Bridal Veil, Oregon
Train Wreck
February 6, 1906
FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN AN OREGON WRECK
TRAIN CRASHES INTO A COACH
LIMITED FAILS TO SEE SIGNALS AND DASHES INTO
REAR OF THE SPECIAL.
DISABLED ENGINE CAUSE OF DISASTER
ENGINEER STOPPED ON THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK TO
MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 6.-Four persons were
killed and ten were more or less seriously
injured in a collision today on the Oregon
Railway and Navigation company's line near
Bridal Veil, Ore. The dead:
E. L. SINOOTT,
of Portland, an employe of the American Type
Founders association.
J. T. HENRY.
A. E. EDWARDS, of Portland.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
The more seriously injured:
MRS. W. RILEY,
of Walla Walla, Wash;
JAMES J. RUSSELL,
East Oakland, Cal.;
Engineer SWAIN of No. 5 Portland.
Into Rear of Special.
Passenger Train No. 5 known as the Pacific
Express from Chicago, ran into the rear of
Passenger No. 3, known as the Spokane-Portland
special, which was standing on the main track
with a disabled engine. A brakeman had been sent
back with the customary signals, but through
some mishap the limited was not stopped.
From advices received at the division
superintendent's office in Portland an injector
pipe on the engine burst when
Engineer Swain
had tried to stop it.
Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand Forks,
ND 7 Feb 1906
Transcribed by Linda
Houston. Thanks, Linda!
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