The daily sentinel., 1905-06-22

Second Section Nos
R. G. W. Jumps
the Track
SIXTEEN INJURED.
Accident Occurred Near
Pinto, Utah This
Morning

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! western train No. > was wrecked
| this morning at 3:2O O'Clock. near
I Pinto station, in Utah, 80 miles
west of Grand Junction
Sixteen people were injured, ten
OF whom We're only slightly in
lured, while six were more seri-
ously hurt and are now under the
care of the sisters and physicians
at st. Mary's hospital in this city
The train, made up of the engine
and seven coaches, left the city be
tween I 2 and 1 o'clock last night.
being due to leave at 1850, but
pulling out of the station some min
utes behind time.
In passing over "A switch at the
Pinto station, which is in reality
merely a siding, the accident oc-
CURED. A part of the switch com
monty known as a frog. is thought to
have been responsible for the wreck.
The engine passed the frog safely
but the tender in some manner struck
the frog and was derailed. The three
cars Immediately following the ten
der We're also derailed These cars
We're the baggage car, the day coach
and one tourist car.
None of the cars were turned over,
but the shock that attended the de
railment was a severe one and the
many passengers were thrown vio-
lently from their seats. Nearly all
of the passengers were asleep, and
when it was realized that a wreck
had occurred, the excitement was
great.
The train crew and those who were
not in any way injured started at
work at once to ascertain how many
had been injured and to what extent.
The violent shock and the glass
broken from the windows had in
flicted more or less serious injuries
on nearly everybody in the three
cars. 1t was soon found that there
had been no fatalities though several
ladies' and gentlemen were suffering
intensely from their wounds.
The railroad officials in this city
were communicated with at once and
asked to send down n number of ply
sicians.
This morning at ego o'clock an
extra train started for the scene of
the accident from this city carrying
four physicians -Drs. II. h. Bull,
Knude Hanson, II. S. Henderson and
l.. F. Ingersoll. The train reached
Pinto about s am, and the wounded
passengers We're given attention.
1t was found that six passengers
three ladies and three gentlemen
We're the most seriously hurt. Ten
others were suffering from bruises
and painful cuts, but after attention
from the physicians were found to
be able to proceed on their journey.
The half dozen passengers whose
injuries were such that they We're not
able to proceed were conveyed to
the extra that carried the physicians
down to Pinto and at 10 am. the
extra, with the physicians on board,
left for Grand Junction, arriving here
Just at noon. The train was run out
to the Twelfth street crossing and
from there the injured were trans
ferred in carriages to St Mary's hos
pital.
The names of those at the hospi-
tai are as follows:
Matilda c. Jensen, aged 80 years;
badly cut on the neck and back in
jured
e. Hemmil; suffering from Sc
we're scalp wound.
Mary Lovinenson: forearm broken
aud badly bruised.
Charlotte Ford; cut on back of
head and slight scalp wound.
John Reynolds; scalp wound and
badly bruised.
Jacob Furgeson; shoulder blade
broken.
The addresses of none of these
people were learned by the railroad
authorities.
The injuries of Mrs. Jensen, the
aged lady. are more serious than
those of any of the others. However.
the doctors do not believe that her
condition is dangerous. The others
will probably be able TO leave the
hospital within a few days.
The track was cleared shortly after
the wreck None of the cars or the
tender was turned over.
The direct cause of the accident
has not vet been ascertained, but IL
is thought that an investigation will
show that a brake or some rod had
fallen out of place on the tender and
caught in the frog of the switch as
the train passed over.
The first section of train No. .
passed over the switch safely just
10 minutes ahead of the second sec
tion.
The passengers who were only
slightly injured and were able to pro
ceed left Pinto with the other pas
sengers that were on the wrecked
train about 10 am, for the west, on
an extra train.
No. 4, due in this city at an early
hour this morning from the west. was
DELAYED on the other side of the
wreck, and did not reach the city un-
til 8 pm.
The train was heavily loaded, car
rying two or three Pullmans and
two tourist cars. Every car was well
filled. Conductor Whittemore and
Engineer Charles Schrader of this
city had charge of the train. En-
gine No 10 was pulling the train
The first section of No. > passing
over the switch just ahead of the sec