The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-07-18
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J feet long. The train consisted Of ano,,o
44O, the mail, express baggage. emiorant
sleeper, two tourist sleepers. smoker
tirst-class coach, dining car and phi
man sleeper in the order named a
binding rain was falling at the time and
the engineer could see but a short dis.
tance ahead. just before the train
struck the engineer saw the ohstrnc.
tion, which was still moving. He sue
ceeded In putting On the air brakes. but
not in time to check the fearful momen-
tum of the moving train. The engine
struck the mass of loose dirt. mud and
rocks, left the track and plowed it's way
for sixty yards along the edge of the
slide and to the bank of the Missoula
river Ten feet more and it would have
been in the swollen current. The mail
car showed the tender on past the en-
CINE and itself went forty yards further.
keeping the edge of the grade. 1t was
entirely demolished. The express stop
ped against the engine. The baggage
car, the emigrant sleeper and the first
tourist car were thrown diagonaliy
across the track. The second tourist
coach ran on the loose dirt and stopped
and was not much injured. The smoker,
nrst- class passenger, dining car and
Pullman remained on the track. Very
few OF the passengers in ths Pullman
we're even awakened by the shock. Fire
man Wilkinson was thrown out Of the
cab window and landed on the edge of
the river unhurt. Engineer S. H. ORA
per was pulled out from under the ex-
press car by the fireman and Conductor
George Dereimer. At the time he was
trying IN the darkness to crawl out from
amongst the broken wreckage His in
Jurles, though serious, are not necessa-
rily fatal. His left leg and right arm are
badly scalded, his right foot bruised and
he has long cut on the right side of
the head and several minor bruises and
burns. No other passengers or train
men were seriously injured, though all
in the forward part of the train were
badly shaken up. Two tramps that were
riding on the brakebeams of the mail
car were mangled out of human shape.
The head Of one, who from tax receipt
on his person is supposed to be c. II.
Miller from Deer Lodge, was taken from
the body and ground into pulp. Five
dollars and eighty cents were found in
his pockets. The other, from an en-
velope in his pocket, is supposed to be
j. Swanson. He was blonde with mus
tache and chin whiskers and was proba-
bly, about 26 years of age. There was
no money in his clothes. Though sew
eral OF the passengers in the emigrant
and tourist sleepers were thrown from
their berths and considerably frightened
none received more than trifiing bruises.
Three tramps, who were riding on the
trucks Of the tourist cars and who es-
capped uninjured were the first to realize
the extent of the disaster, and went to
work putting out the fires in the stoves
of the wrecked cars.
The wreck is a very expensive one for
the company, as the engine and five cars
are almost completely destroyed and it
is remarkable that the passengers es-
capped SO fortunately when the broken
and splintered condition of the cars is
considered. In clearing away the de-
bris the body of another tramp was
found under the wreckage. The ver-
dict of the coroner's jury on the bodies,
which was held at Missoula Sunday,
was accidental death and exonerates the
railroad company from all blame. The
accident caused delay in the arrival Of
the east bound train of about ten hours
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