Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-13
A TRAIN WRECKED
On The Union PaCIdc Railroad Near
HallYiIh, Wyoming.
MANY PERSONS INJURED.
Most Of Thtm were Italians aud
One May Die.

One Of the most serious wrscm
which has ever occurred on the Union
Pacific took place yesterday morning
near Hallville, Wyoming. and IN
consequences the Union Pacific hospital
hore was f,lpi this morning with
more or less Injured ltaliane, ono Of
whom will possibly die within the
next twelve hours.
Yesterday morning shortly before 7
O'Clock Union Pacific MOI, wcs.bound,
duc TO reach Ogden at 1890 O'Clock,
pulled out OF the Bitter creek station
several hours behind time and the en-.
gineer threw open the throttle. When
about three miles east NJ Point cf ROctH
~ the train wa crossing Ill, u struck
broken rail- ,and five cars, two cmifrAni
sleepers, the day coach aud two Pull.
mans went into the ditch. The engine,
tender, both baggage aud The two rear
PullIlans stayed with the tfagk K. Next
10 the rear baggage car whsan omigfant
sleeper. filled to OVERLOOKING with raw
Italians, men, women anu children.
The chr jumped over an cmOnnkmont
anu lOU feet out IN the prairie, where 1t
struck Pullman which had out
speeded II. The emigrant car was
mashed into kindling wool mud twenty
OF lie occupants were Injured. In the
end which struck the Pullman we're
fifteen little children, ranging in ngee
from | month to five year,, aud
although every seat Ia the forward
half OF the car was torn out and re-.
duced almost to powder, not n child
was Injured. The other sleeper struck
telegraph pole fourteen Inches IN
diameter lcircumfeTeu c.? aud ninety
feet from the truck, anu cat II away a'
cleanlyas could nave been done with d
saw. Continuing Its maj Hight tn,
car butted Into the day coach, tele'
scopiNg itself but injIring none OF Tia,
uas.ei'.,ers serio sly. one Of the Pail.
mans Jumped about MY feet In th'
iifectipn OF the other car and then
plOughei itswny almost 10 where they
had piei up In tho form Of n diamond,
damaging It ~ badly that repair Will
bn almost impossible.
A wTeckiug train was sent out from
> Green river and by evening the track
, was again clear. While tho crew wa
clearing away the wreckage u specln
bearing this Injured, Of whom Their,
were twenty, nineteen being Italians
anu ono an American who had re-
ceived AN ugly scalp wound, was ruI
into Green river where the wounds .
the passengers were attended TO.
At 1920 O'Clock last night No. Z Los
her right OF way anu came ia as
special, reaching Oyden al 1915 o'clocl
this morning. The damaged cars wef
lett were they III al been piled up. Th
Union Pacific hospital ambulance an
several carriages were In waiting an,
the passengers who were unable
travel were taken TO the hospital
There were several broken legs, q
! broken collar.bones and any number {
cuts, bruises and spraius. Ono ma
was scalpcd by dying piece OF timbe
= Iuasmuch az the In ured were all Ita
iAua and unable 10 speak English u
names could he learned. Tho en-
grnnis were bound for Montana point
Yesterday mornings eastbounu pa
: scugsr No. . struck n detective rail /
Granger aud one tourist sleeps
turned upeide down but Injured u
one.
Sunday morning, No. picked up
broken rail near Rawiius ami ditch.
q one car, but did little damage.
A disobedlenoe Of orders caused
freight wreck near Point OF Rock
|. Number 10 westoound freight rau
!. tier orders aud crashed into eastb5ur
No. ., ditching both trains anu WI, q
ing the engines hnd tenders besiu
u smnshing many ears. The crew {
|. No. . was asleep aud running nj
ltlturely speed, "a the result might Ia
. been terribly iaial