Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-10-05
TWO VICTIMS
OF WRECK
FAST MAIL TRAIN JUMPS
TRACK ON SHARP CURVE NEAR
KATKA THURSDAY EVENING
Engineer AND FIREMAN DEAD
r,giueer Moore Found Dead-Engi.
0aer Larter Died Sunday Afternoon.

pov Moore, the fireman on the
croet Northern fast mail train, west
Sonnd was killed Thursday evening
vSen .S No. 27 went into the ditch about
.mo miles west of Katka. The wreck
'ocurred about $3.50 p. m. Engineer
pobert Larter was hurled from his
h ssh and suffered broken arm and
sorious cuts and bruises about his
toad and body, from which he died
sunday afternoon.
The funeral of Moore was held yes
,orday at Spokane under the auspices
Il tbe Elk lodge. The deceased was
slso member of the Brotherhood of
locomotive Firemen, the l. 0. o. F.
and the Masonic lodges, of Spokane
|pp is survived by a widow, Georgia
two children, Laurence and Elizabeth,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Moore
|d Hillyard "a brother, Vance Moore
If HiIlyard, and three sisters, Mrs. Al
Carbon of Spokane, Mrs. Dan Hustead
If Standpoint and Mrs. Ed Welo of
Spokane
Engineer Larter was found by the
conductor and mail clerks in a pile
oi wreckage between the engine tender
and the express car. He was con-
srious when found but soon lost con-
sciousness. Drs. Fry and Faucet
we're hurried to the wreck on a train
made up here and brought Engineer
larter back with them, returning
about nine o'clock.
Engineer Larter was taken to the
Bonners Ferry hospital and for a
time it was considered that he had a
good chance to recover. He showed
no Improvement, however, on Friday
and Saturday and died Sunday after
noon, death being due to cerebal
|hemmorhage. 1t is believed that when
Engineer Larter was thrown from his
cab his head struck on a rock.
Engineer Larter was 5S years old
He was a member of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers, the Elk and
Masonic lodges. He is survived by
his wife and two brothers. One of
the brothers, E. 0. Larter, of Kalis-
pell, Mont, was here yesterday to
take charge of the remains and see
to the shipment of the corpse to Spo-
kane on G. N. train No. 8 yesterday
afternoon. Arrangements for the fun
aal will be made in Spokane.
The body Of Fireman Moore was not
Hound until four hours after the wreck
occurred. 1t had been hurled at least
/ % feet ahead of the engine and $50
feet ahead of the place where the en-
CINE left the track and was lying in
me water on the bank of the river.
Examination of the body revealed a
fracture of the skull and that both
arms were broken. The body was
nken in charge by Coroner Simonds,
VINO with Undertaken Stookey, was
called to Katka soon after the body
|oi Moore was found.
The wrecker crew from Hillyard
reached the scene of the wreck about
III o'clock that evening and by two
O'Clock the derailed cars were on the
rack and in short time traffic was
resumed. The track was damaged
VERY little.
Inc cause of the wreck is unknown
summation of the rails and tracks
ald not show any defects. The engine
elt the track on the point of a curve
ana rolled down steep bank of rocks
I distance Of about 80 feet. A sealed
Express car was turned completely
liver and was entirely wrecked and
,aiuaDle express was scattered in all
directions. The engine was stripped
N al parts in the roll from the tracks
y the river bed. A mail car and the
|sngine tender were thrown over the
vsnk None of the mail was damaged
aso is other mail cars were derailed but
VA not roll down the bank. The mail
usrAs and conductor of the train were
|aOs injured, having been in the last
~f Which did not leave the track.
Mrs. c. D. Simonds and Miss Mabel
sswkes went to Troy last Wednesday
y auend the ceremonies attending the
llassIailing of the Masonic and 0. e. s.
~uges in that city. They report
very delightful time.