Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
FAILED TO DELI YER ORDERS
Toa Conductor, Causing q Rrlshlful
Railway Calamity.
MANY LIVES ARE SACRIFICED.
vo.ouo,iye boilers Explode and Cars
Buru-iion. VIM. J. Bryan tho
First to R,ndsr Aid.

EMPoRIA, Ksu, Sept. 9-Last
nivht,s bead-on Collision on the At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe proves the
worst disaster that has occurred on
tbst pystem III many years. Ten en-
gloves were killed outright or soon
died OF their injuries, and fifteen
others were more or less SERIOUSLY In.
iured, One or two OF tho wounded
may yet .uccumb. A miscarriage OF
olders csused the wreck.
william J. Bryan, who was pas.
seuger on one OF the trains, escaped
uninjured ana aided materially III res
cuIng the uuiortunates and allevisting
their 81 tierings.
Following is the list Of killed and In.
jured az announcsd By the railroad
officials:
Killej,-James Branham, snRinet r.;
Nate Hollister, engineer; Benjamin
waltsp, fsmsp; Joseph Hurley,
fireman; Ej~srd Yonseivi, fireman;
Daniel McKsnnou. aged II, OF
Toptkl;J. F. Ssuer, Kansas City.
e1prets messenger; Unknown, burned
AMI untecogp zeu.
Michael McG 'ade, postal clerk, Kan.
sas City, h. A. Doran, prstsl clerk,
EnpOra, Kansas, an unknown trsmp
Mi,slng,-Joe. Sauers, baggage
mar.
Harvey Flwier, nm Emp,ria farmer.
lujuled'-wm. Frisbie, engi eel (;
W. +. Jones, postal CLERK;
W. q. Noticed, postal clers;
CJ.Hollios postal clerk;R o. MeGse,
a Iosisl clttt;- Patrick, brakeman; c.
A. Van CloAve. brsksman; L. J. But.
Ton, Cottonwood Fsiie. passenger; T.
b. walleck, Atchison, passs oyer; J.
Bulltr, hip brosen, probably ult;
MIRO Sweeney, Gainesville, Tex,
back hut; John d. Agan, Topeka,
iicr smssneu; q. Is. ADAMS, City OF
M'xlco, bAdIy bruised; Phil Shier,
hSn'as CITY, travelling salesman,
badly hut; Il. G. Er,er, Kansas City,
pnEtmap, will probably uie.
Trains uVer the Santa Fe will be
run by way Of OtIaws for n lew days.
Inc cost VI the wreck TO the railway 10
s'limalei Al 100000.
Tue wrtckeI tTains were tho fastest
htbe service, the fast msil eastbounu
SOD Tue ia.Mexico express,
W.'ioound. Escn WAS running at the
"e u lofIy mties IN nour mr. over.
zoe wreck occurred nj 7.30, three
miles tssl OF Emporih, on a,smAll cul-
N Ht 'uAI Crossed q dry stream. The
ouiVeft was not more than ton feet
W'ue and the foremost engine OF the
WeNovunu train nau spsnneu It whom
,he collision occurred. The smbank.
ment approaches to this culvert were
"a sliIs high.
ORDER NOT DELIVERED.
tne conductor OF the easthound
ram YVES trJered at EmporiR to meet
uu pb's lhe CALIFORNIA flyer al Lang,
Ie' mlles east. An Urder sent To
lug 10 The oOuduotor OF the west.
S.uhu ialn Tor him 70 walt there,
NV delivered anu he iuppiBed he
~% 70 psAa OF Emporis. Eaco train
',S uuu!lng-One to EmporiA; the
e' 70 hank-and met at full speeu
10 Tue matu line,
ue California train wa almost a n
l so AVE aud owing to Mr.. Bryan.
engagement Mt Buriingame
nv, .'o"ued TO the guarde with ex-
uA's returning hoUe. It catrlrd
"su' passenger coaches, all crow ied.
II NO WARMING GIVEN.
iae conductor snd brakeman ware
iug their lanterns rea, y.for Empo-
vuy 'Irse miles away. There
n 10 Whrning signal. The wes,.
mT.s . .ialn was going around a slight
nv, "ueh u met the fast mall. There
Spcu up against a stone wall. Then
uele Was an explosion, a crashing
WV ah Uncertain movement of the
tnseoes sndall the lights went, out.
,nose who were ON the first cDach in
Is Nes'oOund train were left In total
ness and they very aeon realized |
w. peru Of their Srosition, for tbs |
n0ke, "n o'eAni anu
4 e Westbound train was drawn by |
scohotivts, and when they struck |
Yrio'N mall, ali three OF the engines |
nr"o eu anu tore q hole Ia the tfsck
,NSeplnht tee emokiug.car OF the |
tfaia weot on top lot the |
Blhes anu two mail cara and
M" mere without turning over.
M ~ 'ne cars who escaped through
nuuWa came very NEAR turning |
over, In which event the Iatal-
hIt,a Null nave been much greater, |
csr soon caught fire from the |
engines undernesih IL and |
leu 10 ashes In no time.
M, 'ais oil the iast mall did not |
M "e uRcE. There were not more |
Ihs ZEN Passengers on the latter !
NM. ana all were in one coach.
AM. nohe were fatally isiureJ, all
~ car Received a terrible shaRipg
h., me or them were painfully |
,i Every seat In The car was |
Ngm Its tasteninas win sunn