, 1906-10-18
ENGINES IN
YARDS HERE
THOSE IN AWFUL COLLISION AT
RIDGE TAKEN THROUGH CITY
To THE OMAHA SHOPS.
Sight a Sad One, Indeed, Marks Still
Remaining Showing Death Met by
Some of the Unfortunate Engine
men-Engineer Rasmussen Mar
veIs How He Escaped.

The three engines which were in the
awful collision between Ridge and
Aurora a week 6 last night were
brought to this city this morning and
will be sent to the Omaha shops for ov-
erhauling. They are Nos. 1925, 1884
and 1906. The first was the e~ast-bound
engine, on which Frank Strong, the
engineer, and Thomas Herstrom, the
fireman, were killed. Engine 1906 was
the forward of the two engines draw
ing the west-bound train, George Kelly.
the fireman, being crushed to death,
and Engineer James Rasmussen escap-
ing with slight injuries as by a mira
Gle. The other, Nc. 1894 was the en-
CINE driven by Engineer Murray, with
Fireman Simms in the cab with him.
The train consisted of the three wreck
ed engines and several carloads of ma
terial picked up in the wreck, with the
steam derrick from Cheyenne and a
number of cars belonging to the
wrecking train. The material was re.
moved from the site of the wreck, and
loaded for shipment to the shops.
Mr.. Rasmussen MarveIs.
Among the interested spectators in
the yards this morning was Mr.. Ras-
mussen, who stood on the broken and
twisted platform of the cab of the en-
CINE and tried to figure out how he
came through the awful wreck alive.
Had he beer to one side or the other,
he said, he might have met the fate OF
A. tho fwo an ojnoars and Grpmpn.
1t was here that Mr.. Kelly was pinned
between the tank and the engine. The
bent, twisted iron plate showed where
mis- body rested at the moment OF the
terrific impact. A lurch of the train
came and he was released, seemingly,
only t. be again caught as he sought
to Jump from the splintering cab and
grinding tank to the side of the track.
Here he hung and conversed with those
who strove to release him before the
n came, and here his body was fin
ally found when it became possible to
take it out and lay it beside those of
the other victims of the wreck.
Mr.. strons's Engine.
Mr.. Strong's engine was the worst
smashed, perhaps, and there are still
signs of the crush that left his body
~lifeless and limp. He was taken from
the ruins, death perhaps coming with
the first moment of the collision, When
the tender was driven into the cab and
over the head of the boiler.
Wreck a Sad Sight.
Many of the cars in the wreck have
been picked up and placed in movable
condition. Some of them are crushed
almost to kindling, while others have
only one or both ends stove in. Inc
three tenders are bent out of all shape
the trucks are broken, the pieces bear
ing mute testimony to the force of the
collision. Mr.. Sullivan stated this
morning that he had seldom seen 6
worse wreck, and this is the verdict O
many who saw it and the awful sights
accompanying it, too awful for mere
words TO convey.
Shops too Busy Here.
The train will be sent on to Omaha
and the engines placed in the shops
there. At first it was proposed to pu
one Of them in the shops here, but thu
damage was too great and the worl
here is too rushing to devote hat mucl
tine to n engine.