Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-06-19

"A remarkable chain Of eirenm
stances Is connected with the death 0
Gen. Joseph 5. Fullerton in the wrecl
OF the east-bound Baltimore q OhiC
express en- the foughiogheny bridge
: Oakland. Md" said Albert Swas
ey. who accompanied Humphrey Fal
ierton 10 the scene Of the wreck. q
a 81 louis exchange reporter. "Gsn
Fullerton came 10 ST Louis AZ my in
Fitation 20 see the first iron xork put
into his building Al Seventh and Pins
streets The day be arrived Was tn
hrst of three days Of rainy weather
The men could not work in the rain
and ! asked the general TO stay OEei
until the next day. He did 80. but
the day WAS no better than The hrst
q had a few minutes Of hard talk
ing 10 induce the general to stay over
Tor the third day. finally succeed
ed however. but the rain continued &c
tali and b work vas not commenced
The continued bad weather put the
general 4 little out OF sorts and max
Ing an engagement for the ~f0Ii0Eins
day ne parted.
That night he happened 20 glance
AZ the weather forecast and seeing ralp
predicted for the next eay he srO;s
ne = note Of apology and departed %
The , o'clock train for Cincinnati me
train arrived AZ Cincinnati tSo hours
late and as a Consequence Gen Fuller.
ton missed the eastern connection. III
occupied berth No. s In the Pullman
gong 70 Cincinnati
When the train failed % make con
neetion he was told that the sleeper
would be sent back and gas given ,
check for q berth on another ear. This
car was attached { the rear u ths
next train and Gen. Fulierton. lnEead
o. going 70 his neW berth. which "a
in the hrst d the three ears weas
into the berth BE- had occupied % his
way from 81. Louis About ) o.coIrk
one 81 the conductors noticed the gen
sTsi il the bsrth he had prem assigned
70 while III Cincinnati The general
said that BIZ did not like The IDA 81
sleeping III the rear coach aEd hal
changed his miad about occupying Ill
old berth.
The general was sick most - TIE
night and rested uneasiiy When the
train MAS wrecked he Ma IN Bis 5erth
and this was probably the cause n hts
death when the train Jeff the track
on the curve approaching the brlixe
they were on the inside % the curve
and the engine and ali but the three
slsepers rode over the bridge aafeiy
The two Pullman cars az the rear %
the train were left on the bridge ap-
preach. owing 70 the breaking Of the
coupling and the hrst sleeper vas
carried about half way over ifs coup
ling also broke and the ear was huri.
81 oye the bridge into the river. isay.
ing the trucks lettering on the edge
Of the bridge. After II reached the va
ter the heavy trucks fell sith i terri
bic erarh on d roof Or the car i'm
medlafely oYe the berth of Gen. Fui.
ierton and buried that par or the car
IN the mud al the bottom ~ the rlYsr
Search VAS Immediately made for
the dead and injured The OnIy one
missing WIS Gen. Fullerton and. H.
though there are rs men working 4,
the river and immense quantities Of
dynamite have been used. the body has
not yet been recovered. II III supp1S-
ed 70 be buried beyond al hopes Of
recovery In the bed Of the river. The
generals clothing Was recovered. as
war also his pocketbook. which con.
tanned precisely si3." The death Of
Gen. Fullerton viii not interfere with
the erection Of the building % be n1m-
ed after him.