The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-28
CRASHES INTO A
FREIGHT TRAIN
Fast Passenger on Rio Grande
Is Wrecked at Bingham
Junction.
C0LLIDES HEAD-0N
WITH TRAIN ON SIDING
Passengers Are Badly Shaken
Up, but None Are Seri-
Ously Injured.

Denver & Rio Grande passenger train,
known as the Pacific coast limited, due
in this city at las o'clock p. m Saturday,
was wrecked at Bingham Junction by
collding head on with a freight train.
Running ut Rapid Rate.
The train was bohind time and was run
ming about forty-flve miles an hour when
tho collision occurred Fortunately the
passengers escaped without serious in
jury, although all OF them were more or
less badly shaken up and bruised,
Collision Was Terrific One.
The collision was a terrific one, The
engine of the freight train was thrown
croeswise across the track, the passenger
engine was almost demolished, and its
tender and the baggage car were com
pletely demolished Three freight cars
were smashed to kindling wood.
Train Crew Escaped.
The engineers of both engines escaped
with only q few scratches, The fireman
OF the passenger engine was standing In
the gangway when the crash came and
was thrown about 100 feet from the train
over wire fence and into a field.
Passengers In the entire train were all
given big shaking up and received u
few scratches. but none that proved scri-
Gus. The windows In every coach In the
train were broken and broken glass filled
the Gals
AS soon as tho officials OF the road
WAS dispatched. and all the passengers
were brought to this city, and all were
enabled to proceed on their journey early
tonight. Many OF the passengers lost their
baggage It was In the forward end or
tho car and was ruined
Story of a Passenger
Mrs. w. A Dilworth of Omaha, who is
en- route to San Diego, Cal. was one OF
the passengers in the wreck She arrived
in this city about three hours after the
serious accident and went to the Wilson
hotel. To q representative of The Trib-
uno she gave q brief account OF the
wreck, which was one OF the most serious
and yet fortunate wrecks that she had
heard or in long time.
Running Forty Miles an Hour.
Mrs Dilworth states that the train.
which was about three hours late, was
running at the rate OF about forty miles
per hour when II collided head-on with
a freight train. Mrs. Dllworth states that
she was standing in the aisle putting on
her Jacket when she felt the sudden ap-
plying of the brakes. which was fol-
lowed Immediately by loud crash
Rendered Unconscious.
For some time after that she states
that she did not know what happened, as
she was hurled forward and struck her
head upon n sent and was rendered un-
conscious for some time, When she came
to one or two lady passengers from the
chair car were with her and informed
her that she had been unconscious for
about twenty minutes.
May Be Seriously Hurt.
Mrs. Dilworth went Immediately to the
Wilson hotel where she rested up before
taking the midnight train to Los An
geles. from which place she will go to
San Diego, where her mother is reported
TO be very i'll. She stated she suffered
with pains In her head and shoulders but
was determined to take the first train
for the coast.