The San Francisco call., 1908-09-26
10 KILLED AND
81 INJURED IN
TRAIN WRECK
Worst Accident in History OF
Northern Pacific Occurs in
Binding Snowstorm
Passenger Flyer Travelling Fifty
Miles an Hour CoIIides
Headon With Freight
Smoker Completely Demolished
and Only Three Persons
Escape With Lives

BUTTE, Mont, Sept. 25.-In the
worst wreck in the history of the
Northern Pacific railroad, 19 persons
were killed, II seriously injured, sew
eral fatally and 90 others slightly in
jured ii collision between passen-
ger train No. 10, known as the east
bound Burlington Flyer, and west
bound freight train at $40 O'Clock
this morning at siding known as
Youngs Point, 80 miles west of Bill
lings. The fast travelling passenger
train crashed into the freight just en-
tering on the siding during a blind
ing snowstorm. the engineer of the
passenger falling TO see the signal flag
of the brakeman of the freight train
in time to avert the crash.
The passenger train, which was run
ming about so miles an hour. crashed
into the freight. wrecking both loco
motives and telescoping the smoker
and baggage car. The smoker was re-
duced to kindling wood and only three
persons riding therein are known TO
have got out of the wrecked car alive.
Many OF the killed We're terribly
mangled. some OF them being ground
TO bits
When the relief train reached the
wreck the scene was one of a most
heartreRding nature. Many volunteers
were aged in taking the bleeding
forms from underneath the wrecked
cars. The groans of the injured and
dying were most terrible.
On the relief train were DR.. Watkins
and his assistant from Billings and
several nurses. and al Park City and
Laurel a number of other physicians
got on the train. The cold, damp,
snowy weather did not tend to make
the suffering any less. The farmers
living near supplied clothing and
blankets and received many of the in
jured into their homes
The following is list OF the dead
and injured:
DEAD
Colonel Hodson of Utah
John Paulas. Billings. Mont
Robert Anderson. Hardin. Mont
Lorenz A. Stewart. Dean, Mont.
IL C. Gembie. limestone. Ia.
l.. l. DEmack. Denver.
ID. H Barnes. Seattle.
g. NJ Konsiclx, Anaconda. Mont
Ora Babceek. Billings, Mont
s Chingdon- Chicago springs, Mont
Charles E Johnson. Denver district
passenger agent Nickel Plate railway.
George Bantelrock, Anaconda, Mont.
John Ryan. CuchinE. Okla
Milo Holloway. Billings, Mont
p E. yickers, Billings. Mont
Sichemram, address unknown.
Three unidentified coal miners en-
route from Anaconda Mont. to Kirby.
Wyo.
Injured-Ban s Westerly. address
unknown. internal injuries: will die.
Dan Sicour. coal miner. Co1dwater. Ala.
bruises. Fletcher Dwyer. Mount Car
men. H.. arm broken. internal injuries
Sam Slowmitz, address unknown: both
legs broken. internal injuries; the only
one in the smoker who escaped with
mis- life. Anton Rowcitz, Helena Mont.
both arms broken. internal injuries.
back hurt. Susan Cordea, FIathead In
dian mission. back injured. L. T. Cor
dea, Flathead Indian mission, head cut,
shoulder and back hurt. John Cordea.
Flathesd Indian mission, head cut.
John Wagner, Coleman. Alberta leg
broken and possibly internally injured
parents in Australia. f. w. Shark
Red Lodge. Mont. bad bruises Anton
ark, y. j., arm broken and internally
injured. Benjamin sydney, Pasco.
Wash, legs broken. B. r.. yickers.
Helena. Mont, both legs broken ana
internally injured. 6. r. Marchington.
FindIey, Mont, internal injuries. Small
boy, arm and back cut