Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-28
PASSENGER TRAIN
HIT BY SNOWS|DE
LARGE DEATH LIST REPORTED
FROM CASCADE DIVISION OF
GREAT NORTHERN.
TWO CARS DOWN MOUNTAIN
Was Being CIeared-Three of Bat
terman Family of Wenatchee
Were Killed.

Seattle The death list in the wreck
of the Great Northern's westbound
Cascade limited train No. 25, two cars
of which were swept off the mountain
line by an avalanche near Corea sta
ton, in the Cascade mountains, early
Saturday, stood at six Sunday when
reports to the railroad company and
stories told by survivors were check
ed. Four bodies, which were recov
cred, were brought to Seattle on the
relief train. Two passengers are miss
ing and are almost certain to have
lost their lives.
Survivors, Experiences.
Peter Saver of Leavenworth, Wash,
was in the smoking car when the ava
lanche struck the train. At first he
thought there had been a collision.
The car began to raise, and all the
passengers rushed to the front to get
out. He looked out of the window
tumble over The dining car turned
over once, slid many feet and then
burst into flames All those escaping
injury rushed to extricate passengers
buried in the snow.
Miss Fern Murdoch, young school
teacher of Cashmere, Wash, had a
thrilling escape She was in the end
of the chair car and was thrown down
the mountain side SO feet into snow
up to her neck.
| Woman Pinned in Wreckage.
Mrs Edward Batterman of Wenat-
chez, with her husband and three chill
dren, was on her way to Oregon to
attend the funeral of her mother. She
was in the lavatory warming a bottle
of milk for her S-months-old baby
when the slide hit the chair car. The
bottle broke, severely cutting her. She
was pinned fast in the car by debris
and it was 40 minutes after an opening
was cut into the car before she was
extricated. Her husband and baby
were found dead, the baby clasped in
it's fathers arms Her 10-year-old son
Is missing. The third child escaped
unhurt.
In the offices of the Great North
ern the following information was
given out regarding the fatality:
The accident was at Corea six miles
west of the western portal of the Well
ington tunnel, where2 SO lives were
lost in a similar accident six years
ago; was AZ miles west of Leaven
worth, 80 miles east of Seattle and 23(
from Spokane.
The train was No. 25, made up in
Spokane and which left at S:15 p. m.
Friday, for Seattle, Conductor M. H
Harrigan of Seattle in charge. The
engine crew that drew the train out
of Spokane ended it's labors at Leav
enworth, where it was succeeded by
a Cascade division crew.
Besides the engine and tender, the
train was made up of mail car, bag
gage car and smoker, then the day
coach and diner that were struck ant
carried down the mountainside, an(
! last sleeper and combination sleep
err and observation car on the rear
1t is not certain that all of the pas
sengers in the chair car have been ac
counted for The Great Northern dis
pitched a special train with 100 add
tional laborers to dig in the snow il
search for more bodies Sunday.
Chairman Charles A. Reynolds O
the state public service commission
went to Corea at the request of Gov
ernor Lister to conduct a personal in
vestigation of the accident.
Known Dead.
Edward Batterman and baby, Wen
atchee, Wash.
w. c. Carter, 905 Twenty-third ave
nue. East Vancouver, B. c.
Bert Kirkman, box 3S9, Sheridan
Wyo
The Missing.
Ralph Batterman, 10-year-old son o
Edward Batterman.
Another passenger, whose name Il
not known.
Inc injured.
Five injured passengers were takeI
to the hospital at Everett when tn,
relief train passed through there. The.
were:
Mrs. Edward Batterman, Wenatchee
suffering from bruises and shock.
Mrs. Lloyd Smith, Spokane, bruises
and shock
Ernest Smith, age II, and Arthur
Smith, age 10, sons of Mrs. Smith
bruises.
Mrs. Geo. Doust of Spokane, bruise.
and shock.
Eight Perished, Is Report.
Persistent reports that Mrs. Ferl
Wallace and baby, of Lyons, Wash.
were among the missing were con
firmed Sunday by survivors. Thi.
brought the number of missing to four
and with four known dead the tota