| Show WRECKED BY WASHOUT 0 o R N Train Derailed and Engineer and Fireman Killed Kill e d Portland d Ore Jan 25 The Atlantic express which left here last night at over ver th Oregon Railroad Navi Navigation Navigation gation gatio c line was wrecked by bya a washout this morning at 6 two miles mUes east of Bingham Springs in inthe inthe inthe the Blue mountains Engineer Patty of La Grande and Fireman Milligan of ot La Grande were killed and several passengers passe gers were slightly Injured The heavy rains of the past forty Ight hours have haye melted the snow in the mountains and all the rivers and i streams are rushing torrents At a ai point two miles t east of Bingham i Springs feet of track was washed out and the train ran into the wash washout washout i out in the darknesS The engine and I tender turned completely over over and the I engineer and firemen were down with them I I IThe The engine was thrown into Meach Meacham I am creek in eight feet of ot water and on i top of It were piled the baggage mall mail malland mailand I and chair cars No 23 freight train I passed over this particular piece of road a few ten hours before the passenger train and reported everything all alt allright allrIght 1 right The passenger train was run running running ning fling at a low rate of speed as thai road Is on a a heavy upgrade at this t ls point and It was due dud to this fact tha there were no more serious results 1 1 Engineer Thomas Thomaa Patty and Fireman William Milligan were killed Instantly The Thc engineers body was found lying on top of the boiler under about three feet of or water and when the body was re recovered recovered recovered covered the flesh fell off the limbs The firemans body was not found until 7 1 this evening about one mile mUe down stream William Maxwell a traveling man manfrom manfrom manfrom from Portland was as badly crushed about the th breast bre st He was taken to the r hospital h at Pendleton and It Is said I has a possible chance of recovery None of f the other passengers was In Injured Injured injured Two special trains besides the wrecking crew were dispatched to the scene of Q the wreck from Pendleton and andall andall all nfl possible tendered the passengers rs III |
