The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-18
GREAT NORTHERN
KILLS SIX AT SHELBY
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engineer also told railway officials
that he so vigorously applied the
brakes that he stopped the train
within five car lengths after hitting
the automobile. Other witnesses,
who claimed to have measured the
distance, fixed it at more than 900
feet.
The Coroner's jury Sunday night
returned the following verdict:
"We find that Michael Hasquet,
Mrs. Jennie Hasquet, Mrs. 0. v.
Lynch, Virginia and Jean Mcintyre,
came to their deaths by being struck
by No. q, the fast mail train of the
Great Northern railway, while riding
in a Dodge touring car, at the Sulli-
van hotel street crossing, of the main
line trains of the Great Northern rail-
way, within the corporate limits of
the city of Shelby.
'SThat the cause of the said acct
dent was the failure of the driver of
the automobile to notice the approach
of the train due mainly to the fact
that said crossing was Obstructo1 by
two box cars spotted on the industry
track east of said crossing on the
Great Northern railway, and to the
entire absence of all safety devices
at said crOssinng.
eve find also that the train crew
of said No. q was p0Verless to avert
said accident"
Call Many Witnesses
Members of the coroner's jury
were John Bett, E. c. Tolley, Samuel
J. Kelly, F. H. Kimpel, P. H. Machael
and Eugene Mallette. The Judgment
at the inquest was conducted by At
I torney R. L. Clinton and Coroner j.
w. Williamson.
Numerous eye witnesses were call
ed, their testimony being similar rel
ative to the general details of the &C
cident, with the exception of John O.
Bett, who testified that the Hasquet
car was stalled on the track and that
the only whistle blown was the break
ing down signal. Others testified
that the train was moving, although
very slowly, and that the train
whistle was blown just before enter
ing the automatic block, Frank Lar
son, Wilfrid Sauby and j. S. Alsup
eve witnesses testified to- this effect
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of the crash, was estimated by these
witnesses at from % to 80 miles an
hour. Engineer w. D. Prentice testl-
fed that he was travelling less thar
25 miles an hour, slowing down fol
the block He said he saw nothing Of
the car except the hood, when it wa:
on the track, and he then applied thu
emergency brakes. R. M. Bates, fire
man, also testified that he saw moth
ing of the car until it was on TIT
track, and that the train was making
, about % miles an hour. Bates sai'
he realized what would happen
, shouted to Prentice and dropped t
the floor of the cab. Both enginemel
said the, car was moving.
F o. M. Putnam and A. j. Moltz
who said they had measured the dis
lance travelled by the train after tn
crash, were called to the stand. The
, testified that the distance from tn
crossing to where the train stopped
; was 984 feet. They also testifie
r that the two box cars were 100 fee
{ from the crossing, and the distanc
( from the point at which the car stoI
ped to pick up Mrs. Lynch was 5
o feet. They also stated their measure
: ments showed the crossing to be
q feet wide. .~
t Robert Dickey, porter Of the Hot
: Sullivan, testified he saw the cras
and that he noticed a woman in tt
rear seat rise apparently to jump.
Barney Harcourt, who picked U
: : Mrs. Lynch and Mr.. Hasquet, an
= brought them to a down town bus
= ness house for treatment was nC