Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
HURT ON THE RAILWAYS
7,i,,y.Ihree Men Injured in a D'd R. g.
Collision in Colorado,
CHICAGO & ALTON TRAINS COLLIDE
pacific has a Coliision-BrnSoman
killed in Arizopa-Fatai Railway
Accident In st. Louis.

castle Rock, Coio'' 'ec' i''
act : tonight wreck occurred at
p1,nt two miles north of Castle ROCK
.,s Rio Grande, in which thirty
men were injured, one or two
arbons fatally. The wreck was the
III, of n collision between south
- rassenger train and a runaway
s,olr car. which started from Castle
poc, having broken the connection
.ith the rest of the train
r,o car was not part of passenger
-, but contained about fifty OF the
- Who have been employed In TINS
'is,r,tv lately laying rails on the no
Grande. ,, oou,rea
uroat Roadway, and when 1t eoihueu
,,h the engine of the southpouhu
,.o,rbt train, the engine forced itsei
INV through the car. smashing
s.,,na of the car and the seats
me fsw are seriously injured. Phy-
Vlis are attending the injured men,
En- have been taken to samoa
The fireman and engineer OF .he eu
,,,,s, enrine escaped injury by jump
nu"Sr INC men on the runaway car ana
ms 49,, ia set the brakes on their car
nVrsa they did not know 1t was run
ue t', a,yav They thought their train
n ias being drawn by their engine. MOST
W. he injuries are flesh WOUNDS anu
bruises. ,s ora. r. Nelson
"a hrol5en: William O'Niel. shoulder
is6r.,I Canfield. head cut; c. u. Gar
NJ bcod cut: VIII Lett, bruised; ID. NJ
Ssad legs wrenched; Arthur Millkison,
tsce cut: George Murray, nose CUT ahu
antIe bruised; j. w. Tate, leg bruised;
q Dierstein, nose gashed ana arm
Thompson. head cut, bruised d. MOAN,
siSo wrenched: NJ. Gallop, legs
rrenched: George Horn. head and face
rashed; II. L., Bennett, legs cut ana
Irulsed; Erie Scholtz, head gashed'
Tom Kennedy. legs injured; John
Rvan. cut; Joseph Freeman, head cut;
Emile Profos, legs wrenched; j. GAIA
rber. ankle sprained; T.. Whalen, head
ssashed. ]. Reynolds, foot lacerated;
Il Morey. side sprained.
KILLED AN ENGINEER.
Tucson, Ariz., Dec. ia Southern
pacific engine running full speed
down the Dragon mountain, east OF
Henson today, came in collision with
doube-headed freight, killing instantly
Engineer w. j. Patterson of the freight
train and smashing the locomotive ana
many ul lnt iiclEhN 'hi o.
CAUGHT ON a SWITCH.
Pontiac H., Dec. 19.-An open switch
m the Chicago & Alton road was the
cause of a collision this afternoon be-
tween the ST. Louis limited passenger,
due here at 1:35 pm, and freight
train on the sidetraclS. The brakeman
whose duty IL was to close the switch
was unable to move II. The passenger
train was approaching. He jumped on
the track and signalled for it to stop.
The engineer applied the air brakes
and reversed his engine, but it was too
late, and the passenger went crashing
Into the freight.
Busher, nc, Boswell, Ind, trainman,
arm broken. and badly bruised about
the head and face.
Jones, j. W., engineer, injured in
ternay.
white, John. Bloomington. fireman,
Internally injured.
Sutton, l.. j., Chicago, baggageman.
slightly bruised.
Haines, A.G.. Atlanta, ILL.,, passenger,
bruised.
Countryman, Miss Minnie. OF this
city. passenger, cut and bruised.
], C. Busler was riding between the
baggage car ana the tender The two
engines and two freight cars are total
wrecks. The damage to other cars can
easily be repaired. The combination
baggage and mail car was deralled and
had to be left here. the mail and bag
sage being transferred to another car
The passenger train was delayed about
three hours.
BRAKEMAN GROUND UP.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Dec. 1g.-Arthur Eek
mart, brakeman on the Mesa local
train Of the Maricopa x Phoenix rail-
way, was killed last night by being
1 ground under the wheels of the car at
Tempe, He was standing on a box
gar at the end of a backing train and
iell to the track. Three cars passed
over him, the head and arm being sew
1 efed nom the body. Eckhart was "a
years old and came to Arizona four
years ago from Illinois
CRUSHED A FIREMAN.
st. Louis. Mo-. Dec. 19.-While pilot
lns heavy freight train up the Mer-
.nants, bridge incline today. an en-
tlhe OF the Terminal Railroad assoeia-
uoh Jumped the track and plunged to
we ground below. Fireman Al PEN
S1lEer was Instantly killed; Engineer
~ MeCullough was dashed head first
MIough the cab window and badly in
iuted' ana w. IL. Cobb, yard agent,
hsl several ribs broken, In addition to
mveiNlng other injuries. Pensinger was
uusshed into an unrecognzable mass
4"uef the engine. He leaves a widow.
WARNING TO CONGRESS-.