Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
Big RAILROAD WRECK
GREAT NOR THERN TRAIN GOES
OVER EMBANKEENT.
Seven Bodies Lye at Bottom of Lake.
Nine Killed and Many injured -
Wreck Caused by Rotten State of
Roadbed.

these lying at the bottom of damon,
lake among the wreckage Of a Grea
Northern passenger train, and a mum
Der more seriously injured, is the lates
report from Camden, where the train
bound for Spokane at 4:18 Monda.
night, apparently running wild through
the tunnel, bounded from the track ant
plunged into the lake.
The passengers seemed to have a pre-
mention of impending disaster, but i
was probably simply uneasiness at tn,
great speed of the train as it neareC
the fatal bend. The men were speak
ing of the danger of such fast trave
and just before the engine cleared thu
tunnel it may have come to the mind,
of many that they were riding dow1
hill behind a runaway engine.
Then the crash came. The engine
tore through the rails at the curve anC
made straight for the lake. AS the
huge locomotive plunged under the
water, it drew down the mail coach,
the baggage car, the smoker and the
day cars.
There was no time to avert disaster.
AS the coaches struck the water there
was a binding flash from the explosion
of the acetyline gas tanks and in a
minute there was a fire in the lake
which added to the horror of the situa-
ton. Some of the passengers broke the
windows and fought their way out, be-
fore the smoking car was filled with
water and the fire extinguished.
Some of the luckier ones were fright.
fully burned and scorched by the flame
and heat. Others were caught in the
car, smothered by the waters, or blind
ed by the flames. Seven or perhaps
more are believed to remain, waiting
for divers to come clear across the
state to bring up their bodies from the
w~reckage at the bottom of the lake.
Two bodies are recovered, those of
George 81. Curtice and T. j. Dolbow.
The rest OF the bodies will probably
not be recovered until a diver arrives
from Seattle.
The train was travelling at a high
rate of speed and it is believed by
many that the engineer, N. e. Munson
of Hillyard, had lost control of his en-
CINE Or else had lost his head, for the
train was going swifter than was safe
around the many curves along that
part of the road.
Both Engineer Munson and his fire.
man, George Bell of Hillyard, are bur-
led with the engine. Besides these two,
it is known that Charles Danner, the
mail clerk, of this city, and the bag
gageman, George r. Strickland, of
Kalispell, Mont, are still beneath the
water. Ed Newcomb of Spokane and
w other bodies are also reported to be
pinioned in the wrecked cars below the
water.
Those Injured.
OF the injured there are reported:
Pete Nelson of the Nagel hotel, Spo-
kane, head cut and badly bruised.
ID. E Cash, road overseer, Sand
point, right arm bruised.
Thomas Holland, Usk, Wash, arm
cut.
II. Killeen, checker, Great Northern,
st. Paul, Mimi, back slightly injured.
Juan Gnoto, Albion block, Spokane,
hand smashed.
E. E. Hall, Newport, Wash, right
hand and face burned and cut.
j. e. yorum, Minot, N. D., burned
and crushed internally.
Louie Milinks (Austrian), Spokane,
hand cut by glass.
G. &. Malhills, timber cruiser, Spo-
kane, hands and head badly burned.
E. B. Newcomb, travelling salesman
for Grinsfelder & Co, Spokane, bruised
hand.
Over a Fifty Foot Bank.
A half score others were badly
shaken up and received minor injuries,
which were forgotten in the endeavol
to aid others who were suffering.
The train left the rails at the west
exit of the tunnel, one and one-hall
, miles east of Camden, and plunged
downward over the so foot bank into
the deep waters of Diamond lake. The
engine, tender, mail and baggage cars
are completely submerged, while the
three passenger coaches coupled direct.
} ly behind were thrown ON their sides
} amid the boulders and sharp rocks al,
most at the waters edge. The dining
car and palace car "Chelan" alone re,
main ON the rails.