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Show - Collision Near Castllla on tho R.G.W Arthur Pickring waskilled. Itiss.iid he belived In the rule never to Jump from his tiuinand dahearing to that rmu he lost his life on Aug 7 Thn nriidou occurcd aliont one utllowcat of Castillt 8pringr7il opKiB"to" havo" lieen lhu uegligerice of an operatior. TiioTiihuue gives the following, HOW IT IIAII'IMll. The engine on wlilrh Plikriug nuM tiring, No. 13S,in charge ot F.iigintcr lli.diinll, had been oidiud wist to ns-ist ns-ist n freight engine, under Engineer Sullivan, which was lo sturt from SpriugvilU wltha long train. It set on' lit Ml" r from ( aslilln hprings shortly after 3 o'clock, nnd had not proceeded further than one mile when rounding n sharp curve, it wns suddenly confronted by engine No. 42. Tho latter wns in charge of Engineer Mt(!rnw, but MeOraw was at the window on tho Inside ot tho run o and did not see Hudnall's cngino ahead in time lo flick his speed, I Tho two engines, therefore, enmo to-gcthe" to-gcthe" with such force as to completely ntcrloek and wreck tho boilers. The pilot of the frieght engine clashed into the tender, and fireman Pickring, either unable, or unwilling to make hiactenpe, wns crushed betvv een them. Engineers McOrnwnnd Iludnnll mid the fireman of the passenger engine somehow got out of druige, Iludnnll pustnining only ii severe b nil ho on the right foot nnd liclng considerably scalded on both legs Mow the knees, McGrnu was somewhat, some-what, injured also, but mainly from scalding, |