The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-15
A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ENGINEER STEPHENS, OF THE
WESTERN, THE VICTIM.
His Ankle Crushed at Sandy Yester-
daytime Limb Was Amputatea
and stephens Died Yesterday At
ternOon.

An epidemic of railroad accidents is
lon. Within the past fortnight there
have been wrecks caused by collisions,
wrecks, caused by trains going through
bridges, and wrecks caused by tunnels
caving in. Men have been scalded,
knocked off and run over and nearly
Iall the accidents have involved large
losses of money and human life.
This vicinity has had rather more
than its share. The collision on the
Rio Grande Western near Castillo
Springs. has laid Engineer Hodnaw up
in the Holy Cross Hospital with severe
burns about his face, hands and feet,
caused by escaping steam; Engineer
McGraw lies al his home with his knee
bruised and Arthur Pickering is in his
grave.
Roadmaster Lewis was killed on the
hand-car up Parley's canyon. Watch
man Browning fell from a box car in
the Rio Grande yards and lost his life.
Robert Murdoch, of Logan, while
breaking on a q. P freight train was
knocked off by an electric light pole
and run over by the engine. causing
the loss of both his lower limbs.
Brakeman Seal last Sunday fell or was
jerked from the top of a 5oX car and
lost his life. Close upon these comes
phens, of Sandy, loses his life.
Yesterday about noon the eccentric
strap under the locomotive, on which
Frank a. Stephens was engineer,
worked loose. The train was standing
near the Mingo smelter at Sandy. The
engineer climbed down from his box
and crawled under the engine to adjust
the loose straps. The locomotive was
coupled to long train of cars and
just as Stephens got under his engine
Union Pacific switch engine Abe
Hatch, engineer, bumped into the rear
car of the train and caused the loco
motive to move about two feet-enough
to allow one of the huge drivers to roll
over and crush Stephens left ankle. AS
soon as the accident occurred the en-
ployees about the tracks took the I'M
fortunate man from under the engine
and placed him on the switch engine
TO convey him to the Sandy depot.
Here he was put in a Union Pacific ca
boose and brought to the Union Pacific
depot in this city, thence to st. Mary's
hospital. DR.. Pinkerton was sent for
and found it necessary to make an am
putation at the lower third of the leg
He performed the operation just after
noon, and thought the patient would
make a good recovery, as he is a stout,
healthy man, 80 years old. But at 4:30
o clock the sisters at the hospital tele-
phoned for Undertaken Joseph William
Taylor to call and get the remains of
Frank Stephens.
DR.. Pinkerton. when seen at 4 o'clock.
thought Stephens would get well.
Frank a. Stephens was SO years of
age. He married the daughter of John
EYerell, of No. TIT West South Temple
street. Six weeks ago he lost his only
child-a baby two weeks old He was
born in Covington, KY, his father and
mother being William A and Fhnda
Stephens, now living in New Albany,
Ind.
The funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, at Joseph
William Taylor's chapel. From there
the remains will be escorted to the Odd
Fellows hall by Enterprise lodge No
10, ColfaX Canton No. 1, Miriam lodge
No. ., Daughters of Rebecca. and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and Firemen.
Coroner Taylor will hold the inquest
this morning at IL o'clock.
This will be a big day at Garfield.
The Irish Americans will hold sway.
Over $500 will be given away in prizes
for the best dancers, swimmers foot