The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-11
DEATH Of WELL
KNOWN ENGINEER
CONTINUED from First Page.)

death.
A brother, James Lenahan, who is
master mechanic of the Montana d.
vision of the road, will pass through
here tonight on his way to Seattle.
He has been with the Great Northern
for the past "a years.
Another brother, Joseph Lenahan,
is coming from Reno. P. j. Lena
han, of Butte, a brother, has been
notified but he is in the hospital
suffering from a broken leg and can
not come. He is a mining engineer.
A sister, Mrs. P. McGovern, of AL
berta. will come to the funeral.
He leaves four brothers and four
sisters, besides wife and aged mo-
Their.
The deceased was born in County
Simcoe, Ontario, but has spent most
of his life in the west.
The account of the tragic accident
as told by the Associated Press re-
port is as follows:
Everett, Feb. 10.-Engineer John
Lenahan and Fireman Carl Bloom,
of Interplay, were killed when the
locomotive boiler of the regular
Great Northern "Owl' train, due in
Seattle from Vancouver, B. c., at Z
o'clock. exploded three-quarters of
mile south of Mukilteo, near Everett,
at 6:25 o'clock this morning. The
passengers escaped uninjured. The
train was partially wrecked.
Engineer Lenahan's death was
tragic in the extreme. He was lean
ing from his cab calmly surveying
the blue waters of the Sound, as the
train rounded the point, which is
skirted by the tracks which closely
parallel the shore line.
Thrown Into Sound.
Without the slightest indication OF
the impending disaster, the ponder
Gus boiler suddenly blew up, flying
into a thousand pieces and throwing
engineer and fireman far out into the
Sound
Bloom, who was bending to his
task when the boiler blew up, was
evidently killed instantly. His body,
or what remained of it, must have
sunk Immediately, for it has not yet
been found.
Terribly injured, but with SELF
preservation strong within him, Len
ahan, already in deaths grip, struck
out for the shore struggling desper-
ately, with arms so full Of strength
but a few moments before, to reach
the shore.
Negro to Rescue.
Immediately the conductor of the
train and an unknown negro sprang
into the Sound, and swan bravely for
the injured engineer, whose lacerated
body was being buffeted by the
waves.
I'VE will pull you out, HANK
shouted the conductor, encouraging
ly. as he neared the engineer.
mo, you can't do it, came the
feeble response from Lenahan. They
managed finally to reach shallow wa
ter with the almost lifeless burden.
It was too late, for his fast ebbing
life was in the balance and death
mercifully interviewed soon after
Passengers from the train donated
dry clothing to the conductor and the
negro.
Where the fireman's body was
thrown by the terrific explosion,
which. even against heavy gale,
was distinctly heard in Mukilteo
three-quarters of mile distant, was
not known up to late hour TINS
forenoon. Search was instituted IN
shallow water near shore where, on
a 2OO-foot embankment, the boiler
fragments were found, but there was
no trace of the second victim OF one
of the worst wrecks ever known this
side of the mountains. About 1
O'Clock the body of Fireman Bloom
was washed ashore.
The explosion occurred on the
curve just south of Mukilteo as the
somewhat belated train proceeded
cautiously in the direction of Seattle.
Engineer Lenahan was holding down
his speed as that is the portion OF
tho coast line where most of the re-
cent slides have occurred.
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