The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-19
JAPANESE LABORERs VICTIMS OF
A DISASTROUS COLLISION
IN MONTANA
TRAINS COLLIDE AT A CURVE
and Had No Warning of Impend-
ing Danger-A Fearful
Sight Ensued.
WRECKED CARS CAUGHT FIRE
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Nov. 49,
Yesterday morning wreck occurred on
the Great Northern near Blair, 375 miles
east of this city, which resulted in the
death Of ten men and the serious wound
ing of twenty-eight others. The wreck
occurred between a work train and an
extra freight and it was on the work
train that the killed and injured were.
The work train had on board forty-one
Japanese and was proceeding west. 1t
expected to meet the freight at Culber,-
son. There is a sharp curve where the
trains met and the trains were running
about twenty-five miles per hour. The
blame is supposed to rest with the
freight, which had orders to protect the
work train.
a., The force Of the wreck was so great
as to throw the freight cars on top OF
the work train, which was piled high In
a mass Of wreckage. Flames Immediate
ly added their terror to the work of the
wreck. The men able to do SO immedi-
ately started the work of rescue, the
dying groans and the pleading of the
men under the wreckage squirting on the
workers. At the time of the accident the
Japs were at breakfast and in an insts.at
the car was smashed to kindling wood
and the dead and dying men were buried
In heap of wreckage. OF the entire
number on the car but three escaped
death or injury.
After an hours work all were account
ed for and there were ten dead bodies
alongside the track and several other
men SO badly injured that it is likely
they will die. 1t was impossible to check
the work Of the flames and soon seven of
the work cars and three freight cars were
In ashes.
News of Wreck Delayed.
! It was some time before word of the
wreck reached the outer world, and it
+ was necessary to send man to Culbert-
son, six miles distant, on foot, and he
could not be spared until all possible was
done to save those In the wreck. Word
was sent to Glasgow for a relief train
and doctocrs and as soon as 1t reached
there the work Of dressing the wounds
began. Nineteen of the injured were
brought to the hospital here. arriving
this afternoon, and the other nine were
left at Havre. OF those who came here
all except three will probably recover.
Those at Havre are not so seriously in
jpred, :. s04
H. Mastoni, foreman of the japanese,
who was one Of the three who escaped
injury, said tonight that he had no idea
who was to blame. I'VE were all seated
at breakfast when the crash came.
When / looked up after being thrown
clear from the wreck found that the
dining car was in splinlers. / could see
several parts of men sticking out from
beneath the pile and we at once began
the work of helping them out. think
that most of the. men were killed out
right. Most of them were cut up hor-
ribly. Some were. torn apart. Arms and
legs were lying about in all directions.
There was one head which was crushed
and 1t did not look like a head at all.
Some of the men who were not killed
were burned badly. We took them from
the flames just as fast as we could, but
many were pinned by heavy timber ana
with the limited force we could work but
slowly. The cook stove was responsible
for the fire. / understood from some Of
the train men that the orders were to
protect the work train. None = of the
white men were injured. Two of them
had blood upon their faces, but they
were able to help out the men under the
wreck. -