Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1898 — JUMPED THE TRACK. [ARTICLE]

JUMPED THE TRACK.

Accident to a Construction Train ia Minnesota—Two Men Killedi Seven Injured. Cass Lake, Minn, Aug. B.—A terrible accident, causiryr the loss of two lives, seriously mangling and maiming seven more, occurred Sunday morning 12 miles west of here, A construction train with 100 bridgemen and laborers engaged in the extension line of the Great Northern railway to Fosston left here to take the men to work. Twelve miles out it struck obstructions on the track. The bridgemen and laborers were riding on flat cars. Four flat cars with their loads of human freight were derailed. Two laborers were killed outright. Bridge Contractor Tom Mathews had his right leg crushed off; brakeman Berry had his left foot crushed off.