Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-14

Ills body was literally parbolled by the
steam and hot water from his loc0mo-
tive Mrs w. pemmlng Smith OF PORT
land was one OF the most heroic OF the
messengers who aided the injured ana
dying. She ana much TO relieve the
suffering Of Engineer Eckles during hls
last hours,
"rhe accident must have happened
close after midnight for Eckles waleh
had stopped at 1901 o'clock NO y the
passenger train, was coming down d
slight grade at about % miles am houf'
The fast freight which consisted OF "a
rainload Of California fruit bound TOT
the east. was going IN the opposite az
iection at about 30 miles an hour also
down grade, The trains came together
at the bottom The wreck took place
between Granger and Azusa siding.
The passenger was an hour and halI
late and orders had been made out thM
the trains should meet at Granger In
stead the orders OF the freight crew
were that the passenger was an hour
and 30 minutes late, 10 the freight was
hurryng on 10 AzusR, IN order TO get as
far as II could before having TO wait
ior The west bound train,
"The moaning OF those beneath the
cars was awful. The cries gradually
weakened, which meant that the ones
pinned under the Wreckage had been
relieved from their agony by death. The
faces Of some OF those brought out were
purple and drawn with PAIN
1.-THE first two persons rescued were
passengers from the forward coach
This car was only partially destroyed.
The injured were placed in tourist car
and made ns comfortable as possible
None Of the cars Of either train left
The track Both engines were thrown
down m emhankment. The baggage
and mail cars ON the passenger were
destroyed and four fruit cars on the
freight were demolished From these
oranges lemons, nuts ana canned trult
were scattered along the track near the
wreck
Five of tha SIX members u the
freight crew we're kllei-dll but the
rear brakeman The surviving fireman
on the passenger told some ot us pas
sengers that he did not see the head
light OF the freight engine at ALL SO the
trains were close before the engineer
NNllitu Nllt NhlINI INNhlAANNlNN hllA I" w
piled the brakes Railroad men Of
twenty years experience said the wreck
was the worst one they had ever SEEM.
| have been travelling myself for If
teen years and 10 Is the first smash-up
| was ever IN.
"A most miraculous escape was mat
OF a passenger on the forward coach.
lie was sitting on one seat alone while
his three children were stretched out
on double seat In front Of him. The
passenger ON the seat behind them and
on the one IN front Of them were both
killed, but this family OF four came out
without a scratch.
Most Of the passengers continued
west on train No ]. which passed the
scene of the wreck I'm the middle OF the
afternoon No 3, which came through
twenty-fOur hours after the accident,
picked up the mail and baggage. We
arrived ln ogden at 1896 IN the even
Ing, and were compelled to wait there
until midnight before we could get
aboard q train Tor Salt Lake. a Cache
valley local passed through the June
tion city on lts way south at o. "a
o'clock. but none Of the passengers were
notified so could not take that train to
the city,