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Show ' WRECKED ON THE BAIL. Frlflitfnl tCUlIon in Montana, ; on the Northern Pacific 4 1 ' ' Railroad.' . . ' ."' News is received of a frightful railroad ; accident on the Northern Pacific easl 1 of Missoula, Friday ; morning before ' daylight. A tea .train, east-bonnd, scheduled at thirty miles pet hour, and having right of way over everything, met west-bound freight No. 13 on a enrye in in the canyon three miles east of Turah. Both trains were almost demolished, and four men were killed, viz : Michael Eech, engineer; Alvin S. Moffat, fireman ; Tom Devine, brakeman, and Willie A. Andrews, An-drews, a passenger. The wonnded are as follows: J. B. Waite, arm dislocated; Frank J. Bowhert.- brakeman, both feet cmshed ; N. Bice, leg torn from its socket. Another man whose name is unknown was badly hurt internally. - - 5 1-.' The blame for the accident rests-between the operator at Wallace (first station east of Turah) and the conductor and engineer of the freight train. The tea train had the right of way . and this fact was known to the freight train. They also knew that tha tea train was only a station or two away, and it was thr-J? duty to stop at Wallace, whether they were signalled or not, although they had received orders at the next station east to the effect that they would not Tmeet the tea train until they reached Turah. The operator's responsibility for the accident ! lay in the fact that he was ordered to flag the freight at Wallace and hold it there until the tea train passed. This it appears ap-pears lie failed to do. Butte Tnter-Mbun-iain. . . : . . ' - v ' , |