Show I I THIRTY HURT IN WRECK Headon Collision Between Two Pas Fag Passenger Passenger Trains on Spokane Port Portland Portland Portland land and Seattle Road Spokane Wash April 9 A misun misunderstanding misunderstanding of ot block signals resulted In a a headon collision of passenger trains Nos 2 and 3 on the Spokane Portland Seattle railroad a mile west of Spokane tonight at About thirty persons were Injured and it is expected expect d that several will wUl die dieThe dieThe dieThe The accident occurred on a high trestle over Hangman creek on the Northern Pacific track which Is used by the Spokane Portland Seattle for several miles mUes west nest est of ot Spokane Among the injured are James Craft Spokane O 0 K Hill HUI Lament Lamont L mont Wash Lee Gray Lamont Lament Wash M Kinney Searles N D Frank McFall McFail James Jamestown Jamestown Jamestown town N J Saul Johnston Duluth Minn R B M Bates Spokane H C Webster news agent Portland Ore Guy Thomas Seattle Miss Anna Bel Belmont Belmont Belmont mont Ore Garrison Vancouver Wash an unknown tramp I I I and the following Italian laborers Joe Bello Echo B Paul l Mike MIkea Pasco a co Tony Ma lIa Magnu gum gnu Antons Ant n Guillen Contusion Confusion marked mA the minutes just before the two truths trains crashed mid midway midway midway way on the elevated t d tracks At the time of the collision according to the stories of trainmen and passengers train No Ko 2 was at a standstill ready to back up when n n No Io 3 running slow slowly ly my crashed headon head n into Int th No 2 the force of the impact smashing In the smoking car on No 2 occupied by a party of ot Italian laborers where the most injuries occurred The man mall car was hurled from the track to Seventh avenue below The two heavy engines telescoped Only the slow momentum of ot No 3 prevented a frightful loss los of life lite Mall Mail Clerk Fisher fell with the car from the trestle tr to the street below and was severely injured about the I head bead but will probably recover In Iq It the smoking car of No 2 which was crowd crowded ed with Italian laborers there was a scene of ot indescribable Ind confusion Men with broken arms and legs and bruised bodies were piled together and for tor a afew few minutes the scene was worse than bedlam Ambulances and baggage vans were rushed to the scent scene to carry the injured to hospitals and doctors were quickly summoned Seven or eight It is be will die 1 |