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Show TRAIN DISTBOYIO BY POWDER. Tweaty-alne Tars C'oiittsly teatrr) Frtlght train No. 2'.'3 waa wrecked about aaren miles north of Olendale, Oregon, at tunnel No. 7, Hunday evening. even-ing. The train contained twenty-nine cere, two of which contained powder. An explosion occurred, almoat completely com-pletely demolishing the train. The crew waa badly shaken up, but no on waa seriously hurt. The explosion wae terrific, the anr-rounding anr-rounding woods all being eel on lira. At the Victor mine, situated half mile over the bill from the arena of th explosion, every window In the settlement settle-ment waa broken. In a house half a mile dlatant from the scene a sick womsn wss thrown from her bed by the force of the shook, her arm and shoulder being bsdly dislocated dis-located In the fall. The train orew miraculously escaped with only a few bruiaes and acratchee. A numlier of trempe who were riding In a half closed car. It la balieved, cacaped, bul unlit the debris Is cleared the loss of life can not be known. At leeet eleven cars war blown to stoma and cannot be accouoUd fur, van tb truck being mlaalng. |