The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-31
STRUCK BY An ENGINE
Probably Fatal Accident on the
B.. A. 4 p.
. MINER WAS RUN 0vER
Robsrt Dalssll Stepped on the Track
Between Two Moving Switch m
gines-Ihe Accident Was Un-
avoidable.

In an unfortunate railroad accident.
which occurred IN the Butte. Anaconda
& Pacific tracks at yorktown. a few
minutes after the noon hour yesterday.
Robert Dalxell. a young miner en-
ployed at the Bell mine. was run over
by a locomotive and SO seriously in
jured that there is little hope Of his
recovery.
Young Dalzell roomed and boarded
at the residence Of Constable Tim Har-
rington at s23 North Wyoming street.
He was working night shift and got up
yesterday morning about IL o'clock.
and after dressing himself and getting
breakfast, he started u to call on
some friends who live a short distance
west Of the Harrington home. The
track Of the B., A. q p. hill line passes
through the neighborhood generally
known as yorktown. a few o d be-
low the house, n as the family at
whose house he intended to call also
live near the tracks. a block or so to
the west, he went down to the track
n started to walk along it In that d.
rection.
II was the dinner hour for the rail-
road men and the crews Of engines
Nos. z I'M 8 were on their way to the
rcundhouse to put up their engines to
20 to dinner. Engine No. Z led the
backing at o good rate of speed, going
west to the roundhouse. Engine No.
s, in charge of Engineer Patrick Car
mody, followed very close behind Z. also
backing at a good rate Of speed. going
20 rods west of Wyoming street. The
bell was ringing and the whistle was
blowing for the crossing, and Dalzell
heard IL and stepped on the tracks.
The noise of the first engine prevented
him from hearing the second, which
followed so closely behind. and without
turning his head to look back. Dalzell
stepped in behind No. : on the track
again. In doing so he stepped directly
in the way of No. 8 n almost in
stantly was struck from behind by the
rapidly moving locomotive.
1t occurred so quickly that Engineer
Carmody either did not OF could not
see the danger. IND IL he had he could
not possibly have stopped his engine
and prevented the accident. Dalzell
was knocked down n the wheels OF
the ender passed over his left leg.
crushing and mangling 1t in a shock
ing manner. After the engine had
passed. the injured man rolled down
the ~embankment four or ive feet. and
lay moaning, while a big crowd or peo-
Die ktdtntTtu dpout Iliihs ~ w 80
a man had been run over soon circu-
lated, and John Dalzell. a brother. who
lives near the scene of the accident,
and the members of the section crew
who were also close at hand. hurried
to the spot. They carried the now I'M
conscious man to the porch OF the
house Of Bat Riley. close by, n has
tily summoned the ambulance from the
st. James hospital. At the hospital II
was found necessary to amputate the
mangled limb at the thigh. which was
done and his other injuries, a broken
collar bone, where he had been nrst
struck by the tender. and a severe
scalp wound. properly dressed. AT a
late hour last night the injured man
was still alive m resting as comfort
ably as could be expected, but he suf-
fered terribly from the shock. and the
surgeons of the hospital rave very mt
tie hopes hat he can survive.
Dalzell was conscious only at times
after being taken to the hospital and
then was only able to give a discon-
nected account of how the accident &C.
Cured. but from what he was able TO
say and what others knew-there were
no eve witnesses-this version is drawn
Dalzell stated hat the engine did not
stop. but continued on to the round
house. 1t Is assumed from this tina
Engineer Carmody. being on the oppo-
site side of the engine, could not see
the man before hitting him, and as he
would be looking back. did not notice
him on the ground afterwards. and
probably did not know he had run over
a man. Engineer Carmody could not
be seen after the circumstances OF the
accident were learned.
IL Is said the fireman had previously
left the engine to go TO Inner, winch
doubtless accounts for the failure OF
the engine to stop, as IL he had beer
aboard he would have seen the acct
dent, as II happened on his side.
Dalzell is "a years of ~ and un'
married. His brother. John, and ar
uncle, p. s. Murphy. are the only rel
atives he has here. He was born IN
New York city. where his father still
resides. He came to Butte a yea age
last June and has since worked in the
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