The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-13
and her people. The echo of the last
hurrah had not died away
WHEN THE CRASH CAME.

No 3S, with a full head OF steam,
one minute behind time, dashed around
the curve at a forty-nile an hour gait
and no human power could avert the
disaster.
The door of the baggage car was
found wedged so tightly mo the coacn
that ali EFFORTS 10 remove it were fuLlle,
although a thousand willing hands were
joined in the attempt 20 lift the cover
that was concealing the dead ana I'M
pr.soning the injured i'll living tomb.
Finally an axe was procured and a sec
ton of che car floor cut away. The
sight revealed was
BEYOND THE POWER OF WORDS
to portray. The first object to attract
the attention of the rescuers when the
section of the floor was removed was
the upright body of a man whose head
had allnoEt teen severed from the
trunk. So recent had been the acct
dent that the blood from his wound had
hardly started to flow, and his skull
stripped of its covering, glistened like
a polished billiard ball. The body of
the man was drawn from the ruins
and was soon identified as that of John
kenkel, an Omaha musician who had
been playing with the band at the
picnic.
the ruins were those of Mrs. Bradley
and her babe, a child about a year old.
The baby's head was badly crushed,
but she held in her arms a pretty doll
that was as unrumpled and fresh as
when it came from its shelf in the toy
store. 1t appeared that the space in
the car between the 1ioor of the coach
and the floor of the baggage car was
packed with
DEAD AND DYING HUMANITY.
~Groans and agonizing appeals for help
came from the injured and spurred the
rescuers to their greatest efforts. AS
soon as a little space within was
cleared the workers climbed inside the
coach and the work Of passing up the
bodies of the dead and injured pro-
crossed more rapidly 1t seemed as if
the end would never be reached.
Twenty-Five dead bodies were taken out
and laid in row on the grass along
side the railroad track and the injured
were at once taken in carriages to
Logan.
In a short time an appeal for help
had been answered by all the physi-
clans from Logan and Missouri valley
and then some system was introduced
into the manner of carrying on the res
cue work. There was great lack Of ma
terial for binding the wounds of the
injured and pocket handkerchiefs,
lunch towels and linen articles of wear
ing apparel were confiscated for the
purpose. Wagons and carriages were
sent from Logan and the injured were
brought here for treatment. The Lusk
house, the New Moon hotel the Opera
house and Odd Fellows hall were
TURNED INTO EMERGENCY HOS
PITFALLS
and the injured cared for as well as
possible.
Then the dead were taken and re-
moved to the undertaking establish
ment, and laid out on improvised
cooling boards for identification.
Twenty-Five bodies were taken to that
place There was no room for them
in the part of the steea set aside for
the undertaking deps4. -ment and their
bodies We're placed about in the sales
room. There had been no preliminary
preparation of the remains. They were
carried to the store just as they had
been taken from the wreck. The bodies
were covered with blood and many of
them mangled beyond recognition.
Their blood covered the floor of the
store until the place looked like a
slaughter house. 1t was after midnight
when the work was finally completed.