Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-07-04
IL VICTIMS IN HOSPITALS
Dead Are Louis Bradeen, w.
J. Baldwin and w. S. Ped
icord, All Of Seattle
John Alberty One Of Passcn-
gers on III Fated Train

Ctrrited Press Dispatch).
TACOMA, July 3.-The death tell
from the wreck of the Miiwaukee
train near Rainier, this morn ny.
reached three when Fireman w S.
Pedicord succumbed to his injur' ,
this afternoon at the Tacoma CensrlI
hospital. Two others, Har-y E.a.fa.
contracting freight agent OF :ha N =,
waukee road and his wife, arc u.t
expected to survive the night. Rowe,
whose injuries are internal, Is uncon-
scious at st. Joseph's hospital. Mrs.
Rowe is in very critical condition.
her skull being fractured.
Twelve other victims are in Taco
ma hospitals, seriously hurt. A score,
or more whose injuries were compar-
atively slight were given first aid
treatment at Rainier by staff phyat
clans and nurses on the Red Cruea
train and were able to proceed tn
their homes. The Milwaukee railway
in an offlcial statement tonight. plae-
ed the blame for the wreck on tho
Northern Pacific railway.
Train Falls Through Trestls
The wreck occurred at 10 o'clock
this morning, when the southbound
Milwaukee passenger train fell 20
feet through trestle one mile west
of Rainier, the engine, baggage car
and one coach falling on Northern
Pacific freight train which was pass-
ing under the trestle. The train
crew Of the Northern Pafcihc is
charged with failure to give warming
to the approaching Milwaukee train.
when large crane loaded ON the
Northern Pacific train knocked out
several supporting beams from tn
trestle.
Brakeman Frank Russell "a OF tn
Northern Pacific ran south along tn
track, expecting q northbound train
When he discovered his mistake IT,
Milwaukee southbound train wae
within q block Of the trestle. He ran
to the trestle, according to Witnesses
and tried to head on the passenear
train which thundered down upon H.
damaged trestle Engineer w. H
Baldwin apparently saw Russell ana
shut OF steam, but tried to signal ~.
late and the long wooden structuro
tumbled beneath the weight.
Smoker Drops Upon PasssnesrsL
The engine and two coaches plune
ed on top Of the stalled freight TRAN
forty feet below. The day coach was
smashed into kindling and the smo1D>
er poised for moment, swayfne
backward and forward ON the 49,.
of the gap. and then crashed down
upon the heads Of 20 or moro -
sengers and train men who wore
struggling for life in the debris. n
engine struck on her nose and top>
pied on the side. pinioning Enginsse
Baldwin and Fireman Pedicord.
Members Of the Northern Pacific
crew gave first aid. guided to vax1>
Gus parts Of the wreckage BY ~
means Of the injured and dying. TAA
cries Of the injured were pitiful -
they worked into the debris for nnEol
than an hour. Many Of the passsaG<
ers less seriously injured aided n
dragging unconscious men, women
and children to safety. Louis Bran<
deem, contracting freight agent Of ~
road. was the only persoR
taken from the wreckage dead. En-
gineer Baldwin expired an hour a.
ter being removed.
Dead and Injured
The dead are Louis Brandeen. oe
Seattle: w. J. Baldwin, engineer. oe
Seattle, and w. 8. Pedicord, fireman..
Of Seattle.
Persons terribly injured for wheee
survival NO hope u held out are Redh
fCnntinuad IN pnRa ~