Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-29
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sIl AMPS BELIEVED
B: i|:s,' 8 TO HAVE THROWN
I -. ,'s=:.s::.: SIDING SWITCH
& sss, ia. Il ~ I'd
Engineer Mullany Painfully
nJured When He Jumps
/. i. ..ss.:F.s J: i: .',, to Safety.
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Five freight Cars Loaded lei
81 kith, Potatoes Are Com
spletely Destroyed.

= vs. GfaaL. Northern Passenger Train
s aAo.-s 2eswas wrecked about 900 feet;
sMs ots the University OF North Da-
kofA sasfaion shortly after 8 O'Clock
,thit morning. when It. ran through an
-opsr switch in the yards and crashed
AhtO assfreiEht train standing on the
drE side track in the yards. It is be-
4 lieyedathat two ttAmps who were seen
In The. Vicinity are responsible for the
aErsesis, although It will be impossible
70 sftx stHeS blame until after an investi-
ys-;JohnsMullally, 81; engineer on No. 70,
wns painfully injured about the head
and chest, when he jumped from the
ongtine 3nst q moment before 1t crash
ed,lnto the freight train. Mr.. Mutually
was quite. badly cut; and bruised when
he slidrAfong the ground, as is evil
doncod by q quantity Of blood on the
4 ground and ties just at the west end
Of the bfAdse across the coulee. He
was rusited to u hospital. attendants
at the hospital said hts injuries were
not. SERIOUS.
& Emil ponc, fireman on the train.
also jumped, but was injured. The
conductor Was G. +. Devins. &
;sasy,isiE switch Was Properly Set.
Andrew r. Halvorgon, Great North
erns section foreman, stated positively
thnt ihes.saw the switch properly set
for the cast nnain track Just q few
minutes before tho accident. No. %.
4 which comes IN on the east Nmain
track was just . short distance
teWyer At ,;that TINS. The switch must
liavo .been opened ~ someone inme-
iateiysafter Nj. Halyorscn left the
Rlss & Ss,on fot.,,an 81, . said thast 81; il, ID
.saw thi Two ttFAhhs sitting beside s
talatranh! pole 4h the ditch north OF
ths trsck.; fsW feet from the seens
fsas asddens S4hihd 4 a, a. y papsr. Rs said.
anA asassan Esr bn IL re.
rSs4ed Xo hawSsE q III ass Nd the
Inssl sittfpg - fhsS pee1,s: AZ The time
a. shs Ssssh hut the report ecpid not
S:be sver lNed. q Z t II stSllt ta $.
IA s special agent for the Great
Northern sar,d q deputy tyssherin inaMMe, M
ddilately began q search for the two
s2rhs frsight3 train. heavily loadedt
,wath rofAtoes from the Wallis liz iaire, y 8
canlo into Grand Forks this mornine
and .was ( waiting fpr clearance stc
Il Minneapolis. The raboose haa been
.3taykst esr and placed on tile. csbccse
track. 4t.was said. ..s$a,S-z s.i.: Z i$. B.
@;..s s.:. ss;tya switch Wss opssnna.
sd pts.s s. u. o,Brlen, whd; inc. II
%onsFHsois9 a. few minutes sitter the
s wfprk,;patd, after a hurried. anvestt-
EStapn at.. the scene, that there wal
no question in his mind that someone
had oparied the switch lust ahead <o1
:, tho passenger train. Later he said = tha,
!, he did not believe that tho GraN o1
tho fretEht train had uBed. that switch
IL soinK into the side track, evidently
having gone through the yaFdS.
THE engine Of the PASSENGER. trais
,plowed Through. Ave box cars. each
4. one of,:which WAS loaded With pota'
toeS. -Four Of the cars were complete.
" iytslosroped and the other was dam.
aarod beyond repair. Four other carr
yysrx badly damaged when they buck
!. Nd saipas The engine also was badly
dnEnag rs IS 7''<.
B. S:si, r-s,,- Trucks Piled Up.y
n The engine did not leave the tracl
.5 .,tflf5l the trucks: Of the FIVE tWreoket
cars, ptied up in.; front Of III The top
and s14S Of the cars were Iripped q
pieces. .sas tho huge engine wen
Through them. but the trucks .wer.
oyer. on one !, side. with the yvrecket
] cargo ana cars On top OF It.. The bag
EI1e car was the s.'f only car of thu
Il. passenger train ito leave the tracks
.but, It pAs not; damaged. &.
.aXt least q Thousand bushels Of po
tatoes were scattered over the ground
Some of them were com platslyt mash
cd ID the Impact and piled up iol
RS4rby ears. A large number lot tn!
potSt0ea were salvaged. p ,:s 4 -
''!Faassnsers in the various coaches
wSre given quite q shaking ssup., ans
ecsne s0f xhm were slightly bruised. 4
( swdtch engine Brought the coaches I.
thAs-u Crest Northern station. In the cit.
i. ana Nossas continued. Its trip shortl!