The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-25
"Wild Engine on Northern Pacific Collides
With Passenger Train Wreck Takes
Fire and is Completely Consumed

Walla Walla, Wash, Nov 25,-Tel-
ephonc advices to the Union from
Lind Wash, says a disastrous wreck
occurred there at / 80 o'clock, when u
helper" engine crashed into the
Great Northern passenger train. No.
4. which was being held on siding.
The train is now burning up despite
efforts to eXtinguish the flames The
mail clerk and engineer are missing
and ii is reported others also are miss
ing.
Owing to washouts, the Great
Northern train was being run over
the Northern Pacific tracks Into Sc
atttlc
II is reported that the telegraph op-
orator at Lind received orders TO hold
the helper on a siding. but, accord
iuG 10 the meager accounts obtalnable.
the engineer, who is missing disobey
ed orders, with the result that the
passenger and helper crashed togeth-
er at high speed Every car was de-
rallied and fire which followed Is re-
ported to he consuming the entire
train II is also reported that many
of the sleeping passengers were un-
able to escape from the cars.
The railroad operator at Lind adj
mits the wreck and fire. but refuses
10 give any particulars.
Spokane. Wash. Nov. 25.-A Spokes-
man Review special from Lind, Wash,
says:
Three trainmen dead, two others be-
loged to be fatally injured, FIVE out
OF six cars on Great Northern pas
senger train completely destroyed by
FIRE. but every passenger safe, is the
summing mp Of a wreck on the North
ern Pacific railroad. about mile from
Lind. shortly after midnight.
The Dead:
Engineer L. Reaman.
Fireman Jacob Spangler.
Pilot Tyler
Probably Fatally Injured:
Engineer and fireman on the Wild
engine that collided with the passen-
ger train. Their names are not Yet
ascertaIned.
The accident occurred either
through misunderstanding, or disre-
gard of orders.
The Great Northern passenger train
from the coast was travelling over the
Northern Pacific tracks on account OF
floods and washouts on the Great
Northern line. IL was due In Lind,
shortly after l o'clock this morning.
The wild engine started west and
no sooner had II left the station, than
the operator knew that terrible mis-
take had been made, but had no means
of recalling It.
About n mile west Of Lind the wild
engine" and the passenger engine col
llded. Immediately there was ter
rife explosion. awakening every sou
on the passenger train. Fire from the
engine was Immediately communicat
ed to the equipment and in shoT'
time the mail and express cars, smok
'ng car, chair car, and a sleeper were
In flames. The cars did not leave the
track
According TO Engineer Rush, whf
had pulled" the train 10 Prosser, bu
who was riding on the train from tha
point as a passenger. every passenge
escaped unscathed. except one wh'
was only slightly injured,
The mall was hurriedly removed
from the car and the main portion o
the contents Of the express car wa
also saved, together with much OF tn
DdkGdbts
The unlucky train crew on the pas
songcr engine, who were on specla
duty. arc believed 10 have been kille
outright. II was not possible TO &C
The body OF the engineer out Of tn
wreckage.
Search about the wild engine
which was totally wrecked. disclose
it's engineer and fireman TO be so bat
~ Injured that death is believed To b
mattcr of only hours.
One sleeper was saved from the nr'
by tho railroad men pushing and pul
ing at the heavy car to move IL TO
place ~ safety.
The passengers. many OF them scar
tny clad. are being taken care oi
Lind.
The telegraph operator at Lind d'
cllncs to discuss the accident