The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-10-02
Express and Freight Come
Together Head On At
BeoweWe, New.
P0CATELL0AN DEAD
Allen Harper The Only Fa-
tality-Wounded Are
Aided Speedily.
ny ASSOCIATED PRESS.

" ht't''' lhliH IFlRs.
heowewe, New Oct tA disastrous
head-on collision occurred last night on
the Salt Lake division of the Southern
Pacific road al this station. The FIRST
section of train No. o, the Atlantic *
press from San Francisco, collided with
the second section OF No. llo, a west.
bound freight train. Onc passenger was
killed and 20 injured
The dead
Allen Harper aged ahpu, a wears. po-
cate'io, Idaho; member OF the order
ot Railway Conductors aud kupht
Templar.
The injurcd-Mrs. L. Smith, s6z Clark
street Chicago bruised nbou, the lcit
knee, spraincd back; James McArtcr. joz
North Fourth street. Paterson. n. T.. le(t
hand sprained and bruised, confusion on
the head 4. A. Syanski, Garrett Ind.
right ley broken Rev George Comfort.
l.nmborro, Pa, right arm fractured in two
places, extensive liberation of the entire
right. ampuiation Of the arm necessary;
Thomas Crowley Chicago. right lev
bruised; Grant Pyle, cattle buyer OF San
Francisco, left haud cut and cut over left
eye nose broken aud right arm injured:
N. Neshidc, Japanese OF Sacramento. thiph
bruised J. +. Tracey. San Francisco, right
leg bruised below knee, l.. Thorne.
Evanston, Wyo,, laccration Of the right
loot, ampuia,ion necessary; William
Gross, passenger brakeman, WadDworth.
New, bruised breast bone and knee cap
J. w. Iiltleiohn. Wadsworh, New, en-.
gineer on the first section OF Ma q, left
leg broken below the knee; !. y. Stone,
Wads"orth, New, foreman Oh the passen-
ger train left eye bruised, internal in
jurics; J. {. Holland, Wadsworih New.
engineer IN charge Of passenger train, cut
over right eye, body bruised NJ. 7. Trow-
bridge, Bridgeport, Conn. severe sprain
OF the back and lower muscles OF the alb.
domcn; Mrs, !. Norman, Elko, New,
bruised over left eye. injured in the
breast; Antonio Digovno, Oakland, Cal.
injured about the hips +. Il. Mathews,
Ogden, Utah, Wells Fargo express mes.
senger, cat about the head
Relief trains were sent to the scene Of
the Htcck from Wnnemucca and Carin,
ca " doctors.
Among The passengers on the train were
n doctor and a trained nurse and two dis.
IN the hospital corps in the Philippines.
They rendered great service to the IN.
jured before The arrival OF other medical
assistance.
The concussion was so great when the
trains colided that passenger coach
telescoped the smoking ear for half it's
length. The engines are now locked to-
geiher
Mr.. Harper was sitting IN the rear end
Of the smoker and was pinned in the
wrcckagc being horribly mangled. Death
was not instantaneous, but nearly two
hours were consumed in cxtricalug the
body.
Many remarkable escapes from death
are told by passengers The second Sec
ton OF train No. 10 came down the main
line al Bcowewc 10 allow freight Oh the
side track to pull out
Conductor Dorsey, in charge Of No.
20, saw what the engineer was dong,
and as No. 9 was about due, turned the
air on the train, breaking ii in two. The
head brakeman went back 10 chain up,
while the fireman went to flag the first
section Of No. O. which was coming.
1t being on curve, the passenger en-
gneer did not see the flag. Then the
trains were almost together and it was
impossible to prevent the crash. Both
engine crews Jumped and both engines
were demolished.
Large gangs Of workmcn built track
around the wreck, and the road was ready
for traffic by o'clock this morning. The
dead and injured were taken on the
second section Of No. to Ogden with
the exception of Fireman Stone and Grant
Pyle OF San Francisco, who were trans
icrrcd to No, and sent to San Francisco.