have prevent
ed the accident.
Winona, September 14.-North-
western train No. 5O7, due here at
l AS from the east, was wrecked
about one O'Clock at Medary, Wis,
between Winona and Lacrosse, due
to running into an open switch. En-
gineer Charles Wright jumped and
received broken leg and other
minor injuries. He was rushed to
the La Crosse hospital, using the
baggage car and an extra freight to
make the hurried trip. The fireman
also jumped but was uninjured. The
aboard were Jared from
their seats, but none was reported
injured. f.. a4.n.s. 4,,sl a
The train at the time was running
at about thirty miles an hour when
the open switch was struck. Four
box cars on the side track were
while several others were
thrown from the tracks. Otto Bor-
cheers, mail clerk, was standing in
he doorway at the time of the acct
lent and was thrown forward in the
ear, but escaped uninjured.
The train was brought to Winona
oy freight engine, arriving here !
one hour and thirty minutes late.