Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-05
CRUSHED UNDER
LOCOMOTIVE
Alvin WEIGH Killed and Several
others Injured in Railroad
Wreck in Nevada.
CRIMINAL cARELEssNEss.
.,,,e Boy Injured by Stray Shots
La. brown Makes Another MUIR
derous Assault ON Wife.

-, Nov. 5.--A fatal wreck oc-
.srsd al summit station, New. sat
' o.a.v afternoon about o'clock, IN
u s,cb Alvin WEIGH lost his life ana
al other railroad men were
s.ayv injured. among them being
v Tlsn uoCarty and Daniel Spencer OF
ogden. -. a., al,
Ia officials at Ogden are not COM
.,sto but give the facts about as fol-
double header freight train
pN'hs,ng pulled on slight grade az
Ns Aerate rate of speed. The first
I'M was IN charge Of engineer AL
"wslch of ogden. and the second
w .,,s was being run by Engineer
SsnisI spencer OF this'city, the names
,helr armen could not be learn
The coupling between the en-
w. hroke and the first engine over
s sued ON the track, Engineer WEIGH
ME- beneath Il and was instantly
lIm,% His fireman was badly scald-
l NM escaped other injury. The
W. ond engine crashed into the first
srslne and with eight cars, were piled
m IN heap, fortunately Engineer
sr.rcer saw that II was life or
,s,,h and with his fireman jumped.
S,Ecer suffered internal injuries and
x. sreman was badly bruisodup.
R,,knan John McCarty, was on top
msM the front cars when the ac-
ddent occurred and With the collision
as thruNn head foremost to the
,t4t ID 20 10
lad and shoulders and possibly in
nrnal injuries. The other members
n The train crew, which was In
eharage Of Conductor j. T. Moody,
were soon at work lending aid tn the
iojared and removing the body OF
WEIGH from the wreckage.
The accident occurred on the Nevada
and California branch OF the Southern
Pacific, running between Keller and
Nina, about 800 miles west of Ogden
near the California and Nevada boun-
dairy. A wrecking party was dispatched
as quickly as possible from a near by
station to the scene OF the wreck and
sork commenced clearing up the
rreckage so that traffic could be re-
.ewed. The injured were taken to the
nearest hospital and given medical at
tentlon and the body of Engineer
WEIGH was taken to an undertaking
psrlor and prepared for shipment TO
Ogden for burial. The relatives of the
injured men have been apprised OF
their injuries which II Is reported are
quite serious with some of them, but
viii not likely prove fatal.
The Nevada a California Is a mar
row gage line that was opened up only
few months ago. and the most OF tho
train crews sent to work on the line
we're from Ogden. hence those who are
Injured and Killed arc from this city.
Alvin Welch. better known as lobe
WEIGH was the son of the late Charles
WEIGH. He was born In Ogden "a
years ago, and has lived here all his
lie until a few months ago, when he
vent TO Nevada He has a wife and
several children. also an aged mother
and several brothers and sisters living
here IN Ogden.
ANOTHER RAILROAD WRECK.
second wreck occurred on the
Southern Pacific yesterday afternoon
when passenger train east bound ran
into freight train at the switch at
loyelocks, Nevada, but fortunately no
one WAS injured. The freight train
vas ahead OF the passenger train and
was pulling into the switch, but was
moving very slow to lot number six
pass. but did not get entirely Off the
main line when the passenger train
came along. The engine struck the
caboose and almost entirely demol-
shed II and did considerable damage
. the engine, delaying traffic for a