Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-08-22
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GREAT NORTH ER N II RAIN IN Q. ONE
A. is WRECKED Al -r1;Esc Ar Y--l5;,5 s;#f.
MANY RE#I NJU RED. s4z

I bound Oriental Limited /, wa ss wreck
!. ed at 10:45& o'clock Tuesday might at
4 Crary opposite the Fdepo the acct
dent being caused by either a defec-
/, tive frog or u broken guard rail 4.
The death list now 4 totals two un-
!. identified, while "a score were Ninjur-
y ed, some quite seriously. The two
/ dead are supp posed TO have been steal
!, ing a@rides on the rods under the first
day coach. One man was taken on
the rods after the accident cut across
T the abdomen. The other man was
z terribly burned prac ctically y all his
! clothes having been burned off his
body and flesh on his II light hand and
4 wrist was burn ID of to the bone,
Il which was undoubtedly caused BY the
explosion Of a gas tan 4. $js
+. Those injured are :53s N 55s
w. Edgar Hilmel Beloit. Wis, arm la
cerated and should Ter islocated. 5ts
4 Mrs. e. II. Hill, Kalamazoo, Mich,
{ lacerated hand and broken arm. r The
six months old Hill baby escaped with
out a scratch. sa.s
h L. Winefort, Grand Forks, wrist cut.
f John Kuderman, Devils Lake. back
: wrenched. HI
Z. Harry Maher, member Of relief
/ crew out Of Devils Lake and in charge
: Of the fire fighters, burned about face
and hands, cash IN scalp and across
face, caused by explosio 1of gas tank
ond fro ovt;n o1,i |, oy,c sf$5
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. Plant, Cavalier,
internal injuries. I'll !. IL
I = Mrs. Fred saeger, Golumbus, Ohio,
. ankle dislocated ss Il $$:s
{ Mrs. H Walker, Cando, hip iniur.
ed. $%s $s ~ i@
{ Mrs. J.SPrentzka, Grand Forks, knee
dislocated. ls5
J. G. olive. . Devils Lake 81 hand u; 4;
cerated. ss
srs Miss My,rrtIe d ollinson Bemidji
/ MINI, wrist bro sssis
.5s55 Mrs red sssrniIl iiilata Mont eI.llp
broken
Fireman Hank Fal kan ger, Grand I'd
Forks, internal \ injuri ies, and burned
condition quite serious. 4 NJ.
OF those injured, practic ically al
were brought to this city and taker
to local hospitals, while those witt
minor bruises were taken back Ito Ia "a
kota. g III 55I AZ
T Elevator Crushed.
(, Trains Nj i.31 y in charge 8of Engineel
. Sergeant of Grand Forks, was goins
at abiut thirty miles an hour ~ Wheer her
the accident happene The tracl
had been repaired with new 4 steel uI
to the point where the accid dent occur M
red and tits thought that the defec
was caused sby the Work rkmen leavins
the guard rail at the switch light,
loosened Or the frog having become ~
loosened BY the II work on the track a <
The train slowed around so that th' q
front end of the smoking car CRASHED
throuhg the side Of the Duluth Ele l9ll
vatorS company's elevator, ffty$fesee
from the track The eleY tor#Was' Va
twisted partially round, and nearf. e AZ |.
! half Of the 5smok king car was imbed
/ ded in a large amour Of wheat Wllicl llt
I the elevator cont aimed
Crash arou,lses Entlre City.
+ a Residents of3 Crary aroused by 4th
I crash rushed to / the scene, the semerg
ency gas lighting tank explo ding on l
after the other hile$ the pass senger' gr'
4 were crawling rom the arr. sool ool
the cars n blazin he Crar,, 4 "a !,
1 Volunteer Fire dep artmentE had tn
/ blaze under control iins short tim tim
h with the aid Sof henieals On the tl Al SoI
81 posite side Of the track q deep swami I,1l
supplied the wat Ter FOR fire fgh5tilnle l5s ne
5 else the entire train would have bee sa
conslme ed the train left IN IN
(. track on the osite ii hic
I" it die, many would have been & droWr w
ed.
The ba aggage, emo ker ilsi two d gsl' ga
& coaches left the track and We're adj
& burned relief trains rom Devils Tax LAX
# and kota were on the Gene With u
%5 1 an hour. armed with fire exiting isher b,
Ssi and carrying doctors and ursess
Coroner Inquest ield.
Going to be scene of the fatf
acrident Oh a special train edne' Inc
day morning. Coroner q Gsil ilber
son opened an iinvestig alton to dete
4 4 mine the rause and fix the blanesf f fe
5s the fatal wreck last d ightx AOIN, "
/, tho fatal wreck Tnesda ghts Fh h
$ remains of the two ctims who wer W a
riding the rods, are held Ait fsrary 40
will BE buried there unless relative
are located
Coroner (ssiIbe ertson. who assass q
cornpanied BY Sheriff Mclean, decla
es that b detective frog was the caus
NJ the accident "
A coroner's Jury comp poaed of .Al
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