Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-14
FOURTEEN DEAD IN
SATURDAY s WRECK
Stories Told by Those Who We're
On the Inflated
Train.
OPERATOR HAS DISAPPEARED.
Man Who Made Awful Mistake on
Overlap Order Boarded Vest
bound Freight Train.

The victims Of the Union Pacific
wreck at Azusa, Wyo., ON saturday
now number A. while the amount Of
damage done IN dollars and cents makes
II the worst accident ia the history Of
the company Both big engines were
reduced to scrap iron while the mail
baggage and chair cars together with
slx refrigerator cars loaded with frult
from California. were piled zap In
huge heap
The operator Miller at Granger Who
made the awful mistake of writing a.
IS" Instead OF "3' on the overlap Or
der has disappeared, and Is said to
have boarded a westbound freight train
on Saturday
Yesterday the damaged baggage was
brought on to ogden ana Salt Lake and
the trunks and yalses bear mute tes-
tlmony TO the shock Of the impact
The story )f the wreck Is best told
by those WHO were on The Inflated
train
WERE N THE CHAIR CAR.
Arthur Il wen and his sister, Miss
Mary c. Howell Of Washington Court
House, o., now at me Wilson hotel,
were I'm the Azusa railroad wreck, ana
barely escaped with their lives. Miss
Howell was found this morning at the
hotel and stated that she and her BROTH
or were ON their way TO the Pacific
coast, and at the hour OF the accident
were occupying seats at the rear Of the
chair car. Like a bolt of lightning, at
one minute before midnight. there was
crash roar and a rush, as Il Of
escaping steam. the front end Of the car
seemed 10 rise In the air and sWcrve to
one side, and then an was darkness
and a horrible confusion Mr.. Howells
FIRST thought was TO save his sister and
at the instant OF the shock threw HIM
self In front OF her 10 save her from
threatening injury I'm doing this he
was caught IN the dislocated chairs aud
his jaw was Rocked out OF place besides
suffering bruises and several cuts, but
fortunately, none Of these were serious
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Howells feet were az the time caught
under the chair IN front OF her. but her
brcthers prompt action enabled her 10
escape being pinned down In the wreck
age Of chairs. With the probable loss.
"a she believes. of one Of her limbs.
The chair ear was not badly broket
though the fixtures inside were thrown
AN over the car. ana passengers. ana
al obi Ng
an In confusion The car an front WAS
smashed 10 pieces. and Us occupants
killed or injured ~ already detailed M
the press accounts
Miss Howell said as the two trains
came together the engines rose right
M IN the air. and then fell over 20 one
side, and four ears on the freight ana
three cars on the apssenger trains. were
crushed ike egg shells Immediately
after the collision as the passengers
and unlniured trainmcn recovered their
senses. biz honnres were lighted and
active efforts made TO succor the
wounded and rescue those In danger OF
further injury Miss Howell looked
after her brothers. injuries. and lhen
took an active hand In doing everything
n woman could do ON such an occasion
GAYS the dead were dreadfully mangled
and crushed. 80 that IT was sickening
10 look az them The special with the
surgeons wOs ON the spot as soon as Il
WAS possible 10 get them there but II
was II hours before travel could be re-
rume1. She does not believe there
we're any persons lett under me
wreckage. as has been reuorted, and
Ia her best knowledge and belief tho
responsibility Of the dreadful accident
lay with the crew of the passenger
rather than the trclght, as the passen-
rer was / hour and 30 minutes late
ana its crew misrCad the order relative
to meeting .hc east bound extra at the
siding
Mr. and Miss Howell were brought
OH 10 this city yesterday afternoon
md they VIII remain ut the wilson
for a week. as they are much pleased
with the town, ana wish to see the cry
and surroundings before continuing ON
to Los Angeles, their destination,
SALT LAKER's ACCOUNT.
Manager W. A. Oyerback OF tho
Western Moline Plow company mas re-
turned after six weeks absence ID the
cast, ana was ON Nhl'l -. "N wv"
No ! that followed the I'D faIed No
on the night VI the Aalsa accident
lie said It was one Of the worst rail'
road wrecks he ever saw and the way
the romuins OF the poor railroad men
and mail clerk we're mangled was
something horrible The bodies seem
cd 20 be an cut % paaces. legs heads
arms crushed, and yitals torn out and
scattered one poor fellow, q brake
man named Comst0ck, had his jaw
knocked on, his nose showed up into
his head. an arm cut on. legs broken
and mangled and his insides torn out
lie was a dreadful eight MI over
beck says that the freight cars were
filled with waluuts. raislns and fruit
which were scattered all over the right
OF way. The nuts were quickly gath
cred IN by the Italian laborers who
loaded their pockets. and managed 10
make quite a neal
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