User:Cullen328/Sandbox/Helena Train Wreck

Comment There have been much worse and much more notable train wrecks in Montana. On June 17, 1938, a passenger train plunged into Custer Creek off of a trestle that had been damaged by a flash flood, and according to an article in Life magazine, 44 people were killed  and three were missing. It was described as the worst American train wreck since 1887. Then, there was the head-on collision between two trains at Young's Point on September 25, 1908 that occurred during a blizzard and killed 21 people. A derailment near Missoula on June 10, 1962 injured 282 people, 63 of whom were hospitalized. Those wrecks are described in Montana disasters: fires, floods, and other catastrophes. I do not think that the Helena incident rises to the benchmark of notability for train wrecks, which I would describe in general as significant loss of life or widespread injuries.