Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-03

An accident which resulted in the
death of two persons ad the serious in
jury Of about twelve others occurred
last night on the Montana Central at
Trask's siding about twelve miles east
of Butte. The wreck occurred a few
minutes before ten o'clock, butthe first
news of the accident did not reach, the
city until about II O'Clock last evening.
The scene of the accident was at a
point about seven miles east Of Wood
Vile station in a stretch of level ground
| known as Elk Park. The train which
was in charge of Engineer Wilson and
! Conductor Al Kick left the Montana Cen
trail depot at $3.50 last evening. The train
consisted of two baggage cars. one smok-
err, n day coach and one sleeper and
contained fifty passengers.
After leaving Woodville, which is the
summit of the Continental divide, the en-
gineer, as is usual on the level ground of
Elk Park, put on an extra head of steam
and was covering the ground at q rate
of about As miles an hour when a jar
was felt in III passenger coaches. In an
cars had left the rails and were running
on the ties.
Then followed a scene of wild confu-
sion. Men and women became panic
stricken. Some of the passengers rush
ed to the windows and doors, while the
women shrieked and clutched at the
sides of their scots. The next instant the
coaches rolled over the embankment. In
the Earring of the coaches the lights
were extinguished, which was a fortu-
nate circumstance, otherwise, the loss of
life would have been much greater.
AS the coaches fell cries of terror were
heard in the darkness and men and wom-
en- made frantic efforts to gain the open
air through the doors and windows.
| Thncn ,n0f $500 l..A
climb out and at once began to give their
attention to the work of rescuing the
women and the injured. Conductor Kick
was one of the first to get out and al
though suffering intense pain from in
juries to his back he managed to reach
WoodVille and telegraphed to Butte for
assistance.
RELIEF TRAINS SENT.
At midnight a special train consisting of
an engine and car containing DR.. r. T.
Murray n a corps of surgeons left for
the scene. 1t arrived at Las a. M, with
nve OF the nsured. They were W. HI.
Lucas, president of the Montana base
pail league, w Reeves, mail clerk.
MRS. Lille Deeming, Mollie Drew and
george smith of Minneapolis. Later in
the morning other special trains WE'RE
sent out from Butte and all of the pas
sensers taken back to the city. From the
passengers it was learned that the killed
were: Ne hiieu
JOHN LUCCHESI of Great Falls
Of Salt Lake, years
The injured were:
). -. mccormick, former city ticket
agent of the Northern Pacific. serin,,s1u
injured in back. Nousiy
w. n; Lucas, president of Montana
basepall league, several ribs broken AND
severely bruised about the head,
George Smith. Minneapolis, badly cu,
on head and back injured.
w. e. Mccormick, travelling man sno-
kane, leg injured. ~
lacerated. manu-
Mrs: H. Porter, Butte, hurt on head
n side. ~
H; NJ. Mccarthy, news agent, St. Paul,
s. w. Scott, railroad man of Chicago
severe scalp wounds.
Rev. G. c. Rector. Bozeman. contu-
sions on head and bruised ABOUT the
body. VIC
s ]. Kelly, Salt Lake, several ribs hro.
ken and injuries to head.
back.
! M. Cosgrove, Butte, arm and ribs bro
ken.
j Mrs. Lucchesi. Great Falls, slightly
injured.
| Mrs. John Cameron. arm broken and
back injured.
! Al Zick. conductor, shoulder and hip
wrenched.
Mrs. Lille Deming, Great Falls, in
jury to back.
Mollie Drew, daughter Of Dan Drew.
Butte, left arm lacerated. :
i Howard Reeves, mail clerk, Butte cuts
On head.
Frank D. Smith, Great Falls. head and
back hurt.