Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-14
SOME MARVELLOUS ESCAPES.
,s.,sr,l Saved Their Lives by Jumpias
Through the Windows Before the
Terrific Impact.
Acr OF CLEAR,HEADED BRAKEMAN
.yid,. Tracked the Freight Train In a
Tvlokliug asd Thus Prevented
Loss Of Many Lives,

bingham. Sept IA fortunate
,,..r M circumstances averted bad
..1,o,d disaster on the Bingham
b,,rrb of the Rio Grande Western az
or, thIs morning. IN telling the story
,,. words "lr and but figure prom
rniIr
pn for Nm. work Of Brakeman Moore
q runaway ore train consisting VI
eight cars and an engine "ou'd n", =
hI. the regular passenger tr'lu Squ''''l
instead of % side wipe II 'h'ous"
o chain Of circumstances WINE SWITCH
mg yesterday afternoon the nogsoS'
car had been placed ahead OF 'he pas
soaser coach. as ~ aI'los' 'uys', ,,,.,
cam ,o,cot ~ tho hnnac,
An r,orl, vcro more or less
,
"" .rs, ..,., ...i,us,y injured are.
.,.., , y, Iouis theatrical
. h,n., INTERNALLY
Mira L. s. Mcrntce, 36i north Fifth
West chest hurt
Gus Rods Bingham, ankle dislocat'
cd
g. w. Sou,hard engineer Of treighI
knee hurt
Brakeman, knee hurt.
S, N. Barbour electrical engineer
hip hurt
IL THE HOSPITAL.
The 0ru two named were brought
on 10 Salt Lake. tho former being TAX
Oh to st. Marks hospital and the lat
Ter driven 10 her home In @ carriage.
Most of the people were hurt through
jumping from the moving train before
iaa runaway hit them.
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WARMED op DANGER
Those ou the passenger train aver
that the first they knew Of the impend-
irs disaster came from the shouting
and frantic actions Of the men outside
Of the Yampa smeltcr as they passed
Al the same time the brakeman rushed
."'''sO VI, o'ssose Gar 70 'ne rear
s4n.u ''' ,',e '', "a, '"''' D "7.
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n..-,.,, ''' ''0 -, 'u''''''s nv, ""
M "''''.' T. 'o'' MS own account ne
von,5 mo-, ' n,r Wv s.e,na t tna, , ,,
could save the smashup, he and his fire.
man Jumped leaving the heavy train
under Increasing momentum to speed
down the track
IN the meantime the brakeman IN tho
rear Of the baggage car stuck to hi.
pos. and thought oulcklv The train
would soon reach the derailine swltcb
and there was "a chance Almost ma the
pilot OF the engine was touching tho
baggage car be throw tho suitrh ma
the freight engine swnpg Of a. , Ton
gent crashing into the side or tbo car
ma engine and forward on ra want nil
ing into the ditch
The engine and tender were both
Knocked or their trpcts '''
wRpcrrpe cnru, own
Hal, an nsa,',.' We" W.,
cIdent was received IN J so,, " law we ael
General suporlntendont an M. In1
other officials ana q - ~ ~ "e ,''.
went to the scene on , 1877, anaa,as . w."
nrsn.o,,.,.. w. - 'Pe''a' ''"''''
- ! y ''HLA'hs'
,,-.,., s1o', as news Of the accident was
, r,''l'sl around Bingham several
st J'',''g"l 'lulzens drafted dispatch
:, , s', was sent to Vice President Chas.
','"doNS OF the Denver & RIO
.o"'e az Denver wherein they de-
. a..... d.. investigation of the runaways
~. ', r nave occurred at intervals ON