The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
The BOHEMIAN
TRAIN WRECK
THE DISTANCE.
THREE KILLED IN SMAsHuP
No Criminal Responsibility Fixed by
the Verdict Of the coroner's
Jury.

TX Bozeman, Aug. 7.-One man wa.
killed and two seriously scalded in a
collision in the east end Of the North
Arn Pacific railway yards at 9:3(
Io'clock last night. The special train
llof G. ]. Kruttschnitt of the Southern
Pacific railroad crashed into a light
|engine. damaging the latter and wreck.
| ing the former. The special "cornered
the light engine at frog. The spe.
cial was moving at a high rate oi
tspeed. The light engine was moving
Eet an ordinary rate. r
IA William McGonigal, trayeling engi-
beer was instantly killed.
The scalded are William Craft and
Gabe Pepper, engineer and fireman,
respectively, on the special train.
Z With rush the special train came
into the east end of the yards. Ev-
erything is said to have appeared
clear. The light engine was moving
easily. Suddenly there was crash
as the special ran into the light en-.
4 gine at the frog. The next instant
there was a kissing Of steam, a
creaking of strained and twisted iron
and steel, and two iron horses were
wrecked. McGonigal appears to have
had no chance to save his life. He
twas riding on the engine, No. 1873, of
the special to see that the train got
q good run.
Engine No. 1873, which struck the
forward one, left part of the cylinder
under the tender, turned over and is
half buried in the ground. The pis-
ton rod is twisted badly, the cab bro
ken and the baggage car tipped half
over The private car Guadalupe had
one vestibule knocked off.
Engineer Craft and Fireman Pepper
of the special stuck to their respective
posts in the face of impending catas-
trophe and as a result were badly
scalded by steam. They were scarcely
able to stand when aid reached them.
Immediately after the wreck a
wrecking train and crew were sum.
moned and the work of clearing the
track began. 1t was four hours be-
fore traffic was resumed. That was at
1880 o'clock this morning. ;.
Little time was lost in caring for
Craft and Pepper. They were removed
from the scene Of the wreck and
given medical aid. The remains OF
McGonigal were turned over to an
undertaken The coroner was notified
and will hold an inquest either to
morrow or Tuesday. The time has
not been definitely decided upon.
The engines did not meet head-on,
but "cornered," as they express it in
railroad parlance. The engine OF the
special was derailed and then turned
over. McGonigal met almost instant
death. His body was recovered after
some difficulty and was found to be
l s
mangled.
The damage to the rolling stock
and tracks has not been estimated,
but is is known it will be great The
light engine, which does service with
a work train, was in charge OF En-
gineer Haines. Conductor Shotly of
the work train was riding on the work
train at the time of the collision. The
engine was getting ready to tie up
after having cut loose from the work
train. Neither Haines nor Shortly was
injured.
Bozeman, Aug. 8.-The wreck Sat
lrday might was the absorbing topic
here yesterday. Hundreds visited the
scene yesterday
Engine No. 1873 was a total wreck.
The baggage car was considerably
damaged and the private coach slight
y. Engine No. 33, the leader of the |
,wo freight engines, was shaken up
badly, and engine No. II had its
EFT steam cylinder torn OF and the
rod broken of, and. was (
,Orm up otherwise. I,
The remains of Travelling Engineer
T. McGonigal were taken to Kay &
Davis undertaking establishment.
had been with the company
or Is years and was one OF its most /,