The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-29
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! compass ABOUT eight Teet IN lengtn OF
/ the track
Victims Fought Madly.
The uufortunates fought madiy in
/ their attempt TO crawl out Of doors
/ and windows, thus hindering each other
SO that the bulk Of them were unable
/ TO escape. Very soon the wreckage be-
! gan burning fcrcely. and those in the
! cars were slowly roasted to death
/ There was TO means at hand with
/ which to fight the fire, and the ago
] nized shrieks II the poor unfoi Inmates
vas appalling.
/ In No. the engine was followed by
/ an accommodation car. This was stout
4. nd bore the shock bravely. The lead
/ ing d. coach of the train however.
! telescoped and burned. In this were
about Gity passengers The brunt Of
I the early rescue work was done here
and probably half of these passengers
/ We're rescued or escaped.
Train No. % carried seventy-fve inn
migrants from Italy. bound for the
coal mines at Trinidad. Colo. Not more
| than half OF these escaped The train
! WAS a double header. drawn by engine
/ No. So, Engineer sam J. Work Fire
man DOwd, both of Detroit. The sec
Ond engine was No. Isl. Engineer
Robert Parks. Fireman Calb Baldorf.
capped alive. but their firemen met
death. Engineer Work is in great pain
! from scaiding. a broken nose and scalp
wounds. He is unable to talk. En-
glneer Parks, Of the rear engine on No.
lS, describes the collision as follows:
Engineer Parks Story.
I'VE bad orders to meet train No.
4 at Seneca and were running about
thirty miles an hour. The track is
straight for several miles and I could
I see the headlight of No. 4 coming until
we were about three miles west of
Sand Creek. 1 put on the air brakes
and the shock came before I had time
to jump,
"Fhe three engines all piled up to
gethcF. / was thrown through the roof
OF window of the cab. 7 don't know
, which The engine on tram No. + fell
to the south and our two oiled up to-
gethcr. picked myself mp on the
bank and then another man cTswled
I-up to me- To was Engineer Work.
Both our tiTemen must have been
killed"
ut was veritable hell Of fire.. said
Victor &. Greenbaum of New York
City, who escaped with slight injuries
People who came hurrying 10 the
scene from farm houses in that To-
cality stood about the wreckage hope
iessiy and had their hands to their
ears to shut out the frigltful screams
and turned their eyes away because il
was more than they could bear.
The scene Immediately surrounding
the wreck was terrible, In the semi
darkness, Illuminated only by the glare
from the fire of the Wreckage. men
stumbled about over corpses which
fell from the ruins and which after the
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the debris There they lay along the
track. some covered by blankets which
Rad been brought by farmers who had
fiocked TO the scene from the surround
ing country.
People came hurrying from the
nearby villages and these. with the
help of those who escaped on train No.
4, did what they could.
Many Sad Scenes.
At the Union station in this city dur
ing the night there were many sad
episodes. The officials Of the road are
besieged by relatives of passengers
known to have been on the wrecked
train. One little girl waited until 2SO
a. m. for her sister, Vida Degras, of
Tupperville. Ont and was then in
formed that the sister was among the
dead.
Dead Dead, Dead" she shrieked,
fastening her arms about the neck Of
the operator who had announced the
names. while tears welled the eyes of
the spectators. The grief of the child
exhausted her SO that she had to be
carried away.
Job Mitchell Of the firm Of WitcheH.
Sons x Co, Of Detroit. was expected
home on No. I. His son was at the
depot to meet him. At midnight a
dispatch came numbering Job Mitchell
among the dead. The son was in the
/ waiting room when the news was
broken. The terrible reality was too
much, and he sWooned, falling against
radiator. he was assisted to his
seat and remained in that attitude.
! stunned by the calamity His father
had been absent, at Dallas. Tex. for
few days and had just telegraphed his
intention to return on the Inflated
train
Among the wounded at the hospital
at Peru, Ind, is 12-year-old Carmen
P2er- who cries increasingly for his
uncle who is dead. having given his
own life TO sSve the boy. The bows
protector whose name was Thomas
/ Gerbarsom. had made his BODY
shield to protect his nephew. When his
llfaless form was picked up the boy
was found under it only slightly in
jured.
The relief Of those whose friends and
relatives We're gradually announced to
be still living was in strong contrast
10 the sadness Of mOUTners