Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-25
Eight Lives Are Crushed Out in Ter.
rible Collision Between Columbia
Garden Car and Freight Train.
THIRTY PERSONS ARE INJURED
FrightfuI Scenes Immediately After
the Accident-What the Train
Men Say.


& Pacific freight train and a street
car at the railway crossing at Utah
avenue and Iron street Sunday night.
Joseph T. Ryan, timekeeper at Bell
mine. He leaves father and moth
er at Watertown, Mich, and a broth
er at Clancy, Mont. He was about SIS
years of age.
Maggie Harrington, aged 49,: resia-
ed in this city and was a sister of
Alderman Harrington.
E. Maud Johnson, aged 10, of Butte
Mrs. Josephine Jacobs coloresl,
Butte.
Mrs. Sadie A. Smith. colored, Butte.
Mary Keefe, aged 10, Butte.
Vera Naughton, aged a. Butte.
J. Fisher. barber
List of injured:
Gussie Haft, fractured skull, may
recover.
MotOrman Jackson, suffered COM
pound fracture of the right leg and
is also suffering from shock. 1t is
believed he will recover
Felix Hughes, who was sitting with
Ryan. who was killed, sustained frac
tured knee and several ribs broken.
There We're about 80 others injured
but none seriously aside fro mthe three
mentioned.
Comes Without Warning.
From all that can be gathered re-
garding the accident, it seems that
what is known as the big jumbo
car No. II, was coming back from
the gardens we'll loaded with pas
II u c r
freight crossing on Utah avenue just
north of the Great Northern depot.
According to the story of Conductor
Fred Hinkle, he gave the usual two
bells to Motorman Alfred Jackson to
go ahead, as it is the custom to stop
at all crossings and move on signal
from the conductor. Hardly had the
car got started when the motorman
evidently saw the rear of the freight
car coming towards him. The con-
ductor says the motorman reversed
his lever. but he thinks it was done
so suddenly that something went
wrong. The car kept going until
about a third of its length was eth
er over the track or on it. Then the
compact came.
Terrific Crash.
Those who heard the crash say it
the cracking of timbers were the
screams of terrified people In an in
slant the passenger car was turned
over on it's side and crushed beneath
the body of the freight car The
trucks of the freight stopped when
they struck the passenger, and the
body of the heavy freight car crushed
down on the overturned street car.
AS the collision came, probably
dozen persons towards the rear of
the car and few nearer the front
saw what was coming and jumped.
Dozens of others were thrown out as
the street car went over, some land
ing ten feet or more away, but out
of danger from the overturned jum-
DO. Many were stunned, but they
quickly picked themselves up and
made off or mingled with the crowd
that gathered when the news of the
accident spread.
Under the crushed overturned car
were still dozens of people. Towards
the rear end the car was lifted some,
so that those who were not thrown
out at the first shock were easily got
ten out. Some of those in the center
of the car were not so fortunate, but
were held down by the seats They
wore rescued with more difficulty.
Physicians Summoned.
Then the real hard work began.
That was to get out those pinned I'M
der the front end of the jumbo, which
part of the wreck was held down by
the heavy freight car Adolph He'll
bronner of the street car company was
one of the passengers on the wrecked
car. He was toward the rear, and was
thrown out. When he picked himself
up he realized at once the extent of
the accident, and ran to the near
est telephone and sent word up town
for all the doctors and ambulances
that could be had. Word also was
sent to the fire department. And
Chief Sanger and his men were on the
scene almost at once to render SER
vice in the rescue of the unfortunate
people under the wreck. Chief Null.
holland Captain McGrath, Sergeant
Parlin, and all the policemen who
could be spared from the center of
the town, and many who were just
about to report for duty also went
down to the place. The patrol wag-
on was sent along with as many Off
GERS as it would carry. The presence
of the policemen was timely. for the
crowd grew so great as the horror
of the thing spread that it would
have been impossible for the rescuers
to work without assistance to keep
the people back
lnextricabIe Mass.
To give an idea of the situation it
is only necessary to say that for
third of its length the big jumbo car
was directly under the end of the
freight car. It lay with it's bottom
up and front wheels in the air, Just
clear of the edge of the freight. I'm
der this. where it would hardly be
supposed there would be found any
thing alive, were heard cries. One
was the cry of girl calling to her
mother to take me out The car
floor farther back was not crushed
down so fiat, being held partly by
some of the woodwork of the upper
part of the car and the seats Pinned
between the roof of the overturned
car and the inverted floor were sew
eral injured passengers.
Work Of Rescue.
AS soon as the f1remen arrived, rail. |
road men and citizens generally be. |
gan to gather up means of raising the |
weight upon the imprisoned people. |
Towards the rear and center of the |