The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-11-20
GREAT NORTH
ERN WRECK
Ten Japs Killed and Twenty
Nine Badly Injured.
BODIES BADLY BURNED
Chief Clerk Baker of Great Falls Calls 1t
Minor Affair Of No I'm
portance.
BODIES BADLY BURNED


cial 10 the Standard from Great Falls,
Mont, says that 10 japanese laborers
We're killed and 2S injured, three
probably fatally, in collision be-
tween freight train and a work
train on the Great Northern railroad
near Cuibertson, a station close to the
eastern boundary llnn of this state,
Sunday morning. The work train
was standing still. Rounding a
curve the freight crashed into the
work train and sad havoc followed,
One Of the cars in the work train
was a bunk or sleeping car. In this
there were 45 japanese laborers. and
but three of them escaped death or
Injury The story told by the sur
NlNors is that the most awful scenes
followed the crash. Wounded men
IA! about everywhere and all were
horribly mangled. The ground was
soaked with blood and the shrieks
OF the injured We're agonizing.
The car contained a stove, and the
WrGckagc was soon ignited The
tralnm2n and the three uniniured
Japanese worked swiftly to save the
victims from certain death in the
liam1s and by dint of extraordinary
effort on the part of the uniniured
none was inclncrated The fire com.
m.nlc2ted to the other cars in the
train, ;nd altogether seven of them
were burned
Sgch hclr as CulbertSon afforded
was speedily summoned and as soon
as possible a special train was sent
from Glasgow. a division point, with
surgeons and other assistance. The
wounded men we1 brought 20 Glas
gov, where they remained until this
mornlng when tie more seriously
injured We're brought to Great Falls
on d SPECIAL train. Those who were
not so badly hurt were cared for at
GLASGOW.
Tho special tram from GLASGOW
with lis ghastly burden of dead and
dying was met at the station in
Great Falls by those who were eager
to lend every assistance. Tho in
Jur2d were taken to the hospital
where their wounds were dressed. II
is the opinion of the surgeons that
three of the men in the hospitals
will die, and perhaps others may
succumb.
Few are able TO tell a connected
story Of the disaster owing to theil
inability to speak English. Theil
tales, however, simple as broken
as they are, tell the horrible eXper
fence which they underwent.
Wrocking crews have cleared the
track and traffic has been resumed
An inquest is being held at Glasgow
tonight, but the verdict of the coro
ner'e jury is not yet available.
Sundays disaster is the second OF
the kind that has occurred on the
Great Northern within a few months
The previous accident took place
near Kalspell, in the extreme north
western portion of Montana, when Sc
laborcrs and superintendent Downs
were killed
Assistant General Superintendent
II. \. Kennedy is ont of the city, but
Chief Clerk w. +. Baker. who is act
Ing superintendent in the formers
absence. whom asked about the
wreck early last evening said:
"Our report of the wreck is thai
an extra freight train collided with
work train near Culbertson, Mont
about 10 o'clock Sunday morning
The wreck is a minor affair, occas
ioning no delay to traffic and was
of so little importance that we die
not consider il worthy of mention
There were several Japs injured, bu
none seriously. There is absolutely
nothing in the report that any were
killed"