Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-17
ACCIDENT IN WYOMING
A Broken Switch The Cause Of tn,
Smash.
FOURTEEN PERSONS INJURED
A Complete List OF the Persons Who
We're Wrecked.

AT $3.50 yesterday morning the
Union Pacific westborud passenger
No. l was wrecked at Hampton
Station. afty-five miles east Of
Evanston, and fourteen persons in
itured. At 1880 last night the fol.
lowing particulars were obtained
} from the railway officials here.
As the train was corning into the
station it encountered a broken
switch lever. The first engine
passed over the defective portion of
the track all right, hui the tender of
the second engine LEFT the rails and
threw all the COACHES and baggage
cars, five in number, from the rails
and Off the emBAnknsnt. The
sieeIer, however, did not 20 over
theembankment, but was derailed.
a special was sent out, carrying
physicians from Ogden, Evanston
snd Gieen River, with appliances
Tor the care Of the injured people.
Very fortunately no one was killed.
The list OF injured M TO ah;s
moment obtainable are as follows:
Antonio Pushlnger, who was
coming to Ogden, vas bruised about
! the shUnldeS and head.
q. +. Mcintosh, conductor, hands
bruised and cut about the head.
Charles Tabin, Of New Washing
ton, Ohio, leg injured and hand
( spained.
John johnson, Of White Pine.
Nee.. shoulder and leg bruised.
Miss Ada Coolidge, Evanston.
slight cuts about the face and limbs.
L. t. Lundberg, Oakland, Cal
cut in the head. y
Domingo Stringer, Rock Springs.
Wyo., head bruised.
Mrs. James Kuhn, Des Moiues.
Iowa, passenger for Ogden, breast
and shoulder bruised.
Carl Washenfeill (child), Kansas
City, flesh wounds and cuts in face.
Eddie WashenfeilI fchiIdl, Kan
sas City, similar injuries.
John McCobaled, Indianapolis,
Ind, leg broken.
Mrs. WILDER Gibbs, Grant, Wyo.,
slightly cut about fingers.
Mrs. Harry Openkamp, Evan
ston, Wye, neck cut,
q. II. Graham, brakeman, neck
badly bruised.
All the passengers in the sleeper
fortunately escaped injury, as the
coach was not wrecked, and was the |
only one thai could be sent on.
The Remainder of the cars were 4
badly smashed, and could not he run
through 70 Ogden.
The train was expected to arrive |
in Ogden at ll;2O last night.
Rooms were Secured at the depot |
hotel for the injured people as soon
as they should arrive. AT last &c
counts they were resting easily, al
though some of them had been
severely hurt.
At ll:20 last night the passenger
portion Of the wrecked train camel in
and the foregoing account was said
oy passengers 10 be maiuly correct.
There were two of the cars which
were inthe wreck brought in, one OF
them apparently all right. The other
came in with one pair of trucks
which di1 not belong TO il and the
two front steps broken of, while the
windows were nearly all broken and
the framework all aslant towards the
forward end.
The injured people decided to re-
main in the sleeper instead of room
ing in the hotel.
Only the passengers were brought J
in on No. /. The remainder of the
train was to come on No. 3, which
was expected 10 arrive at 3 O'Clock
his morning.
The limited number of injuries
and the triflinS nature Of most Of
them was fact to be thankful for,
considering the nature or the acct
dent.
The railroad officials did all in
their power for the injured pas
sengers and made them as comfort
able as they possibly could.
One Of the passengers says that
whel the tender left the rails the
engines broke away from the
tram and ran on for a consider
%A1-~ As1NAhNI -AAANeAA VI Tic Nloill Oh
the track, while the cars iOltei
along on the ties on the other.
The coaches Zig-zagged along for a
short distance at a good speed, when
the express car, in which were two
men and a dog, struck a pile Of
heavy timber lying Oh the side of
the track. They cOllided with such
force as TO drive a'huge piece Of tim
ter clean through the express car,
tut fortunately without injury to
the occupants. The second car, in
which were several passengers. and
in which was afterwards found the
greatest number Of injured, ran
along, tipping gradually as it went,
and eventually fell over without
even breaking a window on the
under side, the snow apparently
easing it in its fall. This car took
fire, but some of the passengers sue
ceeded in putting the flames out
with snow. In all of the cars the
passengers were ba lily shaken up rs
they jolted along at a good speed
over the ties. = Ogden Standard,