The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
1t Occurred Near CraW-
ford, Neb., Last Night
Observation-Disclosures
Bridge; Fourteen Are
Injured
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
THE KILLED.
Robert Scott, baggageman,
Chadron, Neb.
r. M. Stewart, Gordon, Neb.
Frank Bosner, Lauder, Wyo.
C. M. Buck, Grand Island, Neb.

Omaha, Neb. June 16.-Four per-
SOILS are known to have been killed
and twenty seven injured, a lumber
seriously, when Chicago and North
western passenger train No. 606.
Lander, Wyo,. to Omaha, was wreck
ed late last night by the collapse Of
bridge over a creek near Whitney,
Neb. The injured were taken in a
special train to hospital in Hot
Springs, S. D.
Omaha, Neb., June 16.-Four per-
sons were killed, fourteen injured,
some seriously and three or four
bound train No. COG on the Chicago
and Northwestern road near Craw-
ford, Neb., late last night. The for
ward sleepers of the train plunged
through a bridge over Big Cotton
wood Creek, after the engine and
mail car had passed safely, according
to first reports. The relief train took
the dead and injured to Chadron, a
few miles east of the scene of the
wreck. early today, and returned to
the wreck to complete the search of
the debris for missing passengers.
Conductor Finnegan was among the
the injured taken to Chadron and the
check Of the passengers was imped-
ed. The train left Lander, Wyo.,
yesterday morning and was due in
Omaha this morning. Crawford is in
the far northwest corner Of Nebras-
ka and wire communication with the
scene of the wreck was meager. Of
hclals of the road here refused to
give information concerning the
wreck.
Dead and Injured To chadron.
The chief dispatcher for the Chi
cago and Northwestern lines at FIRE.
mont, Neb., reported at six a. M,
that according to a report he heard
going over his wire, only three per-
sons were killed in the wreck Of
rain No. 606 near Crawford, Neb.,
late last night. The train runs from
CASPER to Omaha.
so -Four .s dead and fourteen injured,
Chadron, about four O'clock this
morning by the relief train, according
to reports from Chadron. Conductor
F1nnegan was among the injured, it
was said.
The report added that while the
check of passengers was not yet com
plete, 1t was believed that not more
than three or four are missing. The
rellef train returned at once to the
n.
Death List Grows
Later telephone advices from Craw-
ford placed the number of dead at
nifty. The reports said the engine
mail and baggage cars had got over
the bridge when the structure collap-
sed, throwing the smoker into the
creek, which Is flooded with the chair
car on top of the smoker.
The engine crew telephoned the re-
Nf fIn 20 srySr
quarters at Chadron, Neb., from a
farm house, and a relief train was
rushed to the scene.
The chief dispatcher at Chadron
declared there were only three dead,
but confirmed the report that the
smoker and chair car went into the
creek. The dispatcher refused further
information.
Cars Into the Creek
The entire train, consisting Of
chair cars and pullmans are reported
to have gone off a bridge into the
creek, All pullman passengers es-
capped, advices state, but it is feared
the greater number of those in the
forward coaches persisted. The cause
of the accident is not known here.
An unknown number of persons,
thought to be more than a score, are
Northwestern train No. 606 went into
Big Cottonwood Creek two miles east
Of Crawford, Neb., at eleven o'clock
Wednesday night, according to re-
ports reaching here from Alliance,
Neb.
Due In Chicago This Morning
Chicago, June 16-Train No. COG,
wrecked at Crawford, Neb., left Land
er, Wyo., at 8:45 Wednesday morning
for Chicago, where it was due at eight
o'clock Thursday. The scene of the
wreck is about fifteen miles from the
Wyoming border, in the far north
west portion of Nebraska.
BABY WAS SMOTHERED