Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-11-05
SERIOUS WRECK At
PULLMAN JUNCTION
seven Men Hurt When Genesee Train
Crashes Into Extra Train
Loaded With Hogs

Tuesday night there was a serious
wreck on the Northern Pacific at Pull
man Junction, one mile east of Pull
man In which seven men were pain
Iully injured An extra freight
train, loaded with hogs, was pulling
toward Pullman, when the Genesee
tram crashed into IL from the rear.
Inc extra had two engines. The
regular engine was in front and No
0 l., monster engine used as help
err from Troy, Idaho. was behind the
caboose, pushing the train.
The extra frei ght on the Genesee
branch rounded the curve and crash
ed into the helper engine, showing
1t more than half way through the
caboose of the extra train. The ca
boose was badly wrecked and the
seven occupants We're all painfully in
Jured. The men in the caboose were
all with the stock, there being no
train men in the caboose at the time
|of the wreck.
The scenes following the collision
were exciting, The groans of the
wounded men could be heard com
ing from the wrecked caboose and in
N''N N"' hhNoS II was ullllCuh 10 H0u
them or to learn how serious were
their injuries. The steam pipes on
the helper engine were broken and
the scalding steam poured into the
caboose where the seven men were
pinned by the wreckage. George
Luedtke, a hog buyer from Seattle,
who had lS cars of hogs in the train.
was pinned Gown and scaldeA by es-
,onping steam, but lurGh aNh6sear
released him and ,thrg& him for
ward to the from end ~ the caboose,
where he was caught again and pin
ned against a hot stove, which burn
ed his coat off of him, and scared
his body painfully. In trying to
move the engine the caboose was
Jared again and Mr.. Luedtke was re-
leased from his awful position.
Four of the men were taken to DR..
Else's hospital where their wounds
were dressed These are: G.. w.
Tarbet. of Nezperce. Idaho, employ
ed to assist in caring for the stock,
arm broken, bruised and burned In
juries painful but not believed to be
permanent j. e. Tarbet, a brother,
also assisting with the stock, bruised,
Jul lItu anu 0Adiutu, DdItiult Dut nut
serious; George Luedtke, Seattle,
burns on face and body and painful
bruises all over his anatomy; A. w.
Williams, NeEperce, owner OF three
carloads of hogs, hands and feet
burned and head badly bruised.
Three other men employed in
assisting to care for the stock, were
taken to the Artesian hotel. Their
names were not learned as they re-
fused to give them and would not
register. To a reporter one of them
said: I'VE don't want our names in
the paper. Our relatives would learn
of 1t and would be worried" These
men were all painfully scalded by
escaping steam. One of them had
his right foot blistered SO badly that
the skin peeled off when his heavy
wooden sock was cut away. The
wounds of these men were dressed
by DR.. Mcguire, physician and sur
geon for the Northern Pacific rail-
road company. 1t is understood that
the railroad company stood all of
their expenses while in Pullman and
will make them an offer of settlement
for their injuries. The claim agent
was sent for soon after the wreck. 1t
is impossible to learn anything as to
the proposition made the men.
The track was badly torn up, The
wreck occurred at 1880 p. m, Tues
day evening and passenger train No.
II, from Spokane to Lewiston, was
held here until about II o'clock when
the wreck was cleared up and the
train proceeded south. None of the
trainmen were injured The engi-
neers and firemen on the tive en-
gines which were in collision es-
capped almost imaculously without in
jury.