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Runaway Train Crashes Into Spokane Flyer at Bridal Veil
A Pacific express rear-ended the Spokane Flyer at Bridal Veil on Tuesday morning, killing four and injuring three, amid heroic efforts by Engineer W. H. Swain and Fireman Lewis Morgan to stop the runaway locomotive. The Pullman car was wrecked, with most occupants killed or injured. Names include Geo. W. Buchanan, Edward Sinnott, Andrew Edwards, J. N. Frost. A Portland Journal account details the steam blowout and Morgan’s daring throttle assault as the crash approached Bridal Veil. News crews rushed physicians from Portland to the scene.
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Pacific Express No. 5
Spokane Flyer
Bridal Well Falls
Walla Walla Pallman
Geo. W. Buchanan
Umatilla County
O. P. Davia
Edward L. Sinnott
Sherman Street
Portland
American Typefounder
Andrew E. Edwards
Baggage and Omnibus Transfer Company
J.N. Frost
Walla Walla
Scio
Mra
Nellie Riley
James K. Ruswell
San Francisco
Sarah A. Klineman
Kern Park
W. H. Swain
Louis Morgan
L. M. Coburn
Hot Lake
W. Weil
Tacoma
W. A. Duncan
Portland Journal
Fingman
Bridal Veil Falla
Bridal Veil
Enginoor Swain
Gantenbein Avenue
Ehower
Swain
No. 3
Lewis Morgan
Albina
Rau
Morgan
White
Bridal Well