December
17, 1919 – More than a score of persons were injured in wrecks
at Springfield and Eyota on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad this
morning.
A fireman was scalded and a news agent and baggage man were injured when west bound passenger train No. 503, due in Owatonna at 10:57 a.m., and east bound passenger train No. 516, which leaves Owatonna at 7:20 a.m., crashed together near the Eyota station platform. Some of the coaches were partly demolished and 14 passengers were reported injured. This wreck happened at 11 a.m. Both trains were running behind time.
A fireman was scalded and a news agent and baggage man were injured when west bound passenger train No. 503, due in Owatonna at 10:57 a.m., and east bound passenger train No. 516, which leaves Owatonna at 7:20 a.m., crashed together near the Eyota station platform. Some of the coaches were partly demolished and 14 passengers were reported injured. This wreck happened at 11 a.m. Both trains were running behind time.
Eyota Depot1
Train No. 516 had been made up at Mankato after having wrecked at Springfield at 4:30 a.m. this morning. A broken rail is believed to have caused it to jump the tracks at Springfield. Several injured persons were taken to Springfield for emergency treatment.
2The Daily People’s Press; “More Than a Score Hurt in Two Wrecks. Railroad Accident at Springfield and Eyota.”; Owatonna, Minn.; Dec. 18, 1919; p. 1.
1https://eyota.govoffice.com/?SEC=C934A0C0-C9B8-4E96-9D18-CDD27E0FF215
2https://www.springfieldmn.org/
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