The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-29

ing The only means Of identification was
MS watch. found under his body
His fireman Joe McGrath. was found
lying BY his side, with his head under
Bruce's body Bruce's right haud
elutched that of McGrath's. Engineer
W ike Or No was fcund under his en-
sine cab his body burned 10 crisp
Identification was made by means of a
watch chain
One body pulled out from the bl.-nin-
wreekage held in the charred hand q
pocket knife with the name On the
handle Morris p Willard
Women Among the Victims.
Two female bodies were taken from
the wreck but there were no means OF
idelJlflc2tion- One had the hands clasped
as 1t IN prayer. Another body. that of q
man. evidently that of a soldier was
Iound crushed en- The trucks Of the
sIhoAef- ne army buttons were found
70 the charred flesh
Twenty collins were brought to the
scene OF the wreck and by > y. m four
teen had been fi+led with charred bodies.
lnese We're brought 70 tais city, while The
sSeaIrening party continued its work The
DocieS OF tour trdmps were found later
uneer the wreckase OF the engine of
one of the saddest scenes OF the wreck
was the burning 10 death of IT. n Triton
q wealthy capitalist of Cambridge Mass
+. s Glidden and Hilton were travelling
together when the collision occurred
They were sitting together in the smoker
the force Of the collision threw Clidden
through window and two feet from
the car When he recovered his senses
he went in search of his companion and
round him pinned down aUong the burn
ing WTeckage with no possible way of es-
cape Efforts at rescue We're unaVailinE.
and he was forced TO stand by and see
mis- companion perish in terrible agony in
the flames.
Another touching incident was when
the little 1-yesr-old son of Engineer
N,likie came down on the relief train and
began searching TOT the remains OF his
dead father. who was burned TO an IN
recognizable state
Another victim OF the wreck was found
with only a razor on his body by which
he may be identified
Names Unknown
Tt is absolutely impossible 10 secure the
names Of all the dead passengers There
are IN many cases no means of Identified
ton and the officials say they have no
information that viii help out in the
matter
Eight c1rs of no. were completely de
OF the engines The worst part of the
wreck. and where most of the bodies were
found. was the smoker. which had been
telescoped by the forward cars
Superintendent StOUfe of Tucson divi-
sion exOnerates Engineers Bruce and Viii
kie as well as Conductors ScriVen and
Parker. who, he SAYS, cid their duty He
places the entire responsibility upon Oper-
ator ClOugh.
Engineer Bruce leaves a wife and fiVs
children and &1lkie leaves a wife and
TWO children Bruce was a veteran ensi-
neer, having been chosen 10 haul PreSi-
dent Mchiniey's train across Arizona on
the late presidents recent trip TO the Pa
cific coast
SUPERINTENDENT Stoufe and the railroad
surgeons have done everything possible
to relieve the sufferings of the injured.
The loss to the railroad in rolling stock
destroyed IS not less than $4,000. =
track has been laid around the WreckasC
and traffic proceeds The engines of tho
wrecked trains were Oil-burners. Opera.
tor ClouSh admits his failure to delive;
orders.