The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-26

man on this division, and this was his
first trip.
Brakeman Mix, son of Miles Mix of
this city, was on the tender, where he
: had been shoveling down coal to Dixon.
The shock Of the collision threw him
into the air, and he was found after
the accident behind the other engine,
, having been thrown over both engines.
; His injuries consist of scalds about the
legs and shoulders, and bruises all over
: the body. His face is badly scalded,
but his eyes escaped injury.
Engineer Beebe of 162 was mixed up
with the wreckage and when the
shake-up was over, found himself sit
ting on pile of COAL with trucks
and splintered wood all around him.
His only serious injury was cut on
his head, though he is bruised and
shaken UP considerably.
Engineer Rheim of the 159 was thrown
out of his engine and cruised, but his
injuries We're not thought to be seri-
Gus. He went back to the caboose on
his train and asked Conductor Yake
how the mistake had occurred. Then
he went forward and found Engineer
Beebe of the other train OF him he
asked: Didn't you know we were
| on the road?" Then he started to find
| the injured men, but was soon taken
! with vomiting, and speedily became
| worse. He failed rapidly and died at
| the hospital this afternoon. 1t is sup
| posed that his injuries were in the
brain and that cerebral hemorrhage
| caused his death.
Fireman Coomhs of the 159 was bad
| ly shaken up and cut, but assisted in
caring for the others until his strength
gave out and he collapsed.
Conductor Yake and his brakeman
were thrown about rather hard and
shaken up considerably, but their in
ri -nJstnr
AS soon as possible a wrecking train
was dispatched to the sceue and the
work of removing the wreclSage was
begun. The track was not cleared till
7:07 o'clock tonight. The westbound
overland was delayed on this account
and did not reach here till o'clock
tonight.
Operator Disappears.
When the wrecking train reached
Bonita Operator Laird had disappear
ed. The only solution there is is that
Laird was asleep, and 1862 had passed
his station without his knowing it.
He has always been a careful man, and
| when he was called up by the dis
patchers here for information regard
ing this train he responded to the first
call. The theory is that the passing of
1862 had awakened him without his
knowing what it was and that he was
just aroused when the call came over
the wire. He seemed to realize the
enormity of his error, for he at once
fled when he learned Of the accident,
and was not located till tonight, when
he sent word from the mountains back
cf Bonita that he would give himself
up if he were promised the protection
of officers, as he feared he would be
mobbed.
Removing the Injured.
The injured men We're sent back to
Missoula on a special train, in charge
of Dr. Buckley, and reached here about
noon. At that time Rheim was very
low, and was sinking. He did not rally.
Mix was alsp very low then, but he
has gained strength and has recovered
| his reason. which had left him for
| some time The others are all in good
shape tonight. The two tramps We're
| riding on the front end of the stock
car and were crushed fiat between the
car and the tender of 159
| The damage TO the engines is esti-
mated at about S1.500 each. The For
| esters and Woodmen held special meet
| ings tonight to arrange for the fu-
neral of Mr.. Rheim, who was men,
ber of both orders. The coroner of
Granite county has been investigating
the accident to-day.
Had His Usual Sleep.
There has been a rumor about town
on duty for 80 hours, and-that his fall
ing asleep was due to this fact. In
quiry at Bonita shows that Laird had
his usual sleep yesterday and did not
go on duty last night till the usual
hour. He is man who does not drink
at all, and he has always been prompt
and attentive to duty since he has been
on this division, which has been about
year. He formerly worked at Noxon.
on the west end, and has been at Bon
ita about three months.
Rheim was one of the best engine
men on the division He formerly ran
out of Laramie, Wyo., on the Union
Pacific. When G. W. Dickinson came
to the Montana Union as superintend-
ent Rheim was one of the engineers he
brought him with him to Montana. He
afterward came to the Rocky Noun
tain division and had a good record
here He was fond of telling that he
ran the engine that drew the Stand
ards first press into Anaconda, when
he was running on the Montana Union.
His family has the sympathy of the
entire community.