The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-03-04

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damage the coach did.
One reason reason given for Sehrib-
er's escaI e is that he MAS the first one
OF the men on either engine 10 notice
that the collision VAS coming because
his engine WAS reversed and ran sew
eral hundred yards mp the hill before
stopping lille it's tender was freed and
climbed up on top OF the 1422. lie
must have juIlped and his fireman WAS
thrown. The fireman had a small but
deep wound at the inner corner OF the
left eye which looked as il something
had penetrated II. Fireman billiards.
face had a calm peaceful look, even he
smile that we all knew so well. and he
must have been putting in IA fire when
he was killed, Yeargin's face aud eyes
when lie MAS found plainly showed he
knew ahat Was coming and as II he
WAS just going TO warn his fireman.
The injuries received 10y Engineer
Schriber appear triting to the casual
\ OistI NtTY ~ Nul NFIatii iClt WV N1htt
ing one stitch, and "a few abrusions Of
the skin, bat DR.. l.. A. Jackman the
railroad surgeon, says it is possible for
Schriber to be hurt internally and his
actions were not entirely rational after
the accident. Astohow Schriber escaped
further injuries is strange. He may
l... ,,..p.l ~ la. ,una "a. .ltaIun,f4
away from the track when the train
crew Of No. | came up to the wreck, IL"
was out Oh the desert, as it were, rather
Eighty of mind on account OF the acct
dent. Engineer Schriber is not popular
with any oil his fellow employees and rs
the news went round that he WAS To
would meet with rough treatment.
Wise council prevailed however
and anger and denunciation vas
was swallowed in the gloom cast over
the community. When Schriber was
transferred from one car to another at
Hot Springs To be brought To Wadsworth
in the same car with The bodies Of Year
gin, billiard and Hendershott, he had a
small hand satchel OF which he was so
extremely careful that its possession oc-
cupied all his attention and called the
attention of Others to it. Somebody as
sufed him the satchrl would be taken
care vi. but it disappeared and undoubt-
Ill. 1890. ..I.. Il l.Il aL,x,o hfn nAN
worth Of securities that conld not be ne
gotiated Immediately but Tvs loss was II
great worry To its owner. Neither satch-
81 nor contents have yet been found or
any trace OF them. The dead bodies
were brought to Wadsworth, arriving
mere a lew hours after the accident,
and taken 10 the Engineers and Me.
chances Library to he prepared Tor
burial, UnIrrtaSer Sda nlers having ar
rived On a special train from Reno. Fire
man llendershott Ii we'd ten minutes after
bling taken from the wreckage but died
without regaini0g consciousness. HIS
body was emimlmed here and sent to
his parents in Ogden. He was II very
promising young man OF steady and
correct habits and was highly spoken OF
by all who knew him.
The remains OF Thos. j. Yeargin were
taken TO Bakersfield Thursday for in
ternlent accompanied by Mrs. Ieargin
and the children, j. b. Finley and fam
lily, Mrs. I. ". Fitzgerald, Mrs. Ed
shepley, John A. Goldie and Harmer
Huston OF the b. of l.. Il. and Past
Chancellor KLEIN of the Knights. He
will be buried by the side OF Bert
Coolidge.
Fireman billiard was insured in the
Pacific Mutual for 81 900 end in the
Firemen for $500.
Engineer Yeargin was insured in the
Knights OF fythias for $4,000 and the
Engineers for 5000.
Thos. j. Yeargin and W. NJ. billiard
were noble men and We will speak Of
them as we have known them in our
next issue.
The Winner ucca Silver State gives
the following account: ga frightful &C.
cident occurred Tuesday night at II
O'Clock M mile east of Hot Springs on
the Salt Lake division Of the Southern
Pacific system.
1t was a head end collision between
e%astbound passenger train No. | and en-
CINE No. 1882, a helper from Hot Springs.
Engineer T. j. Yeargin. Fireman Will
lam NJ. billiard and James Hendershott
were killed and Engineer Adam Schriber
is reported to be severely injured.