The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-26

Butte, Mont, Sept. 25.-In the worst
wreck in the history of the Northern Pa
cific railroad. twenty persons were
killed. eleven seriously injured. several IA
tally and about thirty more or less in
JureG in a collision between passenger
train No. 16. known as the eastbound Bur-
lington flyer, and a westbound freight
train at $40 O. clock this morning at a sid
ing known as Youngs Point, about thirty
miles west of Billings. The fast travelling
passenger train crashed into the freight
just entering on the siding during
binding snowstorm, the engineer OF the
passenger failing to see the signal flag
OF the brakeman of the freight train in
time to avert the crash.
The Dead.
r. E. Yickers, Virginia City, Mont.
Colonel II. II. Hodson of Utah.
John Paulas. Billings.
Robert Anderson. Hardin, Mont
Loren A. Stewart, Dean, Mont.
II. c. Gamble. Mumiston. la.
E l. Dymack, Denver.
c. II. Barnes, Seattle.
George NJ. Kontick, Anaconda.
Ora Babcock. fireman. Billings.
Samuel T. Marchington, Chico Springs,
Mont
Charles f. Johnson district passenger
agent. Nickel Plate. Denver.
George Pantelrock. Anaconda.
John Ryan. Gushing, Okla.
Milo Holloway, Billings
Sam Slomowitz, Billings.
S. l. Chemran, en- route to Billings. ad-
dress unknown.
Three unidentified coal miners en- route
TO Kirby, Wyo.
Seriously Injured.
The more seriously injured are:
Mrs. Robert Anderson. Hardin.
Ben s Westbury. address unknown; in
jured internally; ill die.
John Figuri. miner. Coldwater. Atha-
basca.
Cletcher Dyer. Mount Carmel, ILL.,: arm
broken; injured internally.
Antoine Rewcizs Helena; arms broken
internal injuries: head badly cut; may
John Burke. Boston; leg broken; back
injured
Surname Cordea, Flathead, Mission; back
badly injured.
l.. f.. Cordea; head cut and shoulders
and chest badly bruised.
Johnny Cordea; head cut.
Small boy, arm broken: head cut.
Flagman Not Observed.
The freight train. which was an excep-
tlonally heavy one. left Park City with
but six minutes time to make the siding.
IT pulled partly onto the siding when the
passenger was heard coming. and, seeing
that he could not get the heavy freight
train clear OF the main line, the engineer
upon the main line The flagman got
perhaps twice the length of the passenger
train up the track. but owing to the heavy
fog and falling snow. the signal was not
seen. He threw a fuse through the cab
window, but The train flew by him, but
even this signal was evidently not no.
ticed.
Awful Crash Resulted.
The passenger train, which was run
ming about fifty miles an hour. crashed
into the freight. wrecking both locomo-
tives and telescoping the smoker and the
baggage car. The smoker was reduced
to kindlng wood. and only three persons
riding therein are known to have got out
OF the wrecked car alive.
The engineer and fireman of the freight
saved their lives by jumping. Engineer
Biesinger of the passenger engine saw
the freight train when virtually upon IT,
He threw on the emergency brake and
made leap for his life. He was prac-
tically uninSured. Fireman Babcock
head struck the rail and his skull was
crushed. He died in a few moments.
Some OF the bodies of the killed were
terribly mangled. some OF them being
ground TO bits that it was necessary TO
pick them up in blanket.
Awful Scenes Witnessed.
When the relief train reached the wreck
the scene was one OF a most heartrending
in taking the bleeding forms from under
meath the wrecked cars. The groans of
the injured and dying were most terrible
Many were pinned beneath the wreckage
and many of those killed had been lit
orally crushed TO death.