The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-25
FOUR INJURED ON
SALTA|R ROAD
Head-0n Collision Occurred at
Ewing's Siding, Tuesday
Afternoon.
SWITCH WAS CLOSED AND
BRAKES DID NOT WORK
Both Engines We're Badly Dam
aged and Passengers Sc
vereIy Shaken.

100 Tuesday afternoon, in which four
passengers were more or less seriously
injured and a miracle seemed to save
many from death. The names or the
injured follow:
REEVE, MRS. II. A., hip, knee and
REEVE, MISS EDITH, hand
crushed.
BONNETTE, DIR. j yATARgs of
Pollock, La; shoulder dislocated, hlp
hurt and ribs and back crushed.
The Reeve family reside at us East
Third South. DR.. Bonnette Is visiting
from Pollock, La, and is guest at
the Wilson hotel lie was taken to
the L.. D. s. hospital.
Train Struck Closed Switch.
The trains that met were the ono
leaving the city at l p, III, and the
one leaving the beach Mt the same
hour. Three minutes behind time, the
train left the city hauling eleven cars
loaded with passengers; This train had
the right of way and it arrived at the
switch where the trains meet few
minutes late, and waited on the main
line for the oncomIng train, which was
also late. Engineer {. T.. Wolfgang ana
Fireman NJ: Il. jacobson on the waiting
engine remarked that the incoming
train was evidently running under
heavy head of speed, and train or
dcrs are imperative that train should
approach switch at which another
train rs waiting under full control.
Such was not the case IN this instance,
and the air brakes could not be oper-
ated. Without slackening the train
bore down on the other, struck the
switch and dashed down the main line.
Engineers and Firemen Jump.
Engineer Bolt on the approaching
train saw disaster ahead and whls-
tied to the engineer on the standing
train to back has engine and then Bolt
and his fireman jumped to save their
lives. Engineer Wolfgang reversed the
lever In his engine and sounded the
whistle several times TO warn the pas
sengers of the approaching danger, and
knowing that to remain Longer in the
cab meant death he and Fireman ia
cobson leaped from the engine and
started across country. \ second after
wards the engines crashed together,
the oncoming locomotive climbing up
the front of the engine that was stand
ing.
The impact was very severe, especial
" on the train that was in motion. The
shock on the other was not so severe
because of it being so heavily loaded.
Before the crash came passengers
began to Jump from both trains and
was rampant. Women with infants in
their arms shrieked with terror and
clung to their little ones The severity
of the impast threw passengers for
ward in their seats or threw some Of
them out of them and some passen-
gers standing were hurled to the floors
of the cars.
How They Were Injured.
Mr. and Mrs Reeve and family were
g
the train bound for the beach. When
the crash came Mr., Reeve was looking
out of the window and was thrown
against the ed-e Of the window. thus
gashing his eye Mrs. Reeve and her
daughter Edith were standing up near
the door and both were hurled TO the
floor, Mrs, Reeve sustaining severe
Mrs. G. j. Berry, a daughter of Mr..
Reeve was sitting IN seat holding
her child in her arms, and she was
thrown into the opposite seat but
neither she or the child received any
injury. Mr.. Berry, her husband, was
train approach. He realized that a col
lisiop was inevitable and heard the
warning given from the engine and
then came the cry to HJump.' He
bounded on to the train, thinking of his
wife and child and the others, belicv-
ing he might save them, but he was
too late DR.. Silver, who happened to
be on the train, attended temporarily
to the injuries of the Reeve family,
and subsequently attended to them at
their home.
Hurled Over the Seat
DR.. Bonnette is the most seriously in.
lured. He was travelling in an open
car, and hearing the warming cry TO
jump, he was preparing to do so when
the engines collided. He was hurled
est beSS eG sSat When eo 9s 4esS bsk he of a the
suffering great, pain, and DR.. Silver
made a hurried examination. At the
l.. d. S, hospital, where the upfortu.
nate man was taken upon his arrival
in the city, it was found that his right
shoulder was dislocated, his back bad,
ly bruised and his ribs crushed
A Tribune reporter called at the hos
pItal last night and saw DR.. Bonnette,
but he was suffering considerable pain
and not in a condition to mako any
statement.
He complained of pain in his back
and right side and believed some of the
ribs were fractured The dislocation of
the shoulder had been reduced and he
was as comfortable as possible under
the circumstances.
At the Reeve residence the reporter
found Mrs. Reeve lying on couch and
the Others resting easily. Besides their
injuries, they were considerably shaken
up by the occurrance and the facts
gathered from conversation with them
are rs related above
Cause of the Accident.
AS to the cause of the accident. the
general concensus of opinion among tho |
passengers is that there was no air on
the train bound for the city, hence the
engineer had no control. It is asserted |
that the air brake connections was NOT |
made when the train left the beach. an
that the engineer could not apply the |
brakes when tho emergency arose and |
catastrophe.
When the confusion following the
crash had somewhat subsided a train
was made up on the switch, which was
perfectly clear, mono of the cars having
leit tho track, of cars taken from tbe
outbound train and tho injured and a
humoer OF passengers wero brought l