The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-02
Special Train Carrying Amer
lean and Canadian Steamer
Passengers Wrecked.
Twenty Three Killed and Many Injured
ACCIDENT Took Place on
Sharp Curve.

guard. Lurching forward the locomotive
plunged against the standards and the Cir
ders of the bridge The bridge withstood
the impact, and, rebounding. the engine
crashed into another engine which was
standing on siding and overturned. The
Wreckage of the two engines interlocked
in great broken mass of twisted steel
and iron. Throughout the wild plunging
OF the engine, Driver Robins, whether
alive or dead, remained in his cab Hours
afterward his charred body was found
drilled over the fire box.
Not One Escaped.
The first coach shot over the engine
and careened onward until it was hurled
against the parapet of the bridge and
smashed into fragments, killing or MAIN
ing almost every occupant. One man was
shot through the window cleared the
parapet and fell To his death to the street
below
The second coach mrched forward and
rolled toward stationary train and prac-
tically destroyed : Itself before its wild
flight was ended.
The third coach dashed forward with
the rest, left the rails and encountered
some obstruction, overturned and col
lapsed.
The guards var and buffet. the rear.
most ear of the train, was saved by the
courage and Quickness of Guard Richard
son. With the first shock Richardson
jumped forward and set the brakes and
saved himself and his comrades. The
van plowed forward. injuring some of its
occupants. but practically maintained its
equilibrium.
The surviving passengers and trainmen
describe the sound of the wreck as like
the discharge of a series of heavy guns
of varied caliber and when the crashing
of the wreck was past there came calls
of the injured. some shrieking with pain
and fear and others moaning as if be-
Wildered by the shock.
Rushed to the Rescue.
Relief came quickly, although it was
an hour before the last body was dragged
from the wreck The police attracted
by the noise, called ambulances and sur
geons and warned the hospitals TO pre-
pare to receive the injured. The railway
yard quickly filled with police, doctors,
nurses, trainmen and volunteers,
The darkness and incredible destruction
made the work of rescue exceedingly diff
cult Lamps and torches were brought
to light the desOlate scene. The station
was converted into a surgery and the plat
form was made a mortuary. Several of
the dead and injured were imprisoned in
compartments, and il was necessary to
saw away the partitions in order to af-
feet their release. Others were caught
under heavy wreckage.
Bodies Badly MangIed.
Several of the bodies were badly man
gled and one woman was decapitated.
The first bodies recovered and iden-
tilted included those of John E. McDon-
aid. New York; w. II. Thompson. address
unknown; c. F. MeMeekin New YORK;
Frank w. Koch, Allentown. Pa; Jules
Wheeler address unknown; Charles f.
Sentell, New York; Rev. E. L. King, To-
ronto; Miss Mary F. Howieson, New
York; c. w. Elphicke. Chicago and Mrs
Lillian Hurd Waite of New York. Dud-
lev p. Haring of New York, Louis Cas-
rier, Trumbull, Conn, and F. H. Cos
slit of New York were alive when they
were removed from the wreck, but died
at the infirmary soon after their admit
lance.