Show RAILROAD WHElK Smash up of Some Freight Cars on 1 the Montana Union Yesterday morning a freight train thirtyeight cars loaded with coal and ore for the Anaconda Smelter palled out of Silver Bow When they were ji little distance from Stuart the engine and the first fifteen cars cut loose for the purpose running ahead so that the rear portion of the train could be turned off on the side track and thu save time in switching The train had to be divided as the grade from Stuart t up is tQO heavy for the pulling of heart trains The engine ran over the switch all right The cars were folios ing when the switch became displaced The last five of thecars that were with the engine were derailed and the forward for-ward train was stopped The remain ing twentythree cars were cominj down behind with great momenta and all efforts to stop them were a vain They struck the derailed can with tremendous violence and coal aX ore were scattered all over the surrouii lag country Fortunately the accidat t was not so sudden as railroad accidents usually are and all the train men bad time to get out of the way The freight was in charge of Conductor Hageman He reports that ten of the freight cars are badly wrecked Some tall rustling was done to clear away the wreck and the morning train was only delayed about an hour All followic Montana Union trains came in on time Butte Miner |