Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-28

whiie 1t was In midsir and lsndei in
me water some distance from where
tue engine fell. His only injury was
BROKEN arm. He left the scene for
bioe'on on loot almost imme lately
after Tue wreck, apparently crszed
WIN iiigbt. the railroad ofli ella 10
nave not yet been able to see him M
get statement. or the eight other
SURVIVORS three were children, all Of
whom hau their feet buraed anu
crushed. Their names have not yet
been learned. The other three men
were Henry HandhetTy, u conductor
from birmingham, who was taking
MS vile and two children cut for u
ride around the circuit, and win
Girdner and Andrew Bryson, miners
from Blo,ton.
Handberry was on the same seat
with his wife ana children when the
crash came. The latter three were
killed anu he was pinned down and
would have bsen burned alive had he
not been resued by Bryson and Gard.
hef. These two men also saved the
unknown WON IN anu three children,
VINO were likewise pinned ami appeal
Ing piteousiy for help, but by the time
they had rescued thess five per ous
the heat hau become 30 intepse that
they were compelled TO desist in the
WORK OF rescue.
IL is thought that fully thfee.fourths
of the dead were killed outright In the
crash, while the other five were pin
Toned down and Ctemated. Gardner
and Bfys0n we're both badly hurt
while Handberry will probably die.
The flames had completed the work
OF destruction before any help arrived.
The country around tho scene OF the
accident 10 sparsely settled, anu the
few farmers who heard OF the wreck
and went 10 the scene arrived too late
to be OF any assistance except 10 the
SURVIVOR.
THE wRECKERs.
DR.. Ray, Blockton physician, who
attended Gardner, one OF the injured
survivors. teiegraphs tonight the state
ment made hy Gsrdner us to the cause
OF the wreck. Gardner says when he
felt the cars leave the track he looked
out and saw three savage-looking men
rushing from hiding place down to-
wards tbs waters edge, and that after
the wreck they went through the
wreckage, robbing the dead and
wounded, and then fed to the woode.
They did their work quickly and offer
ed no assistance whatever In the way
Of rescuing the imprisoned and Injured
passengers.
This story, however, has not yet
been corroborated, but other facts tend
to show that 1t was the work of traiL.
wreckers.
An examination Of the engine
shovel that Engineer White had
shut of the steam and reversed before
1t went down, indicating that he saw
danger ahead as he approached the
bridge ami tried to etop his train. His
charred body was found with mis- hand
On the throttle. The survivors all
agree the train left the track and
bumped along the ties aud theu, with
a crash plunged through the bTldge.
ANOTHER TRAIN WRECKED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 27.-An.
other serious wreck occurred near
Cahaba river at l O'Clock this alter
noon. A wrecking train which had
gone to the relief OF the ill.iated pas.
sepger train was standing on the
main l.ne, when IL was run into by a
construction train from Birmingham,
which was on its way with men and
timbers TO rebuild the destroyed
bridge.
Jim Estes OF BoyIes was fatally
crushed and eeveral workmen were
more or less hurt.