The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-28
WRECK NEAR
GARTNEY, UTAH
One Person is Killed and
Fourteen Injured.
RAIL GIVES WAY AND
DISASTER RESULTS
Southern Pacific Train Carried
Burlington Excursion.
Especial to The Herald.l

Ogden, Sept. "a wreck occurred
this afternoon on the Southern Pacific
near CARNEY siding, Isl miles west of
Ogden, and twenty-eight miles west of
Terrace Five cars went in the ditch,
one woman was killed and fourteen
persons injured
The wreck occurred about 1:3O O'Clock.
mountain time. The train was run
ming at about forty-five miles an hour
and at the place where the accident
happened there is down grade and a.
four degree curve. AS the train struck
the curve, report has it, the outer rail
broke loose, and the smash-up came
at once
There was a Burlington excursion on
the train, occupying two tourist sleep
ers. There was no mail car, and the
engine, express and baggage cars in
front stuck TO the track. and also two
tourist sleepers on the rear end.
The other tourist sIeepers two
coachesEand one Pullman went off the
track.
Relief Train is Rushed
News of the wreck reached Ogden
about 2 o'clock. Superintendent Noble
and Assistant superintendent Fitzger-
aid being both absent, Chief Clerk She
airy took charge, and arranged for
special train OF three coaches to run to
the scene. with engine HOO. They were
unable 10 find DR.. Perkins. the company
physician, and DR.. Joyce boarded the
train. Master Mechanic Luckett, B.
e Jenkins and a number of other rail-
road men also went along. The train
was given the right-of-way over every
thing, and the engineer was ordered to
run mile a minute or better. The
train left the union depot at 2:55:
Returning, the special train was de-
/ layed first by a freight rain breaking
in two on Promontory HILL and again
at Corinne. while new brasses were put
! in the engine. The serious nature of
| the accident was made known to the
crew at the depot when a little before
, the return of the special two ambu-
lances. three carriages and the under
takers wagon drew up before the de-
pot.
Special Reaches Ogden
The special train arrived at a. m,
| bringing the body of Mrs. S. II. Lowell,
and the other passengers, including the
injured. There were no Salt Lake peO-
| pie on the train, nor any one who re-
/ sides in Ogden. One lady, Mrs. keefe,
/ has a sister in Salt Lake, who has
/ been notified to come to Ogden. Mrs.
! Keefe, Mrs. McGannon and Mrs. Crosse
were taken to the hospital. The 9TH
| ers were not so seriously injured as to
| cause any alarm.
The names of those most seriously
| hurt are:
Miss J. c. Allen. Cleveland. O.. head
and back hurt.
Nelson Neil, a farmer of Shelby coun-
| ty, H., hurt about the legs.
Mrs. Crosse of Pulare, Cal, collar
/ bore broken.
/ George Bownes of Gardenia, Cal.
| wrist cut. badly bruised.
/ Mrs. J. E. McGannon, residence not
/ giX n. arm broken. Very few of the
/ passengers escaped without bruises or
! cuts of some kind.
| DR.. joyce. who had attended all of
them. gave it as his opinion that all
would pull through
w. H. HOtchkiSs of Sacramento. CAL
! stated to The Herald that he made an
/ examination of the track after the ac-
very rotten; that the track was en-
| tirely unsafe for the speed at which
4 the train was running. He and aRnuun-
| Der of other passengers had been tim
| ing the speed and found il to be forty
eight miles an hour. The first thing
they realized was that the cars We're
| off the track and humping along the
| ground Then the cars tipped over and
| most of them Were too badly stunned
to remember what then happened
1.-The women and children said Mr..
| HotchkiSs, behaved with remarkab bic
GOODNESS There was no panic what
ever. very little screaming or evidences
of fright. The trainmep did every
| thing in their power to aid us after
| the accident occurred