The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26


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north rail on the track wac 1 dis.
tT'rted BY tho wreck Tho cars ~, n
off the hank 10 tho south side OF thC
track and the south rail was torn eff
for long distance whilc the no. III
rail was not disturbed.
Praise For A. C. Ochs.
Trainmen last evening were libe-a
in their Eraisc OF "a. c. Ochs ot
: prnrfieie, proprietor. of the large
b~ilsvarsls thc~c When r-o~d of tNf
wreck reached Springfield Mr. Och,
told the rallwaymcn : to back the
s0ccil train down TO his plant ans
all his employees wern tabcn -
hoard. They were hurried to tn
scene of the wreck aud worked al
day with railway,reu ~n INV
track in shape to permit normal traf-
fic. The assistance ~
en- tho Ochs manufacturing plant
was of great aid 70 tho rai'~'av urr
II was reported. among The train
r,An last evening, that wheh the spe-
cial bound FOR the wreck ra-aa
throush Sleepy Eye. o cc-tain physi
clan in tho city vaS asked II 80 r
,c MD cf The suffering lie IL re
ort~d ~ hnvr lIe,l whore the co.
rany' doctor Wa and when told TIT
physician was cut of the city, is said
pose to pay second fiddle to anyone
He refused point blank to 90 to thc
IL o hose win. .aIacCs =,
'.~cck II &c raid. -
+. w. Hart, formerly OF r'"nkato
now of Minneapolis, was on The train
but was not injured.
The Smash at Eyota.
1t was believed that the wreck a.
Eyota yesterday afternoon was caus-
ed by the inability of the engineer OF
the cas-; bound train to determine
train crashed into the west bound
train, the impact crushing three
engines and wrecking. the baggage
car on the east bound train.
The fact that no one was killed iT
the two wrecks is attributed by. rail
road men to the fact that the three
trains were composed mostly Of stee
coaches.
One vooGen coach was telescopet
by steel car. There were only few
occupants in the telescoped car ant
they were not hurt other than being
bruised. Part of the steel car pene-
trated the wooden one half way
Members OF the engine crew escaped
without injury. a.sii
The more seriously injured taken
to Rochester for treatment are;
Adolph Neuman. Sioux City, Iowa
shoulder broken;y Gust Ewiss, Ro.
chester, bruised; G. N. Lykke, Chi
cago. ankle broken: Mathew Mahas.
sev Chicago. bruised and Sam StrouI
F'ishberry, Pa..s cut and bruised. 9th
ers were reported only slightly in.
jured.
Earl Osten On TRAIN.
Earl Osten, son of Sheriff and Mrs
Anton Osten, returning-home for the
Christmas holidays from the Wiscon
sin state university was in the train
wreck Oh the Northwestern line a
Eyota yesterday afternoon. Oster
was on Northwestern train No. 503
;y1tn EUnfn whor
it ran head On into the second sec
ton of No. SIC, standing in the yards
at Eyota.
The young man was not injured in
the crash but was considerably shaR-
en- up. 1t was the passengers in the
coach directly ahead of him who
were injured One boy, he stated
was very badly injured. Fourteen OF
fifteen persons were injured in the
crash.
Both engines were smashed, benz
and twisted into huge Z masses Of
v.reckage and the baggage car on No
sos was badly smashed. Engineers
and firemen on the two engines jump
cd when they saw the impending
crash. 1t is said that had they re-
IUdllfSu III Tic CdDo lhOy "Ou'N H"'
met certain death.
One doctor at Eyota gave the in
iured all possible medical attention
before they were removed to hospi
tails. Mr.. Osten did not arrive II
Mankato until nine o'clock last even
ing.
All Will Recover.
UNITED Press Dispatch.]
st. Paul, December 18.-Railways
of the northwest were to resume nor
nal traffic today but the severe
snowstorms throughout the distrlc
tied up traffic. Two trains on the
Chicago and Northwestern line were
deraied yesterday and fifty-foul
slightly injured. Reports from Ro-
chester, where most of the injured
are in hospitals. were to the effect
| that all will recover.
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