The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-28
RAILROAD WRECK
One Man Killed and Many Others
Injured
IN A HEAO-ENO COLLISION
p. J. Murray. Fireman. Loses His Life
Engineer House Seriously Injured.
Damage to Property Is Great.
Misunderstood Orders.

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wreck that has occurred on the Rocky
Mountain division of the Northern Pa
cihc railway Inc the famous Tea
train smashup 10 years ago, o place
shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon.
one mile east of Bonita. As a result Of
q head-end collision, two engines N
four freight cars are piled up In the
ditch, one a Is killed. one seriously
injured and two slightly hurt. The
dead man Is II. J. Murray. fireman. r.
NJ. House. engineer. has N leg broken
and Engineer Jack Gregory and Fire
man Lynch are slightly cut m bruised.
Just how the accident came about Is
not known yet and will not be learned
Till Engineer House makes his state
ment. House left Missoula at s:45 last
night with the 75s. an old-style 17-inch
standard engine. with Fireman Murray.
on a double east bound freight.
One of the big engines that usually
makes this run In In the shops and two
lighter engines were put on to taxi the
train up to Canyon. House left Garri-
son this afternoon with his engine
light to run back to MissouIa. He had
orders to meet freight train No. "a at
Carlan. the order being what is called
a time order" He ran past Carlan
and was evidently trying to max Bo-
nita, six miles west of Carlan, before
No. "a cached there. Train No. "a was
made up OF 10 cars and was pulled by
Engineer Gregory. who had the lSs.
one of the big "K~londikers." The train
was In charge of Conductor Harpsfer.
and had stopped at Bonita for water.
IL had reached a point just beyond the
first mile post east of Bonita station
and a getting under good Roadway
when IL entered the cut where the coll
lision occurred. The cut Is on a curve
and IL Is not possible TO see the track
for any distance ahead. As the big
"Klondiker" poked It's nose into the cut.
the light engine. 75S. dashed into the
other end and was not seen till e was
too late to get out of the way or to
stop.
The report received at the STANDARD
office says hat the 75s was running at
a high rate of speed and struck the
front OF the "Klondiker"
with a crash that was heard for n long
distance. With the collision the ooIler
the 75s exnloded and Engineer Uo,es
and Fireman Murray were hurled into
the air THE q Or Mur,av bas no,
haer found His hot hand ana son,a
nieces of HE cIo,hing yyara nicLad ~
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1880 n' 10y " ="
su,.n e" Mas plensu ny uncon-
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D,onen u ne oeu'y u anu p,uissu.
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,nJureu' me neao brakeman OF tialh
o. hdu Just ieit the engine 10 go
Eyer ,ne yrs III search OF hopoes when
me accloent occurred. he was thrown
aown anu siisntiy bruised. Inc 1873 "
badly damaged. The full extent OF the
damage cannot be learned yet. -Four
box cars were wrecked and the clear
or the track II proceeding under
the direction OF Roadmaster Palmer.
The cause of the accident Il evident
~ Houses disregard of his orders,
which were to meet "a at Carlan. Why
tried TO run to Bonita, knowing that
the train was coming. Is a mystery. Ii
been suggested that he made a mis-
in reading his order and thought
that his time order was for Clinton n
stead of Carlan. House is one of the
recently promoted. and has
been running only since September. He