The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-11-08

'upeiii'ehueh j. I'll. Whited was
promptly on the scene of the collisio,
with w~recking crews and trains fron,
Wadsworth and Truckee, and succeeded
IN clearing the track for the passage of
trains about 10 80 O'Clock A. NJ. Monday
The bodies of the four tramps were
taken to Reno Sunday. Leach's body
was taken to Truckee, his home. En-
glneer Bird was taken to the Commands
hospital at Sacramento. yose the
tramp, was taken to the County
hospital at Reno.
The Coroner's jury met Monday and
adjourned until to-day, after view
ing the remains.
THE DEAD M INJURED TRAJNNEN
Ed. Leach, the young brakeman
Kliied, was a native of Boca, CAL, and
had he lived until February would have
been t~wenty-three years old. His father,
ID. W. Leach of Truckee, and brother
visited the scene OF the wreck the same
day and took the remains of the dead
boy to Truckee, where the interment
took place yesterday.
Charlie Givan, the fireman has dwelt
among us for years and was a little past
twenty-one.
Everybody knows genial Jim Bird
who bore up wonderfully, laughing and
joking with the hundreds of visitors who
thronged to his bedside. When Jim
was found he had the injured foot in
his hand trying to put it back in place.
A. F. Spidel and VIM. Caflaghan were
hunting near the scene OF the accident
and heard the crashes OF engines and
cars.
The cars rolled and smashed four
times before they settled. Brave Tom
Berry buried in the darkness of the
wreckage and pinned down with an iron
rod that pressed against his left arm and
shoulder told the boys to first take care
of the others who perhaps needed it
more than he. After the others were
taken out, Conductor Laforge dug the
earth from under Tom with a pocket
knife and pulled him out covered with
blood and his clothes in tatters.
Engineer Strong called to Givan and
7 ooob RI ;,p,o with hin, b,,+ both 4bo
boys were a second too late as Givan's
leg was caught and Leach's body jamm-
ed while they were in the very act
of jumping. Strong rolled down the
bank and was enveloped in steam and
knocked down three times by steam
and wreckage before he crawled into
clear atmosphere. Strong and Gala
CHAN pried Givan's body from the
wreck and bandaged the wounded limbs
the best they could. They could dc
nothing for Leach who was suspended
in the air, caught between the boiler
head and the tank with his legs mashed
until there seemed to be no space for
them. Leach had no support and said
his back was broken and the boys has
tily put up a support and placed cush-
ions under him. Suspended in mid air
as the poor boy was he raised his body
to allow the cushions to be placed
showing remarkable fortitude. He
said he felt better with his back resting.
His last words we've "water Dan," ond
when Strong gave him a drink he sank
back into the arms of his Maker.
Charlie Givan called constantly fol-
mother until he sank into unconscious
ness.
CAUSE.
There are various rurhors a1oat regard
ing the accident and the accepted one is
that there was an error in the train
orders, but in cases of this kind the
wise reserve criticisism until all the
facts are before them. The C~oroher's
INQUEST will undoubtedly throw light on
the question and get at the true facts.
Howbeit, train dispatcher Molten is
crazed with grief and no pen can tell the
suffering he endures and whether or not
he can stand the shock, as the accident
occurred while he was on duty. Whose
soeyer the error the party causing Is
certainly to be pitied. Railroading is
DANGEROUS work and no railroad mar
knows who will he the next to make an
nnintentional error that will end in