Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-13
A TRAIN WRECKED
On The Union Pacific Railroad Near
HallYilla, Wyoming.
MANY PERSONS INJURED.
Most OF ThCm were Italians and
Ono Nay Die.
MANY PERSONS INJURED.
fosaen Siaadardl

One Of the most serious wrecks
which has ever occurred On the Union
Pacific took place yesterday morning
near Ballvillc, Wyoming, and IN
consequences the Union Pacific hospital
here was filed this morning with
more or less Injured Italians, one Of
whom will possibly die within the
next twelve hours.
Yesterday morning shortly before 7
O'Clock Union Pacific No.7, wcst6ound,
Tue to reach Ogden at 1920 O'Clock,
pulled out OF the Bitter creek station
several hours behind time and the on.
gineer threw open the throttle. When
about three miles east Of Point Rocks
~ this tfain was crossing n I'LL, u struck
n broken raj, and five cars, two cmigrtnt
slcepefs, the day coach aud two Pull
inaus went into the ditch. The engine,
tender, both baggage aud The two rear
PulliJang stayed with the tfgck. Next
10 the Tenr baggage csr wasa an omigfant
sleeper, filled to Overlooking with raw
Italians, men, women anu children.
The chr jumped over an cmDanSment
anu 100 feet out In the prairie, where IL
struck Pullman which had out
speed.d II. The emigrant car was
maehed Into kindllDg wood hud twenty
OF lie occupants were Injured. In the
.nd which struck the Pullman we're
flfteen little children, ranging in ages
from month to five years, aud
although every seat Ia tlit forward
half Of the car was torn out and re-
/ al All 10 n "a oil
was Injured. The other sleeper struck
"A telegraph pole fourteen inches IN
diameter lcircumferca CO.. aud ninety
feet from the track, anu cat II away ms
clranly NJ could nave been done with n
Jaw. Continuing its mai flight tho
car butted Into the day coach, tel,-
scOping Itself but '1l1ring none OF the
uas.engers serlo sly. One Of the Pail.
mans jumped about fiity feet In the
direction OF the other ear and then
ploughed ita way almost 10 where they
had pied up In the form u a diamond,
damaging II ~ badly that repair Will
be- almost impossible.
a wfecking train was sent out from
Green river and by evening the track
was again clear. While tho crew was
clearing away the wrerklge special
bearing the Injured, Of whom there
were twenty, nineteen being Italians
anu ono an American VIM had re-.
oeived AN ugly scalp wound, was run
into Green river where the wounds VI
the passengers were attended TO.
At 1920 O'Clock last night No. lost
her right OF way anu came la an a
special, reaching Ogden al l2:l5 O'Clock
this morning. The damaged cars were
let were they TAI been piled up. The
Union Pacific hospital ambulance and
several carriages were IN waiting aud
the passengers who were Unable IL
travel were taken to the hospital.
There were several broken legs, Ui
broken collar.b0nts and any number Ul
cuts, bruises and spraius. Ono man
WIS scalped by dying piece OF timber
lnasmuch as the injured were all Ital
iaus and unable 10 speak English nc
names could be learned. Tho emf.
grants were bound for Montana points
Yesterday mornings oastbound pas
seug-r No. . struck y detective rail nj
Granger aud one tourist sleeper
turned upeile down but injured nc
one.
Sunday morning, No. picked up 4
broken rail near laWlins anu uitchel
one car, but did little damage.
A disohedlonoe Of orders caused
freight wreck near Point OF Rocks
humber 10 westOound freight rau b.,
her orders aud crashed into eastb5unl
No. ., ditching both trains anu WI, ox
ing the engines ind tenders bssiue
smashing many ears. The crew OF
No. was asleep aud running NJ
itlturely speed, or the result might have
been terribly iaiaL