Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-16
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4. u. Smith, Pueblo, fireman to En-
gineer Causlett, stated that he saw the
headlight OF train No, l6 as it round
ed the curve about 200 yards distant.
He went to- the engineers side and saw
Engineer Causlett at the emergency
brake. He stopped down, and feeling
Cluslett's feet upon his back, jumped.
Not a word passed between the two
men.
Grant Kcklor Of Pueblo. engineer on
the second engine Cf No. 3, and Harry
Hartman his fireman. both noticed the
headlight Of No. Is as It rounded thu
curve. Kekler yelled, Look out" and
applied the emergency brake. Botn
escaped by jumping. Engineer Kelkei
said that he had barely recovered hiu..
self when the whole train seemed 10
be attire. Frank smith, conductor on
No. 3. Mike Garrett, conductor on No.
l6. and Phil Peters, Globe express mes.
senger on No. 3, escaped.
NO ONE HURT IN PULLMANS.
Supt. Rockwell stated that train No. 3
was composed Of mall car express
car, two day coaches, two tourist and
two standard sleepers. All the sleepers
were saved none OF the occupants be-
ing injured.
II. l. Jones OF Denver, colored mail
welgher on No, l6, and who was with
Express Messenger Mcfarland, escaped
with injuries about the chest and head
W. A. Watkins, colored, OF Denver
train porter on No. l6, escaped with
cuts about the head.
ENGINES WERE DEMOLISHED.
All three engines were practically de-
molished and piled In a heap. and
within few minutes after the collision
the Wrecking was a mass of flames.
The first three cars of No. l6 Wer,
piled mp. but before the wreckng took
fire the majority Of the passengers
were removed. So Far as known al
this time Express Messenger Mcpar-
land was the only one caught In the
wreckng and burned to death.
FEW VACANT SEATS.
According to a statement OF n passen-
ger in the front coach OF No. 8, there
wer only eight or ten vacant seats in
that car. J. l., Lawton, of Bell Flow
er, Mo, and S. II. Sweeney of Trenton,
Mo, escaped with slight injuries Law
ton had his back badly wrenched and
left leg cut, Sweeney's left lag was
pinioned beneath the wreckage and
badly mashed He was pulled from the
mass by two mem just before the lire
reached him.
CLERKS SAVE THEMSELVES.
l.. H. Rose and Ed. +. Wood of Den
yer, mail clerks on No. 3, escaped with
slight shaking up. The impact, they
say. was hardly noticeable.
when we felt the shock" said Rose.
1--WE both rushed TO the door. realizing
that something was wrong. The fire
had started In the coach In the rear OF
", by the time we got out"
The wreckcr reached the scene AT
6.i5 a. M, but the fire from the coaches
prevented any operations until later,
SCENE OF ACCIDENT.
Tho place where the trains came to-
gether was near Mile Post AZ. The
trains were rounding a sharp curve.
around high BLUM just a short dis
lance west Of where passenger No. l6
and freight No. So came together Oct.
IL, 1904. IN which collision several people
were killed and injured.
IL was impossible Tor the euginemen
Of either train to see the other train UNI
Ill the two trains were within about 200
Yards of each other. At this point the
Santa Re aud Denver & Rio Grandc
tracks run close together, and It was
easy for the englnemen TO suppose that
the oncoming train was on the SANTA Fe
track.
snow began falling before midnight.
The severe cold added to the sufferinSs
OF the victims
THE FATEFUG ORDERS.
Accordihg 10 the fret orders the trains
were supposed 10 meet at Adobe, one
half mile from the scene OF the wreck.
At Florence No. ~ received orders to