The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-26
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
The Union Pacific Flyer Col
lides With Stock.
PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK
The Fireman Killed and the Engineer
Badly IDjured-Other Rail-
way Notes.

OGDEN, October 25.-[Special to THE
HERALD The Union Pacific west
bound passenger train No. 5, known al
along the line as the Flyer" was
wrecked last evening at point three
miles east of Evanston, by colliding
with herd of stock.
The train was approaching disagree
able point under very slow Roadway
when the accident occurred, otherwise
the loss of life must have been enorm-
Gus.
The point where the accident occurred
was on down grade, and trains of the
6rst-class usually make about forty-tive
miles per hour on that portion of the
road. There was a sheer descent OF
about fifteen feet on one side of the
track and of course that was the side
to receive the wreckage.
When the stock was first seen by the
engineer and fireman they were close
upon it and collision was unavoid-
able. The engineer did all that was
possible to stop, and then when he saw
the engine ride up on one of the cattle.
jumped from his cab and escaped with
broken leg and fractured ankle. He
also received a severe wound On the
head, but is not supposed to be fatally
injured.
The engine, mail coach, express and
baggage cars left the track and plunged
down the embankment. The engine
turned completely over and laid in the
ditch on its side, the other cars fol-
lowing and passing the engine short
distance before they came to a stop.
The next coach got off the rails and the
front srucks of the one following. The
remaining cars stayed on the rails and
were not injured.
The fireman must have jumped about
the time the engine left the ta;k. HIS
mangled remains were found under the
front wheels of the express car when
the car was put back on the track
The passengers, though very much
frightened, were not injured.
Not until this morning was the track
cleared and the train, with the excep-
ton of the engine, brought IN to Evans
ton. Here the mail, baggage and ex-
press cars were emptled ana their con-
tents transferred into freight cars. The
Pullman, whose front wheels had been
off the track, had its trucks patched up
with chains and in this way the train
was brought into Ogden, where it ar
rived at 225 pm. The above was
cleaned from the passengers who were
on tt il.-fated train by THE HERALD's
correspondent.
The baggage and passengers were
transferred at ogden to the Southern
Pacific cars and another Pullman was
provided in place of the one damaged
and the West-bound passengers went
out on the Southern Pacific train at 7
p. N.
The Utah Central provided a special
to take the southbound passengers to
Salt Lake City.
The injured engineer was brought
here and taken to the U. P. Hospital.
His injuries had been attended to I'M
mediately after the accident by very
skilful physician who was on the train,
else he would have been in much
worse condition when he arrived at the
hospital. His name was Hawkins, and
he has been in the employ Of the COM
paDy number of years. Nothing could
be learned as to whether he has a fam
lily or not.
NOTES.-The Union, this evening,
says the man killed was not the regular
fireman, but one who was coming west
on the lookout for place. The fireman
proper was uniniured.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
PETER HARVEY, of the B. & O., is in
Salt Lake.
THE Rock Island will run trains into
ho 18Th of
A GENTLEMAN just Gown from Farley 8
Canyon reports that the grades on the
Salt Lake g. Eastern have reached q
point about three miles beyond the
Halfway House.
The Union Pacific was late again last
evening The regular Utah Central
did not wait, the owl train bringing
down the mail and passengers. 1t ar.
rived in this city about 2 O'Clock this
morning.
The Burlington private car No. SO,
was in Portland recently, with A. J
Cross, contracting agent, Chicago, w.
B. Hamblin, general freight agent of the
G. B. & N, st. Paul; Mrs. Hamblin,
Miss Cross, Miss Davis, ]. B. Haggin,
the San Francisco millionaire; and B.
G. Chambers, of Salt Lake.-RaiIaCay
Guide.
"OYsTER supper, this evening, be-
tween 80 and $50 O'Clock. Oysters in
any style, SOC. Everybody invited"
Such was the sign displayed in the
Union Ticket Office window yesterday
morning. The friends of Benton and
Hedges, supposing that they had taken
this method Of hedging on their cleo
ton bets, were preparing to rally in
force and help them out of their
diiema, when 1t was discovered that the
placard should have announced the
sociable at the Methodist Church.
Just as Brig. Hampton was on the eve
of having Benton and s edges arrested
on the charge of doing business with
out license, down came the placard
and when it was again exposed to public
view, the necessary corrections had
been made.
SEVERAL gentlemen connected with
the Salt Lake Valley & Eastern are now
in Salt Lake paying bills and in other
ways Strengthening up the accounts of
the concern. This is the road that
popular rumor has it is heading for
Sioux City, Iowa, starting from this
city. and going via Ogden, through
Weber : ands Rich Counties to the
Wyoming line, at which point it con-
meets with the Wyoming Eastern