Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-29
the OPERATOR
TELLS HIS STORY
~. s,lure to Deliver Orders
Caused Grand Trunk Horror
ORDERS WERE BUSTED
.,.,m, BY tho Train dispatcher
Tie o'. u,,l only Make statement
on witness stand

49,, ont Dec 2S.-There were no
,.s,ns today among the l persons M ?,
aea'a IN Friday nights collision az
)u'su mt on the Sarnia branch
W" w" Grand Trunk railroad between
s o. W Pacific express, No, D. wes,bouna a,
s snd AZ eastbound freight IN when n. %
anu - last their lives Tonight the AS
p se',o,ed press was Informed at the
v VIE hospital that while several OF
me injured are still in a serious cphu''
W, a I, ,s expected that all VIII recover.
T TS body of Fireman Rickett OF the ex-
nrsss train, which was last night De-
, p 10 be buried under the wrecked
engines was found today covered with
.aow in the ditch beside the track
S o.. arm was completely torn off and
u ,ns body otherwise mangled.
nth must have been instantaneous.
hsl,evel that the body was thrown
'soar NJ the engine and into the deep
ele", N the ditch, where In the storms
sno srress the wreckeIs failed to md IL
Ta,dav night Snow fell rapidly all
i r',," n,ght So that Ricketts, body was
s" covered at daybreak and
. ."s not found. Today one Of the men
working at the wreck noticed a niue
mound In the ditch. and investigation
showed Ricketts, body under the SNOW
TonIght there Is but one body unldenti-
Adj NJ The morgue here, that OF a w0-
,nen who was ticketed from Toronto
~ nuhlth. The mans body which was
unidentified last night was Identified
today as that Of George ID. Southern OF
LockpOrt, n, Y
Andrew Carson, the operator at wat
ford the first station east OF the
wreck whose failure to deliver orders
10 Conductor McAuliffe OF the Pacific
express, to pass the freight at wan
stead, is said by the Grand Trunk Of
6cials TO have caused the wreck, today
made 10 the Associated Press his first
statement since the wreck. He says he
received the order for No. 8, the ex-
press to pass the freight at Wanstead
Al s:lS o'clock but declares positively
~. . 80, ,,fnutas 1otnr nienntphor Il
" ,," Re,r Of london called him and or
Sorsd Mn IN hust or cancel the order.
~ said
sihort e.A5 after calling Wyominp
ona ascs.,oininv that the fra,qht was
,hsrs tba disnatcber called mo randi
!" ho,f dolen times When an.
.,,arad on ,bo ,vIra no to,d mo "a .hust,
,h,s 3D. I wrota ,pn.t a. aoross tho
3D. "a h,s, do No voc oom,ng IN
&c aco,Snc,o. Noa,I,oo oan,a T., ma
sstsJ ma what The nrder ho,rd was
ont against Him for lola him that
va had Mad nm order for him Int ibe
dlsnatcher had ,hustaJ' n Ue asked
me- m hurry and ~ write him q clear.
snce which dld After the train had
started and was out of NV reach tho
DISPATCHER learned ina, tho frelyht had
,ef, Wyoming told him 7 could not
sion No ms Il had lest No Immad,'
ateIv hogan calling King,s co,r, I,,nc-
tion the station betwean watford and
Wanstead ON the railroad wire ana I
tried 10 raise them on a comr,orcial
wire W. ho,h saiiaa % 40 ,his ho"'
aver mill af,ar ,ha a, ,rass ,aa ,,assaa
the junction . 80 p''''
Carson oin,i,,o, ,,a, J.. :. 49,
against the rules Of the comnanv m
eancei a ,ro,n nrSor a,s 1ne vo,ipa a "
nbstInte for ~ I'M, ss,a 10, H. S,s
hatcher was HE snner,or ofsoer and
he dIsllked IN auss,Ion Nc ord"r 90 Az dp
pute his authority 40 ,ota MS oc,inn
Djsnatcber 49,, " aanV e,is ae'iv,'
local Grand T,,,nk of,co A. No, :"
Thai the order n,as ,.h,s,oi,, nv s,o"
eeled &c Carsnr oIa,r,s ao ~
tho book :, wo. ', am. Aseolu'is "
should have hsen Sei,vars -, ~ o NV
ductcr Of the eypress Kerr hos not
made any statement avon 20 ,ha ra,i
rcGd officials and yin no, 40 ~. ,n,,,
be takes the stand at ia ,ao W. ~ WV"
Division snnt caora 'i ~ 80 =,
Toronto saws ,bot as ,'ho 'ones ,o,
eancellng or ,.hus,i,, S'e tu'.s asaiis'
the strciest In me- ae mai, olus,' "e
u do moi hei,eye - ~" s oouei |
shat # has heer M sa'u ,o''she
standard dISnatchina o' .ia slnce .ne
cd. DIsnatcbor Knrs ,u,es were aaop..
and most efficient dIsnaicber, 'u IN on,
service He IL Tho nnar, .a ou'
tcmpanled tho train hp e,aso' WV a.
and Duchess 40 VII Dua'ihs .ne Jun
Of Canada a vear 90 -" N, loyai ,ou,
confidence In Kim - Wv "''e e'eF
Other Grand ,r,,,,,,,
presen, also avn,. unn o'nclals VINO were
n Kerr. Coroner ' n, ~ .iIeir con,iuenee
bn county v,,i MI ,ar'ey Oh Laiiio'
u Wyoming tomorrau wy '''e"'s"''o''