The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-09-04
NORTHERN PACIFIC WRECK.
A BFOken Rail bitches six ChFs--
Tive Passengers Killed and
Many Injured.

engines, two baggage cars, a tourist
sleeper, smoking car, two passenger
coaches, two Pullman sleepers and a din
ing car, in the order named. The train
was within q half dozen miles Of Hot
Springs, and was rounding 4 curve before
crossing the Green river bridge, when
suddenly there was 4 jolt, a jar and a
stop, and in less than five seconds the
accident was over for those in the rear
car but it was different in the forward
cars. The sight was sickening, and those
who saw it and heard the cries Of pain
and for assistance will never forget the
scene.
The tender of the rear engine was de-
rallied and the two baggage cars that i'm
mediately followed were thrown down q
small embankment, and after rolling
completely over, stopped at right angles
to the track. The tourist sleeper, after
running a short distance on the ties, fell
on its side on the stumps and under
brush. With its impetus forward the
stumps literally tore the side Of the car
to pieces, and when 1t was afterwards
examined, tat least six stumps Of trees
were found sticking up through its side.
All the other cars, except the Pullman
sleeper, were derailed, but II was only in
the tourist sleeper and the smoking car
that serious injury had been done.
The accident was occasioned by a
broken rail.
The number Of passengers on the train
is estimated to have been nearly 200. As
soon as the u~ninjured had recovered from
the first shock they FASTENED to the relief
Of the injured.
Ben. F. Young, the we'll known base
ball umpire, was one Of the first to be
pulled out of the debris. His head and
body were terribly mangled and he never
recovered consciousness.
]. Kepler, a railroad contractor Of Red
Bluff, CAL, was also terribly bruised
about the head and died this evening at
the Paddock hospital in this city.
Nearly every one on the forward cars
was more or less injured and the forward
engine that was still on the track, has
tened to Hot Springs to telegraph for
assistance. Ellensburgh and Tacoma
were both telegraphed to. Ellensburgh,
within a short time, sent q special out
with a physician aboard and another one
was picked up at Hot Springs.
As soon as word reached here DR.. 7. F.
Smith, DR.. H. Allen and DR.. Hicks
started on a special for the scene OF the
accident. Arriving at the scene they took
charge Of the injured and removed them
to Tacoma, excepting those who desired
to proceed east.
A complete list Of the dead and injured
is:
Ben. F. Young, dead.
J.. L. Keplar, dead.
Porter Of tourist sleeper, nam I'M
known, internally injured, thought to be
fatally; sent to Spokane.
R. s. Campbell, Hillsboro, Ogn., LAGER
ated head and face, not serious; at Fanny
Paddock hospital.
George Brohasky, Of Spokane, cut in
head and internally injured, thought to
be fatally; sent to Spokane.
E. T. Furness, district claim agent Of
the Northern Pacific, Tacoma, right arm
crushed, middle finger Of right hand am
putated; at Fanny Paddock hospital.
E. W. Healey, Tracy, Mimi, right leg
fractured; at Fanny Paddock hospital.
Mrs. E. W. Healey, bruised about
shoulder and scalp wounds; at Fanny
Paddock hospital.
Mrs. DR.. Fowler, Boston, Mass, severe
scalp wound, but not very serious; at the
Tacoma hotel.
Edward F. Reardon, Tacoma, superin-
tendent Of bridge construction Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company,
bruised about the body, scalp wounds
and finger cut of; at the Arlington hotel.
Manager W. H. Lee, Of the Tacoma
hotel, wa on the train and had Just gone
back to the rear sleeper with Mrs. Percy
Dickinson from the smoking car q few
moments before the accident. Both es-
capped without injury. Mr.. Lee stated to
q reporter this morning that the small
loss Of life and injury was simply marvel
Gus. If the accident had happened but q
few yards further on the entire train
would have gone down 4 deep embank-
ment, and the loss would have been
much larger.
DR.. Smith and his assistants worked
hard over the wounded until all were
cared for and their wounds dressed. At
the time Of the accident the train was
running at q speed Of twenty miles an
hour.
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