Cardboard King Passes on Coroner Ids Vic Bonagofski As Victim of Train Collision
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Membership is please see EAGLES, page Main 14 Cardboard King Passes On Coroner IDs Vic Bonagofski as Victim of Train Collision Pete Caster / [email protected] Cody Scriver, of Republic, puts out hotspots at the Gish Road ire on Monday afternoon near Onalaska. The 103-acre ire was report- edly 70 percent contained as of Thursday night. Gish Road Fire Mostly Contained COOLING OFF: Rain, Cool Weather Helps Firefighters By Natalie Johnson [email protected] A 103-acre wildfire burning since Sunday off Gish Road near Onalaska was 70 percent contained Thursday night, according to incident com- mander Johnny Whatley. Whatley said crews hoped to in- crease that containment number by 15 to 20 percent on Friday. Pete Caster / [email protected] “We’re on the right track,” he said. In this June 20, 2013 ile photo, Vic Bonagofski stands alongside his bicycle, which he would typically be seen riding around the Twin Cities pulling a wagon. “We’ve got a little rain right now.” Lewis County Coronoer Warren McLeod identiied Bonagofski, 72, as the victim of a fatal train collision accident that occured late Wednesday night in Centralia. The fire started just after 2 p.m. Sunday in timber land and grass that By Natalie Johnson from Kalama spotted a man on a bicycle no indication of suicide. included a tree farm. A Type 3 DNR [email protected] at the crossing and attempted to ap- The train was traveling at approxi- Incident Response Team from Arizo- ply the brakes, but struck the man, who mately 39 miles per hour and included na took over management of the fire Officials confirmed Friday that the was stopped on the double set of tracks. three engines and 113 empty grain cars, Monday. Centralia man who died Wednesday af- Melonas said it appeared the person had Melonas said. On Sunday, helicopters dropped ter being struck by a train was Centralia “wrecked” the bike on the tracks. The More than 50 trains travel through on buckets of water on the fire before resident Victor J. Bonagofski, 72, a well- crossing included flashing lights and these tracks daily, Melonas said. planes dumped six loads of flame re- known collector and seller of cardboard, gates, he said. BNSF crews are investigating the in- tardant in an effort to protect several scrap metal, tires and vehicles. According to the Centralia Police De- cident with the Centralia Police Depart- homes in the immediate vicinity of Bonagofski died of multiple blunt partment, witnesses saw the man try to ment. So far this year, 18 people have died the fire. No homes were damaged. force trauma injuries, according to Lewis cross the tracks while the warning arms on BNSF rail lines statewide. DNR crews worked through the County Coroner Warren McLeod. He were down and then fall off his bike. He week to establish a fire line with bull- “We’re averaging over the last decade was hit by a grain train at a railroad cross- was unable to move off the tracks before approximately 16 to 17 (fatalities on train dozers and battle the flames with wa- ing at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday night on Lo- being hit by the approaching train. ter lines. tracks) in a year; so this year is higher cust Street, according to BNSF Railway McLeod ruled the death accidental. than normal,” Melonas said. “Trains can spokesman Gus Melonas. 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Khanna wrote about the experience in a case study pub- Investigators had previously Jesse Smith / For The Chronicle lished Tuesday for the Harvard described the people in the pho- The skies above Chehalis open up with brilliant lashes of lightning during the early hours of the morning on Friday. tos as from 15 to 20 years old. Journal of Technology Science. Police spokeswoman Jennifer He spent the summer intern- Manzella says detectives are not ing at a Silicon Valley startup treating the incident as a harm- and said the back-and-forth Notable Quote less prank. with Facebook ended up being a Three people had minor in- learning experience as well. juries in the panicked rush to Facebook co-founder Mark get out of the theater during the Zuckerberg launched the social “I’m not going to drive all the way to Olympia or Chehalis to be with the showing of “The Gift” Sunday media site from a Harvard dorm night. Police responded to mul- room in 2004. Eagles.” tiple 911 calls. 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