Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20
SATURDAY FEBRuARY 90 1901 sNT IAKE CITY rTAM
First Collision Between Japs And Russians On Land

| Union station dozens Of carriages were
IN waiting to take the places OF ambu-
| lances. This was at 1880 last night.
The sight was pathetic, especially so
when the woman Mrs, Taylor, was
| lifted out OF the car, her head swathed
| In bandages Only one man was able
| to walk ,uasslsted. They all seemed to
have met with injuries that will MAIN
them for life.
Considering the fact that neither of
the trains In the collision was pas
senger. the death list Is startling. II
would not have been one-half as large
had not the Greek laborers been
aboard. They were being transferred
from one point to another.
SHOCK FELT FOR MILES.
Some idea OF the force Of the explo.
sion Is gained through the statements
of telegraph operators at towns distant
from the scene OF disaster. At Terrace,
fifteen niles to the north, the shock was
terrific. Residents believed at first that
an earthquake had occurred, Every
window pane In the telegraph Office at
Colon 4b miles away, was shattered.
The telegraph line was severed at the
scene OF the explosion and the first
knowledge of II was communicated
from Terrace, where the people saw
tremendous cloud OF smoke arise, indi-
eating that calamity OF some kind
had taken place. This word was quick
ly sent on TO Lucin and n lineman
went out on a handcar TO ascertain the
exact nature OF the trouble, and to re-
pair the telegraph line. On the way he
met train carrying the wounded.
FIRST OFFICIAL NEWS.
The arrival of this special train at
LucIn gave the first official news Of the
disaster TO the division superintendent
office The trainmen wired Superin-
tendent Scott that In collision Of ex-
ira train. engine ZIG, eastbound, and
extra train, engine 1898, westbound, at
jackson Point, men, women and child
rem had been blown to pieces, many
persons had been injured, telegraph
station had been reduced 10 splinters
and consumed In flames, and two en-
glnes had been demolished one Of them
being stripped OF cab, side rods and
everything movable.
THE EARTH TORN UP.
At Jackson, as mute evidence OF
the havoc, there Is a hole In the
earth almost large enough to have
buried both trains. For hundreds OF
feet in all directions pieces Of human
bodies were found. One OF the Greeks
was found with his head blown on
and the children OF Foreman Burke
were found legless and armless. The
injured were covered with blood, and a
majority OF the victims had their
clothes torn from them by the force OF
the explosion One witness stated that
he walked to where the children lay,
naked to throw garments over them.
Near them was the mother, then the
father, and short distance beyond.
the brother The Burke family was
stricken from the earth as one person.
OF 46 persons at Jackson, only nine
escaped without injury, Five Of the
nine were a quarter Of mile away.
Five hundred yards Of track was
torn up and three miles OF telegraph
line blown down.
NARROW ESCAPES.
Narrow escapes were numerous.
Conductor $. ]. Courtney, who was on
a gravel train, was passing from the |
caboose to the engine when the explo- |
sion occurred, The concussion caught |
him In the back and side, tearing a
square piece OF cloth from his coat as
neatly as a tailor could have done with
a pair OF shears. The conductor was
carried so feet, but his injuries are not |
serious. II. u. Butler, another employee, |
was thrown down and severely bruised.
but herolcally went to the relief Of the
Injured. tearing his coat into shreds
Tor bandages. A brakeman namediI
yosberg was carried some distance
through the air, but got of with slight
hurts.
At the Ogden general hospital q
corps OF nurses worked for hours UNI
Ter the direction OF Drs, Gordon, Joyce
md Perkins. The last named, surgeon
or the Southern Pacific, stated that
,ny two of the injured had poor
chances OF recovery. They are Greeks
whose deaths are expected nj any time.
John Contls, a well known merchant
If ogden, Is a brother of the dead man
~ that name. The victim has q wife
md four children In Greece.
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.
The county officials OF Boxelder
ounty went to the scene Of the catas-
rophe on special train, preparatory
o an inquest. The bodies Of the dead
viii be prepared for burial at ogden.