The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-31
THREE INJURED AS
N P. TRAIN JUMPS
TRACK AT STERLING
Passengers Severely Shaken;
Nine Cars Of Eleven-Car
Train DeraiIed

Presence of mind on the part Of the
engineer is believed to have saved
more than SO persons from serious
injury when nine cars of Northern Pa
cific westbound train No. 3 was de-
rallied at Sterling today.
Two railroad employees and II pas
senger received slight injuries. Other
occupants of the train were severely
shaken up.
Engineer Art O'Hearn, jamestown,
brought the train to an abrupt stop
as soon a he sensed something was
wrong. Had the train continued for q
few hundred more feet several Of the
cars probably would have been over
turned. The manner in which the
train was stopped kept the cars from
falling down an .embankment.
Eleven Cars In Train
The train was composed Of II cars,
two Of which remained on the track.
Four of the cars we're tilted at an
angle of about IS degrees, while the
others were off, the track with their
wheels buried deeply in the roadbed.
Several hundred feet Of track were
torn up. -"
Pullman Conductor q. A. Bowker
Of st. Paul suffered q cash ON the
head. and M. A. Eddinger. Fargo,
brakeman, received minor injuries. T..
j. Miller of Fargo was the train con-
ductor.
Miss Nell Massi OF Chicago. vice
president and registrar Of the Univer-
sity of Chicago extension conservatory
OF music, suffered a. sprained neck.
She was on her way to the coast,
where she planned to sail for Homo
lulu.
A defective brake shoe Is believed
to have caused the accident. The rear
truck Of the tender WAS thrown off
the track and the other cars followed.
The accident occurred directly In
front Of the Sterling depot while the
train was passing through at aAspeed
estimated at so miles per hour.
Agent Has Narrow Escape
A part of the brake shoe, q piece Of
iron weighing about IS pounds, was
hurled through a depot window, miss
ing Agent H. l.. Belk Of Sterling by
a few inches, while he was working at
the telegraph key.
Employees in the mail car continued
with their work shortly after the ex-
element of the derailrnent had SUBJ
slider. H. j. Nierling and I. F. Beeman,
both of jamestown, were in the mail
car at the time and were thrown off
their feet when the crash came.
Most Of the passengers were Jared
out Of their seats az the cars left the
track. Several doctors and nurses hur-
ried to the Gene from Mandan, but
found none of the passengers In need
of medical treatment. Railroad off,
Gals from divisional headquarters
were here to supervise cleaning up of
the wreck.
Pass Time In Eating
Most OF the passengers waited in
the coaches until the arrival OF a re-
lief train which will enable them to
continue their journeys. Service In the
diner was continued, and q number OF
passengers spent their time by having
meals.
The derailed train included one mail
car, two baggage cars. three tourist
coaches, q diner, and three Pullmans.
The worst damage was done to the
mail car, directly behind the tender.
This car was tipped at a sharp angle
and the wheels buried deeply In the
sand. The ties and track were torn
up underneath this car.
Other trains were not delayed, In
asmuch as the wreck lay within q dis
lance along which there Is a long side
which was not damaged.