Sacramento Union Tuesday Morning, July 11, 1911 KILLED IN WRECK ON OREGON TRUNK Man Loses Life When Warped Rails Throw Train Off Track THE DALLES (Ore.), July 10 - Rails warped by heat caused the wreck of a southbound passenger train on the Oregon Trunk railroad late today. One man was killed and about twenty persons were injured, two perhaps fatally. Louis RISING, storekeeper at the Warm Springs Indian school, was killed and his wife was perhaps fatally injured. The engine left the track and rolled down a forty-foot embankment. A day coach followed and fell on top of the engine. Those seriously injured were in the day coach. They inhaled escaping steam from the engine and were burned and scalded. The injured were brought to the hospital here tonight. S.L. ARTHUR of Seattle, one of those badly scalded, rushed to the Deschutes river, 200 feet away, and jumped in. Fellow-passengers pulled him out just in time to save his life. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program