The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

Tree. Conductor Hlnkle found the souE
ticket and stick at the place the body OF
LaForge was found, showing that he was
preparing to throw it. The scene of the
wreck is n of carnage with twisted
iron and splintered wood all oyer the
country. Heavy trucks torn from their
~fastenings were hurled away from the
track and mired in mud by the force
that propelled them, and here and there
are a pair OF lonesome looking wheels.
The engine tender was telescoped with
the head mail car, the remains of the
engine cab consisted of scarcely enough
splinters to make a small fire during
the night for the chilled and weary
men who were endeavoring to clear the
track. The engine pump was torn from
its place and flung out into the sage
brush. The mail cars we're badly
smashed and the interior of the baggage
car was a scene of confusion. Bars of
silver bullion were scattered seemingly
as if they were pigs of iron. The wreck
ed train was enough to cause one to be
filled with W and wonder at the great
force that handled it as a teanster
cracks his b~lacksnake whip.
When the crash came the passengers
in the day coach were thrown from their
seats to the roof OF the car to come down
piled together as a pyramid Of struggling
limbs. Fear was on every face, women
screamed and tainted and pandemonium
reigned. Yet one of the passengers
were injured or claim to be except a
drummer, d. +. Parker, travelling for
John Scowcroft & Co. of Ogden. DR..
Jackman, surgeon for the S, p. Com
pany could moi find any injuries or
bruises on the drummer. The messen-
gers and postal clerks escaped with trif.
ling injuries. Engineer Kline ia COM
fortably fixed in a pleasant o at the
Nevada House and is being nursed by
William Gleason. Mr.. Kline's left
cheek is so badly swollen that the left
eye cannot be opened. His hands, head
and right ankle are bandaged and he is
sore all over. He has q most of friends
who make the time pass as pleasantly
as possible for him and he does his
share of the talking. He says he was
right on time at White Plains and as he
approached the station he poked his
head out of the cab window to look at
the semaphore and drew back as he saw
the switch target. At the switch the
shock came and it seemed as if fire was
all around him. He applied the air
brake and shut the throttle and the
gauge light swung around toward him
and he looked at the fireman. A jar,
a sensation of being rolled over and over
in space and nothing more till he noticed
he was w~allowing in mud and tried to
get up.
Fireman Van Why had just put in a
fire and Strengthened up to look at the
steam guage. 1t marked 143 pounds.
He felt the engine leave the rail and
looked at Kline who applied the air
with his left hand and shut the throttle
with his right. The fireman and en-
gineer looked at each other questioning
ly. The fireman was rooted to the en-
CINE deck and wondered what was going
to happen as he felt powerless to move
hand or foot. Another reel of the en-
CINE and the cab lifted over the fire.
mans head and took the engineer with
it out into the country, leaving Van
Why standing on the coyerless engine
deck. With a lurch the engine and
tender parted, the engine careened and
the fireman was thrown into the air.
He thought the engine would follow
him and mash him to pieces and as he
struck the mud on his head and hands
he started to crawl. He found himself
unhurt as his scattered senses returned
and he started to look for Kline. He
found him thirty feet back and soon
learned he was not fatally injured.
The kissing steam escaping from the
blow off cock called his attention to the
engine and he felt he wanted to get
away from it. The escaping steam WAS
blowing alkali and mud like a spouting
geyser.
Van Why has but a small scalp wound
and says he is going to work tomorrow.
The railroad officials say they found an
engine tie rod driven between the throw