From our archives, 100 years ago
A coroners jury specifically absolved from all blame the trainmen involved in the passenger train collision at South Cheney that killed five.
The jury said the fault was with the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railways systems and procedures. One train was simply following too closely behind the other train. It was only four minutes behind the first train. When the first train came to stop at the South Cheney station, the second one slammed into its rear.
Neither train was operated by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, but they were using its tracks.
