Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-13
NEARLY 100 PERSONS HURT.
An Overland Pacific Train Goes Through
q Trestle I'm Oregon.


q Trestle I'm Oregon.
SALxH, ORE., Nov. l3 3-Shortly after $50
o'clock last night the overland Pacific train
south-bound went through the north end OF a
long trestle over Lake Labish, about i've miles
from Salem. The trestle must have given away
as soon As the engine struck il, and the train
and trestlo all went down together. The engine
was overturned and half buried in the mud,
and following this were the tender, mail. bag
gage and express cars, smoking car and tourist
sleeper. ALI were broken to pieces
KILLED AND INJURED.
Engineer McFadden, Fireman Tim McNeal
and an unknown man were killed.
The following are among the injured: Capt.
Jack Crawford, the poet scout, bruised; Sam'l
Anson. OF Net York city, side and back
spralned; Mrs. 7. c. Reerley and MAY and
Nellie Boyle OF Missoulo, Mont; Wilson Berry
OF North Dakota, injured about the throat; c.
M. Barrow OF Ellsworth, Kan, back sprained;
FREQ waite OF Ellsworth. han, sprained and il
Is thought received internal injuries; DIR. Ham,
mol and wife OF Philadelphia, both injured
about the spine; they were returning from a
trip around the world; J. L. Kimberlee OF
Neenah, Wis.,, back hurt; C. @. Rieble. a trav-
eler FOR the Val Blatz Brewing Compans OF
Milwaukee; G. G. Newham Of Pleasant Forks,
Can, painfully injured about the throat; Jas.
McGarry, United States marshal of Salt Lake,
Utah, nose broken, leg probably broken and
badly injured internally; it is feared he will
die.
The train carried over 100 persons, nearly all
OF whom were more or less injured
HOW COACH WAS SAVED.
Tho hrst-class day coach was saved from
going over, alighting with the front end on an
old tree broken off about even with the trestle.
Inc seats IN the car were every one broken to
splinters and the partitions in the car were
broken into kindling wood. Then followed the
smoker, the Beats in which we're nearly all
broken. Next was the tourist sleeper in which
were some twenty-five or thirty passengers. Oi
this number only three were uninjured. Next
was the Pullman car Alatia, with seventeen
passengers, and only three escaped without in
Jury. The next and last car was the Pullman
koseburg, in which were fifteen passengers
only -FOUR OF these escaped with slight bruises
In the smoker and day coach every seat wal
occupied The mail, express and baggage carr
overturned.
TEN DEATHS PROBABLE.
The total number Of deaths from the acci
| dent will probably reach as high as ten, al
many. have sustained what it is feared will
prove serious internal injuries. The body of
tramp was taken out of the wreck making
four dead recovered. Fires were built alons
either side of the train to keep the wounded
warm, who had been removed from the wreck
and to light the way OF the workers, who had
hastened to the rescue from this city ant
vicinity.
Laid out on the ground were the manglet
corpses recovered from the wreck. reclining
on improyised beds about the fires were the
wounded, while standing about, lending wha
assistance they could, we're those less seriously
wounded. and around these aud everywhere
were the crowds who had come to help or from
curiosity. In the coaches standing on the faller
trestle work were the same scenes. every
available cushion being occupied by some un
fortunate one, more or less injured. As soor
| as the doctors from Salem arrived they SCI
about dressing wounds and administering Il
| the needs Of the injured
SALEM, ORE, Nov. l3.-The bridge is abou
6OO feet long and from l9 to 20 feet high 1t il
supposed the engineer felt the trestle give wa,
as soon as his engine struck. He gave on,
short whistle and set the brakes. The trair
moved ahead about 50 yards as it wen
down.