Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-01-04
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION.
Ertghsfui Accident on the Cessra'
Pacific RAiiresd -Exptosiss ct
lseemotive IN the ssew shsss
oa the sierra Nsvads-Esginesr
and Fireman Moth Killed.

4AN
cilc Railroad ON Thursday afternoon.
When the mail arrived yesterday It was
Ave hours late. by reason Of the acci-
dent. consequently advance sheets Of
the Truckss Repubiioan, kindly forward
edIto us. giving q full account Of the sad
calamity. were received too late for
printing in the NEws. We give the Same
below:
The most dreadful accident ever
known on the Sacramento division CO.
CURED about ) o'clock Thursday after
noon. Engine No. II. q mammoth TO-
wheeler, weighing 40 tons, exploded one
mils east Of Summit Station. The en-
CINE had come from wadsworth with the
head section Of freight train No. 8. and
after remaining about an hour In Truckee
started for Summit. rs ''pusher" behind
engine No. SO. N. 3. Peck 10 engineer
OF the 49," and he says that as the
train was moving along at an ordinary
rate Of speed q terrible report Wa heard.
and his engine was lifted bodily from
the track aud hurled forward a. II shot
out OF a monster cannon. When MIR.
Peck succeeded in stopping his engine.
he returned aud ascertainsd that the
''l7" was
LITERALLY BLowS TO PIECES.
Putting on all steam he hurried "a
Summit and t~elegraphed the news. A
wrecking train started In o few moments
from Truckee under the direction oil
Trainmaster W. II. Watson. convey ing
DIR. A. j. Pedlar. Justice s.in Keiser,
aud Q number OF workmen and citizens
to the scene OF the disaster. Mean
time, however. the news came that W.
W. Norton. engineer. aud Charles r
Hoy, bad both been killed. and that B.
II. Green. yard master and acting con
ductor. was dangerously wounded
Three more popular men could hardly
DO found In Truckes. and the widest ex'
element prevailed in the town. When
the wrecking train arrived nj the scene
OF the accident n dreadful spectacle was
presented to view. Engineer Norton.
crushed. mangled and with the greater
portion OF his head blown away. lay
dead Just outside the sheds. Ons.half.
or u profile OF his face remained unin.
!nred and appeared pef'scuy na'''
Engine NO. ~ was
A saAPELKss MASS OF nISr n BROKEN
IRON,
And fragments Of broken car wheels.
mingled with pieces Of shed timbsrs and
portions Of wrecked cars. The boiler
had been lifted from its running gear
and thrown ahead some hundred feet,
the hind end being forward and resting
against the granite composing the wall
OF the snow shed. The hind end OF the
boiler aud the fire box were blown back.
ward, dashing into the end Of the first
box car. The tender was ON top OF the
forward driving wheels. apd tho other
drivers were scattered all through the
wreck. About 40 feet OF the ROOT o.
tho shed WAS blown ON and thrown aoo
ieet down the mountain siue' . On.
tire lower portion OF the sneu, ior ~
least 20 feet. was also blown down the
mountain. Hugo timbers, fourteen
inches square. we're broken like pipe
stems.
fRiaHrYuL scESE.
Blood was spattered on the beams OIL
the root and on the snow. boot and
sock belonging to Charlie Hoy lay on
top the second a { IL had been strip'
ped from his loot by the explosion.
Both Hoy M Norton were evidenuy
thrown upward snd backward over lns
ooI'eaf. O. II; Green was cohuuc'ol o.
the special, q al tns ume OF .ne ace,'
dsnt was LANDING on tue enRine WIN
Norton IA hoy. lie nays 'nas no'
three ninut before the s,ploaon nc
noaeed the steam gauge, anu 'nA' 'nere
Na, vu'y o.e an 80.
anu ,ne Na'.t $50, ~ .ou. wo"d
Sn.. "" 49, mill
nr.sI $500, IS;na; In A.. snoy ont.
~. =. A.. .h"d. ~ h.Shs.n tb,ovn
s ~ :, ,..s, a,,v ts.t His sr.t inn.
nrss.;on was tbat The sbsd. were falliue.
snJ In twin, IN avoid them. be came
nsar t%s,,;., o,sr a aOO.foot prscipice.
IT. ..s.a IL %o.,,;n, 10, hal, bnt vas
nv Iii. -, % 49, ans .ss;st.nca
G..s"" 80, 80 h,awn az H. hscL ami
$50, 80. on, Tha 10, N nj. mar.
,s,aons vas blown To- frssmsnts. and
both his lecs we're scslded, Green was
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