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Show FIVE KILLED IN " AWFUL WRECK I I Runaway Freight Crashes Into In-to Passenger Train Near Helena, Montana. Every Coach In Passenger Train Burned and Exoress Messenger Burned Alive While Rescuers Were Trying to Pull Him Out of the Wreck. Helena, Mont. A runaway freight train on the Northern Pacific crashed Jnto a passenger train Monday about two and a half miles from here, resulting result-ing in tho denth of thrco passengers, whoso names nro known, and of two others who wero burned In tho wreck nnd whoso names have not yet been learned. The known dcud: J. S. Robinson Rob-inson of Missoula; Charles Hrlckle, conductor on passenger; S. J. .lessup, express messenger. Edward IJrown of this city, brake-jman, brake-jman, wns so seriously Injured It Is Ithought ho will die. Other passengers wero slightly injured. Every coach In tho passenger train was burned nnd O'O freight train, which was mado up of cars loaded with lumber, wns also burned. Tho passenger train preceded tho freight out of Austin, about eight (miles west of Helena. At Austin the cnglno was dotuchctl from tho freight. There Is a heavy grado from Austin to Holcnn and tho frelRht got loose. IThe passenger tniju was waiting at n '-crossing, when tho freight came thun-' dcrlng down. Iyoro It could get out of the way thorclght crashed Into It, throwing all t .0 passenger cars Into tho ditch. 'fhtpostfengcr englno becamo un-Wiulfr un-Wiulfr and jeept on tho track ahead ortttiJrXriMghtS&tftPr tho freight had MpdWMtr a m" bc'oml 1,10 pSnKer.wfftVNIt went Into tho ditch uud cntlghtlrcV A carload of shingles wns dumped on tho passenger train wreck and mado a tcrrlllc lire. s Messenger Jchsup wns burned alive while four peoplo wero trying to pull (him out of tho wreck. He was caught itinder wrcckago and could not bo saved. |