The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-26
MEET DEATH IN
A HEAD-ON
COLLISION
q. n. PASSENGER TRAIN NO. 4 ON
N. Z. TRACK AT LIND
WRECKED - WAS A DISRE-
GARD OF ORDERS.

Spokane, Nov. 25.-Three men
dead. three severely injured, one per-
haps fatally, and six cars burned, is
the result of a disaster near Lind,
Wash. about midnight when an east
bound Great Northern passenger
train collided with a helper engine
on a sharp curve The Great North
ern train No was coming from Sc
attic over the Northern Pacific
tracks.
The dead are: Engineer Del. G.
Rieman, Foreman Jacob Spangler OF
the Great Northern, and Engineer
Taylor. pilot of the Northern Pacific.
All three of the dead are still en-
tombed under the engine, and their
bodies will not be rescued until late
this afternoon.
Engineer Norbelle, in charge of the
Northern Pacific helper, received
serious internal injuries. He is now
at the Elite hotel at Lind, in too
critical a condition to be removed to
the hospital.
B. J. Adams, mail clerk on the
Great Northern train, received seri-
Gus scalp wounds. He is now
at the Elite hotel at Lind. A hobo,
whose name was not learned, was
also severely injured.
All the passenger coaches were
heavily loaded with passengers, but
all escaped without injury, save for
a few slight scratches from flying
glass.
Disregarded Orders.
Disregard of orders is said to be
the cause of the wreck. The helper
engine went out without orders, and
while backing around a sharp curve
about one and one-half miles from
Lind, collided with the passenger
train. which was coming down at a
fast rate OF speed.
Six cars, including the mail car
baggage and express. were ierailed
and soon took fire from the engine
To save the mail and baggage, the
passengers Joined the train hands
and the contents of these care were
saved
So suddenly did the accident oc.
cur that the engineers and firemer
had no time to jump. They went
down under the overturned engine
Engineer Rieman was a resident
of Hillyard and leaves a widow and
little child. He was regarded as one
of the best engineers on the road
Fireman Spangler was a single mar
and roomed at Hillyard.
A relief train left Spokane for the
scene of the wreck at 2 o'clock thi
morning and returned to this cit!
with the passengers at 11:45 today
The wrecked train left Seattle Wed
nesday morning at o'clock and wa!
due here at 1918 last night. f1v'
hours late
Supt. J. L. De Force of the North
ern Pacific is in charge of the relic
work.
Spokane, Nov. 26-Bruised an,
battered, Leon Foose, fireman. on tn
helper engine that collided with tn
eastbound Great Northern passenge
train running extra over the North
morning, lies at the Sacred Hear
hospital. Foose's injuries are seri
GUS, and he is in a weakened conii
ton. He is married. His bride O
six months lives at Cunningham.
Foose takes the blame for the &C
cident off the shoulders of himsel
and Engineer Norville of the helpe
engine, who lies in a precarious cor
dition in the Elite hotel at Lind Th
current story yesterday was that tn
crew of the helper had disobeyed OIL
ders. Local Northern Pacific official
refused to discuss the accident
"Norville and myself were engage
in repairing the brake she of one @
the drive wheels in the yards a
Lind" said Foose last night. "Whe
that was finished Norville went to tn
station for orders and I gathered u
the tools He was gone about fiv
minutes, and came back with the ol
ders. In the meantime had entere
the cab.
"The orders instructed us to go t
Providence and wait for the passer
ger train that crashed into us t
pass. Norville said, We must b