Show fOUR KillED I ITEN TEN INJURED Rear Bear End Collision on Oregon Rail Bail Railway way wa Navigation Boad Road in Oregon HARRIMAN H FLYER WRECKED SAW SAY SIGNAL BUT COULD NOT STOP Portland Ore Feb 6 G Four persons were wore killed and ten persons were more or less seriously injured this morning in ina Ina Ina a collision ion on the Oregon Railroad Navigation road at Bridal Veil Ore The Dead DeadE B E I L 11 Sinnott of Portland Sinnott was an of o the American Type Found Founders ers era association and was returning to Portland from a trip to Idaho A E B Edwards Portland George W Buchanan accountant a d Port Portland Portland Portland land J JW W Frost Walla Walls Walla Injured Mrs Nellie Riley Walla Walla alIa 60 eo years ears of age right arm ann crushed below elbow subsequently amputated bruises about 1 dy but exact injuries not ascertained James K Ie Russell San Francisco and East Oakland Cal severe scalp calp wound not known if skull is fractured Mrs Sarah A Klineman aged 57 of Kern Park Portland nose cut and head bruised W H Swayne engineer of No 5 6 hands bands and face badly scalded Louis Morgan fireman No 5 face cut and right wrist sprained Mrs L Ij 1 M Coburn Hot Lake Ore head cut Mrs V Well WeB Tacoma Ta ma head arms and legs bruised William WilIlam Dun Minneapolis left shoulder shoulder der den and right wrist sprained and right leg bruised D Minneapolis Up l p cut and teeth knocked knock d out W A A 4 Duncan Portland porter buffet car No 3 right side of face and right ear cut right hip bruised Rear Hear End Collision Passenger train No 5 known as the Pacific Express from Chicago ran Ian Into the rear of passenger train No 3 which was vas standing on the main track with a disabled engine and the rear raar Pullman car on the special was badly wrecked The other cars of the train were not so badly wrecked while almost the only damage done to the rear train was to the engine No 5 known as the Pacific Express the Harriman systems ms best train from Chicago to Portland was late and was making up time No 3 known as the Portland flyer was about on time tune but when nearing Bridal Veil Vell her engine brake down and an aa effort was being made to repair the break Brakemen were sent out with the customary sig signals signals nals usia but through some accident to the engine of No 6 5 that heavy train was unable un ble to stop in time and crashed into the tha rear car of ot the standing train Physicians Hurried to Scene As soon as the O 0 R B N general of office office fice flee in Portland hoard h kUd of the collision a 8 special train was ordered to the scene Physicians wore also sent from The Dalles Danos and Hood River and the dead d ad and Injured were brought to this city A E Edwards was the checkman for forthe forthe forthe the Oregon Baggage Transfer com corn company company pany He met the trains at Pendleton and nd was for years a notable figure in inthe inthe inthe the service He had but one leg the theother theother theother other having been lost in an accident some time ago From advices which the division super superintendents superIntendents superIntendents office in Portland has re received received received an injector pipe on the engine of train No 5 burst when Engineer Swayne tried to stop it I t in response to the flag from train No 3 The scalding steam drove the two from the cab before they the could stop their train and No 5 crashed into int the rear end of No 3 The accident took place in the center of the town of Bridal Veil VeU Latest Account Four or five miles mUes back the too injector of No 5 had broken and Engineer Swayne and the fireman had been driven from the cab by the escaping steam They were still at work on the machin machinery ery when they th y noticed the signals sent back by the passenger train ahead Then Swayne reentered the cab and tried to find the throttle of his engine but was unable to do so on account of the clouds of steam and his train ran down the grade smashing into the train ahead while traveling at possibly a twenty speed Fireman Morgan being unable to do anything as the cab was filled with steam jumped when it was seen the train could not be got under control The persons seriously injured were In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last sleeper of the Portland train and occupied the thc car Galatea which was used for passengers from Walla WalIa Walla |