The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-20
HIS THIGH BROKEN
The Wagon Smashed by Swiftly
Moving Train-Accident at
PhiIomath.

| By a collision of the outbound
Yaquina train with a passing hay
wagon in the corporate limits oi
Philomath Monday forenoon Thorn
as Hudson, farm 1aborer, had his
thigh broken, and Milton Wyatt
received severe flesh wound un-
der the chin. The accident hap
pened block or two beyond the
Phi1omath railroad station, just as
the passenger train was arriving in
town. The men were ona empty
hay wagon and were driving at the
moment along the road that passes
up the hill in the western portion
of town. The train was moving
at only a moderate rate. The wag
On was struck amidships by the
locomotive with such force that an
eyewitness says the hay rack was
lifted up almost as high as the en-
| gine's smoke stack.
Hudson was thrown On one side
of thetrack, and Wyatt on the other
For several moments, both lay
perfectly quiet as though the force
of the shock had been fatal. Pas
sengers and trainmen hastened to
the assistance of each, and after a
little whiskey had been given him,
young Wyatt arose to his feet and
walked away.
It was not so we'll with Hudson.
He, lay where he fell, at a distance
of six or eight feet from the track,
His thigh bone had been broken
near the hip. In addition, there
was a severe confusion On the hip,
it being the opinion of physicians
that the blow that caused the lat
ter, broke the leg. Whether itresult-
ed from contact with the locomotive
or from the flying wagon, no one
pretends to say.
DR. Pernot of Corvallis and DR.
Loomis of Oregon City, were
among the passengers on the train.
They bound up the 1imbtemporarily
and Hudson was taken on board
and brought to Corvallis, where
he was taken to the home of Mr.
Tunison, near the court house.
There Doctors Pernot and Farra set
the limb, and the injured man is as
comfortable as is possible under
the circumstances.
Hudson is forty years of age,
and is unmarried. He came to the
county a wear two ago from Tex
as, and recently has been employed
at farm work by Frank Wyatt. =.
Milton Wyatt is the son of John
Wyatt, and is about 2S years of
age. He is a graduate of the Agri-
cultural College having left the
institution with the class of 1895.
The news of the accident sent the
people of Philomath and the many
passengers on, the train into state
of excitement. The news quickly
reached Corvallis and the first re-
ports were that two Or three people
had been killed, woman or two
among them. It was not long
however, before the unfort innate
facts, as they happened became
known.
How the accident happened with
the coming train in plain view, is
a mystery to many. Mr. Hudson,
in the midst of his pain, explained
it in a measure, at the Tunison
home Monday afternoon. eve
were driving along" he said, Gun
conscious Of the near approach of
the railroad train. Our wagon
made so much noise that we did
not hear the whistle. We were going
north, and the train approached
from that direction is partially OBJ
scured by a house and orchard so
that we did not see the train un-
til our horses were almost if not
quite on the track. It was then too
late to turn around or to go back. |
Besides, the train seemed far
away for us to get across
in plenty of time. We hurried up
the horses all we could, even using
one of the pitchforks for the pur-
pose, but with all the efforts we
could make it was impossible to get
clear of the locomotive. It all |
in a moment
Milton Wyatt realizing that the
wagon was sure to be struck at
to get off at the rear end
but did not make the start in time.
Hudson was driving the team when
the accident occurred. The force
of the collision threw the wagon
about 40 feet. It cut the rack in
two equal parts, throwing one on
the north side and the other on the
south side of the track. The hind |
axle was broken squarely off
at each wheel. The front wheels
and the horses escaped uninjured.