Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-19 | Page 2 | Set Tunnel on Fire

SET TUNNEL ON FIRE disastrous ra iw ay iy accident occurs in vash agton the crown sheet of a freight en gane coming down a steep grade near Leaven wo th wash on the great northern blew out in a long above madison and wrecked the ma chinery six hundred feet of the shea and as much track was burned 0 F strand fire nian mal ing his first trip was fatally scalded engineer J davis was badly burned but will re cover conductor charles craycroft Craycr ott was burned ab ut the face and hands J stern a machinist beating h s way was badly scalded on the face neck and hands so rapidly did the fire spread in the that the fre train was only saved by heroic in the shed a bear and two subs had established a home the cubs were burned to death but the mother lingered around the spot all day so frightening several woman passengers on the overland that they fainted