The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-11-23
wreck NEARORCHARD,
TWO MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Several Were Int1red-Orders Were
Not Read Clearly EnOugh-One En-
Efne Was Wrecked-The other
Engine Ran Away Toward Noun
tain Home.

Boise, Idaho. Nov. ia bad wreck
has occurred on the Short Line. one
and half miles east Of Orchard. Mar
tin Cosgroye. engineer, is dead. Chas.
Wallace, brakeman, was killed instant
ly. II. w. Knox, fireman, lost a leg
and is lying In the hospital here in a
dangerous condition. Eph Mcdowell,
engineer. and Frank Oman, fireman,
were severely cut and bruised.
Engineer Cosgrove was brought to st
Alphonsus' hospital here and died an
hour after his arrival He was un
married. His mother lives in Allie
gheny. Md. Nothing is known OF the
aDtecedents Of Charles Wallace.
The wreck occurred in a collision
between an eastbound freight train,
Conductor Davis in charge, and a
helper engine. which helps certain
trains from Nampa TO the top Of what
is called the Hill. at Cliff. about 10
miles east of Orchard.
Engineer Cosgrove Of the freight
Lad orders TO stop at Orchard, SO the
helper. which was backing to Nampa.
might pass. He misread his orders.
After leaving Orchard he examined his
orders again and discovered his mis-
take. He had just started to stop his
train and return 10 Orchard when the
collision occurred.
Engineer Eph Mcdowell and Fire
man Frank Oman of the helper stated
they had no warning OF approaching
danger until they heard the roar Of the
orcoming train. The track is straight
but Mcdowell declares the headlight OF
the freight engine was not burning
Mcdowell made an attempt TO reverse
the lever Of his engine. II was thrown
back violently by the force OF the col
lision just as he jumped. The lever
struck him as he left the cab. Oman
also jumped and neither he or Mellow
ell! was injured beyond being bruised
and cut.
The engine Of the freight was badly
wrecked and 10 Of the freight cars
we're derailed. lying along the tract
in an indescribable mass where tbs
members Of the crew who were no
Injured were doing all they could Il
alleviate the suffering victims Of tbs
disaster. Engineer Mcdowell and Fire
man Oman Of the helper were bobbinl
around. They had been severel!
bruised and shaken up. but otherwis'
we're not injured.
Head Brakeman Wallace of tn
freight waG still under the wreckage
II could be seen that both his legs hai
been cut of near his hips and that h.
was dead. II was impossible to re
move his body till the wrecking GREY
arrived. wallace's body had beel
burned frightfully, his arms lying a
point near the boiler where tn
scalding steam enveloped him.
On the road to Boise. Cosgrove an
Knox told their stories between gasps
Cosgrove admitted he had misread hi
orders. as stated in the foregoing. an
that he had discovered his error to
late.
A remarkable feature of the wrec
was that the helper engine. afte
smashing the engine of the freigt
train and throwing IL of the rails In
tangled heap. steadied itself on tn
rails and then dashed away up tn
hill towards Mountain Home. Its ow
tender had been telescoped into tn
cab and the wreckage was draggin
1 behind as the engine ran wild up th
track. II ran eight miles and the
stopped. being found some time late
The engineer made an effort to r
verse as he saw the danger and loo
ened the lever. As he was thrown OF
If the cab by the impact he felt th
, lever strike him. This reversed ii
motion OF the wheels and as the e.
CINE remained on the rails II was SOC
speeding away from the scene.