The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-27
lATAL WRECK At SPOKANE
nuNAwAV FREIGHT TRAIN RAN
INTO CITY 30 MILES AN HOUR.
1ur Persons Killed and Several In.
lnred-Many Buildings Wrecked
Wrecked Train Scattered Along for
Qne-Hah Mile-Happened at 4
N'cioek in the Morning.

p0kane. June 23.-IAke a mighty
kNnnderboit a runaway train OF sixty
Na4Fily loaded cars swept down the
nlN Rpokane Falls Il Northern grade
e1l tpre through Spokane about day.
NMNt Monday morning. Gaining mo
|em as IL swept down the long
.1o1 from HiilyaFd. il struck the end
We track al Division street with
Nnled estimated at from so TO 30
AIi'NM PSF hour. Leaping free from the
fHENes crossing Division street like
NN4N. tearing It's way over the rough
MNNA and through the rocks. il struck
7t eidsnes of James Slice with ire
0Ne foFee. crushing IL TO fragments,
slllNN two u the sleeping inmates and
s three more. The crystal laun.
y feet farther west on River ave
Nnaily checked the rushing cars,
NNs vs. carried from It's foundations
Isl four are dead. Al ieast three
MkN Ha0Ted From CO 10 50 cars.
NEa and battered. are scattered
N.1NN pc path Of the runaway for
Mok n quarter Of mile
N Nonss Of James Slice. In Harri,
HN 4Ftnns. is completely wrecked
MANAMA 10 kindlins wood.
IAe Erystai laundry building vas
MAt44 fEom It's foundati0ns-sh
AlIlF khFca o. four feet TO the west
~ feH fQrce OF the blow
4INN the laundry building for nearly
NNxA&F u = mile 10 the east the
NkneAN4 ears arc stFrWn Around hi.
Nleloo s1fest nearly 80 cars were piled
Mn M NNAl heaps. Such vas the force
~ we fsishiHg train that wheels and
N4sI cars arv found nearly 100
E In the track
E 81 piFiaian street, where the
1z4f4 ends. = tuTruw nearly COO fee,
faNN 40 hsea ploued Ia the earth b.
kaN HahiaE ears
The Dead.
HN lis, ~ dead. 50 far as known
3 a. follows
- sic". > years old. son Of
slv~. uhO vas asleep Ia the
- huusr.
m Thomas. a tramp. who. q Is |
NHea uAs A6lo~p 10 a hoxcar /
liz on the iiHe cas-, q, Division
street.
Hnmp. uhass nAno could Dot be
ftd. but Nho IL supposed 20 have
esisoP ~ish Thomas in the boz
one other body vas sighted In The
but 10, iAksa out AZ this TO
hrr Smith. With his assistants.
NfFivrd on the scene. and began
liNR assay ,hc debris in an astrfnp,
s. ep the BODY Tho unfostunaso
AN Undoubtedly dead.
The Injured.
11e lHinrcd arc.
TVS Ehiidrun 90 tho Slice family
&IM NA tho oldest son. and Viola
* ~ baby, both wsro removed
s. AAN Narrcd Heart hospital
AlAe ffeac Meyers. daughter OF Mira
stef4 Nhn occupies a portion Of the
nN9 y epmpany with the slice family.
Nov Il Happened.
A. nNNf ~ can DO learned from co
q " eAfs ~sTe In tho runaway train
taf9N r4fs, I, lie supposed. we're stand.
- ~ ~ old Spokane Fails a North.
afA N44&e At HiiiyAtd. which are nov
aze4 ~ Dc Great Northern for ator.
49, baItosos. L
AhN Nnrk from Hiliyard into spo
.aHt "a q heavy down Grade ali q, G
va The cars started Of their
aN ord on their journey. II ia
.et1nNlsN BY railroad 0ffciala that tho
TAIN ~ composed Of from co 10 20 :
ara 80 being no engine attached.
"a IS we're loaded with soft Goa.
~ 0riiy uf them being boxcara.
kNM HAsH appeared at intsrvala. aud
HNA tars were loaded with stove
01e 49, lumber. two tanks Of oil be. "
q NAf The front Of tho train.
~ HAjority. II not all the cars in y
M IfINs were loaded. and represent. q
sAaAnpds Of iuns &c be added 10
"a NeIsht Of the cars. d
A. tNe long train gathered headway
= ~ f1slr mile coast into the city the
'eI4nk q a terrible momentum was
skinh& and the velocity Of the train RI
~ nd rush ia estimated by train. 81
4 It ave been in the nelghborhood b'
u DO miles an hour. In
# 4HAr Of the flying cars struck e'
the hearts OF the residents y
erth side OF the river In the u
Bf the track. Al all points Ie
track the switches we're cot n
for the main line. not divert. 10
GSsrse Of the runaway from the
tracks connected at inter.
the main line.
emen we're on the cars at el
nnd the train rushed on its III
struction unchecked IN any gr
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