Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-22
10 PAoss-LAsr EDITION.

W,ro 80 crazy when they Ncr1 token
mat they could not even ro\pnl lnoIr
own Identity despite the mgun, an.
pphlh and ontreaics made BY onlcInls
ana others who knew how nnylollsly
noWh from the wreck Was awaited BY
'",i'lles ana friends Of the pasacngcrs
Ino order was inally given TO search
pc living wreck.vIcllms In the hone
tnht ldentl1catlon might In that way bo
established but even when this was
lesortod To but three sufferers could
pc ldonunod, The rest were domen,cd
by me pain ana agony they had under.
gone The scenes tina, resulted from
men pltloblo mental condition were
aHec'lhg to the point Of the tragic
surT MOONS STATEMENT.
Asst, Gen, Supt y, G, Moon Of the
LAKE shore, on tho scene of the wreck.
gave out the following Statement, at
O'CLOCK so far IN can We learned the
witch was opened and locked open by
some party unknown, probably
CRANK, and evidently for malicious pur.
poseS' Train No, 10 a fast castbound
ram, passed through Tho same switch
70 minutes ahead " No, 20, and n was
~ flght AZ that time, II II positive
NAV no other train or engine, either
'lHnl or Passenger, passed through
wv switch between No, 10 ana No. g."
MORE THAN A MILE 4 MINUTE,
Travelling at n rate Of moro than a
nlle y minute, tho heavy train was
hurried 10 its doom with a momentum
,nat was appalling The scene Of the
ucCldent Was at the Mentor depot The
switch that caused the trouble il locai.
cd about 1870 yards wosl of the depot.
~ the heavy engine struck the switch
we engine left the main track ana
swung violently TO the left
THE WRECK.
For distance Of 20 yards the engine
ran ON the rails, ana then. leaning
from tho track, turned on lis side Nlst
TO the east " tho depot Tho momen.
,um was such that the heavy tender
was hurled entirely over the engine
ana was buried IN Inc depot
INC combination ear was hurled with
'cfrlnc violence on top Of the engine
ana tender and In 4 moment was on.
NCdloped W flames from the engine,
Tno chicago sleeper which was i'm.
medlatolS behind tho combination oar,
swung from the track and, crashing
in'V lno depot was completely buried
N lhc wreck OF the building, The VIC.
lcncc OF ne crash was such that tho
uopot collapsed on top Of tho wrecked
coach Tho hapleW passengers I'm his
coach were crushed ana MANNED in Tho
wreck, ana then completely buried I'm
inc collapse OF the structure.
,Ine next sleeper following was left
on mo track behind ana the OIL er
r'n)hlned upright on the rails.
ENGINES BOILER BURSTS,
An instant after the crash of tho
wreck, me boiler or the great engine
burst with terrific force, scattering fire
ana steam through the wreck In n man.
ner mat made escape for The hclposs
imnrlsoncd passengers impossible
Tho wrecked combination car, which
mad landed crushed and splIntcrod ON
TOP or the engine, was at once on.
Neloped IN binding flames ana scnld.
ing steam, Tho cries " the impris.
onod passengers were heard above tho
roar, but they were beyond all humnn
aid aud the car became pyro for A
number OF human boIngs,
PHYSICIANS ARRIVE.
A score Nv more Of physicinns from
Cleveland, colllnwood, Ashlnbula ma
pnihpf\ He went 10 the scene NJ mo
wreck AZ the request of the Lnlo
shore ofIitale, After the physicians
hal treated the injured, tllc Inter
were placed aboard special train and
brought 10 this city whore they were
huWlcu " 'Nlting nmbulanccs to the
several hospitals
SCENE FOLLOWING WRECK,
Tho scene folovins the wreck was
one tina, bcggars description, Tho night
was dark, save for the light from the
blazing wreck of the coach that was
crushed ana spllntered on top of the
engine, Men swarmcd about II, com.
batting the flames with the means at
hand cropping their way through the
binding scalding steam that rose In
clouds, hunting for the injured whose
plltcus cries were such M chilled the
hearts Of those who heard thcm
FIGHTING THE FLAMES,
There was q small water supply and
the means at hand Tor lighting the
flames were ptifully inadequate, but
III, zeal of the roscuors wrought great
wv ~ lbl wv lllNl WV lnlllllthi "
was known that u number OF injured
were helpless IN the wreck but
though the work was done with frantic
haste pnd without rcgorl 20 dnngcrlho
flames gradually drove the roscuor
back, ana after ten minutes Of uwfll
but,lo the rcstuors were driven away
from the llnMng combination coach
ana the imprisoned passengers were IN.
cMolalpd
Despite all their help t'o lro burned
until OftcY midnight, ard the last
burned Nnnd hlackoncd corpse "ae uct
recovered from the funeral pyro untll
o'clock
Pullman Conductor j, 4, O'Ncill with
his force " pOrtcrs did valiant work.
IN helping care for the injured as they
were taken fom the wreck lloddnR
blankets and sheets we're stripped from
the hcr,hl ~ the four Pullman oonchoq
ana used Tor The relief Of the eunortra
Conductor Alexander Hammond, VINO
escaped, started the work " rescue ana
led his fellow trainmcn ana the less
seriously hurt of The passengers IN
deeds OF rescue that were truly heroic,
BODIES BURNED
II was the belief OF the men who "ols