The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-02-09
Passenger Train Derailed and
Fatal Results.
One Person Killed and SO
Injured.

ITdiu WulCu WAS uuc ucIc dl D - was
badly wrecked near Olds Ferry at
about o'clock in the morning, TWEEN
ty-six persons being injured and one
killed The train was flying along
at good speed when the rails spread,
throwing the baggage car, smoker,
chair car, diner and sleeper from the
track. After running on the ties for
some distance the first three cars
named went over the embankment
into the edge of Snake river, hurting
the alarmed and half-awake passen-
gers violently about. When the cars
went over the passengers on the upper
side were flung against the seats on
the opposite side with great force,
badly injuring some of them. Eliz-
abeth Egan, 13-yearold girl, was
thrown through window and crushed
beneath the cars; axes had to be used
to extricate her body. The dead girls
mother, with five more children, three
of whom were injured, were on board.
Mrs W. G. Babst, of Philadelphia, was
also thrown through the window an2
caught beneath the cars, also having
to be cut out She is badly injured
in the back and internally and may
die. Her husband was slightly in
jured. j. c. Rodell, of Minnesota,
was one of the hurt, sustaining hip
and internal injuries from which he
: may not recover. Baggageman Don
ilson, of Huntington, had wonder
full escape from among the heavy
trunks in his car He was hurt in
many places from head to foot and
burned by hot Goals from the stove,
which set ire to the car, but was
soon extinguished. W. E. Grimmett,
of Weiser, had his head cut j. Ii.
= Hahn, of New York, had his hand
broken. Others injured by serious
cuts and bruises are j. G. Arbuckle
and wife, Chicago; j. 7. Allen, ST.
IS Edwards, Neb. 0. B. Phipps, Boone,
. Iowa; e. Middleton, Nobleville, Neb.
E. Pifer, Wisner, Neb G. Patten,
Salt Lake; Mrs. S. Williams and
child and o. G. Stone, Aspen, Col.
Mrs j Bell, Port Angeles, Wash.
Joseph Stopford, Chicago; j. Lewis,
Corvallis, Ore Geo. Darby, Long
y mont, Col L. Turner, Lewisville,
Col; G. NJ. Meeker Portland, Ore.
1t is miraculous that the accident was
not worse and the passengers escaped
: most fortunately; and had it occurred
few feet further there would have
been fearful loss of life and the car.
, would have plunged directly into th'
river. AS soon as the accident oc
cured the uninjured began taking tn
unfortunate ones from the wreck ant
placed them in the Pullman and diner
u- The engine, which had not left th
cd track, at once came TO Weiser 70
'ro medical aid and DR.. Waterhouse wen
down. Early in the forenoon, whe
the news got around town, larg
= number of people went to the seen
Il in sleighs and otherwise. Corone
Horace Newman impanneled jury
consisting of H. c. Newman, j. 1
Coakley, A. G. Butterield, Cal. +
White, II. j. Sommercamp, D. N
ull Harvey, 7. Ranahan, R. e, Loci
wood, A. j. Hopkins, G. H. Olds,
w. Mitchell and w. B. Kurtz, an
went down to hold an inquest on tt
- dead girl, who was afterwards brougl
to Weiser for embalming. The il
J iured were taken to Huntington
the company's hotel. The wreck is
costly one to the u. +.
ot In their report the coroner's jul
found that, deceased came to h
death by reason of a railway accide
which occurred in the said county
Bill Washington at point about II mil
west Of Weiser, Idaho, on the Greg
& Short Line railway, Of Union Paci
- system. We further find that
wreck which caused the death of
above mentioned Emily Elizabt
Egan was caused by defect
material at this point The ties a
structure of said road at s.
20 point was not in proper condition