The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-10
RAILROAD RUMBLES.
Accident on the Denver & Rio
Grande.
TWO Or THREE INJURED.
The Utah s. Nevada Excursion-Open-
shawvs the Utah & Nevada
Railway-Notes.

The Denver & Rio Grande passenger
train which left here on Sunday night,
met with an accident in Price Canyon,
by which the engineer, Ben. Estes, was
seriously injured, while Fireman Webb
had an arm broken, and sustained in
juries in the chest, besides being
scalded about the head. The engine
was wrecked and several cars were de-
rallied, but fortunately, none of the
passengers were injured, although they
received rather severe shaking up.
The injured men Estes and Webb,
were brought to this city at 40 yester-
day afternoon. the former being taken
to his home and the latter to st. Mary's
Hospital.
The derailment is said to be due to a
falling brak--beam.
Late last evening it was rumore5 that
the express messenger on the train was
also badly injured, but how serious was
not learned.
A. 81. MoFFATT, a representative of
the Rock Island, is dong the city.
w. H. BANCROFT and George Goss,
have been summoned to Denver.
THE G. P. was forty minutes late yes
terday. The D. & r. g., therefore,
waited.
AT THE Union Ticket office, travel is
reported as being very brisk, and the
hotel registers bear out this assertion.
B. Fl. HUMPHREYS. western passenger
agent of the New York, Pennsylvania
q Ohio, is among the visitors to Salt
Lake.
S. F. FENToN, of the Utah & Nevada,
who accompanied the rem ains of his
father east, will be home within couple
of days.
The UTAH CENTRAL depot Oh Sunday
afternoon assumed metropolitan airs,
there being at least LOCO passengers
there at one time.
]. II. BENNETT, of the D. & r. g.,
leaves Denver to-day for New York
City, to attend meeting to be held
there on Saturday,
In TUE case Of Matilda 0penshaw vs..
the Utah e. Nevada Railway, wherein
the plaintiff was awarded the sum of
$1,000 damages. an additional stay of
ten days has been granted, in which to
file statement On motion for new trial.
The UTAH & NEVADA excursion 10
Black Rock, Garfield Beach and Lake
Point, on Sunday, was well patroniZed,
nearly 200 passengers, mostly tourists,
taking advantage of the opportunity
afforded them to view the wonderful
Dead Sea of America"
A PARTY of prominent railroad and
business men leave for an out in q
special car the latter part of the week.
1t will consist of w. W. Ritter, James
Sharp. l.. s. Hills, F. w. Jennings and
DR.. Richards. They go north to the
Columbia River country and will return
via San Francisco.
W. II. HURLBURT, the genial general
western passenger agent of the New
York. Lake Erie & Western, Chicago,
who is about as well-kuoWn to Utah
business men as any railroader in the
country, was in town yesterday. and
leaves this morning. He was flying
around town behind a spanking span
with Mr.. II. j. Grant, during the day.
and in the evening saw Confusion, as
the guest of W. G. Spence. A. 81.
Moffet, general southwestern passenger
agent of the Rock Island. Kansas City,
accompanied Mr. Hurlburt.
HE U. Z. local once mas received
the following circular:
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY,
OFFICE OF GENERAL AGENT,
81 Clark Street,
CHICAGO, March Goth, 1885.
CIRCULAR.
Mr. George J. Needham has been ap-
pointed Northwestern Travelling Freight
Agent of this Company, vice Mr.. c. d.
Morgan.
Appointment to take effect April I'd, 1888.
Approved, NJ. BECHTEL,
General Agent.
J. A. MUNROE,
General Freight Agent.