Runaway Gravel Train Near Hood Canal

From the Kitsap County Pioneer: Last Saturday, on the Union River Railroad, three cars were being loaded with gravel a short distance from the beach. With a dozen or so men aboard, they were started down the grade at a gentle speed, the intention being to catch them with the engine before they had gone very far or had attained a rapid rate of speed. But, being turned loose and the men aboard not being able to properly manage them, they rapidly gained momentum, left the engine far in the rear, and raced for the beach at a fearful rate of speed. As the danger became apparent to the men who were aboard the flying cars, they one after another selected a soft spot and leaped off, nearly every one injuring himself more or less. When the cars got to the creek at Clifton, they leaped off the track over the bank into the water, and the tide being in, the men narrowly escaped drowning. One man swam across the creek while the others were quickly rescued by willing hands. One man had his shoulder broken, two or three had fingers and hands crippled, and Mr. Bine, who lives near Sidney, had his nose broken.