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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , T U E S D A Y , J U N E 8, 1909.
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V O L . X X I.
TRAIN
THROUGH A BRIDGE
NO. 8
MGR KILLED
NEAR ALGA.
a comparatively short time every
passenger was removed from the
demolished, flooded coach and the
relief traiu was upon the scene, no
time lieiitg lost in placing the in ­
jured on board aud carrying them
to this city, the injuries being
cared for as far as possible en-
route. A great crowd of excited
Nineteen of the Twenty-One People on Train Were and grief stricken people anxious­ T. J. McCarthey Crushed
W e will give coupon* wiili every purchase reileeinahle in
ly awaited the arrival of the relief
Severely Injured— All Miraculously Escape
train as it was not known how
ROGERS' S IL V E R W A R E . $11 .00 worth o f coupous giving
Under Wheels of a
many o f the towns people were
you one set o f tea spoons, other items in proportion. It is
Death From Half Submerged Wreck.
maimed or killed.
Cpou the ar­
Passenger Train
not necessary to go into details regarding the merits of R ogers'.
rival o f the train the injured were
quickly taken to their homes aud
Silverware. Everyone knowing just what it is.
One of the most disastrous rail­ side and rested in about two feet of the strangers to the hotels or pri­
All unknown man, presumably
road wrecks ever recorded in this water, upon which several heavy vate hospital.
about thirty years of age, was
state occurred on the Oregou & bridge timbers fell breaking all o f
BOV TELLS o r H E R O IS M ,
found in a dying condition on the
Southeaster railroad five miles east the windows and knocking out
liarl Garoutte, the 14-year-old
Southern l'acific tracks a short
o f Cottage Grove Saturday evening both doors. The passengers were l>oy who saved Claude Kime, the
distance from Alca, a hamlet situ­
Lisle Hose still two pairs
at about 4:4.5 o ’clock. This rail­ all hurled from their seats aS the 8-year-old sou o f Ur. A. W . Kime,
ear toppled over and were im­ said: “ Mother was screaming for ated l>etween Comstock aud Di"
for_____ ______
road is a branch line extending
mersed in the cold waters which me at the top of her voice. I said: vide, shortly after 1 o ’clock Mon­
into the foothills of the Bohemia
poured into the coach windows.
“ Here 1 am, mamma, I am all day morning by trackwalkers who
mining district from Cottage Grove
chanced to pass that locality.
right.’
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and traverses a great timber belt.
“ Then f saw Claude's hands Coroner Jewett was immediately
The fireman was in the act
The disaster liefell the passenger
sticking out o f the water. lie uotified of the occurrauce and left
train consisting o f only an engine, of hanging up a heavy iron poker,
had gone down once, and I for the scene where he held an in­
Blue, black, light and dark
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tender and one passenger coach, which in this case served as a para­
grabbed him as he was going down quest Monday.
striped, each ______
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as it was making its last run to chute, and which he clutched with
From local railroad officials we
again aud pulled him out. I got
Cottage Grove for the week from both hands, as the iron hook
learn that the man was undoubted­
there just in time to save h im .”
the lumber camps and mines and caught twice upon the bridge titu­
F. If. Hall, local luuilier dealer, ly beating his way on the head end
carrying twenty-one people includ­ lars and each time arrested his fall
said: “ W e went down so quickly of the first section of train No. 16
ing the traiu crew. It had been at the same time swinging him
we could scarcely realize what hap­ that night, all circumstances sur­
preceeded but a short time by a awav from the demolished tender.
pened. I managed to rise on my rounding the case tending to sub­
We have a few Tailored Suits left at
When he arose to the surface of
logging train heavily loaded.
right leg and then saw Judge stantiate such a theory. The
the extremely low prices we are closing
Foster completely submerged un­ mangled remains were discovered
out the Spring and Summer line. We
der
the water. I reached down, by the crew on the helper engine
do not intend to carry over any stock
grahlied him by the collar aud on its return from Divide after aid­
that would lie out of style, we sacrifice
List of the Injured.
pulled him out, as he was hemtued ing a train up the hill.
'our prices now and let the wearer have
T he coroner found the man's
under a seat with a broken thigh.
the advantage.
MRS. W M . SOUTH W O R T H ; two ribs broken.
‘ Blow your breath through your name to lie T . J. McCarthey, aged
LEE H A N E Y, bruised and liip bone fractured.
about .40, according to a diary
nose, Judge,’ I said.
G. T. ELLIS, Portland, bruises
tie said: “ W e are gon e.' ‘ No, found in his pockets. He was
we are not; look up aud see the well dressed and well educated
W IL L IE V A L E N T IN E , bruised.
light.’
and carried good letters of recom­
DENN Y BOSELY, cuts and bruises.
“ Assistance arrived presently mendation from Seattle to San
E A R L G A R R O U T T E , bruised.
and we were helped o u t .”
Francisco business men. lie was
CLAU D E KIM E, head cut and bruised.
They are both old men aud broke and was lieating his way
Trial Jurors Chosen.
Kitchen Burglars
F. H. H A LL, timber buyer, leg broken.
brother-iirlaws and lie ill l>ed and south. The remains were taken to
crack jokes at each other like two Roseburg.
NOAH FOSTER, leg broken.
schoolboys.
Following is the list o f South
Last Friday evening burglars, I
PRICE ROGERS, jaw and left leg broken.
