Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-04-23
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A MASON VALLEY RANCHER AND TWO HORSES
KILLED NEAR EMPIRE - ATTEMPTING TO
CROSS THE TRACK HE Is Run INTO
BY A v. AND T. LOCOMOTIVE
THE CoRoNRRS INQUEST

Yesterday morning another fatal accident
occurred on the v L T. R. K. at crossing
between Carson and Empire. The regular T.
o'clock freight train drawn by engine no Il
was going up the track with number of peo
pie who wished to visit the scene of Wednes-
days disaster aboard, when it ran into four
horse team, attempting to cross the track,
killing the driver and two herses instantly.
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
The man with the horses was crossing the
tr, and going north There was sharp
rh' Z the track and the recent STERN had
IA de he approaches slippery with mud.
l'Ehd ahe horses reached the level of the track
they were either too exhausted to pull the
wAgpn over or else baked as the train APP
pros Ed. When the attempt muas to
cross kre was ample time, but the halt on
the trael unexpected to the engineer proved
fatal. The train could not stop suddenly, as
there was another just behind it and both
were going at rapid pace. The engine
STRUCK THE wHEELERs
and wagon, and lifted them high in air. The
nigh horse was struck in the hip aud the shock
took away portion of his body and sent his
entrals fl wing His mate was sent at least
fifty feet in the air and falling struck : te-
egraph pole killing it instantly. The driver
whe was Mason Valley rancher, Was sent
over the fence which guards the approaches
to the crossing and fell in the ditch alongside
the track where the water was about two feet
Deep He must have been instantly killed as
when found, his head was crushed in. The
pieces which chung to the front o. the engine
were scattered along the track f. half mile.
The wagon was loaded with two bales of hay,
and quantity of provisions. The track was
white with -four for about fifty yards. Some
portion of the wagon caught under the engine
and gouged out pieces from the ties for a
couple of hundred Of yards.
TIE LEADERS ESCAPE
The leaders had just cleared the track when
the engine struck the team. They were unin-
iured, and after the engine passed rushed
alongside the track. They were
unable to disengage themselves from the car
cass of the first horse struck and dragged the |
body into the slough. After running about
a hundred yards they turned, and running |
back came to a stand still directly opposite the |
scene of the accident. The track where the dead |
horse was dragged along the ground could be
traced by a trail of blood three feet wide
THE DEAD IDENTIFIED.
The APPEAL reporter visited the crossing
after the accident with Coroner
Foster. About hundred men were on the
ground, attracted to the spot by curiosity.
The body Of the man who was killed was
ound lying face downward in the water. The
kull was crushed in and the body terribly
nangled. The Coroner examined the papers
IL the coat pocket of the deceased and found
hat his name was Jean Parent. Some parties
Who were present identified him as French
nan who owned ranch in Mason Valley
rhe body was brought to the morgue near
he Tribune stfce, and the horses and what
fleets could be gathered up taken in charge
y the Coroner.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
About an hour after the accident a gentle
aan named Ellis Herrick, from Alpine county,
vas driving over the same road and as he
pproached the spot his horses evidently be-
rme frightened at the smell of blood, sudden
= turned about and ran, upsetting the buggy
nd smashing the pole. They finally came up
gainst fence and were secured with but
title damage.
o.. c. wHEELKRs VERSION.
o. c. Wheeler, Typographical engineer P
,nnected with the Clarence King surveying
xpeditien, was on the engine and is of the
pinion that the driver of the wagon was
blame. He driving parallel with the +
ack when first seen, and the engineer sup <
,sed that he, seeing the train coming at such
'eed, would not attempt to cross the track.
hen the train was within three hundred {
Irds of the crossing the team turned in on
e track, and the engineer whstled "down
axis, and checked up as much as possible.
hen the engine struck the wagon the force
the collision sent him at least hundred feet :,
om the crossing. ed