Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-18
SNOW AND WIND
Are PLAYING Havoc with the
Railroads.
= PASSENGER TRAIN FAST ON
THE UTAH ANo NEVADA
Over A Day Withctt Provisions
Relief sent from Tooele.
A snow-pRIFT ovERTAkEs a
LOCOMOTIVE.
The Utah Central ePenes.-s. 6.
W. RunHins.-Pafk CITY
Shat OF.

=
ced that the Utah & Nevads
passenger train from the west woult
oe two hours late owing 20 III,
great depth of snotr. Later 3
: telephone message was received al
the depot stating that the engine
had been disabled and syas fast
ina snow drift near Erda Station
Tooele County.
Immediately upon receipt Of this
message Mr.. Ritter ordered an en-.
CINE to the relief. Upon it were the
engineer, fireman, brakeman. Mr.
Ritter and a News representative
with plenty of supplies for the en-
ployes and passengers.
/ The reporter had been lnyieei 70
Join the party by Mr.. Ri'cr, and &C.
cePlei the invitation with the replv
that perhaps the ride might fsrni.h
an item Of nevs aud &: the same
time 90 Httie romantic. 1T Will
I ne Ten,ahtic enough" said Mr.. Ritter
as the engine left the depot. w.
The snow had been and still was
drifting to the depth ofmany feet in
the railway cuts, and as the engine
would burrow It's way through
Them, every man, with good grip,
mot ia grippe held fast to the
iron rod" AS tho locomotive
emerged from the snowy depths
MI. Ritter often inquired, HIs u no
mantle enough, yete'' The reioin-
der was, ''It viii be more so if this
continues much longer"
About nine miles from this city
while running at a high rate Of |
speed, the engine struck suddenly |
asainsta largedrift and this engineer.
who all the way Along had mani /
Tested = degtee of GOODNESS not
oiten met with, called out 0I,ook
OUT, boys, we are going overt, Sure
enough at that instant the engine
jumped the track and embedded H.
self in the snow. 1t was real S.ro-
Iilattic' ana fortunately no one was
hurt. The breaking Of the pilot
IN the snow drift was the cause Of I
the accident
AR. Ritter made his way TO a teIe-
phone station n mile distant. and
ordered another locomotive To the
scene OF the accident. 1t was waited
ior some time, but being Of light
build it made but slow progress and
the disabled engine was left in
charge Of the engineer, while the
remainder Of the party began n |
walk back in the pier ing cold.
They were met near Garden J'ity nv
the engine last sent fer by Mr.. Ritter
and were broeghtto this city. Supt.
Ritter says that in hiS ten years rail
road experience upon that line he
has never known the snow TO be SO
deep as now.
Two more engines were sent :
out this morning 20 relieve
The passenger train near Ertla. :
Apostle F. NJ. Lyman and !
Prest. II. s. Gowans are among the !
passengers on board the train.
y telephone message this fore
noon stated that the passengers were
yet without provisions. A telephon-
&c communication from +. NJ.
Lyman, Jr., of FOOele, at II O'Clock,
stated that relief Isrty would be l
sent cut Immediately from there; so :
possibly the passengers have re- =
,eived aid before this. G
Inc relief party that left this city !
shls morning reached Garfield at a !.
little after one O'Clock this after g
noon. Squads of men are at work
al along the line shoveling snow. a
the relief train, unless an &C. a
cident occurs, will reach the IL
passenger train before morning.
Mr.. Ritter is on beard, and u
ne VIII get through If such a thing :
s possible under present conditions. q
The latest message received this J.
afternoon upto the time Of our going 2
20 press was that the relief train had =
eft Garfield, and was between that !.
'olnt and Mobiles ranch, about five =
niles from the belated train. Ii was o
very slow progress, but was
The snow i up TO the car
SO 4 slight idea can be
ormed Of what has TO be met with.
The wind is blowing almost a hurri-
'ane, and the snow drifting terribly.
while at the same time the cold is
intense. On the train that is sought p
o be relieved there are a number Of 5
lassengers, one of whom is q lady ir
Who resides in the Eighteenth Ward
( this city.
Tho TTfoh 4. Na,-.Ho l..-1 r ID
he Union Pacific, is not, however. "
lone in its dispute with the snow. u
Up to Thursday the Echo 4 Park >,
lily line was kept open pretty well,
ut on that evening the train stuck V
n snow bank a few miles out Of n
ark City, aud the passengers walked OF
ntO the town. The train finally got
trough, however, and at 2 O'Clock a
esterday morning started on its re- -
urn. After great many delays. III
lused by the filling of cuts, 4, ~
cached Ogden last night. There b'
lme of the passengers bound for Salt *
axe awaited the night trnin on the al
tab Central division. Butthis had +
, lie abandoned, and they came al
own on the X. CIV. this morning. IS
ne Park City line is now reported IL
: closed up. W
Yesterday the Utah Central got
ne train TO Ogden and back from W
his city. Yesterday afternoon a =
eight started out, but was stopped az
!st north of the Hot Springs, ssstuck "a
the snow" A freight from the IN
eTth got in the same locality, and ar
aged there. a passenger started OF
'wn from Ogden last night, but Oh
luld not get past the freights, and on
MS morning was seen Mt Farming IN
n, hacking up TO Ogden ''for a 81
sw START re
The cause OF this trouble was the ey
,avy drifting Of snow between the en-
ot Springs and Woods Cross. W.
rom the hills above it was brought te
'wn by the wind in immense IN
and laid in windows over gu
strip of about two and one-half ga
lies Of country. BY this means a 20
ne section OF railway track was Is
med, and il was impossible for the VI
TO force their way th'
rough. The r. G. w. was in the uI
me fix, except that they had a M
owplow on hand, and cleared I'M
cir track. Today the Utah Cen 20
j had a large force Of men at
'rk shoveliny snow, and opened re- re-
the line. The regular trains will osl
I'VE at 4 and Up. m. SO
The southbound train left at Q ire
lock this morning, instead Of 7:a0. GU
X causes that led up to this were SUI
1t yesterday afternoons south an
lnd passenger was blockaded in ne
cut at the point Of the mountain. u.s.
got through in the night and the ma
ssenger due here from the south I'D
300 last night arrived about : this