The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-02
TELESCOPED
THE SMOKER.
One Passenger Car Pushed Half
Way Though Another.
Frightful Head On Collision on
Southern Pacific.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED
Twenty Sustained Bruises, Cuts
or Broken Bones.
Three Engines Piled Up in a
Heap of Wreckage.

Beowawe. New, Oct "A disastrous
head-end collision occurred last night
on the Salt Lake division of the South
ern Pacific at this station. The first
section of train No 6, the Atlantic ex-
press from San Francisco. collided
with a freight train. One passenger
was killed and 20 injured. The dead:
ALLEN HARPER. aged about "a
years. Pocatello, Idaho, a member of
the Order of Railway Conductors and
a Knight Templar.
INJURED.
Mrs. I. Smith, 567 Clark street. Chi
cago. bruised about the left knee.
sprained back.
James McArter. sO7 North Fourth
street, Haverizon, N. j., left hand
sprained and bruised. confusion on the
head.
r H. Byanski, Garrett, Ind. right
leg broken.
Rev. George Comfort Lamborgo, Pa.
right arm fractured in two places. ex-
tensive Iaceration of the entire right
hand; amputation necessary
Thomas Crowley, Chicago, right leg
P. ]. Fort. Quick City, two abrasions
on right side of nose; right hip
sprained.
Grant Pyle, cattle buyer of San Fran
cisco, left hand cut and cut over left
eye, nose broken and right arm in
jure6.
n. Neshide, Japanese, of Sacramento,
left thigh bruised.
II. MatsuiShio, Japanese, San Fran
cisco. left leg bruised
J. Tracey, San Francisco, right leg
bruised below knee.
E. Thorne. Evanston, Wyo, lacera-
tion of the right foot, amputat ton nee
essary scalp wound.
William Cross passenger brakeman,
Wadsworth. New, bruised breast bone
]. W. Littlejohn, Wadsworth, Nev
engineer on passenger. left leg broken
below knee.
J. Stone Wadsworth, New, fireman
on the passenger train, severe concus-
sion, possible internal injuries.
j. c. Holland, Wadsworth, conductor
of passenger train. cut over right eye,
Mrs. NJ. L. Trowbridge, Bridgeport,
lower muscles of the abdomen.
Miss Mae Mckinley, Kinghsher,
Okla. sprained back.
Mrs ]. Norman, Elko, New, bruise
over left eye. injured in the breast.
Antonio Digovno, Oakland, Cal, in
jured about hips.
T. z. Matthews. Ogden, Utah, Wells
Fargo express messenger, cut about
bee-.
Relief trains were sent to the scene
Of the wreck from Winnemucca and
Carlin, carrying doctors.
Among the passengers on the train
were doctor and a. trained nurse and
TWO discharged soldiers. The latter
had served in the hospital corps in the
Philippines. They rendered great serv-
ice to the injured before the arrival of
other medical assistance. The concuS-
sion was so great when the trains col
Dded that a passenger coach telescoped
the smoking car for half it's length.
Three engines are locked together
Mr. Harper was sitting in the rear end
of the smoker and was pinned in the
wreckage. being horribly mangled.
Death was not instantaneous, but nearly
two hours were consumed in extricating
the body. Many remarkable escapes
from death are told by passengers The
second section of No. 219, the freight
train. came down the main line at
Beowawa to allow another freight to
pull out. Conductor Dorsey, in cnarge
of No. 219. saw what the engineer was
doing and as No. was about due 5urn-
ed the air on the train. breaking it in two.
Fhe head brakeman went back to chain
up while the fireman went to flag the
first section of No 6. which was conins
1t being on a curve the passenger en-
gineer did not see the f1agman until the
trains were almost together and it was
impossible to prevent the crashing to-
gether of the powerful engines Both
engine crews jumped and both engines
Were demolished Large gangs or work
men built track around the wreck
which made the road ready for traffic
by o'clock this morning. The dead and
injured We're taken on the second section
of No. to Ogden. with the exception of
Fireman Stone and Grant Pyle of San
Francisco. who were sent to that city.