Show 0 1 f N I 1 A L I 1 I 1 q I 1 T wo coaches destroyed b by y fire many killed and ind injured st paul raul april 15 running at a I 1 speed of 40 mile mites V an bouron hour on a straight truck track the lie great northern ni western bound oriental limited which ae left ft hero here for pacific coast points sunday morn ing was derailed at this morning at bartlett N D five persona persons killed and a score or more in aured some of them seriously after the wreck the gas gar tank exploded and the train took fire seven passenger coaches being destroyed the sleeper j and observation cars escaping the flames names there Is said to be gome some evidence that the rails had been tampered with officials of the th road say that the track i in this vicinity had been in apparently first class condition and they are unable to account for the wreck on any other theory than that it was the deliberate attempt of miscreants to wreck wreck tha train st paul april IB 15 A special to the despatch from lakota N D says the groat great northern oriental limited fast coast train which left st paul at 10 sunday morning was wrecked and totally burned at 1210 12 10 this th Is morning six persons are known to have met death and it Is not known how many bodies are hlll in tho the ruins ruing the accident occurred tour four miles fram here near the village ot bartlett within half halt a mile of where the same train was wrecked last fall it la Is the worst wreck that ever occurred in north dakota the cars comprising the train were destroyed with the exception of the st standard sleeper and observation car the train was running 35 miles an hour and the cause of the accident Is not known all the cars left the track many thrilling escapes are reported i and numerous acta acte of heroism are told by the survivors the engine lies iles I 1 across the line dividing nelson and ramsey counties the mail car passed the engine and burned in ramsey county mall clerk jones of grand forks was killed but his haj body was taken from the car by mail clerk fordner Ford nes who was himself severely burned about the head I 1 the train carri carried ed many passengers every ervery car except the observation car left the track but the sleeper was pulled on again i fore etore the flames deac reached hed it the thu i icare ars went over a t ten n foot embankment d a few after the accident a gas tank exploded and set lire fire to 0 the wre wreck k the report of bf the explosion was heard here a ti distance stance of four miles the injured worked heroically to rescue the imprisoned and it is thought all but three vere v ere a removed those killed were in the front part of the smoker which was telescoped by the express car in front of it passengers give special aralee va the news agent W H greene of st paul who worked heroically in rescuing the injured I ho iio io himself wag was injured A special train was sent from devils lak lake with doctors and another was made up here which ran to michigan and carried the tile coroner and all the physicians to the scene A fargo correspondent of the associated socia ted press telegraphs that but three persons were killed in the great northern wreck the dead william B jones mail clerk two unidentified men nien supposed to be greeks their bodies burned beyond recognition there is said to be evidence that the rails had been tampered with among the injured are alfred qually osgood Oaf food N D foot deot mashed and internal injuries archie San Sand dere erv clarence mo thigh broken fireman roy curtis shoulder hurt mall clerk fordner Ford nes shoulder and arms twisted twi eted matt nellson neilson fosston minn back i sprained J A weeks minneapolis traveling man knee injured thomas bills Larl larimore more N D leg and body slightly injured eke ike MoGo magowan Mo Gowan iwan traveling man grand forks sl slightly I 1 ay in injured news agent green st paul legs skinned and bruised makes a general denial of the charges and especially denies that the standard owned 2748 shares of stock out of and denies having operated bogus concerns as competing companies or of giving rebates to pm chaa ers erg in territory of their competitors denial Is also made of the charges of having divided territory with other companies or conspiring with railroads to obtain preferential rates over rival concerns the united oil company denies that it combined with tho florence floence oil and refining company dom pany continental or standard companies to regulate the price of oil the admission 13 made that the standard owned 17 per cent of the stock |