Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-06

icaly told to the News this morning
by Hans Peter Sorensen. who resides In
a lumber house at 7i6 west Sixth North.
He was busily engaged in picking up
the scattered coal when seen, In his
quaint scandinavian dialect he said;
II guess they won't arrest me for this,
as this much IL coming to me, anyhow
for medical attendance this morning.
soRENsoN SAW IT ALL.
Eyes sir, / saw It all. | was stand
ing out in my yard here when | no
ticed an engine coming from the city
and also the train coming In from
ogden. | said TO myself well, that Is
funny, | never saw two engines coming
along like that on one track before.
Just then the passenger engine started
whistllng like thunder but on they
came The passenger train was slow
ing down fast Then | saw man
jump from the other engine and the
next minute they hit. | never heard
such a noise. and they were going so
slow too, Then all at once everything
was hidden in steam. / ran over and
helped get the engineer out We broke
through the ice in the ditch There Is
about three feet of water in the ditch
and helped him into my house. He was
bleeding pretty bad and seemed pretty
well done. Then the conductor came
in and the engineer started to talk
He kept on sayping " was not my
fault; II was not my fault By and by
the doctor came and they took him off
TO the hospital, The conductor Camp
belD seemed pretty much upset about
tuf.l g. ~.
man by telling him all the time II was
not his fault. There were lots Of other
people around the house who
looked as though they had had
a good shaking up,
A BOYS VERSION.
Another version Of the wreck was
given by small boy who gave the
name OF Langton The thing that
seemed TO have taken his eye most was
the high dive Of Engineer Norman He
said that he saw Norman jump and
wondered what was the matter After
wards he saw the passenger train and
the next instant the collision occurred.
He said that he was looking up the line
and did not notice the approaching
train until just before she powed into
The engine,
FoGGY, SAYS FIREMEN.
Delos Boyer, the fireman on No. 66,
was also emphatic in the statement
that he did not see the approaching
train until within nearly two car
lengths 1T was foggy' he declared,
"all Of a sudden l saw No. Ga loom up.
Just gave one yell and jumped for my
life"
Baggageman ;4awthers testimony
was to the effect that he felt the brakes
set and the next instant he was bounc-
ing around the car like rubber ball.
The next thing he knew was that he
was piled up on the floor and there was
a rush Of escaping steam.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
Engineer Ed Bartlett and d. b. Wat
tiers were the only two men who We're
taken to St Marks hospital Late
this afternoon Bartlett was resting
easily Waters stayed Just long
enough to have his injured thigh
dressed when he took the car for up
town.
SENATOR McKAY'S STATEMENT.
Senator David Mckay was one Of the
most severely injured victims but his
staunch Scotch blood refused to let him
give up. He was found this morning
In a committee meeting with a pallid
face that revealed, besides its pallOr
a heroic effort 10 conceal the pain that
he was suffering. During his short mar
rative OF the affair he frequently
eared forward In an effort to ease his
altering. and his speech was broken
If at intervals by sharp twinges Of
ain.
"The accident" said he, Seems TO
have wrenched my back between the
shoulders, as most Of the pain is To-
Gated there. A sharp pain also takes
me In the chest every few minutes.
which almost cuts of my breath At