The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-07
LOCOMOTIVES
IN COLLISION
Engines Crash into Each Other
on Rio Grande Tracks.
SEVEN SLIGHTLY INJURED
PASSENGERS AND TRAINMEN
VIOLENTLY JOLTED.
SEVEN SLIGHTLY INJURED


early yesterday morning. An instant
later the wrecllage was hidden i'm a
cloud of steam. AS q result of the acci- I
dent. one man is in ST. Marks hospital
ana several others are carrying lesser
injuries which were dressed by the sur
geons of the road
The injured.
Engineer Edward Bartlett. scalp
wounds. three fingers OF left hand
crushed and bruised about body.
State Senator David Mckay back
strained and bruised about body
b. b. Waters. brakeman, right leg
crushed and bruised about the body.
Joseph Capeul. Italian, head and face
cut and bruised.
President Benjamin Clun Of the Pro-
yo academy cut about the face and
bruised
II. ID. LaWther. baggagemau, face cut
and bruised about The body.
Jesse H. Smith of Salt Lake, slightly
bruised
T. C.. Thompson Of Provo Slightly
bruised.
In the yards of the Rio Grande shops
are the battered locomotives the mute
tween the engines. Both the machines
have their cylinder castings knocked or
The cabs are a wreck and the tenders
OF the locomotive are Ina ruins. The
tender OF one engine was damned into
the vesubule Of a passenger coach, and
yesterday afternoon was being switched
on a sldetrack for repairs.
How Accident Occurred.
The accident occurred about 9 o'clock
Uyesterday morning Train No. - on
aihe Rio Grande Is "a local, due here from
Ogden at 9.05. This train was drawn
by engine no. g. "a passenger locomo-
tive OF the compound pattern. 10 car
rled "a Vesubuled combination car and
day coach. The combination cars
have baggage compartment in front
and are fitted up for passengers In the
rear. Engineer Bartlett and Fireman
Bower were I'M the cab and Conductor
Charles Campbell was ln charge. B. E.
Waters was the brakeman, and 1T. ID.
LaWthers was in charge of the baggage
car.
The engineer on the passenger train
was approaching the Salt Lake railroad
yards and began 90 slow down. Nearly
opposite Warm Springs the Rio Grande
tracks make "a curve 10 the west. There
SIS also a switch at this point which
turns 90 the east. AS the passenger
engineer neared this point he discovered
81 locomotive bearing down upon him
from around the bend. He reversed
brakes but 10 was too late. In O mo-
ment the engines were into each other
with a roar. The crash was terrific
and could be- heard for a long distance.
Light Engine on Track.
The engine with which the passenger
u
taken out of the shops and was max
ing a trial run over the track I'm charge
OF Engineer Norman and Fireman
kraus. How the light engine happened
20 be at this point at the time No. -
was due is something which cannot be
explained. The engineer of No. Sc had
orders TO try the newly repaired loco
motive. which is used i'm the passenger
service.
The instructions TO try the engine are
given by the dispatcher, but the rules
of the company forbid the main track
90 any use when there is a train due
The engineer of the light locomotive
had forgotten that a regular was due.
His entire thought was regarding the
working parts az the engine which he
had just taken out of the shops. When
he was on the curve he saw the APP
preaching train.
Obscured by Fog.
The passenger had been 0bscured by
fog until she was almost upon him az
The bend A curtain prevented the fire
man from seeing. He heard the en-
gineer's cry of alarm. To was too late
20 avoid the crash, and both jumped.
A second later the locomotives dashed
into each other under practically a full
head of steam. although brakes had
been reversed ON the passenger. engine.
Fireman Boyer OF the passenger engine
climbed out upon the tender and waited
the impact 1t came with 60 fr.ghtful
crash ana a roar OF escaping steam.
The engineer stayed at the throttle.
no. 65 was crowded from it's trucks
and the passenger left the track. The
tender of the passenger was jammed
into the coach behind and the heavy
jar broke the windows I'm the car bUt
otherwise the coaches were not dam
aged. The passengers were thrown out
of their seats Dy the jar
When the shock was over 30 showed
two badly damaged locomotives which
were dimly outlined I'm the escaping
steam The passenger engine looked
like the picture of "a Chinese dragon.
The cylinder head was knocked out and
bent iuto the shape of huge. gaping
The front OF the light engine was also
knocked out and it was Off the trucks.
Those Who Were Hurt.
Attention was at once paid to the
passengers and the injured employees
Engineer Bartlett, Bishop Mckay ana
the others were assisted 10 the h0sultsI
"a short distance away where their In-
5uries We're attended 10 by Dr. j. T.
CritchlOW. who arrived soon after the
accident Bartlett had several scalp
wounds the worst of them being 10 the
back of the head. He U.s. stiu iu the
hospital. but was resting easily last
evening. The marvel Us that he was
BOT killed as the cab IS a mass OF
twisted iron.
Brakeman Waters had his lee in-
1ured. and Senator Mckay received in-
turtles % his back An Italian named
Joseph CapeIu was also injured about
the forehead. The injuries OF the other
passengers were not SO severe. Among
them were President Clun OF The b Y.
academy. who received cuts about the
face. Jesse 81. Smith. president of the
Utah Wool Growers association. and
r. e.. Thompson of Provo both slightly
bruised.
The tracks were cleared ar Noon ana