The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-11
A CRIMINAL ERROR.
A Terrible Wreck Caused by a
Train DiSpatcher's Mistake.
PARKWAY IN THE FROZEN NORTH.
Lord LOnsIale on His Way from the North
POle-Sufferings of the Party-The
Return to England.

CHICAGO, April lO.-The following is an
other account of the accident on the Chi
cage, S;'~'a Fe & California railroad this
mOrniL,.
The regular eastbouAd tram was Just leaving
Lorenzo station, fifty miles from Cnicago al
4JL When TIE accident occurred. Attached to
the rear OF the train was the private car OF Man
ager McCoOi, Of the California Central, occupied
by ). T. h.,ft mayor Of BroOhllne, Mass. ana
dIre5tor of the California Central railroad MS
Vile, nus son Henry Robert Hart his niece Miss
MlnsloW, J. l.. Lamb porter known only is
larry, and the cook named Thomas smith.
JUS Is the CrdIn was pulling out Of the station,
a fast stock train following IL ran into the rear
of the passenger train at nI9n speed, demollSh-
ing the private car and exploding The boiler Of
the freight engine. Large quantities OF steam
escaped scGlding those who escaped from the e.
fectS OF Uac CtaaA.
AS soon as the wreck could be cleared so as 10
allow OF the removal of the dead anG wounded,
they were found to be- as follows: Killed
Miss w nslOW Henry Hart; the porter and COOK
were ScaIded; also j. f. Hart ana j. d.
Palmer the brakeman. J. L. Lamb and another
engineer and the fireman of the freight
train Jumped and escaped injury. None of the
cars, except that of Hart, was seriously dam
aged. The dead and wounded were put upon
train and brought to this city. The bodies Of
the dead were taken 10 an undertaking eStab-
GShment The wounded were conveyed to
Mercy hospital Il cannot be learned that Man
ager MCCOOl was on board; the party in his car
were friends who had been visiting him at Los
Angeles
DIt is difficult to get the exact facts One &C
count says the freight engineer was crushed to
Jelly against the boiler head; another, that he
ESCAPED Unhurt. II is also said that several of
the wounded in other cars Of the train were LETT
at the scene of the accident. This IS not be
lieved TO be true, Is tie other cars were not
badly damaged
The passenger train was running or time, and
the extra freight train, through some neZcusa-
BILE error OF the train-Gi Dispatcher, was allowed to
follow. At Lorenzo the grade is very steep, and
the engineer Of the extra SAW the train was IN
manageable. Just rs he perceived the lamps Of
the passenger tran, he wniStled for brakes, but
too late. His engine crashed into the private
car, driving it upon the steps OF the Pullman
car ahead.
In addition to being scalded, James F. Hart
had both legs broken. Henry W. Lamb, also in
the private car was scalded about the face and
body. Palmer, freight brakeman, was hurled
over the freight engine into a mass of debris
and escaped with u scalded face and terribly
burned hands. John Byender, engineer Of the
passenger train, was severely hurt
The fireman of the passenger train said: I'VE
cannot be blamed for the accident; it was pitch
dark and densely foggy when the crash came.
We were running on time, but the freight ran
extra. The freight engine ran right through
the last coach, and then the boiler burst. TIE
cries of the dying and injured were simply aw-
full. Boiling water had been thrown over them,
and their flesh was terribly scalded.'