Daily inter mountain., 1899-01-16
AouNTAN MONTANA MONDAY
Engineer White, It Is believed, escaped
or was hurled through the cab window

Engineer White, It Is believed. escaped
or was hurled through the cab window
by the collision.
The Northern Pacific switch engine
was in charge Of Foreman F. J. Riley,
and he was assisted by J. J. Bellivon.
Charles Frederickson was engineer and
Thomas Boland was fireman.
Yardmaster John Seaman of the North
ern Pacific had issued instructions to
Foreman Riley to proceed to the Colo
rado smelter to do some switching there,
but the Butte Reduction works had a car
of lime on the siding referred to, which
it was desired to have placed on what is
called the high line" trestle running
up over the bins where ores and other
materials are unloaded into the bins.
Scale Clerk S. r. Willis, who has direc-
ton Of the cars at the reduction works,
had the night before made a request to
have the car of lime placed on the "high
line" but to do so Foreman Riley would
have had to have worked his crew an
hour overtime, and he told Mr.. Willis
that If it would do as well he would set
the car on the trestle the first thing yes
terday morning. AS this was agreeable,
instead of going direct to the Colorado
smelter, as ordered, when he left the
yards yesterday morning, he stopped at
the reduction works on the way down to
keep his promise to Mr.. Willis
The car of lime that was to be placed
on the trestle stood on the siding with
seven or eight other cars. In front of
1T stood two cars, a box car and nat
which it was necessary to move before
the car of lime could be reached. These
two cars We're accordingly hauled out and
backed in on the main line west of the
switch, and left standing there while the
engine went back in on the siding. The
purpose now was to spot some cars Of
slack coal at the coal bins, pick up the
two cars on the main track, set them
back in on the siding and then set the
car of lime up on the trestle. The engine,
after setting the two cars out on the
main track, ran up to the switch and was
just backing in when the accident oc-
Cured.
Foreman Riley remained at the scene
of the wreck for about an hour and then
went to his home. 1t was learned there
that he was so worried that his wife had
persuaded him to call on some friends.
Who his friends are or where they live
could not be learned Riley supposed that
the freight train had passed before he
commenced the work of switching, or
| that in the event Of the train being late
| that he had ample time to get the main
| track clear. 1t is possible that If the
! switch had been closed that the wreck
would not have been so bad and that no
! lives would have been lost. AS the acci-
| dent happened, however, it would not
have been possible to avert collision
even if the switch had been closed, for
the switch engine was not far enough
back on the side track to clear the main
| line.
| Joseph Grant, the deceased, was Is
years old, and had for ten years been a
railroad man in various capacities, the
! last three as conductor on the Short Line
| He was unmarried, and both his parents
who live in Norfolk, Neb, survive him
He has three brothers and sister, the
brothers being Peter Grant, an engineer
and Dan Grant, a brakeman, both in the
employ of the Short Line, who live al
Lima, as did the deceased, and Thomas
Grant, who is a resident of Butte. De-
ceased was member Of the Order OF
Railway Conductors, Pocateilo division
and a member of the Masonic lodge OF
Lima, and his brother thinks he is a
member Of the A. 0. U. w. He was OF
a quiet disposition and was admired by
all who knew him. His remains will be
shipped to Lima this afternoon for in
| terment.