Lane jurors chosen for the June supposed to have been hobos, e n ­
The Grants Pass High school
O F F IC IA L T A L K S L I T T L E .
E N G IN EE R W M . O STRAN D ER, breast bone and ribs
term of circuit court:
team won the championship of
tered the home o f Mr and Mrs.
broken.
J. B. Protzmau is th e only one
Oregon ill the debate by lieating
Carl Fischer, lumberman, Mo­ IL C. Veatch by way of a back
o f the officials here and he is so
N. M. FO RRESTER, head cut and bruised about Ixtdy.
hawk.
door and appropriated some flour,
1’emlleluii high school with an
badly bruised up that lie is giving
11. C. Wheeler, farmer. Pleas­ coffee and other provisions as well
MRS. MA RK P. G A R R O U T TE , hack injured, ribs broken.
unanimous verdict. The question
very little consideration to the
ant Hill.
MRS. MY R A P O W E LL, Portland, sister o f Mrs. Garroutte,
was the eft debated subject of
William
Bainhridge,
fanner, as a hat and coat belonging to
com pany’s affairs.
ship subsidy, Pendleton maintain­
Mr. and Mrs. Veatch’« son-itrlaw,
bruised.
East Cottage Grove.
He said: ■ “ l sent for the Rail­
Alfred Doolittle, farmer, W al­ Elzie llolderm au. They t h e n
ing the affirmative.
JUDGE W . B. FOSTER, left thigh broken.
road Commissioners and they will
lace.
! crossed the street to Mrs. I larmes’
fix
the
blame.
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have
no
state­
MRS. DAISY GROSS, severely bruised.
J. C. Porter, capitalist, Fast C ot­ home, which they entered and ap­
No middle man’ s profit or job-
ment to m ak e."
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tage Grove.
J.
B. PRO TZM AN , acting manager o f road, knee, head and
propriated more provisions and
Jay J. Beaver, Pleasant llill.
liers
commission to pay when you
All
the
injured
are
resting
easy
lxxly cut.
Joseph M. England,
farmer. then evidently left town. A negro
except L. Graner, whose name buy a high grade piano from
and three white men were seen
Fast Cottage Grove.
A L B E R T STOCKS, ankle badly cut.
was given aliove as L. Ilaney, Marion Veatch, for he buys and
II. II. Veatch, merchant, West hanging around the depot Friday
JOS. STOCKS, hack wrenched.
whose hip was crushed and who is
ships all his stock direct from the
evening and it is thought they
Cottage Grove.
suffering considerably. Engineer
Uninjured.
N W. White, farmer, West were the parties who made the
factory. Moral, buy at home and
haul to provide a grub stake.
C <■> age Grove.
[C O N T I N U E D ON P A f'.K F O U R ]
save money.
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FIRE M A N JOHN COOTFR, E RN E ST GI LL.
Rogers’ Silverware
FREE
M en ’s
25c
W o r k Shirts
Ladies
Hampton
& l ,
C o .
Cash Paid for Wool and Mohair
T here is great satisfaction in know­
ing that when you buy
G R O C E R IE S
Y o u are getting N ew , Fresh Stock
of the best standard brands.
IN S H O E S
W e can fit any foot and give you
Style, comfort and durability.
Cottage Grove Mercantile Co.
Phone Main 6 4 3 — Our own Delivery.
R IV E R
B R ID G E C O L L A P S E D .
the
water
into
which
he
was
At the curve where the Currin plunged he was almost in front of
Bridge spans a deep pool, the en­ the coach door into which he ;
gine, running at a moderate speed, rushed and upon entering the car
passed over the structure and had
reached the abutment on the south
side o f the river, when the bridge
collapsed with a terrible crash,
precipitating the tender and pas­
senger coach into the river twenty-
five feet below among the great
timbers and debris. The pilot aud
front wheels of the engine re­
mained on the track, the rear of
the engine resting below on the
strong stone-filled abutment, the
big machine standing in an almost
perpendicular position. The cab
in which was Engineer Win. Os­
trander was crushed like an egg
shell by the falling timbers, Mr.
Ostrander being hurled through the
window to the river lielow, striking
some o f the bridge timbers in the
fall and sustaining serious injuries
to his breast. He was dragged
from the water by a fanner boy
who was early on the scene.
The coach toppled over on its
was horrified to hear only groans
aud lie hold every passenger e v i - ;
deutly unconscious or dead. He I
placed several of the victims in [
more comfortable positions with
their heads above the water, so if |
they were only stunned they would
not drown, and he then rushed to
Geo. Lang’s farm house nearby!
and telephoned for the Cottage
Grove physicians,
nurses
and
stretchers, lie then hurried back
to the wreck to find by this time
a baseball squad, which had been
playing ball nearby, and several
farmer*, briskly pushing rescue
work.
Every injured passenger
had recovered from the terrible;
shock and were pluckily enduriug |
their severe pain, some even assist- j
ing in the rescue work. Many o f
the more severely injured w ere!
found sitting in the water in the
bottom o f the car washing blood I
from their faces and wounds. In I
Do You Know
Tan Shoes are
rect
and
We
shade
for
»
W om en
Footwear.
M e n 1 s
H ave
the C o r-
it
for
Less.
WHEELER THOMPSON CO.