The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-20
DEAD men ARE
UNIDENTIFIED
Train Was Thrown From
Tracks at Crary-Baggage
Car Wrecks Elevator.
INJURED TAKEN
TO DEVILS LAKE
Acetylene Tanks Under Cars EXPLODED
Almost Immediately. Setting Coach.
es on Fire-Track Cleared Late this
Afternoon.

Two unidentified men are dead
and over twenty are injured as re-
suit Of the wreck Of the Great North
ern's crack coast bound train, the Or
iental Limited. No. 1, at Crary, 7S
miles west Of Grand Forks. at IL
o'clock last night.
At first 1t was thought that three
men had been killed, but a thorough
search revealed only two bodies.
Members of the relief crew thought
they saw third body lying under one
Of the cars. but when the wreckage
was removed, 1t was found to be moth
ing but mass OF debris.
Inquiry Commenced.
Coroner Gilbertson Of Ramsey coun-
ty commenced an inquest this morn
ing, adjourning the proceedings till
Friday.
The dead men are described as fol-
lows:
No. 1, about 35 years old, wearing
overalls: feet 10 inches high. Body
badly burned.
No. 2. about feet inches tall;
either a Greek or Italian; wearing
overalls. Body cut in two.
The mass Of wreckage, scattered
over several hundred feet of the right
Of way. completely tied up traffic till
late this afternoon.
Either a spread rail or a broken
hange on the tender caused the
wreck, in which the engine. mail car,
baggage car. smoker, two day coach
es and tourist car left the rails. leav-
ing only the standard Pullnans, the
diner and the observation car on the
3 rails. vs.. -. :. -,
Elevator is Wrecked.
The. most spectacular feature Of the
niixup is the wreckage Of an elevator
owned by the Duluth Elevator COM
pany, standing beside the track at the
point Of the wreck. The baggage car
was shunted across side track and
a great hole in it and moving the
building several feet off its founda-
ton. Half Of the car was inside the
building before 1t came to stop.
Widest pandemonium reigned inn
mediately. The crunching of heavy
timbers, the perilous angles at which
the cars were shunted about. the in
tense darkness and the cries Of women
and children. Joined in creating the
greatest confusion.
Acetylene Tanks Explode.
Almost Immediately fire started in
the wreckage from the explosion Of
acetylene gas tanks under the cars.
The Crary fire department was called
to extinguish the fire. and it was an
hour before the flames were under
er were damaged by the flames.
The mail and baggage cars were
tipped completely over. but the engine
remained upright.
Dead We're Beating Way.
All Of the men who were killed were
beating their way. One was riding on
the truck under day coach, and he
was mangled and also burned by the
explosion Of a gas tank. The other
man was riding under the smoker.
One Of the men lived about two
hours. the others being instantly kill
ed.
Fireman H. Falkenter of Grand
Forks was injured by falling between
the tender and the engine, after the
former had left the track. He was
standing between the two when the
tender was thrown off the track En-
gineer Henry Sargent Of Grand Forks
escaped unhurt. Conductor Cooke of
Crookston. Mimi, and other members
OF the train crew also escaped with
out injuries.
William jackson Of Chicago, ILL.,,
who was beating his way on the blind
baggage, was thrown about twenty
feet by the crash, and escaped with
out scratch.
Relief Trains Sent.
Relief trains were sent to the
wreck scene from Lakota and Devils
Lake. each carrying physicians. The
injured were later taken to Devils
Lake. where they have been given bet
ter attention.
Wrecking trains were sent from
Grand Forks and Devils Lake.
A special train was made up in
Grand Forks and sent to Crary. This
train picked up the Pullman cars, and
the train was sent by way Of Lari-
more, Casselton and Aneta. Passen.
gers riding in the forward coaches
were taken to Devils Lake on the re.
lief train. and they boarded the new
coast train at that city today to con-
tinue their journey