The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-15
TRAINS COLLIDE
AND HURT MANY
Runaway Ore Train Hits Passenger
on Bingham Branch.
FIVE SERIOUSLY INJURED
EMPLOYEES CHARGED WITH NEG
LECT OF RULES.
lsnecinl to The HeraId.l

Bingham, Sept. 14.-Five persons were
severely injured and about twenty others
received slight bruises as results of
rear end collision between the regular
Rio Grande Western passenger train
and a runaway ore train, which came
together two minutes after the passen-
ger train pulled out for Salt Lake City
at 9:45 this morning. The collision took
place opposite the Yampa smelter, and
but Tor the action of Richard Moore,
brakeman on tho passenger train, might
nave been attended by moro serious con-
sequences. Moore threw the deraii
switch near the smelter in time TO
swing the runaway train TO one side,
so that II struck the passenger train
gla3nclng blow instead of coming INTO
Ialr contact with the rear coach. All
other fortunate circumstance lay in the
makeup OF the passenger train this morn
ing. Usually the combination baggage
car and smoker is ahead of the day
coach, but the order was reversed today.
RMS allowed the baggage car 10 receive
the Impact Ii contained comparatively
Few persons; while the day coach was
ulled with passengers, including women.
The most severely injured are:
9. G. Cogan, st. Louis, theatrical man,
internally.
Mrs. j. s. McEntee. SG4 North Fifth
West street Salt Lake City; chest hurt.
Gus Rudus, Bingham, miner; ankle dis
located.
c. L. Southland. engineer Of ore train;
knee hurt.
s. NJ. Barbour. electrical engineer Tel
Iuride Power company; hip hurt.
Ii is said the ore train pulled out two
minutes after the passenger train. con-
trary To rules, which require ten minutes
interval between trains. Shouts OF men
at the Yampa smelter attracted the at
IentlOn OF passengers who looked back 20
see the runaway ore train, dashlng at
great speed down the per cent grade
behind them. Unable to check the speed
Of the train, the engineer of the ore train
Jumped and was followed by his fireman.
Brakeman Moore sprang from the rear
dash for the derail switch. He threw ii
as quickly as possible, but the .passen-
ger had not time To get in the clear be
fore the runaway was upon IL the plot
OF the ore train engine caught the rear
OF the baggage car, knocked out the
trucks and split the car. Engine and ore
cars OF the runaway piled up.
Many occupants Of the day coach; ana
smoking compartment were aware OF their
danger in time to jump. Some OF them
went through windows and received pain
tul injuries in the process Of getting out.
Others were bruised by falling 10 the
ground.
On their arrival in Salt Lake City. later
in the day, some of the passengers de-
clared the engineer of the runaway train
did not sound his whistle TO apprise those
ahead of their danger.
\. L. Welby. general superintendent Of
the Rio Grande Western, with a Wrecking
crew, FASTENED to the scene Of the acct
dent as soon as possible. It IS expected
that q searching investigation viii be
made in an effort TO fix the responsible
tty. Citizens of Bingham have sent TO
g. II. Schlacks, vice president Of the Rio
Grande system, a telegram asking for an
investigation.