Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
PASSENGER TRAIN SMASHED
into FREIGHT In MONTANA.
Fnghtful Accident near Billings, Mont.
Grew on Freight Train Blamed for
Disaster-Snow Falling at the Time
obscured the Signals-Relief Train
Quick to the Rescue.

OF the Northern Pacific railroad d ner-
sons were killed, Is seriously injured
several fatally, and about 80 more or
less injured in collision between mas
senger train No. 16, known as the east
bound Burlington flyer, and west
bound freight train at $40 O'Clock
Friday morning at siding known as
Youngs point, about 30 miles west of
Billings. The fast travelling passenger
tram crashed into the freight just
entering the siding during a 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 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 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.
On the relief train were DR.. Watkins
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 the
freight, both of Livingston, and the
head brakeman, Milo Holloway of Bill
lings, were killed outright. Eleven
other passengers, the two engineers, the
mail clerks and baggagemen on the
passenger train were seriously injured.
Most of the IL seriously injured will
probably die. The passenger struck
the freight engine full in the side, tele-
scoping the mail, baggage cars, smok-
er, crushing the day coach and pinning
the passengers and trainmen beneath
the splintered wreck of engines, pas
senger and freight cars.
A heavy, wet snow which was fall
ing at the time prevented the wreck
from catching fire. All westbound
trains are held at Billings until the
wreck is cleared.
The killed and injured were all rid
ing in the smoker, none of the occu-
pants of the first class coaches and
sleepers being injured. The dead were
loaded in a coach and taken to Billings
when the track was cleared. The in
iured have been taken to Billings and
will be placed in hospitals. The en-
glneer of the freight was among the
killed. Both engines are lying on their
sides badly damaged. The baggage
car was totally wrecked, except the
trucks
Partial List of the Dead.
The following died or succumbed to
their injuries: Colonel II. Hodgson of
southern Utah, on his way to Billings,
Mont His wife was on the train, but
escaped uninjured.- Charles E. John
ston, POS Century building, Denver,
Col, district passenger agent of the
Nickel Plate road; Robert Anderson,
hotel keeper at Hardin, Mont; John
Pawles of Billings, Mont; S. T. March
ington, Chico, Mont; S. 1. Chimarn of
Laurel, Mont, on his way to Billings;
John Ryan, going from Butte to Cush
ing, Okla; H. G. Gamble of Humiston,
Iowa; c. H. Barnes, on his way from
Seattle to st. Joseph, Mo-; L. A. Stew
art of Dean, Mont; George Pan
tlovich, 523 East Park street, Anaconda, |
Mont; Ceorean M. Kontuck, FOL Park
avenue, Anaconda, Mont; E. A. Dy-
going to Denver; Ora Babcock,
fireman on the passenger train, of Bill
ings, Mont; Milo Holloway, head |
of Billings, and three un-
identified passengers bound to Kirby,
Wyo., all from Anaconda, Mont.
One had a card with the name of M.
Measvonish.
Blame Tarinmen for Wreck.