Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-02-01
THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Full Particulars Names of the Anjurs;'.
anss EHcinents.

stoned in this city yesterday morning
by the receipt of a dispatch at the rail
road Office from Conductor NerrilI, an
nouEcing that an accident had hap
pened to the regular passenger train at
Winters's crossing, about mile this
side of WashOe. The dispatch stated
in substance that the locomotive and
express had jumped the track and that
several connected with the train were
more or less injured. Various rumors
were afoat, as usual on such occasions,
and when the Wrecking train hove in
sight the worst seemed to be believed
Il was not long before the "wrccl1er'
| was made ready, and started at lively
ing on board Or. S:aart, the company's
Surgeon, J. r. King, Master of Trans
portation, c. =. Mason Of tho Supply
Department, -- FOrtling, Master Me
chanc, George Heritage, Yard Master
about twenty men from the shops, and
II representative from the Appeal
Office.
Arriving at the place Of accident the
locomotive was found lying on the left
side of the road pretty well demolished,
and the express car on the right side,
turned halfway round, and pretty well
shattered. The remaining cars, mail
and baggage, smoking, passenger and
sleeper, did MOI jump the track. No
damage was done to the rest Of the
train beyond the breaking away Of the
forward steps Of the smoking car
Where the accident happened a bank
of snow had formed directly on the
crossing, and on approaching it Engi- ,
neer Tom Clarke opened the throttle /
valve to q speed of about forty miles an
hour in order to cut through the snow. !
The plow penetrated through the drift |
and struck plank Of the crossing, /
breaking a portion of it off immediate ,
and bending ii in such manner that |
it went humping along for a short |.
distance, when the locomotive left the |
track about one hundred and sixty feet |
from the crossing. The express car,
next to the locomotive, kept the rails |
for a distance of fifty feet, when it also
Jumped the track The rest Of the
train continued on some distance and
was brought to stand by the brakes
icing we'll applied.
Engineer Tom Clarke and his Fire
man, Laive Robinson, went over with
The locomotive. Clarke received cut
On the head, an artery over the right
eye was severed, and his hands were
scalded.
Robinson, though not dangerously
lurt, Jared worse than Clarke. In fall
ng something entered his mouth, LAGER
'ting his left jaw, and knocking out a
'ew teeth. The wound caused him
pain. In addition he suf-
cred conclusion 6 the BRAIN
+. J. Laf7erty, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
Messenger, and J. j. Bray, brakeman,
we're the only occupants of the express
ar. Latrerty received a cut above the
we and was hurt some on his side.
Bray escaped any injury.
Seated on the tender of the lOcOm0-
i've were four Indians, three Of whom
we're very seriously injured. They
we're taken from the wreck as soon as
possible, being covered up with wood.
\ sleigh was procured and they were
to Washoe before the wreck
ng train arrived. 1t is believed that
wO Of them have since died.
Just before reaching the snow drift
,larke called to Robinson, who was on
he tender where the Indians were, to
ONE into the cab and witness the snow
~. Robinson complied, and probably .
his little pleasantly saved his live
Taken all in all, it is wonder that
he accident was not more serious.
t seems strange that the express car .
hould have left the track on the oppO- s
lite side from the locomotive. Had it