The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-24
A Series of Wrecks During
the Cold Spell.
PROPERTY DAMAGE
Great-No Loss of Life and Nobody In
jured-Cold Weather and Snow
Interfere With Traffic.

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near Summit, Wednesday night
which was briefly mentioned in Thurs
days issue, was another of those
lucky, although unfortunate acci
dents which have occurred on that
road during the past month. Strange
as it may seem not a single person
was injured although two cars were
practically demolished, and the en-
gine on the second section of No )
was put out of business.
The wreck occurred at the west
switch near Summit. The air pipes
on the mail car burst near that point
and desiring to have control of the
train before starting down the grade
the engineer had hauled the train in
on the siding, uncoupled the mail car
and pulled it out on the main line
expecting to then return, couple onto
the train, pull out and take the mail
car on west on the rear end of the
train.
For some reason the entire train
was not on the siding, diner and
tourist sleeper being partially on the
main line. About the time the mail
car had been put on the main line,
second three came around the curve
at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
The wreck followed. Both cars were
tipped over and badly damaged, but
not person can be discovered who
was injured, even slightly.
In connection with the wreck near
Summit and one of the principal
things which made No. late was
the wreck of No. 4 near Shelby juno
tion the same day. Train No. 4,
which passed through this city Tues
day night went off the track at Shelby
and to use the language of an arrival
in Kalispell WAS scattered all over
the plains when we came along -
From what information is obtainable
there was no one injured.
Trainmen declare that passenger
trains on the Great Northern have
been hoodooed during the past ten
days. First there was the passen-
ger wreck at Bolton, and Fireman
Goodrich scalded to death, then the
smashup of the engine drawing the
special of the general officers of the
road between this city and Spokane,
caused by boulder which had rolled
down the mountain and landed on the
track just in time to give the officials
touch of high life.
Then followed No. 3's endeavor to
ride the rotary near Summit resulting
in the complete wreck of both en-
gines and caboose, ana then the
wreck of No. 4, near Shelby Junction.
But No. 3 which was due here We'd
nesday night seems to have been
picked out especially for unlucky
turns. It was delayed at Shelby
Junction, wrecked at Summit and
now comes the story that it was again
wrecked near Bonner's Ferry, Idaho,
yesterday morning, colliding, head on
with another train, which has the
nerve to dispute the right of the
track with an old war horse. The re.
ports of the last wreck are but meagre
and it is not known that any were In
jured.
Besides the passenger service,
freight trains are having their trou-
bles. How many have been wrecked
or died on the road during the past
week is a matter of unwritten his
tory, and will in all probability al.
ways remain so, as far as the public
is concerned, but it is safe to say
that twenty engines are now in the
machine shops as the result of wrecks
between Havre and Spokane during
the past ten days.