Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1915 — WRECK OF PECULIAR NATURE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WRECK OF PECULIAR NATURE

Several fatalities resulted from a railroad wreck of a most unusual nature which recently occurred near Rainier, Wash. At the point where the tragedy happened the tracks of one railroad company cross those of another on a 30-foot trestle. A work train was passing beneath the elevated structure carrying a steam shovel on a flat car as a passenger train approached overhead. The

heavy steel boom of the dredger suddenly became unleashed and struck out just in time to hit the wooden trestle violently and weaken some of its supports. Almost at the same instant the passenger train shot on to the sagging section, smashing through and falling on top of the work train. Only the observation -car of the passenger remained on the elevated structure. —Popular Mechanics.

The Passenger Train Broke Through the Sagged Portion of the Trestle and Crashed on to the Work Cars Below.