The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-13
A TRAIN HITS Aside.
The G.. n. Overland Wrecked
and a Trainman Killed.
BIG LOGS BLOCKED THE TRACK
Kuwtns rumbles on the Beach and
Throws ous the Ffreman-Trsin
Delayed . whole Day.

Another wreck. this time with fatal re-
suits. occurred on the Great Northern
railroad. one and one-fourth miles east
OF the bzyss1e station az Everett. al 1905
o. N. on Tuesday. the overland train run
ming into a slide. The engine and tender
we're throurn OF the track and rolled
over on the beach. and Fireman George
Beusis was killed. being hurled out on the
beach number OF the train crew
gave the following account OF the acct
dent:
Nc. .. west-bound passenger. due IN
Seattle at fo:so. was proceeding south AT
the moderate rate of speed of about 10
miles an hour. Conductor Place was in
charge and Engineer McEvay was at the
lever of the engine. No. 4ss. Unusual
care was being taken on account OF the
danger OF slides. II was quite dark and
ii was impossible TO see far ahead Sud
denly the engine ran into slide OF mud,
trees and stumps. The slide proved TO be
about 200 yards long. and at the point
where the engine ran into IL three great
logs about four feet IN diameter each had
come down and lodged on the track. The
force Of the slide had carried the tracks
out OF line 50 that they pointed about
80 degrees 70 The west. When the engine
struck the logs it was turned from its
course by the position OF the rails towards
the Sound. and. after jumping the track,
ran for about so feet. when il went over
the buIkhead supporting the bed of the
track, turned over AMI partially buried
itself in the sand of the beach Both
Fireman George Bemis and Engineer Nc
Evay staid by the engine and went down
In the crash None OF the coaches left
the tract and none received any injury.
LAS soon as conductor Place saw that
the engine had disappeared he ran for
ward TO the assistance of the engineer
and fireman. The former escaped with
out any serious injury and crawled from
the wreck without assistance. When they
came TO look for Fireman Bemis. how
ever. he could not be found near the
engine. His body was, however. discoy-
cred about 3 feet distant upon the beach.
the tide being out Bemis' body was
picked up and an effort made to revive
him. He had been struck upon the head
and his skull was fractured. All the hot
water in the engine had poured out in
stream and had run down and about the
fneman's face SO that he was badly
Ing water into his throat After a time,
however, the man began breathing and
later was removed to Everett DR.. Rufus
II. Smith. surgeon Of the company, was
teiegraphed for from Seattle. but before
he got away he was appraised of the
mans death, which occurred at $50 yes
terday morning. he never regaining con-
seriousness. He was young man. an
married.
No one aboard the train. save the fire
man. sustained any injury, and many of
the passengers, ii was said. were I'M
aware that an accident had occurred un-
I'll all was over. The miraculous escape
of the engineer with scarcely a scratch,
and the fact that not wheel of the
coaches left the track wre commented on
by the crew as most unusual. One OF the
crew said that had not the greatest care
been exercised in the movement OF the
train the entire train would have rolled
over the embankment.
The train was delayed in getting into
the city until late yesterday morning
but 1t was all brought in with the excep-
ton OF the engine. This. the train men
say. is not badly injured. although IL went
over bulkhead about IL feet high.