Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-10
FIRES DESTROY FORESTS and
CROPS FAIL---DROUTH.
Closes Goal Mines-Barges Unable to
Move and Myriad of Workmen Lose
Wages-Big Mills Are Closing
Heavy Rains Quench Forest Fire in
Michigan and Wisconsin.


of the Northern Pacific railroad 81 per
sons We're killed, Is seriously injured.
several fatally, and about 80 more or
less injured in a collision between pas
senger train No. 16, known as the east
bound Burlington flyer, and a west
bound freight train at $40 clock
Friday morning at a siding known as
Youngs point, about 30 miles west of
Billings. The fast travelling passenger
train crashed into the freight lust
entering the siding during binding
snowstorm, the engineer of the pas
senger failing to see the signal flag
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 teescoping 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 were terribly
mangled, some of them being ground
to bits.
When the relief train reached the
wreck the scene WAS one Of a most
heartrending nature. Many volunteers
were engaged in taking the bleeding
forms from underneath the wrecked
cars. The groans of the injured and
dying were terrible.
I'm tho rolfaf ,.-a-o H.
and his assistants from Billings and
several nurses, and at Park City and
Laurel a number of other physicians
got on the train. Everything possible
was furnished the injured and every
thing possible done to save the lives
of those who were dying. The cold
damp, snowy weather increased the
suffering. The farmers living near
rendered their services, supplying
clothing and blankets and received
' many injured into their homes.
Fireman Babcock of the passenger
train and Fireman Phillips Of tn,
freight, both of Livingston, and the
head brakeman, Milo Holloway of Bill
lings, were killed outright Elever
other passengers, the two engineers, The
mail clerks and baggagemen on the
passenger train were seriously injured
Most Of the / seriously injured vii
probably die. The passenger strucl
the freight engine full in the side tele
seoping the mail, baggage cars, smok
er, crushing the day coach and pinninl
the passengers and trainmen beneatl
the splntered wreck of engines, pas
senger and freight cars
a heavy, wet snow which was fall
ing al the time prevented the wrecl
from catching fire. All westboun'
trains are held at Billings until th
wreck is cleared.
The killed and injured were all rid
ing Ia the smoker, none Of the oeeu
pants Of the first class coaches am
Shoppers being injured The dead wer
loaded ia a coach and taken TO Billing
when the track was cleared. The il
iured have boon taken 10 Billings am
viii be placed in hospitals. The el
gineer of the freight was among Oh
killed B0th engines are lying on thei
sidos badly damaged The baggag
car was totally wrecked, except Oh
trucks.
Partial List Of che Dead
Tho following died o. sueeumbed
their injuries Colonel u, Hodgson d
southep Utah, on Bis way 10 Billing
Mont His wife was on the train, bl
oseaped uniujurod Charles ~, JOIN
sion, 2O5 coniury building, pepye
COL, district passenger agent of u
Nickel Plato road Robert Anderson,
hotel keeper at Hardin, Mont Jon
Pawles of Billing, Mopti p, y Marc
iugtop, Chico, Nopij 3. =, Gilman
Laurel, Mont op hie way to hiillng
John Ryan, going from huiie to Gus
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logai q. ~ RaFpos, op hie way ifo
soaiile 10 IN Joseph MOI ~ a eln
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