Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-10


crews had Jumped. came together with
| an awful crash. The excursion train
| was probably going ut about fifteen
miles on hour The Local engine. as II
| trimmed In its faster hight. turned n
/ crfnplete s0mcrsaiit and came crashinl,
down beside it, own demolished OBJ
| nftuctlon. nut Its career was not end
/ "a before II had jammcd the tender or
the excursion train almost from one
end 10 the other u the first car from
ehamokin. The tender stopped n few
seats from the rear door. The car. or
| what was left Of ". rolled over. carry
lnE with Il tho embedded tender. the
fragments N dozen bodies and the
Imprisoned wounded. who had been car
ned with the Jagged iron on it's rclcnt-
less course through the coach.
Il was In the frst car u the excursion
train that all the deaths and most Of
The casualties occurred. The other carr.
though their occupants were badly
shaken ur. stayed on the track and
worr In condition to be hauled on. The
train was rather badly rmarhcd up.
From Duneiien. Hound Brook and
other places surgeons were quickly
srmfnoned Thry came over the Cen.
trail railroad " New Jersey. whose
tracks run parallel with the f.chigh at
this point. about 900 yards distant
wtecklnr trains were quickly on hand
A. the dead wore taken from the dc.
inoilshcd car they were put In the rear
cars of Tho excursion train and taken
10 Bound lifook. where o coroncr's ir-
qiiesi wns held tonight. The Injured
Vcfc put In the cars ~ the local train.
Twcnty-onc were taken 10 pinlnfisld
hospital. while the less seriously Injured
were sent on TO Jersey city and New
Yoff
ENGfxEER JUMPS TOO LATE.
Engineer pcndcfgast. who weighs al.
most 800 pounds, Jumped too late. lie
was caught under his engine. and for
three hours lay In frightfui agony.
when At last n hugr crane lifted the
Iron On his body he was found 70 badly
injured that he u expected 10 die.
The losa of ne inflicted upon his train
would probably have hcon nothing like
II was had n not been for the fact that
NJ Mauch chunk the baggage car OF
the excursion train was found 10 have
a hot box. and was taken on. thus ienv-
lng the crowded day coach next TO the
uuEine. " this coach had retained tho
position Il held when the train icft
shamohln. probably only = fcw lives
would have been lost
Engineer Kicks " the local was found
on the tracks, 30 badly injured that 1T.
Tie hope was entertained Of his rccoy.
cry. Despite the blood that flowed from
his mouth. lilcks TurFlci out. Some one
gave wrong orders I know hnw II hap
pcncd. but ! cannot speak now" Ia
this connection w. q. Rprirg, the su.
Ierlntsndent n the eastern division OF
the tehlrh Valley road. said THE ac-
cldent i evidently due 10 a blundcr In
orders"
The train dispatcher at Eaaton, who |
has charge ~ the Territory. IL said 10 |
have Wired 10 the operator ~ south
lfainneld To let No. n. the local. come
through. but latter there came mes. |
.agc TO EaHion " hold all weaibound |
trains. II " alleged that the latter mes. |
'agc was overlooked. some way II was |
hot handed 10 the operator. but, which.
'vcf way u was. the wcatbUund train |
vas allowed on lta track, and from |
that could be- learned IN.
collision was plainly due to mistake
n orders and To no negligence OF the |
rain crews.
TERRIBLE SCENES.
DR., nrakelcy Of Dunncllen was one Of
he inst on the scene. Iie sad, we
I"t into the overturned ear ana CROPPED
monK the debris Tor the dead, Teeth.
rms. brains. spiintcred wood and
visited Iron were mixed 40 In an In.
crcribahle mass. The wounded. most
Z Them suffering nom broacn legs.
lefe all jnnmed together at the roar
nd. The dead were got out piecomcai.
Inipnr tho ruins We found baby
bout four mouths old without clothes.
se thouFht y was dead ana laid II on
he bank beside the haif.doxen other
ihnHird bodies We had cxtricated. Just
. was leaving ! noticed algnn OF life.
ne baby was alive. and careful OK.
ininatipn showed u has sustained only
" for plninncid
This baby belonged 20 Airs. Mary
nrfrca " Mount carmni. VINO was ar-
'mpanled ON the train by her nus.
ana. .Mo young sons and the infant
question.
A. the daylight began 10 die. huge
innrgH made Of the car debria we're
fhtei BY the sid. " the track, and by
:" siarr ~ the flames the wrecklnr
avs worked their pondcroua derrlcka
TIE Herald says that I'VE OF those
'sinded In the i.ehiRh railroad COLI.
pn al bunncllen died during the night
akinH the total dead eighteen.