Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-28
TIE RAILROADS.
They are stlii Troubled hy storms;
and Accidents.

The Utah Central passengers who
desired to leave Salt Lake for Ogden
yesterday afternoon experienced
quite q delay. Shortly before the
4o'clock train was to start out, a To-
connective engaged in some switching
near the soap factory was derailed.
and blocked the track. 1t was thrown
OF In such peculiar shape that it
required considerable trouble 70 get
1t back on the rails. 1t was seen
that this could not be accomplished
in a reasonable time, so an effort
was made to get a track around the
wreck, but this vorid not work as
thu gfound was so soft that without
a well prepared roadbed the plan
was not feasible. There was no
means Of getting around the
derailed engine and when the
hour came for the . O'Clock
train to depart, the track was still
closed. The only other means at
hand was resorted TO, and Il freight
engine was cnlered down from
Oguen with a passenger coach.
About ! O'Clock it arrived here, the
passengers were transferred around
the locomotive and were cafried to
their destination. It took till
O'CLOCK this morning TO get the en-
CINE on tue rails.
The Union Pacific trains are all |
behind, and today's, due here at 4
l2;So, Is billed to arrive at ! this 4
evening.
The Utah d Northern branch is
again open, yesterdays train from I
Cache Valley reaching Ogden al |
midnight last night-fifteen hours 4
late Trains are running as regu- |
larly as the slippery condition Of the |
track will allow.
The r. G. w. is also affected by
The snow, the trains coming in /
from six TO ten hours behind schedule
time. On this road the entire change
10 broad gauge is expected TO be
made next week, when there will /
be less difficulties to encounter.
The Central Pacific keeps its
rains going pretty well, considering
he state Of the weather, but none
1f them are able to make schedule
.lme. On this line yesterday a
storage mail ear was destroyed by
ire The westbound train left Og-
len at 9 O'Clock, eight hours late.
When 1t reached Blue Creek, forty-
me miles west the car attached to
he rear end OF the mail work-car
vas found to be in a blaze. The
water tank was near by, and quick
un was made 10 reach il, the balance
Il the rear end of the train
having been cut Off and left at a
afe distance from the burning car
An effort was made t. extinguish
he fire, but it had got too much
Roadway, and could not be saved.
{ was then found necessary to run
I away from the water tank, as the
of that useful establish
nent was being badly sc0rched.
The car and its contents were en-
rely destroyed, nothing remaining
mt the wheels and the irons. After
be fire had completed its work the
ebris was removed and the two sec
ions Of the train coupled together
nd the trip westward was resumed.
inquiry at the Central Pacific Of
ices failed TO disclose the cause of
he fire. Trainmaster Currier said
e could not learn, and did not be-
eve anyone knew, the exact cause.
t IS supposed that the car being
'ithout a watch at the time, the
re in the stove had gotten so
OF as to reach some Of the mail
lcks. The sacks, however. had
cen removed from the stove. before
ne train started, 10 n point far
nough away 20 satisfy the train
zen they were out OF danger.