Hot Lake, Oregon Train Wreck
June
6, 1946
Brakeman Killed, 50 Passengers Hurt In
Train Collision
HOT LAKE, Ore., June 6 – (U.P.) -- Two Union
Pacific passenger trains collided head-on in
front of the Hot Lake sanitarium today, killing
a brakeman and injuring six passengers.
The “Idahoan”, bound for Chicago, rammed the
streamliner “City of Portland.” The “City of
Portland” was waiting on the main line for the
“Idahoan” to enter a siding, Union Pacific
officials reported.
Fifty persons were “shaken up” and treated by
LaGrande physicians on the scene. The
Rev. J. WARD,
St. Louis, Mo., Catholic priest, was
taken to St. Joseph's hospital, LaGrande, for
treatment.
Brakeman NED UNGER,
Pendleton, Ore., of the “Idahoan,” was killed
when pinned in the doorway of the cab of one of
the “Idahoan's” two engines.
The Daily Register Harrisburg, Illinois
1946-06-06
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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