The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-31

No. Ill crashed into the rear end of
the snow pillow train at Garden City,
seventy-eight miles north of Madison.
The injured men are Conductor Will
lam Blake and Engineer John Kais-
ersatt. The extent of their injuries
is not known.
Inability to see signals or ap-
preaching trains because of the
binding snow, is thought to have
been the cause of the accident which
occurred three miles north of Garden
City. The snowplow train left the
city four hours ahead of the freight,
but the formers progress was so slow
that the freight regained the dis
lance.
Railroad men are of the opinion
was unable to see the approaching
freight in time 10 warn ii of the proX-
unity of his train. Still others are
inclined to believe that the freight
was warned, but the flagman was
not back far enough TO permit the
engineer TO check his train in time
to avoid the contact.
Not a wheel turned out of the local
yards today and the passenger trains
bound east from Washington Springs
and south from Bristol did not leave
those terminals. The storm is gen
eraI all over the northwest and traf-
fic is tied up more tightly, according
TO railroad men, than IL was In the
great blizzard of 1909.
1t Is rumored that the Olympian
was wrecked west of Aberdeen last
night. all the coaches but the OBJ
~servation car leaving the rails and
fifteen people being injured. At the
dispatcher's office the same report
came in and the railroad men appR
emily accepted IL as fact. They had,
however, no particulars.
An attempt vas made TO remove
the passengers from the train stalled
at Garden City. teams coming out
from the town to bring them in, but
the last report that Dispatcher j. NJ
Moore received was hat the teams
had been six hours in going three
miles and relief was rot yet in sight.
One team that set out from Bradley
was reported within a half mile oil
the wreck at 2 o'clock.
When the double header left this
morning to aid the wrecker from the
north in clearing the track, IL carried
enough food to relieve the passengers
who have been fasting since last
night. 1t was impossible for them to
leave the train because of the risk
of losing their way in the binding
storm. or being caught in the huge
drifts reported In the vicinity OF
Garden City.
There will be no trains out or In
until the storm ceases and thus tneif
arrival and departure is indefinite
When they do move, 1t will not be un-
til the snowplows have had ample
onnortunity to clear, as well az get
out of, the way.
Snow is piled all over the rails and
in between them and drifts eight and
ten feet high are reported, all OF
which is hearsay, but quite possible
under the conditions of the past rev
DAYS. according to the railway men
Trains were able to get through &c
washington Springs and to Bristo
last night.
Reports from all the northwestern
divisions of the road state that thu
storm has put train movements In Z
knot and hat the conditions furtnel
east are much wors than they are
here. Main. line traffic is suspended
and all trains leaving the terminals
have been annulled.
As far as Dispatcher Moore coult
learn there were only eight passen
gers on the freight train and thel
will be removed to Garden CITY a.
soon as the teams can bring them In
Last reports stated that, barring
little hunger and impotence at tn
delay. the passengers were safe.
Every effort will be made by thu
company to get the lines clear and II
working order as soon as IL is nu
manly possible. Dispatcher MOOR
! and his assistant have been In con
! slant communication with the wrecl
/. and are lending all the aid possible
Unless something unforeseen hap
pens. there will be no basket bal
game at the Normal tonight. Tn
! Glendale team is OF the train iron
! Bristol and was supposed to be her
this morning, but they must arriv'
before s O'Clock tonight. or the gam
will be called off for lack OF oppo
sition.
Madison's high school team wa
to have arrived on the eastboun'
morning, but as their train neve
left Howard the boys are still tied VI
in that city and will not be hom'
until tomorrow. They will be takel
care Of in Howard and there is NJ