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Show TWO TRAINMEN ' DIE IN WRECK 10-Ton Iloulder Crashes Into Northern Pacific Fast Train. EDDY. Mont., Mar. lb iCO Giant wreckers strained today at the engine of the Northern Pacific West Const limited, knocked into the soft mud along Clark's Fork river last night by a 10-ton boulder which crashed down the mountain. Two men were killed Engineer Tat Gallag ier and Fireman Morris Stooky, both of Srokane. The body of the engineer was removed today, to-day, but at the last report from the srene that of the fireman still was pinned beneath the wreckage. Pusengoi's Kseupi, None of the passengers was reported re-ported injured. A baggage car, a coach and a diner were derailed by the impact. ,The derailed cars were thrown across the tracks as the engine was percipitated from t'ne right--of-way. The train was westbound lrom Chicago for Seattle and was near-in"- Eddy when the accident occurred. oc-curred. Ordinarily electric signals warn the engine crew of rock on the track, but the huge boulder and the train arrived at the same point at the same time. Engineer Gallagher never had time to set the brakes, railroad men said. Whether the great rock crashing crash-ing down the mounttanside actually act-ually hit the engine or whether the engine ploughed into it immediately im-mediately after it fell had not been definitely ascertained. |