The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-23
Engine and PaSsengerCar Break
Through the Trestle at
IlwacO Dock.
PASSENGERS WERE RESCUED
Deputy Coroner pOhl Narrowly ts-
eapss Drowning and Others
Bruised and injured.

lhs train " the lwaco Railway A
! Navigation Company went through tb'
COMPANY dock IN ilwaco ~ 5.30 yoHief,
day afternoon, while backing up TO Ins
warehouse with freight ana passengers
( tor tho steamer llwaco,
/ Thc iiaih had reached a point aboui
hat way from the shore end u the dock
when The undcrpinnInS gave way and
the engine foil through and was com.
! plctclY labmrfgot IN elghl fec, OF water
| The train Was composed of Two cara
b,nidou no engine one. freight cat
loaded with oysters. ana which was IN,
| 'front.' of the train. the engine being be-
hind. passed safely over the break and
| remained eh the tfestle. The remaining
cat Was the usual passenger ana com.
blnatl3n coach That also passed the
place where the break occurred bul
when tho sugiae went down Il dragged
/ tho end Of the passenger car 10 which II
/ Naa attached down with a. Fortunately
| tho car fCil with slide TO ono side, ana
large fender pile was forced through
! 4, clear 10 tho roof Tho coupling wtn
/ tho freight rar held. ana with the support
NJ ,hr pie. only one cnd Of tho car wrpl
In the wa,of
I Standing IN tho baggage compartment
was group Of mcn composed II G e.
Dalton. Max rohl of Astoria. J. H. ooul'
irr and tWo members Of the crew OF the
ss-ancr ilwHco. These either jumped
out or fo,i out az the car went down
/ mo tho water In the other end of the
car ttrfu wcru a number of ladies. all
~ whom managed to regain the irrs,le.
except Mts Rogers. ot Ilwaco. ANA hcr
daughter. Ml,s Pearl who were b0in
'prccipgiaird into the wallet Engineer
/ ilanbvfscr Jumped as the engine wen,
down. bui his nrcman Mr. Bush, was
Jammri b'lNcrn the engine ana tender
ana went clear under the water with
tho wtrck
Fortunately q number ot trapmcn were
m tho vicinity with their boats. 'if,ihg
ihrlr nets These Immediately rowrd TO
the scene u the wreck and succeeded Ia
rrsrulnE an pf tho passengers. Fireman
Iiush was tho most seriously hurt Of any
OF the marty he did not succeed m
freeing himself from the wreck until
three different attempts. all the slime
being held under the water hc nnally
got loose aAcehdrd TO the surface ana
Was picked up by one Of the trap boats.
ilo vas painfully injured by bruises ana
numerous cuts from broken s'aHs. bui
was able TO limp on when landed on
the dock. without assistance Il Is not
believed that his injurics will tcfol,
seriously
Max Pohl, CialHop countyr deputy
coroner had perhaps. the narrowca, IS.
cape OF any. but Il was from drowning
rather than from bodily injuries sustained
In the wreck he went down three tunes
before hc could be reached by any OF
the boats
Tho ,rcstlc wrcfc the wreck occurred
has been considered unsafe Tor some
time. II was undergoing the needed re-
pairs when the wrvrk occurred. and there
would undoubtedly have been considera-
bio los. Of NE but FOR the fact that
many passengers took the prrcau,on TO
walk around tho unsafe place, Nearly
all u those went into the water ana one
or two others wcrc more or less bruised.
hut there We're no bones broken nor seri-
Gus wounds incurred,
The engine II not believed TO be badly
damaged. 4 large ncow with proper ap-
pllances was AZ once secured. ana tho
work OF removing the engine was in
progress when the steamer llWaco left
Tor Astoria.