The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-07-09
IOWA TRAIN is
WRECKED; 9 DIE
Bridge Gives Way, Dropping St.
Louis Road Coaches and En-
gines into Creek.
DEAD and INJURED LISTED
Engine Last to Turn Over-Engineer
and Fireman Escape Injury
Twelve People in Serious
Condition.

1y-slx injured, several seriously, when
st. Paul bound Minneapolis & St..
Louis train from Des Moines, Iowa,
plunged over bridge near Hum
boldt, Iowa.
The list of deaths included the
daughter Of Mrs. Ruth Kulp of st.
Peter, MINI. ''
Five St. Paul persons and one from
Minneapolis were injured.
The wreck occurred shortly before
noon, but because telegraphic COM
munication with surrounding towns
was cut off, official reports did not
begin to filter into the Twin Cities
until last night. A complete list of
the casualties was not available early
Tuesday morning, and several of the
dead and injured had not been iden-
titled.
The Dead.
R. F. Reilly, Livermore, Iowa.
c. F. Woods, Imogene,, Iowa.
A. Batty, address unknown.
Henry Dawson, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Small daughter of Mrs. Ruth Kulp,
St. Peter, MINI.
Heavy red haired middle-aged wo-
man.
Middle-aged man in working clothes
with ticket showing he was going to
Milan, S. D.
Middle-aged dark k-complexioned man
with initials &C. B." on collar, carry
ing interurban car checks from Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
The Injured.
Oscar Wolfe, mail clerk, 157 St. An
thony avenue, st. Paul, seriously.
c. K. Cleveland, brakeman, 333
Wilder avenue, extent of injuries un-
known.
J. E. Conklin, 2150 Marshall avenue,
st. Paul, conductor, seriously.
Mrs. F. H. Schroeder and daughter,
Vivian, 551 Tenth street, St. Paul, not
seriously.
Mrs. F. D. Holmes, 55 years old,
1910 West Thirty-third street, Mime
apolis, bruised leg and nose.
Mrs. Ruth Kulp, St. Peter.
Kulp child, injuries not known.
j. T. Johnson, Fergus Falls, injur-
les not known.
Peter Hanson, Owatonna, slightly
injured.
Barney Squib, 81 years old, no ad-
dress, slightly injured.
Mrs. c. F. Burwasker, Fort Dodge,
so years old, injuries not known.
W. M. McCaully, Livermore, Iowa,
46 years old, slightly injured.
Cora Torone, Jamaica, Iowa, condi-
tion not known.
Gus w. Zeilkhem, Emmetsburg,
Iowa, injuries not reported
W. H. Rommine, Des Moines, Iowa,
So years old, condition reported SER
ious.
Charles E. Miller, 81 years old, En-
mettsburg, Iowa, bruised.
j. E. Rydeck, Rock Island, Ill.,, back
injured
Mrs. Ira L. Scharfer, Britt, Iowa.
Father Barry, Marcus, Iowa, 81
years old, injuries slight.
A. j. Hadley, Corwith, Iowa, As
years old, condition not known.
Alvin Erickson, Fort Dodge, eight
years old, extent of injuries not
known.
Carl Mecker, Milwaukee, SO years
old, condition not reported,
Bloody creek is located about half
mile from Arnold, Iowa. Weaken
ing of the under structure of the
trestle by recent rains and a sup
posed spreading of the rails are blam-
ed for the disaster. The wreck oc-
Cured at 1886 a. M Monday.
Witnesses of the accident said that
the locomotive had just crossed the
trestle when the collapse came. Four
coaches were dropped into four feet
of water, pulling the. engine after
them. The baggage, smoker and mail
cars were completely demolished. The
coach next to the smoker was partial
ly wrecked. The rear coach of the
train remained upright. The engine
was the last to turn over and the en-
gineer and fireman escaped injury.
Twelve of the injured were reported
in a serious condition and officials
hurried them to the hospital at Fort
Dodge. The others are being cared
for in Humboldt and Livermore, Iowa.
The bodies of the dead are in a
morgue at Humboldt. Two women
and six men are among the dead.
The train was due in St. Paul at
2:30 p. m. First news of the acci-
dent came by telegraph, relayed thru
southern Iowa, late in the afternoon.
A relif train was sent from Fort
Dodge. and ''fill in" train was made
up at Albert Lea, Mimi, to complete
the wrecked trains schedule nor+b