The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-08
Big DISASTER
AT All SAY
Union Pacific Filler in Head.on
Wreck.
NINE DEAD, MANY HURT
Fast Fruit Train TIL on Curve and
Both Engines Reduced 10
Junk.

OMAHA. Seb.. be- sThe sas,
catastrophe Ia tie history of tho Union
Pacific railroad occurred two miles
east of An Say. wyo.. when the over
land limited express. crowded with
passengers aud running st high speed.
oollidod head on with q fast fruit car
rying freight. was thrown Into a deep
ditch and was then partially burned.
Nine persons were killed outright
and nineteen were injured. All OF
those titled were members Of the train
crow. while all the injured were pas
eengs tn. only fortunate thing
about he wreck n that none OF the
pass. .srs will die. Previous 90 this
sccid.ul not n single passenger had
been seriously injured on the Union
Pacific In more than ten years.
Tho cause Of the accident seems 20
have been a mistake In orders by the
conductor Of the freight. which was
westbound, laden with fruit aud there.
forc running NJ passenger train speed.
Tho frcigh, hnd been ordered by the
train dispatcher TO lay 90 on n siding
NJ All Say until four passenger trains
had passed These were the Overland
limited. In two sections. and the Pa.
cific express. also In two sections. The
freight lay to until both sections OF
the Pacific express and the first section
Of the limited had passed and then
pulled out. There Is sharp down
gradsscast Of Alb Say. and the freight
was soon whizzIng along at top speed.
Meanwhile the second section ~ the
limited was bowling along eastward
Mt fifty miles an hour. II makes no
stop at Ali Say. so there had been no
letup in speed when II passed the sta
ton and then dived through a deep
cut and around somewhat sharp
curve. Just as the limited emerged
from the cut the freight loomed up.
rounding the curve, not more than 100
feet distant.
The two locomotives met with a ter
rife crash and shock just as the en-
gineers Of both jumped and saved
themselves. The locomotives were
both completely demolished and the
cars piled over them, those Of the
Overland limited being shunted on into
q deep ditch alongside the track, where
some Of them at once took fire and
were burned.
At the first shock the fireman Of the
limited was crushed and instantly kill
ID. SO were two mall clerks In the
mail car Immediately behind the ten
Der and three dining room walters and
three others, including two porters and
the cook, who were In the dining car,
which was just behind the mail ear.
The baggage, mail and dining room
ears were splintered into kindling
wood. which at once took f1re. and the
heap was entirely destroyed, together
with most Of the baggage and all the
mail bags. Some Of the baggage was
saved by members Of the train crew.
A soon ~ they recovered somewhat
from the shook the unlnjured passen-
gers ran forward and aided In drag
eing the dead and injured out Of the
wreck, several persons being snatched
from the burning portion Of the train
Just az the flames were licking their
way to the bodies. Side by side the
dead and injured were laid alongside
the track In the glare Of the blazing
cars, and a physician who happened to
be on the train ministered to the suf-
fering as best he could aided by other
passengers