Myers & Rancher, Montana
Train Wreck
August 3, 1905
FOUR KILLED IN WRECK.
Northern Pacific Freight Train Wrecked in
Montana.
Helena, Mont. --- A special from Forsyth
says four people are dead and two seriously
injured as a result of an east-bound Northern
Pacific freight wreck between Myers and Rancher,
thirty miles west of Forsyth. High water had
carried away a small concrete bridge and the
freight in charge of
Engineer JAMES WILSON and
Conductor PETER EMGE plunged into the
ditch.
The Dead:
JAMES WILSON,
engineer, Forsyth;
EDWARD LUCIFER, fireman, Forsyth;
TWO UNKNOWN TRAMPS.
Injured:
JOHN CAMPBELL,
brakeman, of Forsyth;
ONE UNKNOWN TRAMP.
The bodies of the killed have not been recovered
from the wreckage. The freight had orders to run
from Rancher to Myers to meet the westbound
passenger train. Luckily the freight struck the
washout before the passenger, or there would
have been terrible loss of life. The passenger
was flagged a short distance from the wreck. The
company is making heroic efforts to clear the
track.
Box Elder County News Utah 1905-08-03
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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